How We Edit an Entire Photoshoot in Minutes Using Evoto
People kept telling us to try Evoto… and we finally did.And honestly? It completely changed the way we edit.
We’ve been photographers long enough that we’re pretty set in our editing routines. We have a good flow, we divide and ...
A Very Different Kind of Maternity Shoot
Most maternity shoots have a certain look. Glowing skin, soft light, flowy dresses, and that dreamy, earth mother vibe. I’ve photographed plenty of them over the years, and they’re beautiful in their own right. But this shoot was no...
What We Learned from a Sheet of Bendy Plywood
For the past few months, David and I have been creatively stuck.
No new ideas were coming. Everything we shot felt flat. We knew we weren’t pushing ourselves creatively, and everything just felt stagnant.
And when your whole life revolves aro...
Why Your BTS Setup Makes or Breaks a Shoot
David and I build wild, surreal sets for every shoot, and our posing is pretty unconventional. On an average shoot, when I’m directing my model, you’ll probably catch me saying things like, “Okay, now can you bend backwards and rais...
The Crappy Deck: Using What You Have
“Do what you can with what you have. Nothing more is needed.” — Rick Rubin
I used to hate our deck.
It’s old, splintered, and rotting in places. It's the kind of deck you apologize for when people come over. For years I saw...
What It’s Really Like to Create Art with the Person You Love
Creating art with your partner is a pretty wild thing.
It’s intimate, unpredictable, and constantly evolving. It’s not something David and I ever planned to do. It just sort of unfolded that way. In the early days of our relationship, I ...
Disconnecting to Reconnect: My Weekend with the Camp Snap Camera
For our 12th wedding anniversary, David and I wanted to do something simple: get away, slow down, and disconnect. Just the two of us and our dogs tucked away in a little cabin in the mountains. No schedules, no work, no endless scrolling. Just quiet,...
Warm vs. Cool Light: How Color Temperature Changes a Photo
Color and lighting are two of the most powerful tools photographers have. The real impact shows when you use them together. One of the easiest and most overlooked ways to do this is by playing with color temperature, or the “warmth” and &...
3 Creative Studio Lighting Setups for Portrait Photography
Lighting is the easiest way to instantly change the mood of a shoot. In this post, I’ll walk you through three different creative lighting setups we used on the same set with the same model and show how dramatically the look changes each time.
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Is the Prism Lens FX Rose Filter Worth it?
Is the World Better Through Rose-Colored Glass?
That’s exactly what I wanted to find out when I got my hands on the Rose FX Filter from Prism Lens FX. This filter combines a soft rose-tinted glass with the company’s popular Nostalgi...
Jersey City Think Inside The Box Workshop Recap
Our very first Think Inside the Box Workshop happened in Jersey City on August 23–24, and wow… what a creative, collaborative, wild ride it was!
This was our first time hosting a workshop, and honestly, it blew our expectations out...
Why I Love Photo Contests (and Why You Should Try Them Too)
One of the easiest ways for photographers to get their work in front of a bigger audience is through photo contests. Over the past few years, we’ve started entering more of them, and I’ve become a big fan.
Not just because of the exposur...
3 Easy DIY Photo Sets That Pop with No Power Tools
We build sets all the time with plywood, power tools, and paint. But this time, we wanted to push ourselves: what if we built three DIY photo sets with no tools at all, using only simple materials from the hardware store?
To make things e...
Turning Road Trips Into Photo Projects (aka Why Our Cameras Always Ride Shotgun)
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
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 ...
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Jada + David Parrish are mixed media artists whose work explores the connection between painting, sculpture, motion, and photography.