Filming Family Stories

29/06/2022

It's been a long time since my last post here, but I'm alive, still creating my family films. Thanks to Little Monster on the Trail we had the opportunity to visit, explore, cycle, and camp in the most beautiful place in Hampshire- New Forest National Park. Good friends, blissful vibes, stunning nature, wild horses, sea, sand, bubbles, kites, and bikes. It is all that makes us and our little ones happy. More details about our trip and how it was organized you can find on Monster on the Trail. Thank you guys for making this time so adventurous and special❤️ We are looking forward to the next one!x

09/12/2021

Let me introduce you pure sweetness and a huge personality in one- Reya:). I had the pleasure to spend Saturday morning with this little girl and her family, wandering around the beautiful and unique Spa Terminus Market. We then headed to their family home where Reya and dad did some sience experiments:). This is how their typical Saturday looks like, they love spending time together exploring, eating great food, and just having fun. And I love to observe and record such moments, interactions, funny conversations, singing the songs, and all these little talks. Thank you Meg for allowing me to come around to film your sweet family 😘😘😘

30/05/2021

May was awful this year. We had maybe 4 full days of sun and I definitely needed something to cheer me up so here is tiny story of Leo playing in his sandbox:) I love this film:) I love my Leo:)

05/05/2021

Throwback from summer 2020:). Short family trip film to Hastings:)

14/04/2021

Samphire Hoe is our favorite place for a walk so far♥. It is a truly unusual spot on the map of Kent. Highly recommended place to visit. Stone beach surrounded by beautiful, high cliffs located in quite remote areas. We love it! And here is another keepsake short film from our winter adventures highlighting Leo's first walks and this wonderful site. Enjoy!:)

08/04/2021

Our first winter in Kent - Gardens of England. We experienced such a swing in weather conditions this year. From beautifully pink and purple sunny sunsets to arctic cold but majestic winter landscapes. Moving out of London was a good life decision and we can honestly say that after 4 long months in the countryside. Personally I feel more connected to nature, Leo has his garden and Luke does not communicate to work for 3h a day:) win win win:) So far we slowly started exploring the new neighborhood and visited some exciting places on the south coast. I am looking forward to this year's adventures!

26/01/2021

January is always a great time to sum up what happened in the past year. I used my time to re-organize all photos and films. It took me ages and I finally ended up having hundreds of photos that I never shared with you guys. I decided to create a short film to showcase them:) and the result is pretty fun. I did not realize beforehand how much my photo style has changed throughout 2020. I started to discover skin tones what is a joke as I studied art at some point in my life. I was definitely drawn to light and deep shadows and my main character is my baby:), I mean my landscapes are soo crapp I don't want to embarrass myself:) sharing them so let's focus on Leo:)

16/11/2020

I could not find a better moment for Leo's 11 months moving portrait than his sink bath. I have wanted to record such a film for a long time. He loves baths and splashing water everywhere so I could not resist picking up my camera and recording a few moments. They turned out to be great short clips for my new film about another milestone in my baby life. He can already stand by himself and he is really into discovering a whole world. He just grows too fast. Here he is 11 months old simply having a bath. Hope he won't mind me uploading his adorable baby b***y on the Internet:)

04/11/2020

Life isn't guaranteed. Recently I have been thinking about this more than ever before. 2020 has given us a sample of how the world can turn upside down within a month. Some of us lost family members without even a chance to say goodbye. It made me think about my family...

What if anything would happen to me? What I want my closest one to remember about me when I am gone? What I want them to remember about our time together?

If I was about to leave this world tomorrow I want them to know how much they meant to me... I want my Leo to be able to relive our adventures all over again... I want him to see how much I love him, even if I am not here for him. I want him to know and to feel that he is everything to me. It is my motivation for film making. This project started to capture the way how my baby changes as he grows but it all changed my perception about life. Today it is all about creating a family legacy and history which one day I can happily leave behind and be proud of. So here is our family trip story, from Devon:)...

15/09/2020

We had plenty of great plans for this summer. I am glad that we were blessed enough to travel to Poland at least. That was our only trip abroad but very important one. Leo was about to meet his grandparents. We spent long two weeks splashing water everywhere:), eating amazing food and enjoying all hugs, cuddles and kisses. It's a film about roots, love, generations, and how life can be positively unpredictable. Leo is really lucky with the love he gets from all of them:) that said I hope he will enjoy watching this film. Life is life, he definitely won't remember it!

01/06/2020

I have to be honest about how massively I failed on keeping track of my baby journal. At the same time, I am trying to record and preserve as many important moments as I can, creating a digital baby diary composed of a bunch of films expressing all my feelings about our present life. Here is short film showing how much has Leo changed in his first six months of life. All these short clips are too precious and meaningful for me to get dusty sitting on my hard drive. The first day, first bath, first walk, first grandma visit, first Christmas, first real breakfast, and first tooth... Ohh boy... Our sweet Leo changed a lot and it feels amazing to watch it back and see his progress which is not so noticeable on a daily basis. Today we celebrate our first International Children's Day:) Leo has been already spoiled and I feel that is a perfect moment to share my Leo's diary film:)...

