Hurrah, this month’s Your Bristol and Somerset Wedding Magazine features one of my brides Shan Fisher as their gorgeous cover girl!
Congratulations Shan, you look fabulous!
Your Bristol & Somerset Wedding Magazine Cover!
February 1, 2010 - 4:41 pm - Beautiful!!!
February 2, 2010 - 11:24 pm - Thank you Rosie! I just got a copy today! Looks fab! Well done! x
John Burton Race and Devon Life Magazine
About a month ago I headed down to Dartmouth to photograph celebrity chef John Burton Race for my first Devon Life Magazine assignment.
I got to sit in on the interview John did with Devon Life journalist Harriet Mellor which was insightful and fun, and then we had a great time shooting some photos down on his boat in the Dart Marina along with John’s film crew! During the interview and photoshoot John was filming for a Channel Five series called Celebrity Quitters, which has just started airing this week on Tuesday nights. I was also filmed (yikes!) while shooting my portraits for the magazine, so my good self may even make an appearance later in the series!!
The interview with John is a six page feature and is published in the current issue of Devon Life Magazine, which is out now!
January 23, 2010 - 1:59 pm - excellent!!! well done you. I love these photos...makes me want to go there x
January 26, 2010 - 4:52 pm - I don't know why but I though it was a little boat he had, not a great big whopper like that....a little rowing number lol! Funny how things get interpreted by moi so way off the mark! Looks great and fabulous pictures again lady x
Real Life Weddings in Cosmo Bride
It’s always lovely to see photographs from real life weddings featured as inspiration for future brides, and this month two of my weddings from 2009 are in fab wedding magazine Cosmo Bride!
Vicky and Adam who had their glorious 1920s art deco wedding at Treowen House are featured, followed by the colourful wedding of Shella and Derek who got married in Henley on Thames in September.
If you’re eagle-eyed, you may also spot me in a couple of other places in the magazine as I photographed the images for the interview with Kat from Rock n Roll Bride, and I’m interviewed as part of Cosmo’s article on “Learn to Love the Camera”! 
January 7, 2010 - 5:54 pm - Well Done Rosie!
January 7, 2010 - 10:38 pm - You photographed two different real weddings, had a mention in another article AND you were interviewed in another article, all in this magazine!!! That's four separate pieces in one magazine...... Pretty awesome lady, here's to 2010.......you're a fantastic photographer and deserve to get credit and plenty more. x
January 11, 2010 - 3:11 pm [...] Not only is she kicking some serious ass in the UK wedding world at the moment (she was featured in the same issue of Cosmopolitan Bride as me this month – with two of her weddings being used and with her taking part in a feature about [...]
January 11, 2010 - 3:11 pm [...] Not only is she kicking some serious ass in the UK wedding world at the moment (she was featured in the same issue of Cosmopolitan Bride as me this month – with two of her weddings being used and with her taking part in a feature about [...]
Eco friendly weddings in Devon – Green Union
If you’re into taking care of the environment then lovely Devon-based website Green Union is somewhere you’ll love browsing around for eco friendly weddings!
My good friend Vicky from Vintage Teasets paid me a visit today, and we decided it would be rather marvelous to also head off the beaten track and down the rural Devon country lanes to visit the lovely Rosie who runs Green Union.
We were especially impressed with her amazing lemon polenta cake that was warm out of the oven – yummm! And enjoyed meeting all her fluffy chickens! Of course I had to do some photography while I was there!
December 14, 2009 - 7:29 pm - Thanks for the lovely post Rosie - loved having you and Vicky for tea. Not sure about the green ummmmmmmmm what is it anyway! But the chooks look beautiful.
December 11, 2009 - 3:17 pm [...] if the cake is anything to go by, well worth a visit . Rosie Parsons has already blogged this here, but here again are her lovely shots of the day including one of me in my Clara Bows Hats I make. [...]
Vintage Wedding Inspiration Featured on Rock n Roll Bride!
Yay! Always great to get nice feedback, and Kat from the infamous UK rockin’ wedding portal that is RocknRollBride.com loved the 1920s vintage bridal shoot that Vicky from VintageTeasets.co.uk and I did a couple of weeks ago.
Check out what the lovely Kat said at http://www.rocknrollbride.com/2009/12/1920s-glamour-puss/
December 17, 2009 - 6:11 pm [...] Ghetes Aga Images Clara Bows (nicest write up ever!) Rosie Parsons The Pink Book Flights of Fancy Rock my Wedding Joshua [...]
Your Bristol & Somerset Wedding Magazine – Cover!
