• If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a video worth?

    Welcome, I’m Jessica.
    A Southwest Florida documentary family filmmaker helping you see, hear and feel the beauty in your ordinary life. Sometimes a picture just isn’t enough.

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Family films are a time machine.
Authentically capturing your story.
Cherished for a lifetime.

With a family film, we can do just that.

A family film captures the emotion, sounds, personality and character of your family. I promise your little ones will want to watch it again and again (ask me how I know).

And so will you.

Dear Parents, you deserve to be on camera too. You are the biggest part of your child’s memories. 

Parents are seldom in pictures or videos with their kids. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to see & hear you read a book together, laugh, go on a walk, hang out on the couch, sing, tickle, hug, and every precious little moment we do not want to forget? 

Not only for you, but for your kids. It is a treasure for them too.  Ensures they will never forget how loved they are nor all the simple, yet special things you did for them.

These are your family’s core memories.
Captured in video.

A family heirloom.

The days are long and the years are short.
Let me freeze this moment.
 

When the weight of time fades at your memories, documentary family films will transport you back to this season. 

Imagine the impact of not only seeing but hearing a special moment from your past filmed in a way that tells your story. Delight in the sound of their young voice, gasp at the size of their little feet, recall their favorite toy, gaze at the adoring look between siblings, and perhaps weep at the interactions with a lost loved one.

The value of a family film increases with time.

There is no script; No matching outfits required; No awkward posing; Just an opportunity to connect as a family. I’ll document your ordinary life and turn it into a magical family film.

 How does this work?

 Client Questionnaire

Once we connect, I’ll get to know your family better. 

  • What do you hope to never forget about your life right now?
  • Tell me more about your family (i.e. nicknames, ages, interests, favorite activities, etc.)

Phone Call

Let’s chat to review the questionnaire. We’ll also discuss location, activities and length of session. 

Film day 

I’ll tag along with your family, filming small clips at a time. Kids are free to be themselves. I will quietly document your family and capture the love you all share. 

Editing

Afterward, I’ll create your family film, which will be set to licensed music.  I want you to love your film as much as I do, so I welcome a discussion around genre of preferred music styles. 

Family Film Premiere! 

My favorite part – sending you the email with your film! Grab the tissues & popcorn. I recommend streaming it on your TV together as a family for the first showing – and for the “again! again!” your kids will surely say. 

Don't take my word for it...take theirs...

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Family Filmmaker
  • Hey Mom, are you tired of being the one taking all the pictures and never being in them yourself? 

Or the groaning of your children if you ask them to take a picture together? 

As a fellow mom, I know the feeling and that fuels me to help change that for other moms. You get 3 hours to connect as a family doing what you all enjoy doing. I bottle all that magic up into a family film that captures sounds, personalities and moments of connections. So you and your kids will never forget this season of life. 

Are you ready to book your film? Send me a DM or check out my site. It’s time Momma, you deserve to be in the picture & videos too. 

#familyfilms #beinthepicture #familyheirlooms #naplesflorida #familyvideographer
  • A little behind the scenes from an Orlando family film as they welcomed their 3 week old daughter. 

This was my first newborn film and I FELL IN LOVE! 😍 You may feel like you have no idea what we’d do with your newborn, but I promise you there is GOLD in these slow simple moments together. 

Now I can’t wait to film more newborn family films. Especially ones with older siblings. Those sweet moments of them holding their new baby sibling. The big bro/sis kisses. Man my ovaries hurt 😅

Are you about to welcome a new family member? Know any pregnant mommas? Let’s chat!
  • How I decorate my office as a family filmmaker: 

1. Forget to take any before pictures.

2. Have a loose plan trying to incorporate as much as I can from what I already own. 

3. Spend months slowly working on your office/guest room transformation during nap time. #momlife

4. Find cool wall planters and add to your Christmas list (thanks Mom!) 

5. Go crazy buying plants 🪴 😀 (the best part)

6. Record a time lapse so you’re motivated to finish hanging your artwork 😅

7. Not pictured here, but install curtains, floating shelf and rearrange furniture all by your self. 💪

8. Hang frames without prints and just figure out which print you want later. lol. 

9. Add dogs for cozy vibes. 

10. Enjoy your hard work! 

I’ve worked from home since 2016 so I’ve had lots of office set ups, but this one might be my favorite. It’s hard to beat my huge desk I had with a walk out balcony with a view of the Florida bay. But this job is 1,000 times better! 