29/05/2020

I will get very emotional watching back this film in the next few years. Life is not guaranteed and we experienced that heavily for the last three months. Everything has changed, too fast. I will miss that day when we could gather together to celebrate my love's Luke B-Day, the first sunny day of spring. It was a very special moment to us with a fabulous company, sunrays of the warm spring sun, and smell of beautiful plants around Regent's Park. I made a cheesecake:). Unfortunately Luke did not have a proper party, literally two days afterward UK government announced Lockdown. The whole world went mad and we definitely will miss our lifestyle from before quarantine. At least I have this short film allowing me to relive all of these memories over and over again:). I hope my dearest Luke will enjoy it too in the future:) and once all is over we throw a real B-Day party!

05/03/2020

It is our family tradition to arrange a short trip during the last days of September. Last year was no different. We have gone away to Cotswalds to enjoy a first autumn weekend. We love this time of year as well as being surround by nature. We are always choosing to stay on organic farms or in the Shepards hats. Coleshill Organics was just a great place to be for this rainy and windy weekend. We celebrated my b-day, Leo was already with us:) as I was eight months pregnant and we were expecting him soon. I loveee watch this video as it reminds me how happy and lucky I was. Okey... I am:).

26/02/2020

I love creating films about my little Leo. It is such a rewarding experience to watch them back and realize how much he is changing, especially in his first months of life. He is 4 months today, but he was only 1 back then. It was sunny autumn Saturday. This short family moment when dad plays with his son. An adorable moment because Leo interacts with his toy for the first time You can call me a bad mother but this red monkey cost me £2 and it is a favorite toy till now. His first skin was pilling off and he had this fat layout of moisturizer on the forehead. I still laugh when I am watching it. He was pretty excited to play and soo tiny. Looking at him now, I am like "wow, he is growing too fast!" and I am super hyper happy to have this short film. A little but meaningful time capsule of my baby:). He will be my age one day and I want to remember how funny he was as newborn:). I bet he will lovee it too!

20/02/2020

I was always aware of passing time but becoming a mother makes me understand that even more today. I make films of my kid as I want to preserve memories in case I lose the chance to do so and simply because I want to remember all stages of his life. I believe that in the next 10 years, he will be delighted to see himself as a 3 months old baby playing with his grandma. She visits us once a while and because Leo is getting a bit bigger every day it was important to capture this special, authentic moment. Granny loves rainbow as a response to her political beliefs so I tried to incorporate colorful leaks highlighting her funky personality:). She is also very known for her famous comments "Clean your hands"... :) I just love the way how they interact with each other:). I am sure I will thank myself for this film in the future:).

20/02/2020

11/02/2020

Moving Portrait is capturing small meaningful moments that pieces together a portrait of your growing baby. Sweet voice, adorable laughter, chubby cheeks, small hands, the silliness of being a child. All these things bottled up in a film you can watch back always when you miss your "little kid".
This film has been created from leftover footage from the Christmas video shoot with Oscar. I documented soo many beautiful and meaningful moments but did not have enough time to show them all so I decided to edit an extra film. Here is a short video portraying 7 months old Oscar and his morning routine. It was important for me to capture the interaction between family, Oscar's characteristics as well as his beautiful baby room with sleepy eyes on his bed and handmade by mummy lamp decoration. It took us literally 40 min to record it and the final result is pretty cool. Hope one day Oscar will be enjoying watching his film:).

11/02/2020

Christmas is an important time for all of us. It is even more significant if it is the first Christmas of your baby. You want everything to be perfect, make this time as special as you possibly can, put up the best decorations, create a meaningful festive atmosphere and celebrate every single second. What if you could document this beautiful moment and look at it over to years to come? This film is a unique and real story of Oscar's first Christmas. We recorded it to preserve the memories so in the next 30 years he can watch it back and have a glimpse of how his first Christmas looked like, how much effort his parents put to make it magical and how much loved he is. He will have a film to show his kids too:). Documenting allows you to pause, feel and honor stories that matter to you and your loved ones. Family Film is all about capturing your authentic true stories because real beauty is in everyday life and deserves to be treasured forever.

04/02/2020

Life is always changing. The precious moment happens only once and it is now. Today is last day your kids are this little.
One day they will be your age.
What if you could press RECORD and preserve your family story for them? What if you could cherish their childhood memories for years to come?
What if you could bottle them up forever...?
Exploring the nature, cooking meals, snuggling in the bed, braidnig hair, kissing bruises, washing tiny babies, building castles in the living room, playing and living together as family.
Voice, laughter, gesture, expressions, connections- all these things that make up magic of your sweet, little child.
Family Film is documenting your story- preserving the present created for future to connect you with past...
Because in 30 years your children deserve to have a look on what every day life was like when they were small.
They will thank you.
You will thank yourself...