WE'VE MOVED!!!!!

Hello world!!! It's a beautiful day, a beautiful day for a NEW BLOG FOR THE PARSONS!! Blogger has done the best it can, but we have graduated to our own customized blog now, with personal blog address in tow....drumroll please....


WWW.WEARETHEBLOGGERS.COM

Change your bookmarks, your blogrolls, your RSS feeds, your subscriptions to the new addy, cause we want to see you ALL over there!!!

Andrea + Steve: Married!

Pure joy, jubilation, surprise, deep love, rich emotion, overwhelming beauty, richness, honesty, care, bright, colorful...we could seriously go on forever describing andrea and steve. They are truly one of those couples that you can't help but see and think "soul mates." They are darling, dear, precious, and every other word used to describe something winsome and lovely. We LOVED spending the day with them - watching their love in action at its finest as they began their marriage. We are so happy for them, and hope our images convey even just a bit of how special they are, how great their families are, and how memorable their Union Station wedding was.

micah, meet lion

I love this little boy more than words could ever express.

(taken on jer's iphone)

Jessi + Neil: Engaged!!

Jessi and Neil are two amazingly warm and gracious people. They're both funny, affectionate, and they connect so well together, which is so fun to photograph! We met Neil at a wedding in 2007 (he was a groomsman), and shortly thereafter met with them together. Lo and behold, they booked on the spot! :) We can't wait for their June wedding this year!

Crystal + Jesse: Smoky Mountain Tennessee Wedding

The First time we met Crystal and Jesse, they were looking for their wedding photographers and it was almost 2 years ago. They made an impression on us quickly, as Crystal is a photographer and thus is definitely choosy with who she wanted to photograph their wedding. But more than that, we loved how real they were - a couple who tells it like it is, makes you laugh non stop with their dry sense of humor, and is not fake in any way. After them meeting with waaayyyy too many photographers (I believe there were 8 in one day at some point in the journey) :) they picked us, and we have been so honored not just to share their journey and marriage beginning as their photographers, but more to know them and become more than just their photographers.
Their wedding was an overload of beauty and emotion and joy. I experienced many things deeply at Crystal and Jesse's wedding. I remember the unbelievable beauty of fog rising over the Smoky mountains in the early morning; the enjoyment of eating a home cooked breakfast with their closest friends and family members who welcomed us in as if we'd known them forever. I remember good coffee sipped on the deck of the cabin we were housed at, the call of strange sounding birds filling the air. I remember Jesse sitting blindfolded next to his soon-to-be bride while we drove to do portraits. I remember the deer that approached us in the middle of the woods while we took portraits of the two of them - literally 12 feet from us!
I remember those things. But far more deeply, I remember getting to witness two amazing individuals pledge their lives together on the 16th anniversary of the day that they first "hung out." Watching two people who had been together for so much time tear up during their vows was amazingly moving. And the love they displayed for each other was so wonderful to be a part of. I was also so blessed to share it all with the amazing Cameron Ingalls who shot this wedding with me. Many millions of thanks to him for coming out from Cali all the way to the smoky mountains.
Crystal and Jesse, thank you a million times for allowing us to experience these things and so much more. We love you guys.

Alejandra + Stefan: A PIF shoot

As some of you loyal friends and fans will recall, we put out an invitation to all photographers last September in which we offered to do one free shoot of people who don't usually get their pictures taken because they live behind the camera. We announced our choice of ben and renee but a few days later, received an inquiry for the pay it forward shoot that we could not resist. Most people sent emails asking to be the people we shot, but not too many people got wildly creative until....Alejandra and Stefan. They sent us the below video, which totally cracked us up and showed us we could not miss out on meeting this amazing couple from Costa Rica. They are vivacious, in love, hilarious, and so fun. if you don't love them, laugh at how crazy and wonderful they are, and feel jealous that we got to meet them, you may not have a soul! ;)










Ale is a photographer herself, so be sure to check out her work on HER BLOG - it's super cool because it's all in spanish, or as Stefan says, "espanish". :)

becca + charlotte: the dreamy mommy+baby session

Becca is positively lovely. she is, aside from being an amazing inspiration as an artist, a dear heart friend. One of those rare beauties walking around on this earth who reminds us what it looks like when you live from a full, open heart. I love her dearly, and had an amazing morning a few weeks ago getting to know her newest love, her daughter charlotte. Hope you enjoy basking in their love and beauty as much as I did.