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  • Devon Wedding Photography by Rosie Parsons

    Hello and thanks for looking through my work!

    I'm a full time professional wedding photographer based in Honiton, Devon. I started my career by photographing music and I like to think I bring that relaxed and creative feel to all the weddings I photograph too.

    My work has been published in Cosmopolitan Bride, You & Your Wedding, Wedding Magazine, Perfect Wedding, Wedding Flowers and on the cover of Professional Photographer Magazine. I am also a qualified member of The Master Photographers Association.

    Although I'm based in the South West, I often travel for weddings so do drop me a line wherever you're based!

    If you want to get in touch you can find me on or give me a call on 07710 827045. I look forward to speaking with you!

    Rosie :)

Photographers Shootswap with Maz Hawes in Devon

I wasn’t planning on doing any more blog posts until my newly designed blog is up and ready, which should be sometime soon next week… However, me and my family recently did a shootswap with fellow photographer, the very talented Maryanne Hawes from Light & Day Photography and I can’t wait to share it!

The idea behind a shootswap is that as photographers, we are often the ones always behind the lens – and therefore have loads of lovely family photos, but none with us actually in the photo! I thought it made sense to team up with some of my photographer friends and photograph each other’s families while having a lovely day out. This was the first time I’ve done it and I’m pretty sure everyone really enjoyed themselves! I am certainly really pleased with the results and will treasure them forever!

Maz has a holiday home down in Devon, so we scheduled an afternoon to photograph each other’s families when they were down in the South West. The weather had been very unpredictable, so we weren’t quite sure how things would work out in terms of locations, but fortunately the sun shone bright all afternoon and we had a ball!

We had a wander around the village and did some shots outside her lovely farm conversion, then Maz and her family supplied us with a fabulous Devonshire cream tea in the garden which was just the icing on the cake for such a wonderful day!

Not only do I love the photos Maz took of us (check out her blog) but we had such a lovely time hanging out with her and her family. Let’s hope she is up for doing it again sometime!!!;)

No coloured borders today I’m afraid coloured-border fans (and I know there are a few of you!!). I won’t be watermarking my images on my new blog and as everything will be changing soon, I’m going to make a start now!

July 27, 2010 - 6:10 pm

Dominique - These are beautiful, they will love them. Think the last 5 are my favourite! I also absolutely loved the ones Maryanne did of you two xx

July 27, 2010 - 6:20 pm

Dasha - Fantastic! That’s it )

July 27, 2010 - 6:25 pm

Matt Pereira - Lovely Rosie! Were you shooting with an f/1.2 (50mm or 85mm) ? Loving the DOF.
(Sorry for the geeky comment!!!)

July 27, 2010 - 6:34 pm

rosie - Thanks guys! Matt – it was the 50 1.4 :)

July 27, 2010 - 6:38 pm

Jessica draper - Hey these are beautiful! Loving the late afternoon sun shots!! Just FAB!!

July 27, 2010 - 6:46 pm

Jules - Oh I love these. You’ve done a fantastic job Rosie.

July 27, 2010 - 6:51 pm

Vinita - Such gorgeous images! Love both your sessions!!

July 27, 2010 - 7:13 pm

Kirsten - All stunning, Rosie. Maz will love these, I’m sure x

July 27, 2010 - 7:19 pm

maz - Oh Rosie I’m in tears! These are even more moving and wonderful than I thought they ever could be. Thankyou so, so much, I will really treasure them. I have so few pics of us all together, and even of Rich and I together- it just doesn’t happen! I LOVE them!
xxx

July 27, 2010 - 8:07 pm

Shella - Maz you have such gorgeous family!!! Love these heaps and heaps!

July 27, 2010 - 9:53 pm

Natalie - Ohhh Maz, you must be so happy, these are wonderful!! :) sounds like you both had an absolute blast, love the images from both your sessions. and cream tea in the garden too, lovely!

July 27, 2010 - 10:06 pm

greg thurtle - Lovely images Rosie – i’m hard pressed to pick a favourite because they’re all so amazing! I love devon and cornwall so much i am coming on holiday again there this year!

July 27, 2010 - 10:21 pm

Louisa Coulthurst - These are great!

July 28, 2010 - 9:05 am

Steph - Beautiful images Rosie, love them all! x

July 28, 2010 - 9:23 am

Rachael - Love the pictures Rosie – and what a fantastic idea!

July 28, 2010 - 10:59 am

Helen - Not a geeky comment Matt! I’m interested too…. fab set of pictures, nice to Maz without sunglasses on her head too!!

July 28, 2010 - 11:07 am

Alan Wright - Oh these are beautiful Rosie!

July 28, 2010 - 12:11 pm

Antonina - WOW! Love these.

July 29, 2010 - 11:32 am

Charis Warrell - Awesome shoot…love them all. What a wonderful group of people. Looks like you have had so much fun. You have captured “family” really well here. Also loving the shots of you guys…you look uber-HOT! but then again, we knew you would! :D x x

July 29, 2010 - 12:22 pm

Rob at EAT PICTURES - knockout
love the swap idea
and what a beautiful set of pics
shot no.4 is the winner for me
and the pretty flags
and the cups of tea

July 29, 2010 - 1:33 pm

Rosie Parsons - Thanks everyone! I’ve got a few more of these coming up later this year – it’s a really fun thing to do!

July 31, 2010 - 12:01 am

Alex Beadon - Amazing :) :) I love this!!!

New look blogsite coming soon!

Just a quick heads up for clients and regular readers of this blog, that I’m in the middle of working with a fab graphic designer in the States who is creating a reworked new look for my website and blog!