Any guesses what my impulse purchase was for my office? Clue: it makes me chuckle every time I see it. 😅👙
  • Double tap if you agree with his answer on the meaning of life. ❤️

Once I became a mom, the passage of time has sped up, yet in the moment it feels like it inches by when I’m at my whits end. My memory is worse and I am already forgetting things I told myself I wouldn’t. 🫣 

That’s one of the reasons I make family films for myself! I want to remember these sweet everyday moments. His toddler voice. The films are time machines. I know I won’t forget the things I capture on video. 

Also because he requests to watch them over and over and over 😂 

Thankful I started this when I did, but man do I wish I had this earlier too. 

Scenes from our 2023 Family Vacation to NC.
  • When’s the last time you were in a video with your child? 

When you scroll through your camera roll, are you missing from the hundreds of photos & videos? 🫣🧐

Parents are seldom in pictures or videos with their kids (more than the selfie). Allow me to help you can change that! 

I started making films for my extended family first and you know what, I saw how my the moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas, siblings BEAMED WITH JOY watching the films of simple everyday moments interacting as a family. 

▪️Dad sneaking in a kiss & snuggle after wiping off his son’s mouth 🤗

▪️Parent’s reaction to children’s living room dance performance to Frozen ❄️

▪️Grandson snuggled up in Grandma’s arms reading a book 📚 

▪️Child’s reaction to receiving and eating a popsicle 🍦

▪️Making cinnamon rolls for breakfast and your kid is busy licking the icing packet 🤭

Making a film for your family allows you to see beyond what you look like. I capture communication, relationships, connection and emotion. 

Real and candid moments in an artistic way. 

A permanent record of sounds, movement and feeling you can watch again and again. 

📣 Parents & Grandparents, you deserve to be on camera too. 

P.S. Your kids will ADORE you focusing on just being with them instead of feeling the need to take a photo/video of everything they do.
  • Because life takes time! It already flies by so why rush it along for a family film session? 

🛑Please erase any conceptions you have about bribing your kids to “behave” and promise rewards after our film session! This is not the goal of our session. 🛑

Our goal is real moments. Real life. Real sounds. Celebrating both the joys and struggles of parenthood. 

Why are sessions up to 3 hours long? 

🔹It allows us to film in multiple locations! Do you want to remember taking your kid to an ice cream shop, let’s do it! 

🔹our sessions are always relaxed and child led. So you don’t have to rush your toddler to put on their shoes before playing outside 😅 let them take their time and I promise it translates beautifully in film. 

🔹 once you start to think about the activities your family enjoys doing together that you’d like to remember, the list is long! Those activities take time. 

🔹 emotions! You have time to work through the inevitable emotions you or your child will feel. I won’t document the hard moments (unless you specially say so). That’s the perfect time for me to film B roll. 

🔹you get 3 hours of intentional family time. Your kids will have their love banks overflowing from all the attention.

