Reflect & Record

www.reflectandrecord.com Reflect & Record preserves stories for families, and for future generations. Reflect & Record is based in Austin, Texas.

We craft beautiful, documentary-style multimedia memoirs with a modern aesthetic. Our customizable packages allow you to choose how to present your own stories, with a combination of audio, video, and your own photographs and movies. We create documentary-style memoirs that tell the story of your life. It is owned and operated by Lindsay Patterson.

10/22/2014

So beautiful.

Forty Portraits in Forty Years The Brown sisters have been photographed every year since 1975. The latest image in the series is published here for the first time.

6 things the happiest families all have in common

09/17/2014

Interesting: "Research shows whether a kid knows their family history was[sic] the number one predictor of a child's emotional well-being." Does that feel true to you?

6 things the happiest families all have in common Research shows that the number one predictor of a child's emotional well-being was whether they knew their family history

05/29/2014

Ranch documentaries shipped off yesterday! A little bittersweet - I loved having this story in my life.

This Mother’s Day, Write a Letter to Your Children. Leave Them Something for After You’re Gone.

05/09/2014

Slate suggests an incredibly meaningful gift for mothers to give to their children this Mother's Day. It's my first Mother's Day as a mom, and I'd love to try it!

This Mother’s Day, Write a Letter to Your Children. Leave Them Something for After You’re Gone. President Obama was asked recently about regrets. “I regret not having spent more time with my mother,” he said. The president’s mother, Ann Dunham, died at age 52 when Barack Obama was 34. “I was so busy with my own life that I didn’t always reach out and communicate with her, and...

04/21/2014

Reflect & Record's first life story subject, Dorothy Murray McDonald, passed away last week. She was a beautiful lady, inside and out, and she had a wonderful life full of love and family. You can see her amazing spirit (and striking blue eyes!) in our "trailer" of her video.

Dorothy Murray McDonald Selections from Dorothy Murray McDonald's video memoir. Produced by Reflect & Record. www.reflectandrecord.com.

02/03/2014

There are lots of things that are rewarding about telling life stories. But one of the best is having a client call and tell you that they love the documentary, and can see all the work you put into it!