Its Boxing Day!! There's always a kind of calm that settles the day after Christmas. You can finally relax from all the hype leading up to the last few days, but then I'm also always a little sad when its over. But its a wholesome sad, maybe kind of like a big exhale after a long workout... True this years Christmas was very different than other years. It was quieter, I didn't travel, but it was still a wonderful day and despite the challenges of 2020, there is still so much to be thankful for. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This beautiful portrait is Cristalle on her wedding day last year at City Hall in San Francisco. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #bridalportrait #sanfranciscocityhall #erikaparker #sanfranciscocityhallwedding #erikaparkerphotography #sanfranciscowedding #sanfranciscowedding #shootfilm #contax645 @thefindlab @echo_and_laurel 
“We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel next to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what little we can to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again - to showtime down and get taken in, and fall in love once more.” - Pico Iyer ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #india #travel #destinationweddingphotography #destinationweddingphotographer #indiawedding #erikaparker #erikaparkerphotography 
I have a picture of my parents from the Taj Mahal right before I was born. Its one that is etched in my memory, and I knew that one day I would also get to go there. Photographs don't do it justice. It truly is breathtaking and majestic. It feels like it has a soul that pulses, that you can almost feeling your bones. It feels timeless, and I suppose it is. "The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #travel #india #tajmahal #tajmahalindia #erikaparker #erikaparkerphotography 
Who says you can't shoot receptions on film? I think this picture says otherwise!! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #coloradowedding #denverwedding #filmandflash #coloradoweddingphotography #shootfilm #receptiononfilm #lightingwithfilm #destinationweddingphotography #destinationwedding 
Covid has been a lot things, the majority of them unpleasant to say the least. But lets talk about one thing that came out of this whole experience that was absolutely positive. These three amazing ladies. These girls are basically the best. They're smart, they're funny, and they have so much soul. I'm so happy about them turning up in my life at a time I least expected it. And I hope they stay in my life for a long time to come. Once stay home was more or less lifted and we could be a bit more outgoing, the 3 of them came over for a sisters portrait session. I just got a Rollei 6001 that I was dying to try out for the first time, and here you have it! I picked out some of my favorites, and its always so curious to me... the images that are my favorites are very rarely yours. But it doesn't matter. Hugs. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @thefindlab #rollei #rollei6001 #hp5+3 #familyportrait #neworleansfamilyphotography #sisters #nolaportraitphotography #nolaportrait #nolafamily #neworleansportraitphotography #erikaparker #erikaparkerphotography @summer_suleiman @hinge_salon @naremans 
Back in the year 2019 when we were allowed to have parties, and dj's and have fun with our friends... Flashback to Ariel and Julian's wedding in October last year, bringing Paris and New Orleans to @hotelpeterandpaul, for a fabulous celebration!! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #nolawedding #neworleanswedding #nolabride #erikaparker #neworleansweddingphotography #nolaweddingphotography #nolaweddingphotographer #neworleansweddingphotographer #erikaparkerphotography @amautry @3littlewordsweddings