It's time to tell your
story. And it's time to
tell it
beautifully.
Experience the joy of documenting the everyday, filling your home with memories, and the blessings that come from preserving your legacy.
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INTRODUCING
An online, self-paced, educational series that will teach you how document your daily life beautifully and give you a road map to preserve your story and history in a simple, proper, and revolutionary way.
Finally enjoying your favorite memories whenever you wanted, whenever you want to reminisce about the good 'ol days. Finally getting to see your family gathered around, enjoying an album of memories and sharing stories. Or finally feeling the peace of mind that comes from knowing your memories will withstand any tragedy.
One that will teach you how to take the beautiful photographs and create the home movies you have always wanted. One that would guide you through finally digging out of the THOUSANDS of digital files you are drowning in as well as that moving box full of photos tucked away in your closet. And one that will help you in properly storing and preserving your personal history to withstand potential tragedies.
Sounds life changing, right?
Imagine for a moment -
And imagine -
Finally loving the photographs and videos you take.
An experience that will empower you in the important work of preserving your legacy.
An experience that will
empower you in the important work of preserving your legacy.
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You value beautiful photography and want to learn for yourself how to capture your everyday family life in an artistic way.
The thousands of digital files and piles of photographs you have to sort through feels overwhelming and you are lost as to the method to choose and the process to start.
You are ready to invest the time and energy into this work because you know how valuable it is.
You experience guilt over the fact your kids can't look through baby books and family albums because you are so behind.
You want a simple approach - one that you can keep up with through the years to properly document your family's story and history.
You are feeling the pull to finally tackle this part of life, but don't know where to begin. And the idea of someone guiding you through it sounds like the perfect solution to your current struggle.
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Is the Documenting the Everyday experience for you?
"When children grow up surrounded by photographs, it gives them a richer understanding of where they come from, which helps with confidence.
Until recently, people often thought of photographs as almost trivial, but actually they are an incredibly important way of connecting with our sense of self, with each other and with times gone by."
Professor Geoff Beattie
Head of School and Dean of Psychological Sciences at the University of Manchester
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An educational experience created by a busy mom who wanted artistic photos and videos of her family. Who wanted to properly preserve her family's personal history in a beautiful and timeless way and without the fuss of craft supplies. Who wanted a streamlined approach to the important responsibility of telling her family's story.
I created this for you.
For anyone who has experienced loss and feels the regret of not taking the time to document, for those who have experienced a catastrophe or who worry about the possibility of one and want to ensure the survival of their personal history -
For every mother that yearns for the albums to be sitting on the shelf and available for her family to enjoy...
To experience the piece of mind that comes with it.
Sitting on the floor of my mother’s bedroom choosing photographs for his funeral, I remember being immediately overcome with the very early and real understanding of how priceless tangible pieces of our story are. How vitally important it is that we document our life.
That small stack of photographs I held in my hand were all I had left of him. They were the gifts I would carry with me to continue sharing his legacy with his future grandkids and the generations after them.
My father's death was tragic, but I have come to appreciate the passion that was ignited in me because of it. It has carried me through a career as a professional lifestyle and commercial photographer and now as an educator.
They are pieces of my history.
At ten years old, I lost my father unexpectedly. My entire life turned upside down in an instant.
THE WHY BEHIND IT ALL
But that same technology has inundated us with thousands of files cramming our camera rolls and hundreds of folders on our computer with no hope of finding our stories to enjoy and all the risk of losing everything.
But we aren't telling our stories.
WITH THE ADVANCES OF TECHNOLOGY, SNAPPING A PICTURE OR FILMING A MOMENT COULDN'T BE MORE SIMPLE IN TODAY'S WORLD.
OUR CHILDREN KNOW OF SCROLLING THROUGH A CAMERA ROLL INSTEAD OF THUMBING PHOTOGRAPHS. THEY HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH THEIR PERSONAL HISTORY... WITH THE TANGIBLE EVIDENCE OF THEIR LIFE. TODAY WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PHOTOS.
