About this vendor
Kristen Marie Parker is a Seattle based photographer who has been photographing weddings around the world for 10 years. She prides herself in sheepishly hiding behind my camera as an introvert, while remaining her most confident self.
She was named one of Rangefinder Magazine's 30 Rising Stars and has won awards for her work through Junebug and Rangefinder. Her work was recently featured in Vogue Magazine and she continues to give stage talks to other photographers across the globe.
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Photo Shoot Types
- Day After Session
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
- Documentary
- Dramatic
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
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out of 5.07 reviews
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Kristen was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding and we were so incredibly lucky to have her photograph us and our closest friends/family on our wedding day. We first met Kristen in 2018 at the recommendation of our also amazing wedding planner, Amber (A. Renee Events), and scheduled an interview with her along with a few other choices. My now husband and I got on the phone with Kristen and it was as if we had known her for years. She has an incredible amount of empathy and a true gift for connecting with people. I believe this is a huge reason why her photography (especially the candid ones that she takes) invokes so much emotion. She was head and shoulders above other photographers we met with and it was the easiest decision we had made for our wedding. We got to work with her before our wedding with an engagement session and she was a true professional. My husband and I aren’t really great at taking photos/aren't the most outwardly lovey couple, but her direction was so great and led to the best photos that we’ll cherish forever. She was also just so great to hang out with and get to know during the day.
With our wedding date originally being in June 2020, we ended up having to postpone our date twice. Even with how much in demand Kristen is, she was incredibly kind and flexible in supporting our moves and we're so thankful.
Fast-forward to our actual wedding day (almost 3 years after we had initially met her), Kristen really put in so much time and effort to prepare for our big day. The landscape of the city had changed quite a bit with the pandemic and she put in the time to look around pioneer square to see where would be the best place to take photos. We put our full trust in Kristen and she really hit it out of the park. Even being reunited with her after all this time (and her having so many clients), she remembered so much of what we talked about when we first met her in 2018. She really does care about each of her clients and it shows in her work.
On our wedding day, she was the best energy to be around. She and her assistant, Logan (also AMAZING), really helped set the tone and kept things very calm and happy throughout what probably would’ve been a nerve-wracking day. I never felt rushed and felt like we were all just hanging out together. During our ceremony and reception, I know Kristen and Logan were able to capture such amazing shots while they were with us. During family photos, our flower girl really wasn’t having it and Kristen did everything in her power to try to get her to smile. On the dance floor, we definitely saw her and Logan get on the floor to get perfect shots. She really does go above and beyond for her clients and we were so touched to see this level of effort and support. We are especially thankful because she gave it her all even with the busiest wedding season ever in 2021.
We’ve gotten our previews and film scans so far and I cannot say enough how amazing they already are. There's so much joy, love, and emotion captured in every photo. It’s seriously incredible how you can just be transported back to that day in the moments that Kristen chose to capture and the way she edits. I highly recommend Kristen as a photographer for any of your events. She's truly so gifted and just an amazing human to have in your life. We're so grateful to have had her on our team and are so looking forward to getting the remainder of our photos/work with her on a wedding album.
I cannot rave enough about this amazingly creative and artful photographer who I was SO fortunate to have capture my wedding this past May. Kristen took my sister’s wedding photos a few years back and I knew from that experience that I didn’t want anyone else to take my wedding photos. I was so surprised and grateful that she was available for my May wedding given her popularity (she is sought out for weddings all over the world!) and she was gracious to offer the same rate as my sister’s even though her prices had understandably and deservedly gone up. Needless to say, our experience with Kristen was just as I had remembered my sister’s wedding to be - comfortable, fun, at ease, engaging, and most importantly, thoughtful. She did her best to accommodate all our wishes and she stayed beyond her contracted time to capture extra moments on the dance floor. Can I just say that on top of all her talents that the girl has moves too? We engaged in a brief dance exchange during which she captured some epic shots lol. She managed to turn around our photos in record time (about a month) and the results were stunning. As a bride, this is a major point of vanity (shy) but I wanted the photos to accurately (and possibly enhance?) capture the beauty of the day - they went above and beyond that. These photos were so much more than I could have dreamed. What I realized after the wedding is that no one wants to relive your wedding as much as you and your partner do (seriously, we love remembering it but I think our friends are over it lol) but I’m so grateful for the gorgeous photos that will always hold the beauty and specialness of that day. If you’re lucky enough to get Kristen, you’ll know what I mean.
Kristen truely is a storyteller. She sweeps into the room silently and the work begins without you even know she's there. Our entire night was just incredible and filled with so much fun and so much love. When we looked back on our pictures from Kristen, we were transported back to that day. We could smell the food, feel the breeze, and hear the laughter and tears. Working with Kristen is not a transaction or a job, working with her is a full on experience and it's just so refreshing. She photographs the things that are wanted by couples, but she also has the ability to photograph things that are needed, even if you don't realize you need it just yet. She is without a doubt worth MORE than her weight in gold, and we are so very glad that we chose to work with her.
We couldn't have been more lucky to have Kristen capture our elopement. She fit seamlessly into the day, with her relaxed and cheerful energy. She gave us just the right amount of direction during our portraits, so it was natural and fun. We just received our photos and we are over the moon! The images are little treasures, not cookie cutter. We would highly recommend working with her!
Kristen was an absolute dream to work with from our first Skype chat (we were in China and she worked with our 12 hour time difference to meet us!), to flying to NYC to do engagement photos for us, to flying to PA 3 days before our wedding to not only help us set up our venue the day before our wedding, but shoot our rehearsal dinner, to her wonderful photography the day of our wedding. Her personality is so vibrant and calming on such a stressful day and she has an incredible warmth and love for her job and her clients. Everyone at the wedding commented on how wonderful she was and this woman is seriously a ninja at getting wedding photos. She is everywhere at the same time!! We have already gotten our preview photos back and I nearly cried at how stunning they are.
Kristen truly has a unique gift for capturing the heart of your day and she goes so far above and beyond to make you feel like you are hanging out with your BFF that I kind of wish we were BFFs!!!
We will 100% be using Kristen again in the future!
Kristen is and was absolutely fabulous! Her photo-journalism style was exactly what we were looking for and she works so hard to get you fabulous photos! We became friends through the process and I look forward to continuing to work with her in the future. She's worth every penny!
I first met Kristen while she was photographing my friend's wedding. I was instantly in love with her character and work! She is very personable.I would describe her work as timeless.
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Seattle, LA, San Francisco, NYC
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