Before I say anything else, I first want to disclose that Susannah Ludwig, owner and creator of Portraits That Move, is one of my closest and longest-standing friends in the world. You may think this provides me an organic bias, which perhaps it does, but on the flip-side it has allowed me access to the initial concept and works to date from the start; I have had more time to invest than most in falling in love with the service, dreaming about what a video of my children might look like.
Like most parents, I want to capture my kids' youth and vitality, and put it in a bottle for me to access at any given point in time. They are growing far too fast, and with always being behind the camera, I often lose out on many moments as a result of trying to capture their spontaneous antics. The irony of course, is that you cannot both adequately document and experience a moment at the same time. Enter Portraits That Move.
Also like most parents, we don’t have unlimited funds to spend on anything deemed “extra” but had seen enough of these videos to know that the joy one would provide our family would be long-term. We saw it as an investment we would cherish, like a piece of fine art. Having decided to move our family to the UK for a three-year adventure this past summer, we felt that capturing our daughters’ thoughts and fears and excitement about this move would be an excellent platform for a Part I of II video, highlighting who they were before we went, with the plan for the second video to document how they have changed while abroad when we return.
I cannot stress enough how pleased we were with the end product of our first video!! Between the amazing interview questions and tactics to put our girls at ease, the outstanding videography that captured the intimate side of our children when they didn’t know anyone was watching, and the brilliant story they painted via expert editing, we have a masterpiece like no other, that brings us joy each time we watch it—which we continue to do many months later.
I cannot recommend Portraits That Move enough—a video of your children is a gift-to-self like no other.
Kim Goldin
Happy and satisfied cheerleader for Portraits That Move