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  • Who am I?

     

    My name is Mark Parker.   I love Paris and good wine. I think purple is awesome and I'm a wedding photographer for selfish reasons. 

    You see, I never want to forget what it feels like to experience young love.  Being a part of weddings nearly every week revitalizes that feeling and feeds my soul.   Who wouldn’t, if given a chance, capture the moment in time when they are most happy  and freeze that moment so that it can be relived over and over for the rest of their lives.    That's what I do for my clients.  That's what I do for me.

    I'm a wedding photographer.  But that's not WHAT I am,  it's WHO I am.

    Want to know more about me?  Follow @marksbrides on twitter.  Or better yet, keep reading the blog.   It's my life as it happens.  

     

     

  • What do I do?

     

    I mainly shoot weddings in the southeastern US including Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida and the Carolinas.

    I'm also available for destination weddings in the Virgin Islands, Mexico, Jamaica and beyond. Heck, you name it - and I'm there!

     

  • How much do I charge?


    Sometimes too many choices can be a bad thing.   I only offer one level of service.  


    Complete and unlimited wedding day photography is $2500.



Featured Work

Cassie - Lovely. :-) I do like “fearless bride” better than “trash the dress”.

Cliff Marck - Beautiful work… I love your bridal sessions…

liz - GASP! These are just fabulous! I love your skin tones and the light you find is amazing. You rock the fearless bride sessions!

Gemma Schipani - Stunning! But you would expect no less from Mark Parker!

Alan Hutchison - Mark – you rock! – Excellent work

Ghene - I love this set of images..excellent work!

Melissa Lawler - Really nice work Mark!
I love the quality of the light, just gorgeous.

Marianne - Stunning light you have over there! I’m jealous…

Victor Saidov - These photos are amazing! Very well done! You got a new fan of your work!

Deborah - WOW. Your work is amazing. I’ve always admired your work and this session is amazing. Great job!

Corey Ann - I always adore your bridal portraits – especially the TTD/Fearless ones! Love love love.

Sarah Lee - Amazing Mark!

Joe - Awesome slideshow – good stuff!!

Rowan Sims - You’re a talented man, Mark. Beautiful photos.

Lisa Fellows - Wow, these are stunning!

Brett Maxwell – Grand Rapids - Great stuff, looks like she had fun! One day she’ll have teenage kids who will look at these and say “mom, you used to so cool!”

Debbie Mayes - Great work Mark! I love the subtle textures in some of the shots!

Ophelia Photography - Wowza, you are on it Mark. I would love to get into the video era of photographic documentation. Excellent Job.

Brian Calabrese - Mark.. Your bridals are always AMAZING !

Alen Abdula - Very creative slideshow. Although it skipped for me (probably my slow laptop) still very enjoyable.

Elise and Klayton – Sneak Peak

Timelapse photography consisting of 1500 individual images.

Amanda Basteen - awesome!! I need to figure out how to do that

Drew - Love it! I’m def. going to have to give this a shot one of these days!

Chris Lin - Mark, that was really good, especially the timing with the music. Love how the final chord is when they start to walk out.

Jenny Meng-Strawhorne - Very cool! :)

gabe aceves - very cool idea mark. it would be super cool to see this done at a reception or something. awesome job!

Becca Dilley - Totally cool, and the music is perfect for all the action. Great idea, and well executed.

Shari DeAngelo - Love this, Mark! One of the best I’ve seen of these, for sure! Gotta wonder what kind of wind was making those lights move about like that, huh?

Edric Morales - This is so amazing!! It reminds me of an old silent film. Keep it up! I would love to see if you can do it with other parts of the day.

Brad Ross Photography - Very cool idea. Will have to give this a try one day.

Az - I have watched this twice now and It’s the fastest wedding ceremony I’ve ever seen. Great idea.

Eric Yerke - Well done. My favorite part of the sequence is when the bridesmaids made their way up front.

Tab Mccausland - So stinkin cool!

Cliff - Nice Mark. The music and timing was perfect. Really well done.

Phil Massey - That was very nice Mark. Very impressive. Looks like an interesting wedding.

