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Why Learning to Build Hollywood Flats Changes Everything
Want to learn how to build your own photo sets?
We are launching a new Set Building Course where David teaches you how to build a Hollywood flat from start to finish. Step by step. No assumptions. No gatekeeping.
A flat is essentially a f...
Day 3 of The Truck Bed Photo Set Build
Day 3 of the truck bed set build was a really important one! The goal was to frame out the tops of each of these flats.
That part is so important because the set is actually designed to be photographed two completely different ways. Th...
Day 2 of the Truck Bed Photo Set Build
Day two of the set build had one very specific goal: frame out all of the side walls.
Which sounds simple enough until you remember that this set is made up of four separate boxes, and every box has two side walls.
So, eight walls.
It was a ...
Let The Build Begin: Day 1
The Journey officially kicks off on September 15th, which is somehow less than two weeks away.
And today was day one of the set build.
Starting a new set build is always a little daunting. The design has been living in David’s head...
The Journey Route Update: Our 7,500-Mile Cross-Country Photography Project
Okay...we revised the map.
And apparently decided to make this project a little more intense.
What started as roughly a 5,000-mile trip has officially grown by another 2,500 miles, because once we really started mapping everything out, there were j...
Attic Series Set 6 | Building a Beach Photo Set in Our Attic
There's something incredibly satisfying about taking a space that shouldn't become something... and making it become exactly that.
For our sixth set in the Attic Series, we transformed our attic into a surreal beach.
Not a realistic beach. A beach ...
All About The Journey | Our Art Project Across America
What If the Journey Was the Point?
"It's about the journey, not the destination."
Support The Journey
It's one of those phrases we've all heard before. People say it all the time, but I've been thinking lately about how rarely we actually live t...
Stacking 7 Prism Lens FX Filters at Once: Fine Art Nudes and Extreme Distortion
This Post Contains Mild Nudity
What happens when you stack seven lens filters onto a single lens?
Honestly... we had no idea.
This shoot started with nothing more than a question. We wanted to see how far we could push in-camera distortion before a photograph stopped feeling lik...
Why This Became THE Image: Episode Four
Ever know as soon as you pressed the shutter that the photo you just captured was really special?
That's exactly what this photo was for me.
This is my favorite photograph I've ever taken because it looks exactly how my lowest moments feel.
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Why Creative People Feel Like They're Always Falling Behind
I have this bad habit of believing that if I'm not making progress everywhere, I'm falling behind somewhere.
Like no matter how much David and I accomplish in one area, I can't seem to stop looking at all the other places where we aren't making prog...
How We Turned a Physical Set Into a Comic Book Cover
Part of why David and I love what we do is because it lets us bounce between mediums.
Most of our commissioned work starts with inspiration from another medium. We create photographic cover art that is inspired by music, building physical sets that ...
Why This Became THE Image: Episode Three
Ever had a photoshoot go completely sideways... only for it to become one of your favorites?
Because that's exactly what happened here.
Literally nothing went according to plan.
Our original model canceled at the last minute. We were alrea...
What to Do When You Feel Like Giving Up on Your Art
We received this message on Instagram the other day.
"Could I ask you a question? You don't have to answer, but I would love another photographer's perspective. What did you do when you felt like giving up and stopping creating art? When you have no...
Prism Lens FX Review: Studio Photoshoot with Moody FX and Lucid Dream Filters
When you’re working inside a tiny attic photo studio, you have to get creative to make a space feel massive. For this shoot, we wanted to build a conceptual world that felt surreal and cinematic, so we decided to bring the energy of a live conc...
How Focal Length Changes Your Portrait Photography and Set Design
When we plan a photoshoot, lens choice isn't something we figure out right before we click the shutter. It's actually one of the very first design decisions we make. Because when you build custom photography sets from scratch, the focal length doesn'...
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Jada + David Parrish are mixed media artists whose work explores the connection between painting, sculpture, motion, and photography.