Welcome back to the FilmingLife® Podcast! In this heartfelt episode, Courtney Holmes and Kylie Patel dive deep into the power of family filmmaking and why capturing real moments on video can create lasting emotional connections. Whether you're a photographer looking to expand into filmmaking or a family storyteller at heart, this episode will inspire you to see everyday moments in a whole new light. 🌟

Episode Highlights:

 * Discover the difference between storytelling through film vs. photography
 * Learn why films bring out the laughter, little quirks, and unique family dynamics
 * Find out how to capture genuine moments that matter most, from sibling bonds to childhood rituals
 * Get tips on building trust with clients to create authentic family films
 * Insights on finding your unique voice as a filmmaker and trusting your creative intuition

If you're film-curious or already on your filmmaking journey, this episode is for you! Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell so you never miss an update. 🎬

✨ Ready to Start Your Filmmaking Journey?
Join us at FilmingLife® Academy! Our next intake opens on November 1st, and we’re hosting a live run of the Filmmaking Foundations Course starting on November 4th. Learn how to film and edit beautiful, story-driven family films that clients will cherish for a lifetime.

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Rediscovering Everyday Magic: A Journey into Family Filmmaking

Have you ever attempted a year long filmmaking project? I haven't! So I thought it would be fun to introduce you to three women from FilmingLife® Academy who HAVE, and who continue doing them every single year. We talk about what motivates them to do this each year, their tips for getting started and staying on track, what it's meant to them and their families to have them (you'll be surprised at some of the responses!), and what they'd do differently now if they were starting all over again.

It's such a great episode, full of ideas and inspiration for anyone considering creating a year long film themselves. 

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Lessons from a Year Long Filmmaking Project

In this episode of the FilmingLife® Podcast for Family Photographers & Filmmakers, Kylie Purtell sits down for a chat with Boston Family Filmmaker & Photographer, Amy Murgatroyd [https://www.amymurgatroyd.com/] about her experience as a speaker at Unfiltered Retreat this year as well as her thoughts about the concept of an "ideal client" and why maybe we should re-think the way we define this. It's a great listen!

Show Notes: https://filminglifeacademy.com/free-resources/re-defining-the-ideal-client-with-amy-murgatroyd

Interested in what it's like to be a member of FilmingLife®? Join Courtney's free webinar on 16 Nov - Family Films: Tell Meaningful Stories with Video here.

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Re-Defining the Ideal Client with Amy Murgatroyd

In this episode of the FilmingLife® Podcast for Family Photographers & Filmmakers, Kylie Purtell sits down for a chat with Tog Hub [https://toghub.com.au/] Founder Stacey Rolfe about the value of outsourcing and pricing your time in business as a photographer + filmmaker.

Get the Shownotes here: https://filminglifeacademy.com/free-resources/the-value-of-outsourcing-and-pricing-your-time-in-business-with-stacey-rolfe

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The Value of Outsourcing and Pricing Your Time in Business with Stacey Rolfe

In this episode of the FilmingLife® UNFILTERED: The Podcast for Photographers & Filmmakers, Courtney and Kylie sit down for a chat about fear and why it seems to hold so many of us back from achieving the things we want.

Shownotes: https://filminglifeacademy.com/free-resources/feel-the-fear-filminglife-unfiltered-podcast

Feel the Fear: Is it holding you back?

In this episode of FilmingLife® UNFILTERED: The Podcast for Photographers & Filmmakers, your hosts Courtney Holmes & Kylie Purtell sit down for a chat with New Zealand based photographer Chloe Lodge to talk all things creativity & process.

Find out more about Chloe in our shownotes here: https://filminglifeacademy.com/free-resources/lauren-phillips-artist-filminglife-unfiltered-podcast-rmapn

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Chloe Lodge on Being a Creative Warrior & Expansive Art

Lauren Phillips is an artist based in the Northern Rivers region of NSW, Australia. From adversity to world renown for her photography, we chat to Lauren about how important staying to her creative self is, and we also discuss her latest creative adventure, Virtual Photo Shoots.

Learn more about Lauren in the shownotes here: https://filminglifeacademy.com/free-resources/lauren-phillips-artist-filminglife-unfiltered-podcast

The FilmingLife® Unfiltered Podcast is for photographers & filmmakers and is hosted by Courtney Holmes & Kylie Purtell for FilmingLife®

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Staying True to Your Creative Self with Lauren Phillips

In this episode of the FilmingLife® UNFILTERED: The Podcast for Photographers & Filmmakers, Courtney and Kylie sit down for a chat with Melbourne based in-home newborn & young-family photographer MICHELLE MCKAY.

Learn more about Michelle in our shownotes here: https://filminglifeacademy.com/free-resources/michelle-mckay-photographer-filminglife-unfiltered-podcast

Follow us on Instagram @ filminglifeacademy @ unfiltered.au

The Art of Storytelling with Michelle McKay Photographer

In this episode of the FilmingLife® Unfiltered Retreat Speaker Interviews, Courtney and Kylie sit down for a chat with Sydney newborn & family portrait photographer Sophie Partyka from SOPHIE LEA PHOTOGRAPHY.

Learn more about Sophie in our show notes here: https://filminglifeacademy.com/free-resources/sophie-lea-photography-filminglife-unfiltered-podcast

Building a Brand You Love with Sophie Lea Photography

In this episode of the FilmingLife® Podcast for Photographers & Filmmakers, your hosts Courtney Holmes & Kylie Purtell, have a wide ranging chat about FilmingLife® Academy’s new Colour Grading course, shifting mindsets and everyone’s current social media nemesis, Instagram Reels.
You’ll hear Courtney & Kylie chat about:
• What’s been happening since the last episode
• Courtney’s new Colour Grading course, what’s included and how it will take your films to the next level
The Australian Photographic Prize & Village Cinematic Award
• Instagram Reels - what are they, how we feel about them, how we’re approaching them and making them our friend

Shownotes: https://filminglifeacademy.com/free-resources/reel-life-filminglife-unfiltered-podcast

Original Air Date: October 12th 2022

Getting Reel

A FilmingLife® Podcast series featuring interviews with UNFILTERED Retreat Speakers, hosted by Courtney Holmes & Kylie Purtell.

The speakers at the annual FilmingLife® UNFILTERED Retreat are leaders in the family photography & family filmmaking industry. 

Unfiltered Retreat Speaker Interviews - FilmingLife®

Drawing on their combined 20+ years of experience running their own family photography/filmmaking businesses, their expertise running the world’s biggest online family filmmaking school for photographers and juggling all of this while raising kids, your hosts Courtney Holmes & Kylie Purtell will talk about anything and everything that interests the family photographer & filmmaker. From creativity to profitability and the highs & lows of being a parent and running a creative business, no topic is off limits.

Courtney & Kylie share their struggles and their successes and the things they’ve learned along the way, so you can not only benefit but be entertained and feel like you’re not alone as you pour all of your passion into your own creative life & business.

To learn more from Courtney & Kylie you can join them at FilmingLife® Academy where they teach filmmaking to photographers and cover everything from camera settings to business & marketing. They also run the only in-person retreat for photographers & filmmakers, Unfiltered Retreat, in Australia each August.
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I am the founder at a company which has a mission to help photographers grow their business by learning the skills necessary to create meaningful, story-driven films for families. We believe that a new class of photographers who are also skilled filmmakers is burgeoning and are becoming more and more important to our world. This is the cast that details monthly business focused zoom meetings at FilmingLife® covering topics that range from starting a business, to marketing and booking clients, to growing and scaling a business with family films.

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