Monthly Archives: July 2010

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!

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 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 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!

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!

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!!