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REAL FAMILIES. REAL STORIES

Caught on film
before they slip away
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If you're anything
like me...you feel it too

Time doesn't wait,
and neither should we.
 

There’s always someone we wish we could sit with just one more time...a mom, a dad, a grandparent

who had so many incredible stories we didn’t think

to ask for soon enough.

 

Every film you’ll see below started the same way:
with a daughter, a son, or a grandchild saying,

 

“I don’t want to miss my chance.”

 

These aren’t productions. 

They’re conversations full of laughter, honesty, and the kind of memories their families will hold onto long after the moment has passed.

- Brittany

Featured Story

Paul

There’s something about being with Paul that makes you slow down.  He carries the kind of quiet strength that comes from a lifetime of working hard, loving deeply, and taking pride in the place he calls home.  As he showed me around his hometown of  Clearfield, Iowa I could see how much the town meant to him.  Not just for what it is today, but really for what it used to be. Small towns change over the years, but the stories lived there… those stay alive through the people who remember them.

Listening to Paul, I was reminded how many of our parents and grandparents carry entire worlds inside them... memories that only they can tell.  And how easily those stories disappear when we assume we’ll always have more time to ask.  Paul shared his life with such honesty and warmth that it made me grateful his story is now captured, held, and able to be passed down someday.

His film is a reminder that our loved ones’ stories deserve to be captured while they’re still here to tell them, in their own words, and in the places that shaped them, with the pride and emotion only they can bring.

More Stories

Capturing the heart of ordinary people in ordinary places—where the best stories are found.

These are real families, real voices, real memories... just like yours.

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Savita

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Robbie

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Terry

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Maxine

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Jim

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Mark

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Alma

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Howard

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Rowena

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Lois

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Jaya

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Bonnie

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You can’t stop time…
but you can save the stories.

I’ve seen firsthand how easily time slips past us. We think there will always be another visit… another conversation… another chance to ask the questions we’ve been meaning to ask. 

 

But 'someday' arrives quickly.

Filming someone’s story today becomes the gift you’re grateful for tomorrow, because it lets you hold onto the parts of them you never want to forget.

Because someday, you’ll be glad you did.

I’d love to hear about your loved one and the story you want to tell. 

 

Whether you’re just curious or ready to begin, we can talk through what this process looks like and what would mean the most to your family.

-Brittany

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Positive Emissions is a photography and videography service based out of Des Moines, Iowa with mission to capture your parent and grandparents' amazing life stories with filmed interviews and photos.  Make your grandparents and parents a priority before it's too late. 
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