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Jeanette + Horacio’s Engagement Session

JParker — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:33:50 +0000

I have to say… I had such a hard time narrowing down my favorite images from my shoot with Jeanette and Horacio’s engagement session, so this post will have a lot of photos as a result!

Jeanette and Horacio got engaged at Disneyland, so having their engagement session there was a no-brainer – it’s such a cool place to take photos. Unfortunately, however, California was having El Nino-style weather at the time so although we all had one idea in our heads as to what their session would be like, we had to improvise with the rain. Luckily, Jeanette and Horacio were extremely good sports about the rain and we ended up having a great time, and their photos turned out great as well.

When I meet with clients for the first time, I always like to tell them stories like this where although things aren’t going completely as planned, we can work with it and still come out in the end with something that is great. I’m looking forward to showing future clients this engagement session as such an example.

Jeanette and Horacio, I had a blast with you guys, and I can’t wait to shoot your wedding in a few short weeks!

Jeanette + Horacio Engagement Teaser

JParker — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:38:11 +0000

Here’s a teaser image from Jeanette + Horacio’s engagement session that we did at Disneyland. More coming next week!

P.S. A lot has been going on behind the scenes here, and I think a blog post is in order to update everyone. I’ll do that in the next couple of days as well.

Sara + Ardye’s Engagement – Old Town Pasadena Night Shoot

JParker — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:15:10 +0000

I’ve been wanting to do an engagement shoot at night for a L-O-N-G time now, but most couples that I’ve suggested it to haven’t really been as into it as I was. Luckily, Sara + Ardye were excited about the idea so I was able to do it. We met after the sun went down in Old Town Pasadena and started walking.

I had such a great time with these two! They’re so much fun to be around, and I can tell that they’re really in love. I can’t wait to shoot their wedding in a couple of weeks!

Thanks for taking a chance on this guys! I hope you love the results as much as I do!

Kristen + Aaron in New York City

JParker — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:06:47 +0000

I had the greatest time shooting engagement photos for Kristen + Aaron in New York! Kristen and I have so much to relate to as well. Like me, she’s from Georgia and she also went to the University of Georgia ( edit: or was it Georgia State? Hmmmm… )!

Both of them are just great fun to spend the day with. We walked around New York and ended up shooting in Grand Central Station, Central Park, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art! It sounds a bit cliche I’m sure, but man, I love New York!

I can’t wait to shoot your wedding next year guys!

Ryan + Todd In Downtown Atlanta

JParker — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:56:36 +0000

Ryan + Todd were so much fun to work with during their engagement session. Like I mentioned in the previous post, all of my plans were shot when we found out about the music festival in town. So, this is my idea of “winging-it”.

I can’t wait to shoot your wedding this weekend guys!

Enjoy!

Ryan + Todd Engagement Teaser

JParker — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:40:12 +0000

I learned something during this engagement session: If you’re going to plan an engagement shoot in a public park, be sure that there’s not a huge music festival scheduled that same day.

We had originally planned to shoot at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, but after learning about a huge music festival that was going on that weekend, we changed our plans at the last minute and went to the Fox Theatre instead. Well, that’s where we started anyway…

Here’s a teaser from their session. The rest are coming later this week! (Just in time because their wedding is next weekend!)

Camille + John Slideshow!

JParker — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:21:40 +0000

So, typically, I choose 10 – 15 images of a session to put up here on the blog. However, with Camille + John’s engagement session, I just couldn’t choose so few favorites! Instead, I’ve decided to just post a slideshow of my favorites.

I wrote a bit about Camille + John already, and how they wanted to do an urban engagement session. So, we met up in downtown Los Angeles at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. From there, we went to the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, and, finally, to Pershing Square. Along the way, we stopped off at a cool Italian restaurant, and just had a great time walking the streets of downtown Los Angeles.

Anyway, I can’t wait to shoot their wedding in August. It’s going to rock!

Enjoy the slideshow!

(Oh, and will someone please leave a comment? I’m feeling alone in here!)

Camille + John Engagement Teaser

JParker — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:56:52 +0000

When Camille and John mentioned in our initial consultation that they would much prefer an urban engagement session than a beach one, I knew that they were a perfect match for where I was taking this studio.

It also helps that they’re extremely fun, and were up for anything during their session in downtown Los Angeles. They even introduced me to Dim Sum afterwards at one of Camille’s favorite restaraunts in the area. Without them, I would have never known what to order! I’ll say more about the locations when I post the actual engagement photos, but I am SOOO happy with the way their engagement photos are turning out!

Anyway, here’s the teaser photo! The others are coming in a few days.

Enjoy!

karen + patrick’s engagement shoot

JParker — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:37:13 +0000

I had a great time shooting Karen and Patrick’s engagement session in Piedmont Park in Atlanta, GA a couple of weeks ago.

Here are a few of my favorites from our session.

Karen + Patrick Teaser

JParker — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:25:17 +0000

I met Karen and Patrick at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, GA this past Sunday for their engagement shoot. These two are so in love, and it shows in the way they look at each other. Karen is constantly smiling the biggest smile you can imagine (even when you ask her not to for just one photo…).

Patrick is also a photographer himself, so there’s a certain amount of pressure involved with shooting other photographers. That aside, we had a great time just walking around Piedmont Park and enjoying the beautiful day.

Here’s a teaser from their shoot – I’ll post more in a couple of weeks.

Thanks guys – I had a great time!