I was really pleased to find out that one of my summer brides Anna made the front cover of Your Bristol & Somerset Wedding Magazine this month! I knew immediately after taking these photos of Anna that she would make an amazing cover girl and I was proved right
Combe House Hotel – Devon wedding photography shoot
Combe House Hotel near Honiton, Devon was the venue for a fantastic wedding photography shoot for myself with the extremely talented wedding stylist Vicky Rowe from vintageteasets.co.uk on Tuesday!
The ever fabulous Sarah Brock was on hand to create a flawless 1920s inspired makeup look and Becky Simpson from Hair By Becks @ Thairapy Bristol did an amazing job of vintage style bridal hairstyles. Vicky set up the dining room with a veritable feast of era-themed favours and ideas, while we had the luxury of two amazing florists – Bella & Fifi Flowers and Julie from Floriture who created some bridal designs and floral table decorations with the 1920s in mind. I must also mention the beautiful little cakes made especially for the shoot by Clifton Cakes – hard to resist, but we did get the chance to enjoy them at the end and they were every bit as good as they looked!
Though it was raining in parts, we also popped outside as Combe House had organised a vintage car for us to shoot with as well. There were so many great areas to photograph inside the house – we started by shooting in the two dining areas, then moved into the grand hall entrance. During a spot of lunch I got some great shots of the girls against all the copper pots and pans and then we headed up to shoot in some of the stunning hotel bedrooms, including the famous Linen Suite which has been featured in Tatler Magazine.
Many thanks to all the amazing designers and suppliers who worked with us on the photoshoot and I hope you like the results! I’ll be posting Monday’s shoot from Mamhead House very soon!
November 27, 2009 - 11:12 am - lovely as always!!
November 27, 2009 - 11:22 am - Rosie, incredible pictures, but the 3rd one has to be my favorite. Wonderful stuff! Hows the move coming along, or has it already happened?
December 2, 2009 - 1:46 pm - LOVE this shoot. Vintage glamour with a touch of Gosford Park...gorgeous. Great shots!
December 4, 2009 - 3:46 pm - These photographs are so stunning! I really love them, so glamorous.
December 5, 2009 - 4:44 am - You got talent big time :) love all your work!
November 29, 2009 - 3:38 am [...] Shoestring Bride Loves: Rosie Parsons Filed under: Inspiration, Photographer, Shoestring Bride Loves — by missyap @ 11:38 am Tags: Photographer, vintage I have to say, if I were English and had tons of money. I would have Rosie Parsons as my wedding photographer. Since neither are likely to come true anytime soon, I guess I am just going to have to settle for admiring her work from afar. I especially love her recent 1920s fashion bridal photosession [...]
December 3, 2009 - 5:08 pm [...] wedding polaroids (via a desert fete) ♥ What cool and awesome reception details! ♥ Beautiful 1920’s inspired wedding shoot ♥ 17 crazily gorgeous and completely unique business card ideas (via Princess Lasertron) ♥ OMG [...]
December 10, 2009 - 9:12 pm [...] and Kat from the infamous UK rockin’ wedding portal that is RocknRollBride.com loved the 1920s vintage bridal shoot that Vicky from VintageTeasets.co.uk and I did a couple of weeks [...]
Fab mention on the Charlotte Balbier Blog!
Twitter is a wonderful thing!
I recently sent the fantastic dress designer Charlotte Balbier a link to Shella and Derek’s blog post as Shella looked absolutely stunning in one of Charlotte’s designs called Tabitha.
Charlotte loved the wedding and posted a feature on her blog, which you can see here: Charlotte Balbier Blog
You can also follow Charlotte on Twitter here http://twitter.com/BalbierBrides
I’m going to be a Devon Wedding Photographer!
Exciting news all round in the Parsons camp!
First bit of news is that I’ve just launched my new commercial photography site! You can access it at http://corporate.rosieparsons.com and just like my wedding photography, it aims to provide something a little bit different to the average corporate photography sites!
I’ve had a lot of fun putting it together with Lee and getting all the images for it. We had a fantastic few days in Dartmouth shooting at Browns Hotel and then at celebrity chef John Burton-Race’s gorgeous place The New Angel.
I’ve also been working with solicitor’s firm Hartnell Chanot & Partners in Exeter on their new staff profiles for their website. My father is a partner there and it’s been great to work with family!
The other bit of news is that we are moving home!
If you’ve been following me for some time, you might remember that we only moved to Bristol about 6 months ago – so it’s been quite a stressful year, but Lee has got a new job in Exeter doing web design and we are really excited to be moving to this wonderful part of the country!
I’ve already been along to a couple of networking meetings for Devon folk and am looking forward to meeting many more. There certainly seems to be a thriving social networking scene down here on Twitter and I’ll be heading along to the Exeter TAGS tweetup on Thursday.
I grew up in Exeter, so it’ll be fantastic to be back and to meet up with old friends. The city has changed a lot since I left for University aged 18 (almost ten years ago now!) – the new Princesshay shopping centre looks fantastic and I know Lee and I will probably be found in the Apple Store most weekends!
