Category Archives: Weddings and Engagements

Michelle + Rendell

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I love to travel – I’m not gonna lie.  And when Michelle and Rendell, who are having their wedding up here in the Bay Area, asked me if I would come on down to San Diego for an engagement session, I basically said, “Why the hell not?”  With San Clemente so close, good friends to see, and a few waves to surf, it was an easy choice.

Once again, southern California pulled through with great weather, great waves, and some fantastic photos.  Here are a few from the day.

Enjoy!

Starting out in Balboa Park, we cruised around to see what we could find. It was my first time here. If you have the chance, definitely hit this place up.

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Wire This… Bride’s Choice Award 2011

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Todd Parsons Photography Selected as Bride’s Choice for 2011

San Francisco, CA – February 2, 2011 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Todd Parsons Photography has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Wedding Photography.

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

Todd Parsons Photography stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Todd Parsons Photography for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that Todd Parsons Photography is among the very best Wedding Photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

 

Thanks to everyone who has entrusted me to photograph the biggest day of their lives.  I take it seriously, and I love what I do.  Looking forward to many more years!

See you down the road.

-Todd

 


 

1, 2, 3… & Out The Door

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Here’s a few photos from yesterday’s engagement session with Catherine and Jeremy.  They are my first of 15 engagement sessions from my crazy amazing Groupon style deal via The Wedding Channel. It was a damn fine day, and a damn good time.  Jeremy – sorry you had to miss the games – but you are clear for the Superbowl, so no worries.

OK, I am out the door and on a plane to San Diego for another engagement session, and then on to shoot some personal work.  I am testing a water housing and my fitness, as I will be swimming around with an amazing surfer who has agreed to try and get some shots.

1, 2, & 3…  Enjoy!

 

It's hard to beat the Golden Gate.

Palace of Fine Arts.

 

 

 

The end to a great day. Thanks you two!

 

More to come.

See you down the road.

-Todd

Lisa + David

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You want great photographs?  Go to great places, and bring your imagination. A fairly great place would happen to be our backyard: San Francisco.  So when Lisa and David contacted me to photograph their very impromptu ceremony at SF’s City Hall, I happily obliged.  Ahhhh, the possibilities… There are so many possibilities, and then on top of that, more possibilities.  From the architecture, light, and people, one can get fairly overwhelmed when trying to narrow down the options.  When in doubt, I try to take my own advice – go with the moment, listen to your gut, and rock it!

A festive City Hall

Hope you enjoy!

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Dharma at Mathra

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I met Pureshka at the Claremont hotel via a Bridal Show.  I had looked forward to working with her for a long time, and we planned for some photos at a celebration dinner in downtown Palo Alto at an Indian Restaurant called Mantra.

What can I say?  The people were friendly, the food was great, and the colors were popping.  Now if I can just get her to fly me to India for their crazy 3 day wedding extravaganza!  Those would be some amazing photos…

Enjoy!

Pureshka and Ram.

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Excuse Me, Is This Seat Taken?

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Fast on the footsteps of a really good time in Santa Cruz with Sara and Eric, they had an engagement party to celebrate the coming of good things.  As it just so happened, Stanford and Oregon played each other on the gridiron that same day (actually, I don’t think there was any coincidence there..)

I mention this only because Eric played on the Stanford team as a punter, and Sara’s brother played on the Oregon team, I believe, as a defensive back.  They actually played each other, and Eric spoiled Oregon’s undefeated run by making the last tackle on a punt return that could have been the winning touchdown. Oh yeah, Sara’s dad also attended Oregon, so there was some emotion in the air… for sure.

Putting all that aside, it’s now time to watch as a faithful fan.  The rules of the house are simple.  When you have a good locale, a Mai Tai in hand, a plentiful bowl of chips and salsa, you better damn well mark you seat before you get up and leave.

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Guest Blog – Christine Zona – Photographer

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Initially, Christine and I met at the studio we interned at in San Francisco.  We had both recently moved to the Bay Area from other parts of the world.  Me from Japan and she from New Jersey.  I don’t know which is stranger, (having lived in both, I can say that) but we definitely hit it off.  I think it was a case of being in the same place in our lives; leaving a good job to take a chance on what we were passionate about.  Soon we started photographing weddings together, and the rest is history.

Working along side Todd is always a blast.  My job as his second shooter is to fill in the blanks, and bring a whole other perspective of the wedding to the table. When he’s right in the action, I will go shoot from above on a rooftop or around to one side. When he is photographing the bride and groom, I go around and capture moments with the guests.  We make a great team, and together our photographs tell an amazing story, from all angles and styles.

When I photograph a wedding, I don’t look farther than asking Christine if she’s free.  I trust her eye, her skills, and her ability to uphold my and client expectations.  You’d be surprised how difficult it can be to find a photographer with those traits.  She’s not a talker (well, she is actually) but she kept it short and sweet for this excerpt.  I’ll let her photos do the talking. Here’s a small selection from Helen and Dave’s recent wedding.

Shoes.

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Mandi + Pete + Crested Butte

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Fall Colors.  A new place.  9000 ft of elevation.  All these factors contributed to my not sleeping well, and thus, rising at 5:30 AM to grab some early morning light photos.  It’s not the best strategy when you have to be on for over 8 hours, but I am a glutton for pain (and great photos that help sum up an amazing location such as Crested Butte, CO).

At the end of the day, I gotta ask myself if I gave it all?  Did I wuss out, and not put in a little extra energy to grab a photo that would have added to the amazingness of the day?  It’s always a driving factor (and one that you want in your wedding photographer ;))

So here they are: the extra mile.  Enjoy!

Dress and Aspens.

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Mandi + Pete – Day 1

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When another photographer asks you to photograph their wedding, the question sets off a chain reaction of thoughts. Here are a few of mine:

  • “Yes.  Hell yes!”
  • “Wow, Pete must think I am a decent photographer.”
  • “Man, I hope I don’t mess this up.”
  • “All of your peers will be judging, watching, look at the baby, look at the baby!  Ahhhhhhhhh!”  (Old School reference for those of you not in the know).

Eventually all of this inner chatter fades away, and you just have to do the job – shoot how you want, capture the moment, work hard – and the rest will fall into place.  I mean, if I couldn’t come up with some nice imagery from a place as beautiful as Crested Butte, Colorado, then I might as well pack it in.  But I would have to get there first, and that’s a completely different story.

After the rehearsal, we snuck a little time to ourselves for a few photos.

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