Scarf The Scarf Company; jumpsuit HSE of Bespoke Emporium; shoes Superbalist (Daily Friday); earrings Spree
Scarf The Scarf Shop; shirt Vintage; pants A Seam Studios; coat A Seam Studios; boots Poetry
Sunglasses Vogue x Gigi Hadid; knit A Seam Studios; pants Boohoo; shoes Superbalist
Scarf The Scarf Shop; fur A Seam Studios; leggings Cotton On; boots Zando
Scarf The Scarf Shop; top Zara
So I often get messages and emails about wedding rates and packages, so I thought I’d write a little post to explain, in brief, what exactly I offer, wink wink (just kidding) (about the winks – this is actually about wedding packages).
So I’ve got quite a few packages, ranging in rates according to the hours you’d need me for, the amount of post-production I’ll do and of course, the things you’d get out of each package. Thus, most of the packages include a pre-shoot, 50-150 images artistically enhanced and all the rest given to you on a flash drive. There are also photobooks that I edit and print for you, that look something like this:
Cool, huh?
Without going into too much detail, if this sounds appealing or only partially so, you can also make up your own personalised package. Just pop me an email at bashieraparker@gmail.com.
Add some hours, maybe a few polaroids – whatever you need for your special day.
I’m all about pretty packages and fancy photobooks!
On Sunday I joined Sarfaraaz Khan of Digital Bath Images and photographed the beautiful pretty-in-pink Tayeba and Waseem on their special day. We shot everything from the nikkah in the morning, reception in the early afternoon and took a few incredible locations shots before the day was done.
Of the pictures I took of the bride and groom, these are my favourites:
This week on the blog I thought I’d put up a few photographs from the shoot I did last week for Sabiha & Nadeem.
I shot everything from the decor and everyone coming in to the actual proposal, but these were my absolute favorites.
I’ve always been extremely anxious and unsure of whether or not I could take on the responsibility of capturing someone’s special day. I mean, you only walk down the aisle once and this is supposed to be the happiest day of your life, so how can I drop the ball on that? I always felt like it was too much pressure so I’d attend the weddings of family and friends in my heels with my beaded clutch purse, and have a big ugly camera bag in the car, you know, just in case. But with the decision to give my site a makeover, I also re-evaluated where I wanted to go and what I wanted to do with my photography. As such, and with the help of an innumerable amount of inspirational self-confidence Pinterest posts, I’ve decided to go into wedding photography. And honestly, I’m just so excited.
A part of me feels like maybe I’ve just grown up and started believing in my capabilities but even more so I think I just fell in love with the idea of being part of the very first chapter of someone’s lifelong adventure. Does that make sense? I fell in love with love and now I just want to be part of other people’s love. Makes even less sense and maybe just got a little creepy too?
You know, if I’m being honest, I just really love happy beginnings, happy middles and no endings. And who wouldn’t want to play some sort of role in someone’s happily ever after?
So, because I am shooting my very first engagement and wedding this month (wow wow wow), I thought now would be the perfect time to display some of my work. That being said, I wasn’t the official photographer at these weddings; just a guest with a camera.
These were some of the shots I took and special moments I captured:
Aqeela & Abbaas
19.02.17
Rahiema & Yaqub
05.04.15
Naseema & Muhsien
18.05.14
For bookings and package enquiries feel free to drop me an email at bashieraparker@gmail.com.
While it may seem as though a lot of what I do involves fashion and beauty (which is undoubtedly true), I dabble in just about everything and anything that feeds my soul. So this week on the blog I’d like to show you some of my other work.
I love portrait photography because I love working with people. But you know who I really really love working with – little humans.
So I give you little Isra Parker.
She was such a professional – she only cried once for a bottle. She loves long crawls on the beach and playing ‘wherezy wherezy’.
Bashiera Parker 