Utilizing modern-day technology along with a streamlined and organized system to continually keep our family library up-to-date, we are now:
ENJOYING FAMILY FILMS FOR OUR ON THE REGULAR
OPENING UP THE FAMILY ALBUMS, REMINISCING, AND BONDING OVER OUR FAVORITE MEMORIES
EMPOWERING OUR CHILDREN WITH THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL RECORDED STORIES
PROPERLY PRESERVING OUR FAMILY'S HISTORY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND AGAINST DISASTERS
EXPERIENCING THE PEACE OF MIND OF KNOWING THAT OUR FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS ARE SAFELY STORED IN CASE OF ANY EMERGENCY WE MIGHT FACE
An online, self-paced, educational series where I show you exactly how I do it and the revolutionary way our family is preserving our story and legacy.
FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR PHOTOS
Learn how to take beautiful and artistic photos right from your back pocket. You will learn about angles, lighting, how to get natural expressions from loved ones and so much more.
CREATE CINEMATIC MASTERPIECES
Documenting the Everyday:
Family Films Edition
$59
$59
Documenting the Everyday:
iPhone Photography Edition
Let's finally take care of the thousands of video files you find yourself drowning in. Learn how to create beautiful family films of your everyday life and relive your favorite memories again and again.
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BUY NOW!
FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR PHOTOS
Learn how to take beautiful and artistic photos right from your back pocket. You will learn about angles, lighting, how to get natural expressions from loved ones and so much more.
CREATE CINEMATIC MASTERPIECES
Documenting the Everyday:
Family Films Edition
$97
Documenting the Everyday:
iPhone Photography Edition
Let's finally take care of the thousands of video files you find yourself drowning in. Learn how to create beautiful family films of your everyday life and relive your favorite memories again and again.
BUY NOW!
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$118.00
Enjoy the Documenting the Everyday educational series as individual courses or a bundle to customize your learning experience:
ENJOYING YOUR MEMORIES
Documenting the Everyday: The Legacy Edition
We are going to bring it all together and walk through an entire system to finally get a handle on your photographs and digital files to create your family library - full of your memories to enjoy again and again!
Coming Summer 2020!
SINGLE COURSE
BUNDLE & SAVE
Included with Your Course Seat:
Personalized login and lifetime access to all upgrades and additions made to the course
Bite-size instruction that will make completing the self-paced curriculum easy and stress free
Access to the private Facebook community where you can connect with Kara and other students
"Everything Kara does is beautiful. It goes beyond the beautiful pictures she shares...it's in her mothering, it's in the way she runs her business, it's in the way she interacts with people online, it's in ALL that she shares. So when she announced she was coming out with this series I didn't even hesitate to sign up. I knew it would be amazing. I wasn't wrong!
I loved this self paced class! It's divided up into precise sections with lots of information, including beautiful videos and photographs. I especially loved the behind the scenes footage and really enjoyed seeing how she shoots and edits photographs. I've been feeling very uninspired lately with my own photo taking and editing and this has inspired me and given me fresh eyes to see the everyday photos I want to take and keep. You will love this class and maybe even more so, Kara's heart behind it. Beautiful and inspiring!
"You will love this series and maybe even more so, Kara's heart behind it."
JULI JONES
Course Student
DOCUMENTING THE EVERYDAY:
Get to know your iPhone camera and all of the features and functions
Learn how to recognize moments in your everyday to document the story
Understand angles and how best to use them to take your photographs from standard snapshots to timeless images
Gain a stronger understanding of light and how to best use it in all situations
How to edit your photos and my favorite apps to do it all on the go
iPhone Photography Edition
The Courses
Get a look inside
DOCUMENTING THE EVERYDAY:
Learn techniques to film better video of your family and every day life
Dive into the iMovie editing platform and learn how to use it both from your iPhone and desktop computer
Learn what to finally do with all of those clips of video you have crowding your camera roll
See my favorite gear to take your home movies even further creatively
Family Films Edition
HANNAH
Course Student
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"Everything Kara creates is beautiful! I found her by searching tips on how to improve my iPhone photography for my blog. It's hard to lug around a DSLR at times so I wanted to be able to take amazing pictures with my phone. Her tips were awesome and I learned techniques that I hadn't heard of! Definitely check out her courses if you're interested in improving your photography game!"