🔹 so everyone gets used to me and eventually forgets I’m there

✨The focus is on real life and not perfect set ups. It’s the way you’ll want to remember your family in the years to come. ✨
Hey Mom, are you tired of being the one taking all the pictures and never being in them yourself? Or the groaning of your children if you ask them to take a picture together? As a fellow mom, I know the feeling and that fuels me to help change that for other moms. You get 3 hours to connect as a family doing what you all enjoy doing. I bottle all that magic up into a family film that captures sounds, personalities and moments of connections. So you and your kids will never forget this season of life. Are you ready to book your film? Send me a DM or check out my site. It’s time Momma, you deserve to be in the picture & videos too. #familyfilms #beinthepicture #familyheirlooms #naplesflorida #familyvideographer
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A little behind the scenes from an Orlando family film as they welcomed their 3 week old daughter. This was my first newborn film and I FELL IN LOVE! 😍 You may feel like you have no idea what we’d do with your newborn, but I promise you there is GOLD in these slow simple moments together. Now I can’t wait to film more newborn family films. Especially ones with older siblings. Those sweet moments of them holding their new baby sibling. The big bro/sis kisses. Man my ovaries hurt 😅 Are you about to welcome a new family member? Know any pregnant mommas? Let’s chat!
4 months ago
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How I decorate my office as a family filmmaker: 1. Forget to take any before pictures. 2. Have a loose plan trying to incorporate as much as I can from what I already own. 3. Spend months slowly working on your office/guest room transformation during nap time. #momlife 4. Find cool wall planters and add to your Christmas list (thanks Mom!) 5. Go crazy buying plants 🪴 😀 (the best part) 6. Record a time lapse so you’re motivated to finish hanging your artwork 😅 7. Not pictured here, but install curtains, floating shelf and rearrange furniture all by your self. 💪 8. Hang frames without prints and just figure out which print you want later. lol. 9. Add dogs for cozy vibes. 10. Enjoy your hard work! I’ve worked from home since 2016 so I’ve had lots of office set ups, but this one might be my favorite. It’s hard to beat my huge desk I had with a walk out balcony with a view of the Florida bay. But this job is 1,000 times better! Any guesses what my impulse purchase was for my office? Clue: it makes me chuckle every time I see it. 😅👙
4 months ago
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Double tap if you agree with his answer on the meaning of life. ❤️ Once I became a mom, the passage of time has sped up, yet in the moment it feels like it inches by when I’m at my whits end. My memory is worse and I am already forgetting things I told myself I wouldn’t. 🫣 That’s one of the reasons I make family films for myself! I want to remember these sweet everyday moments. His toddler voice. The films are time machines. I know I won’t forget the things I capture on video. Also because he requests to watch them over and over and over 😂 Thankful I started this when I did, but man do I wish I had this earlier too. Scenes from our 2023 Family Vacation to NC.
4 months ago
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When’s the last time you were in a video with your child? When you scroll through your camera roll, are you missing from the hundreds of photos & videos? 🫣🧐 Parents are seldom in pictures or videos with their kids (more than the selfie). Allow me to help you can change that! I started making films for my extended family first and you know what, I saw how my the moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas, siblings BEAMED WITH JOY watching the films of simple everyday moments interacting as a family. ▪️Dad sneaking in a kiss & snuggle after wiping off his son’s mouth 🤗 ▪️Parent’s reaction to children’s living room dance performance to Frozen ❄️ ▪️Grandson snuggled up in Grandma’s arms reading a book 📚 ▪️Child’s reaction to receiving and eating a popsicle 🍦 ▪️Making cinnamon rolls for breakfast and your kid is busy licking the icing packet 🤭 Making a film for your family allows you to see beyond what you look like. I capture communication, relationships, connection and emotion. Real and candid moments in an artistic way. A permanent record of sounds, movement and feeling you can watch again and again. 📣 Parents & Grandparents, you deserve to be on camera too. P.S. Your kids will ADORE you focusing on just being with them instead of feeling the need to take a photo/video of everything they do.
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Because life takes time! It already flies by so why rush it along for a family film session? 🛑Please erase any conceptions you have about bribing your kids to “behave” and promise rewards after our film session! This is not the goal of our session. 🛑 Our goal is real moments. Real life. Real sounds. Celebrating both the joys and struggles of parenthood. Why are sessions up to 3 hours long? 🔹It allows us to film in multiple locations! Do you want to remember taking your kid to an ice cream shop, let’s do it! 🔹our sessions are always relaxed and child led. So you don’t have to rush your toddler to put on their shoes before playing outside 😅 let them take their time and I promise it translates beautifully in film. 🔹 once you start to think about the activities your family enjoys doing together that you’d like to remember, the list is long! Those activities take time. 🔹 emotions! You have time to work through the inevitable emotions you or your child will feel. I won’t document the hard moments (unless you specially say so). That’s the perfect time for me to film B roll. 🔹you get 3 hours of intentional family time. Your kids will have their love banks overflowing from all the attention. 🔹 so everyone gets used to me and eventually forgets I’m there ✨The focus is on real life and not perfect set ups. It’s the way you’ll want to remember your family in the years to come. ✨
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