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From Wedding Photographers To Artists - How Our 100 Set Project Changed Us
By Jada Parrish | Article | 04/25/22
Weddings ruled our life for 7 years. David and I started our wedding photography career in 2013 when a friend of a friend called us up in need of a wedding photographer and was wondering if we could help. I was 22 fresh out of college with a degree i...
Turning Road Trips Into Photo Projects (aka Why Our Cameras Always Ride Shotgun)
By Jada Parrish | Article | 08/14/25
David and I love a road trip. There’s something about having everything you need in the car with you and just going, seeing things you’ve never seen before and experiencing life through a new lens. But over time, we realized that road t...
Posing vs. Directing: How to Create More Authentic Emotion in Your Portraits
By Jada Parrish | Article | 08/11/25
Photographers talk a lot about posing. But here’s the thing: posing isn’t always enough. When I’m shooting, I’m not just thinking about where a hand should go or how the light falls across the face. I’m thinking about ...
Here's Why You Need to Come to The Think Inside The Box Workshop
By Jada Parrish | Article | 08/08/25
What happens when you give photographers a set, some paint, killer models, and total creative freedom? Let’s find out. Our first-ever Think Inside the Box Workshop is going down in just a couple of weeks in Jersey City, and we still have ...
Featured on the Wisdom in the Tangents Podcast: From Wedding Photographers to Full-Time Artists
By Jada Parrish | Press | 08/08/25
We recently sat down with John Mansfield on the Wisdom in the Tangents podcast to share the story of how we completely transformed our careers from shooting over 30 weddings a year to creating surreal set designs for artists, musicians, fashion ...
Custom Stage Build for DC World Pride – From Sketch to Set in 7 Days
By Jada Parrish | Behind The Scenes | 08/08/25
Every commissioned project we take on is super unique — but this one be one of our most fun yet. We were hired to design and build a forced perspective stage set, drive it up to Washington D.C., and do live photo shoots at the Maurice p...
Monochromatic Pink Room Set Design and Conceptual Photoshoot
By Jada Parrish | Conceptual Photography | 07/31/25
Hopelessness is a quiet, internal feeling. It’s not something we often talk about openly. No one answers “How are you?” with “Honestly, I’m feeling completely hopeless.” It’s the kind of feeling we sit with ...
One Photo Shoot, 3 Practical Photography Effects You Can Do In-Camera
By Jada Parrish | Article | 07/29/25
We used the same model, the same backdrop, and the same lighting. Then we added three different practical effects to show how much they can change the vibe of a photo. Why fake it when you can make it? We always spend time editing and retouching ou...
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Jada + David Parrish are mixed media artists whose work explores the connection between painting, sculpture, motion, and photography.