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 ...
Here's Why You Need to Come to The Think Inside The Box Workshop
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
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
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
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
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...
Do These 5 Things Before Every Creative Shoot (Seriously)
You know that feeling when your shoot looks good but doesn’t feel quite right? The model’s on point, the lighting’s solid, but something’s missing.
I’ve been there. And more than once.
What David and I have learned ove...
Let's Talk Passion Projects on The Professional Photographer Podcast
Sharing our work is one thing—but lately, we've been putting ourselves out there more than ever before. It’s new, a little scary, and definitely vulnerable... but also exciting.
Over the past few years, we’ve gone from full-time we...
Why We're Hosting the Think Inside the Box Workshop
This August in Jersey City, we’re hosting something that’s been on our minds for a long time: The Think Inside the Box Workshop. It’s part creative adult summer camp, part photography intensive—and it’s designed to help ...
Turns Out Building Things by Hand Is Controversial Now
We recently shared a behind-the-scenes reel from one of our older shoots, thinking it would be a fun, casual look into our process. What we didn’t expect was to spark a full-on debate about whether it’s “worth it” to buil...
When the Beach Comes to the Studio: A Surreal Sandbox Set
Surrealism has always been a big part of how we see the world and how we create within it. We love starting with something ordinary, something familiar, and then twisting it into something a little strange, a little whimsical, and a little unexpected...
David’s First Short Film as Director of Photography
David’s been behind the camera for most of his life, but this was a whole new experience.
We recently flew to Los Angeles so he could be the Director of Photography (DP) on a short film called Real Robbers—written and directed by Austin ...
Speaking at Imaging USA 2026 in Nashville
We’re Speaking at Imaging USA 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee!
A lot of you know that about a year ago, we made a major career pivot—from wedding photographers to full-time conceptual photographers and set designers. What a wild ride it&rsq...
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Jada + David Parrish are mixed media artists whose work explores the connection between painting, sculpture, motion, and photography.