Good bye 2020, HELLO 2021!!! That we got through this is something to celebrate. This is a time to be gentle and kind with yourself. Surviving this year was a feat in itself. So many people lost loved ones, were hospitalized or are still managing symptoms from being sick earlier in the year. Now is a time to appreciate yourself, love on yourself, and to be kind to yourself. Be understanding that not everything went as planned, and that is ok. Feel good about everything you accomplished and overcame this year. And cheers to the months to come. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #shootfilm #erikaparkerphotography #contax645 #neworleansweddingphotography #nolaweddingphotographer #neworleansweddingphotographer #nolaweddingphotography 
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