Paul - That was awesome man–excellent choice of music as well–something that couple will cherish always.

Heather – Mid-Michigan Photographer - This is honestly SO much more fun than watching a video of the event. I love it!

Lynette J - Nice Mark! I agree with Chris…the timing is just perfect with the music. It complements it so well. Love the yellow bridesmaid dresses! :)

Kyle - SO cool! Did you have someone up there watching the camera? That’s my problem, I don’t think I could leave a camera unattended because I’d come back and it would be gone!

Kelly and Wade – Wedding

Almost done with Kelly and Wades photos!! But I couldn’t resist giving you guys a sneak peak!!

Slideshow is online too!! Click Here

Vida Carson - Wow! That first image is ridiculously stunning. I also love the picture of the bride in the red tub, it’s gorgeous!

Amanda Basteen - Great set! I love the lighting on the hairspray, that is cool! Her dress is amazing! Love the train!

matt shumate - Like them all, but looooove the first 2.

Emily Porter - You captured some wonderful moments here. And I really like the perspective on the dress shot.

William Massey - You found/made some great light in these! Awesome work!

Cliff - Some great PJ shots here Mark. I love the last one too.. such a cool moment.

Alicia Kennison - Just adore that first image! It really grabs you right from the start.

Eric Yerke - Great set. I dig #1, and also that wide angle shot of the bride’s dress.

Fotograf lubelski - Realy, first picture is amaizing

Heather Parker - I love the organic look of this set of photos.

Luis Godinez - oh man! What a great looking wedding! I wish I was there as a guest. You capture the party atmosphere nicely.

gabe aceves - awesome set. i love the photos of the bride getting ready. amazing stuff.

Timothy E Kaldas - Great shots Mark. I love the backlighting when the hairdresser is spraying the bride. Also, excellent timing on the garter toss shot.

Heather – Mid-Michigan Photographer - The ring shot is stunning, fantastic!

Christy and Jacob – Wedding

Be sure to check out the full slideshow and gallery.

Stephanie Wallace - Beautiful, gorgeous, wedding portraits. I love the combination of classic poses and modern perspective! Thanks for the inspiration.

Luis Godinez - Nice WEdding. I love the detail shot of the rings, especially the first one on the rose. Good Capture and composition. :D

Love the first dance pic.

Alicia Kennison - It looks like it was a lovely day. Stunning bride too.

Cliff - Great wedding Mark. They look super happy and you were working the light and out of focus shots.

Daniel Dunlap - Wonderful photos Mark!

Wedding Photographer Manchester - Lovely photographs! You told the story VERY well

Matt Stanton - Great work, I love that ring shot in the flower, it jumps out the page at me!

Kristi Wright - The church shot with the stained glass is gorgeous! Great work with the light.

Amanda Basteen - I really love the photo of them dancing with the light flare in it. GORGEOUS!

jeff – icherishyou.ca – Toronto Wedding Photographer - Love this set! soo much emotions captured! love it! :)

joe - Gorgeous- ring shot is amazing!

Gemma Schipani - I have to comment because I love the dress in the window shot. Feels kind of magical, like the dress knows the light of day means something bigs going to happen! Beautiful light in this whole set to. The shot where the bride is covering grooms eyes is to cute, you can feel the emotion/excitement/atticipation!

matt s. - The cross & candles photo is so good. People do love to sit at the back don’t they.

Mark Q - These are all amazing!! You detail shots are flawless!!

Jessica and Andrew

There are lots more photos!!  Be sure to watch the Slideshow or  visit the Gallery.

Leo Druker - I think the fisheye shot of the shoes is excellent. Nice work!

Ben Godkin - Love the wide angle shot! Crazy perspective!

seth - Very nice I really like the photo in the field.

Drew - Nice work Mark. The editing is awesome on these. Oh and I love the gallery feature. Nicely done.

Teresa K - What’s not to love about the Cheese? Keep up the hussle man.

Austin Wedding Photographer - Beautiful skies!

Wedding photographer Manchester - The one in the field is cool and that wide angle is superwide!!!

Cool stuff!

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