I do love the current design, and I loved it for when I was mainly doing weddings in urban venues around Bristol, but now that I’m living in Devon I wanted my site to reflect that and we’ll be going for something a bit more fresh, vintage and with a bit of a coastal vibe but still keeping close to my current look logo.

To begin with, I’ll just be having an all in one blog and website, so in a couple of weeks if you go to www.rosieparsons.com or www.rosieparsons.com/blog you’ll be sent to the same place.

I hope you’ll all like it when it goes live, you’ll have to let me know what you think!:)

Laura and Harry’s Eco Friendly backyard wedding in Black Dog, Devon

Laura and Harry are from London and chose to have their eco-friendly, humanist ceremony in the back garden of Laura’s Dad’s home in Black Dog, near Crediton in Devon.

The whole day was really intimate, super relaxed and fun, and was filled with a literary theme of A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream as both Laura and Harry are keen readers and the wedding itself was held on Midsummer’s day!

Laura looked stunning in her vintage dress, which was bought from Fur Coat No Knickers in London. It’s so great to see brides choosing dresses and other details completely unique to them and I *heart* this shop!!

The ceremony was held outdoors and all the guests sat on benches – and the weather was really kind, which was a big bonus! As part of the ceremony, Laura and Harry also planted a tree in the garden and invited all their guests to fill it in with earth – a lovely lasting memory for the two of them every time they visit Laura’s Dad!

For the portraits, Laura, Harry and I headed off in my car to make use of a fabulous textured barn door just down the road and then the hedgerows and a field of corn provided gorgeous backdrops en route back to the party!

The reception was held in giant yurts and was catered by the wonderful Utterly Sexy Cafe, who I’ve worked with on a few weddings now. They did a stellar job and provided just the perfect atmosphere with the fresh and healthy food and vintage china table decor. Amanda from Utterly Sexy Cafe also created the gorgeous wedding cake, which was made custom for the couple based on their wedding theme. The stunning flower arrangements were by the fab Joanna Game.

Catering: Utterly Sexy Cafe www.utterlysexycafe.co.uk
Dress: Fur Coat No Knickers http://www.furcoatnoknickers.co.uk/
Flowers: Joanna Game Flowers http://www.joannagameflowers.com/
Yurts: Hooe’s Yurts http://www.hooesyurts.co.uk/
Beer: O’Hanlon’s http://www.ohanlonsbeer.com/
Band: Sheer Hopody http://www.sheerhopody.org.uk/
Celebrant: Alison from Devon Humanists http://www.humanistceremonies-southwest.co.uk/
Make-up: Kit Hall at Slap http://www.slap-artists.co.uk/

Enjoy the photos!

Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Laura and Harry's Eco Friendly Backyard Wedding in Devon
Utterly sexy Cafe wedding in Devon
Utterly sexy Cafe wedding in Devon
Utterly sexy Cafe wedding in Devon
Utterly sexy Cafe wedding in Devon
Utterly sexy Cafe wedding in Devon
Utterly Sexy Cafe wedding cake
Utterly sexy Cafe wedding in Devon
Utterly sexy Cafe wedding in Devon
Utterly Sexy Cafe wedding devon
Utterly sexy Cafe wedding in Devon

July 22, 2010 - 1:50 pm

Laura - Oooh! It’s us! Thank you Rosie, for bringing your brilliant eye and creativity to our wedding. The whole day was glorious, and it’s wonderful to have the photos as a memento. We would recommend you to anyone and everyone!

July 22, 2010 - 2:32 pm

Kirstie Taylor - Gorgeous photos Rosie!
Kx

July 22, 2010 - 3:18 pm

Vicky - gorgeous pics as always! Love the barn door and all those beautiful details…..and the cakes! Lovely Bride and Groom, just looked the bees knees!

July 22, 2010 - 3:37 pm

Vinita - Such beautiful images!

July 22, 2010 - 4:50 pm

Sally - What a lovely selection. Thank you so much for all you did on the day, quietly got on with your work and made it so easy to preserve our memories
Laura’s Mum

July 22, 2010 - 6:26 pm

Chanelle Segerius-Bruce - Very sweet. Nice details

July 23, 2010 - 9:29 am

Jo - Very lovely wedding – enjoying all the beautiful details, but see what your friend means about the lady hanging out the window!

Nick and Hannah featured on Rock n Roll Bride!

Hurrah!! I had such a great time photographing Nick and Hannah’s wedding portraits and fancy dress activities at Lee Abbey in North Devon last month and was really pleased when Kat from the fabulous Rock n Roll Bride spotted them!

The feature went live today and I definitely suggest having a good old browse through the rest of the site as well to get filled to the brim with loads of wedding inspiration!

Nick and Hannah featured on Rock-n-Roll Bride!

Visit to Lyme Regis

A few weeks ago, Lee’s Dad Paul came down to visit us for a couple of days in Hontion. One of the reasons we love living in Devon is the huge number of wonderful days out you can have down here, and while Paul was down we took him over to Lyme Regis on the Jurassic Coast in search of fossils!

We had a great time walking along the beach and they both were fortunate enough to find some very rare dinosaur eggs…. or they could have been large pebbles, who knows?:)

After such an incredible find, we thought it only right to celebrate with some rather delicious ice cream sundaes from the fab Rinky Tinks which is a little cafe set right on the beach. Mouthwatering!!

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July 19, 2010 - 3:38 pm

Charis - i love Lyme Regis, such a great place, esp with al! the fossils…x