a few items laying around in our office, via the boss.






happy monday, friends!
Welcome to our blog! In case you don't know yet, WEARETHEPARSONS, jer and ash. We are a married couple who experience the world through taking pictures. Spend 5 minutes with us and we are pretty sure it will be obvious that we love each other, laughing, playing, making fun of ourselves, chasing our kids around, knowing new people, and squeezing life and meaning out of each day. Hopefully, we take wedding and portrait images unlike anything you've ever seen before. And hopefully you love that.
We are so thrilled that out of the whole wide world web, you have found us! We would love to know you, hear your story, and make pretty pictures that make you so happy you pee your pants.
Please make yourself at home, take time and get to know us and our clients, and enjoy taking a peek at our quirky, wild, and beautiful world!
p.s. - many thanks to our friends, Nate+Jaclyn of the image is found, and becca spears of Wirken photography for the fun pictures of us and our kids, they tickle us in our silly places!!
we went to colorado and spent some time with dear, old friends. this is tim (via leicaboss) and he is one such dear friend. he lives in kuwait, and there is a wealth of goodness stored up inside of him. about 7 of us spent some time at his parents farm house. we ate at tables pushed together out in the yard, drank good wine, and pushed a bunch of mattresses together on the screened-in porch to have a sleepover. it was wonderful.
a few items laying around in our office, via the boss.






happy monday, friends!
- leica love! the grain on these is gorgeous, woowee!08/31/2010 - 3:04 pm
- Great pics. I just bought the 35mm 1.4L based on your rave reviews about it. So excited for it to get here Thursday!08/30/2010 - 2:19 pm
- Love your earrings. :)08/30/2010 - 11:02 am

Rachel and Krista are sisters. They are lovely, and they are close. It is obvious when they talk about each other that they admire the other so greatly and look up to each other. If you don’t have a sibling, or one you are incredibly close to, being around them will make you want to have one. I just ordered mine on ebay. :) So, since they do so much together, they felt it only right to both get married in the same year, in the same summer. Here are the lovely similarities and differences between them, their amazing husbands, and their wedding days!
Rachel and Chris: friendly, kind, unpretentious, and happy. :)
















Krista and Jeremy: playful, passionate, humble, and crazy about each other. :)

















- Parsons - Thanks for this post. I love my daughters and their new husbands - what a fantastic family expansion that took place this summer! OK - I must also say that I'm a big fan of "we-are-the-parsons" team and your artistic "day-in-the-life" documentary style. My very favorite touch of yours is the NEVER GIVE UP poster you have all wedding couples pose with. What a tremendous message - for the couples of course, but also to friends/family that view their wedding album...09/01/2010 - 5:58 pm
- damn yo, so good! favorite shot is the b&w detail shot of her foot and the dress.08/31/2010 - 3:08 pm
- shut. up.08/31/2010 - 5:48 am
- the don't give up shot in this set is perfect.08/30/2010 - 9:16 am
- These pictures made me cry but I am the Mom so what do you expect. I am so proud of my daughters and their new husbands! Thank you to the amazing Ashley and Jeremy Parsons08/27/2010 - 11:23 pm
- This is awesome stuff! Love these shots, especially the natural light detail shots. And Krista, if you read this, let's talk soon!08/26/2010 - 3:21 pm
- Can I PLEASEEEEEE know where the girl in the bottom photos got her DRESSSS???? omg... that's like my dream come true!!!08/26/2010 - 1:12 pm
- Two beautiful couples. Amazing work. I love it all!08/26/2010 - 12:45 pm
- i LOVE the one of excie! what beautiful sisters and beautiful weddings. :)08/26/2010 - 12:01 pm

liz and christopher are indescribably gracious and lovely. there is a sense of immediate belonging once they look you in the eye, and you instantly know you are in good company. they first saw each other in the nairobi airport in kenya and that meeting led to them becoming husband and wife and sharing the rest of their lives together. they are wholesome people. beautiful in the way they relate. magical in the way they talk (I wanted to listen to liz talk all day, even her pronunciations are gracious and lovely.), and whimsical in the way they live. they care about others. they are brilliant. they are 100% comfortable in their own skin. they drive an old volvo with 124,556 + miles on it, with a bumper sticker on the back that says “incite hope”. they spend spare time with each other, working on their home garden and having picnics and lie-downs in the park. and they, like us, believe in marriage.
so, one day in Massachusetts, in the same town that Little Women was filmed, they had a wedding and we got to come watch. and eat fresh local vegetarian cuisine. and drink a good new england beer. and dance with the live bluegrass band. and we also took a few pictures.
liz + chris,
thank you for being you.






































- Hey, I recognize my alma mater--Wellesley College! Beautiful08/30/2010 - 1:06 pm
- i have an obsession right now with mostly blurry pictures. so that one is my fave. where the flower is in focus and they are not. you guys are fab. and i want you to eat dinner at my house every night. no forts this time. haha. anyway, i take some 'blurries' occasionally and post them on the ol' blog. the other day, someone told me they could help me "fix" my blurry pictures. L to the O to the L. i didn't have the heart to tell them i did it on purpose.08/25/2010 - 6:42 pm
- What a gift to come home from honeymoon and to have this post waiting for us. Pins and needles all over again. Thanks, you two.08/21/2010 - 8:52 pm
- Oh, you two. I love this post. I love their story. I love your images. What a wonderful gift you have!08/17/2010 - 10:47 am
- yeah, yeah, yeah parsons! always love seeing your new posts.08/17/2010 - 10:10 am
- awesome!08/16/2010 - 8:13 pm
- You captured Liz & Christopher PERFECTLY - not only with what you wrote, but also in these gorgeous images. The photographs communicate their kindness and their fun spirits so beautifully. Thank you for sharing!08/16/2010 - 4:45 pm
- Awesome job. Great colors and angles. What a great spot too. Congrats to them.08/16/2010 - 8:46 am
- Ohhh, Parsons. You see straight through to every couple you work with and that is such a gift. I loved watching this lovely wedding through your eyes. There is a sense of awe you regard in every union you feature. I love that. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.08/16/2010 - 8:33 am
Liz and Christopher are two of the most whimsical, wonderful, kind, gracious, and fun people you’ll ever meet. There first meeting? The Nairobi airport. The work they do? Global. They love their garden in Western Mass, care about good food (and where it comes from), love their families, and would give you the jacket off of their back if you asked. And what a privilege to shoot on the Wellesley College campus (AMAAAAAZING). We love these two. Their wedding is coming soon:) :) :)







- oh snap... munch on that magic. beatiful.08/12/2010 - 1:50 am
- that black+white is BUTTER!!08/11/2010 - 2:43 pm
- The tree photo and the soft focus of just her are great. Would be interesting to see how high up you had to go to get that angle for the tree shot. Great stuff!08/10/2010 - 4:22 pm
- What a beautiful collection of photos! They are so unique, artful, and joyous - a perfect reflection of you as a couple!08/10/2010 - 2:56 pm
- Oh my goodness it's US! Jeremy, we LOVE these (and your gorgeous words) from top to bottom. Thank you thank you thank you.08/10/2010 - 8:43 am
- Number two...so soft and intimate.08/09/2010 - 10:20 pm
- WOW! Love the tree photo!08/09/2010 - 8:58 pm
by the parsons
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