"Her tips were awesome and I learned techniques that I hadn't heard of!"
CHERITH
Course Student
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"I am currently taking Kara's course on iPhone photography and it is literally life changing. My photos have improved so much with basic steps I didn't even know I was doing wrong. I cannot recommend her enough."
"It is literally life changing."
KRISTIE
Course Student
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"I loved this course! The lessons were quick and practical. I appreciated that they weren't 'fiddly' and I could implement the methods and techniques immediately. I learned a lot and am now more mindful of making photos and not simply taking them."
"I loved this course!"
VICTORIA
Course Student
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"My iPhone photography has changed dramatically because of Kara's course. She teaches you how you can capture your memories beautifully with just a camera on your phone. It was simple and insightful! I would definitely recommend checking out her course!!"
"My iPhone photography has changed dramatically because of Kara's course."
WORD ON THE STREET
Your instructor :
MEET
CONNECT WITH ME: @THEKARALAYNE
From ten years spent as a professional commercial and lifestyle photographer to creative director for a top product company in the memory keeping industry, I have always had a passion for preserving our personal history and telling our story.
Outside of my professional credentials, I am simply a mother of five who yearned for not only beautiful photos and home movies, but a streamlined approach to memory keeping utilizing today's technology. It is a passion passed on to me from my father that I am so grateful for. And getting to share it with you as we link arms in this important work is an absolute joy and true honor.
Hi there! My name is Kara Layne
Hi there!
My name is Kara Layne
DOES THE COURSE INCLUDE
CLOSED CAPTIONS?
You betcha. Everything is mobile friendly and available to you while on the go!
CAN I ACCESS THE COURSES ON MOBILE?
ARE THE VIDEOS AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD FOR ME TO KEEP?
The videos within the course are not available to download, but with the purchase of this course you receive lifetime access to the content. You have the freedom of logging back into your account anytime you would like to review the content and refresh your memory!
DO THE COURSES TEACH ABOUT FILE ORGANIZATION AND HOW BEST TO HANDLE IT?
They do not include how to organize all of your images, proper storage, etc because there is such a strong emphasis on the technical aspects of creating beautiful photos and video. However, the Documenting the Everyday educational series has a course coming soon that will take you from beginning to end with how to handle your images and photographs - from organizing your camera roll to proper digital media storage, printing your photographs and creating an organized system that will allow you to enjoy your family memories daily and at any time you like.
ARE THESE COURSES STILL BENEFICIAL EVEN THOUGH I HAVE AN ANDROID PHONE?
While we wanted to ensure that the courses were advertised as iPhone courses because of Kara's expertise and workflow built around the iOS system, there are only two or three specific lessons out of both courses that will be specifically speaking to iPhone users - technical aspects of the iPhone camera as well as the editing apps Kara uses which aren't all available for the Android platform. Otherwise, no matter what kind of smartphone you own, you will walk away learning so much about creating beautiful everyday photographs.
All of the course videos that are included in this course come with a PDF transcript for those that find that more helpful.
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DO I HAVE TO BE LOGGED IN AT A CERTAIN TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COURSE?
We know how hard it is to fit anything more into our already busy lives, even as something as great as this course. This is why we set out to create a course that allows you complete freedom. This course is completely self-paced and available for you to work through when you are.
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preserving your legacy.
I can promise you that if you are willing to invest the time into learning how to document your everyday life beautifully and artistically, if you invest the energy into getting organized and implementing a streamlined system going forward, that you will feel a peace of mind that you have been aching for when it comes to your personal history. And your home will be filled with joy as you and your family enjoy the blessings of the important work you do in
This series offers so much value to those who grab a seat and dive into the experience. And I lay everything out on the table for you - both as a retired professional commercial and lifestyle photographer as well as a mother who wanted a streamlined approach to memory keeping.
But that value will only be worth as much as your willingness to invest the time into doing the work. Remember, it took a long time to get behind in your memory keeping... it's going to take time to flip the script.
