From Creative Block to Set Design: Building a Warped Wall Set
This set started from a place I know really well. Feeling creatively stuck.
We love building box sets, but we were starting to feel uninspired. We kept asking ourselves the same question over and over. How can we change things up?
That question tur...
What You Can Build With 1 Flat, 2 Flats, and 3 Flats
Learning how to build a flat opens the door to endless creative possibilities.
Instead of spending hundreds of dollars on new backdrops every time you want to change the look of a shoot, you can build a flat once and repaint it over and over again. ...
Creating Panic With the Prism Lens FX Ghost Filter
One of the biggest goals in conceptual photography is taking a feeling and translating it into a visual experience. You want someone to feel something the second they look at your photo, even if they don’t know the story behind it.
As photogra...
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...
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Jada + David Parrish are mixed media artists whose work explores the connection between painting, sculpture, motion, and photography.