We’re already setting up home down here, but are still receiving post at our Bristol address for the next few weeks.
Look forward to seeing you all for cream teas down here soon! 
November 16, 2009 - 3:36 pm - Congratulations Rosie....best of luck with the new venture and the website is looking great. I'm sure the roads of Devon will be full of tourists drawn to the businesses you have helped promote. Jonathan & Ela
November 16, 2009 - 11:59 pm - Congrats on a great corporate website, just had a quick peek around and the images are lovely. You are very lucky to be moving back to Exeter, we have family there and it's always a pleasure to visit them. Best of luck with the move and the new ventures!
November 17, 2009 - 10:06 pm - Hi Jonathan and Ela! Thanks - loving being here already. Getting to photograph a surf school and a hotel in Cornwall over the next couple of weeks - this is the life!! :D whoatemycrayons - Thank you! Yes Exeter is a fab place to live, we definitely know how lucky we are to live so near such beautiful countryside and seaside!
River & Rowing Museum Henley Wedding – Derek + Shella
Shella and Derek knew they wanted a special venue for their wedding, right by the water – and they had two amazing locations – The River and Rowing Museum and Temple Island Meadow both in Henley on Thames!
The ceremony was held at Henley’s River and Rowing Museum in full view of the river Thames and all its boats floating past. Shella and Derek had made a thousand origami little paper birds to decorate the place and they had a traditional Chinese tea ceremony immediately after the civil ceremony.
All the guests were then transported down the river by boat from Hobbs of Henley to Temple Island Meadow, where a huge indian style teepee from Beautiful World Tents was set up right on the banks of the river. Shella and Derek had organised so many fun things to keep their guests entertained – I especially loved the photobooth which had everyone in stitches!
The interior of the teepee was incredible. Shella loves colour, and it was so fun, funky and vibrant! There were loads of little touches like postcards from all the guests (the RSVPs), a map showing all the places the couple had travelled together and the chillout area was so cool!
The wedding cake was a selection of amazing cupcakes from http://www.animacupcakes.com/ and Shella’s stunning dress was Tabitha by Charlotte Balbier.
After a yummy South East Asian dinner and the speeches, everyone headed outside into the night air to set off paper lanterns. They looked magical floating off into the sky… until one got stuck in a tree that is, and then I saw Derek’s face begin to imagine a huge tree alight with flames… Eek! Fortunately it burned itself out, but it was a bit touch and go!
Derek and Shella had their own cute red heart lantern and I think the image at the end of the night of them watching it arise into the sky is one of my favourites from the whole day.
Hope you enjoy the images guys!
October 6, 2009 - 10:44 am - That photobooth is pure genius - wish I had that at our wedding! Is that a 'Rosie special'?
October 6, 2009 - 10:58 am - Lol, noo - actually the bride set that up, all her wedding was DIY - it's great isn't it!
October 6, 2009 - 5:33 pm - These are lovely images and it looks like a terrific location too! Love those shoes too! You did a great job of capturing the details and essence of this lovely wedding.
October 13, 2009 - 4:45 pm - Hi, I just found your photos (beautiful) and blog (more beautiful photos!) through "Ruffled". I wrote a quick little post about the Ruffled blog and used one of your photos as sampling of the lovely, inspirational photos found there. I subscribed to this blog via reader and look forward to seeing your future work. Thank you and good luck. Andrea
October 14, 2009 - 12:18 am - wow! what a great wedding! great photos! can you tell me the brand of the wedding dress this beautiful bride is wearing? it's so pretty!
October 15, 2009 - 11:00 am - Hi Nigel - thanks! Rabbitlapin - The dress is by Charlotte Balbier and is called Tabitha. Hope that helps! :)
October 15, 2009 - 7:34 pm - Now that looks like a fun wedding! I love the coloured socks! Lol! Great colours throughout and very cool moments and details.
November 8, 2009 - 7:21 pm - This wedding looks amazing - it looks like everyone is having great fun, gorgeous details and this is beautifully shot. They are really fantastic photos I will be posting about your work on my blog. Can I just ask where the pirates came into it all?:-)
November 9, 2009 - 12:42 pm - Hiya Little Miss Wedding! The pirates were actually totally non-wedding related but just sailed by the wedding and waved at everyone - completely random but lots of fun!! Thanks Mark!
November 24, 2009 - 10:13 am - What an amazing wedding. The attention to details is fantastic! You've captured it perfectly Rosie :)
January 9, 2010 - 1:01 pm - I just came across your blog from rock and roll bride and I have to say, This wedding is stunning! I absolutely love your detail shots and the couple look so relaxed and happy, absolutely gorgeous!
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