MerchanFilms
Preschool & Early Learning · Orange County

Show families what makes your school feel like home.

Professional photography and video, built for early learning centers. We bring our own gear, work around your school day, and there's nothing to pay upfront.

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📷 PHOTO PLACEHOLDER - Candid photo — art table, outdoor play, or circle time. Natural light, not posed.
Trust & Safety

How we work on your campus

Every visit is scheduled, every shoot happens with your staff present, and nothing leaves campus without your sign-off. Here's the process in plain language.

📷 PHOTO PLACEHOLDER - Photo — a teacher present alongside students during a session
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Scheduled visits, never a surprise

We’re on campus by appointment only, coordinated through your front office — never wandering in unannounced.

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Your staff are always present

A teacher or administrator is with us for every session. We’re never alone with students, ever.

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Nothing goes out without your sign-off

Every photo and video is reviewed by your school before it’s used anywhere — your website, our site, social, or ads.

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Parents stay in control, and so do you

Families opt in or out of having their own child’s images used or sold. Ordering runs through a private gallery link — you never have to hand a stranger your parent contact list.

Fully insured for on-campus work — happy to share a certificate of insurance before day one.

Start Here
The lowest-risk first step

Picture Day: the easiest yes you'll say all year.

One scheduled day, zero cost to your school. We bring the studio, parents buy what they want, and you don't lift a finger.

Individual, sibling, and class portrait options
Parents order directly through a private online gallery
Automated print fulfillment — parents enter their own shipping address, we never touch personal data
School pays nothing up front, or a small flat sitting fee if you’d prefer

Once Picture Day's running smoothly, holiday mini-sessions and first-day-of-school photos slot into the same system — popular add-ons families ask for on their own.

📷 PHOTO PLACEHOLDER - Picture Day portrait — individual or sibling session
Campus & Marketing Photography

Real moments from your classrooms, ready for your website, your ads, your front office.

Candid photography across classrooms, outdoor play, mealtime, and daily routines — the kind of imagery that helps a parent picture their own child there.

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📷 PHOTO PLACEHOLDER - Classroom moment — daily routine or learning activity
📷 PHOTO PLACEHOLDER - Outdoor play
📷 PHOTO PLACEHOLDER - Mealtime or circle time
📷 PHOTO PLACEHOLDER - Staff portrait

Staff & teacher portraits, dual-purpose

The same session covers warm bios for your website and marketing, plus clean ID-badge portraits — so families and visitors can see at a glance who belongs on campus.

Parent & Teacher Voices

Let the people who already trust you say why.

A short hero video built from real interviews with your parents and teachers — woven together with candid footage of your students in action. No scripted lines from the kids; their joy speaks for itself on camera.

▶ VIDEO PLACEHOLDER - Hero video — parent & teacher interviews + classroom b-roll
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"Real parent quote goes here once interviews are recorded."

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Brand Film

When you're ready to go further: a flagship film built around your story.

The biggest-ticket piece — for schools ready to invest in something built for the homepage, the open house, and the major campaigns.

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▶ VIDEO PLACEHOLDER - Brand film — flagship cinematic piece
Custom script and shot list built around your school’s own voice — not a generic template
Highly produced, intentional cinematography, shaped for a flagship piece rather than day-to-day documentary coverage
Delivered for your homepage hero, open house presentations, and major enrollment campaigns
Milestones & Seasonal Add-Ons

Small moments that mean a lot to families.

📷 PHOTO PLACEHOLDER - Promotion / moving-up ceremony

Promotion Day

Cap-and-gown energy, preschool style — covering the moving-up ceremony families already get emotional, and open their wallets, for.

📷 PHOTO PLACEHOLDER - Holiday mini session

Holiday Minis

Quick seasonal sessions built for grandparent gifts and holiday cards. Parents love them, and you barely have to plan.

📷 PHOTO PLACEHOLDER - Summer camp coverage

Summer Camp

Candid coverage across camp weeks — great keepsakes, and a head start on next year’s enrollment marketing.

📷 PHOTO PLACEHOLDER - Open house / enrollment event

Open House & Enrollment Events

Coverage turned around fast enough to use in your very next follow-up email to prospective families.

How It Works

Simple, on purpose.

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Reach out

Send a note or grab 15 minutes — no pitch deck required.

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Quick scope call

We figure out what makes sense to start with — usually Picture Day.

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Schedule the shoot

We work around your school calendar, not the other way around.

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Get your photos & video

You get your gallery and footage. Parents get their own private gallery to shop.

Get In Touch

Let's make something families remember.

Reply to the email or use the form below — happy to start with something small, like Picture Day, and go from there.

MerchanFilms

Devoted to capturing the essence of your school's story — with the same care, consent, and consideration you'd want for your own kids.

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