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Portraits

Seniors - Kids - families

 

Telling Stories

The magic of photography is about the story the image tells and the feelings it creates in the viewer. When you see a wedding photograph that makes you feel warm inside because of the absolute joy on the couple’s face, that is a successful image. When you see a pensive portrait of a young adult looking into the future, and you wonder what he is thinking, that image is working magic. When you see an image of an old door in Italy and you can see the generations of changes that have occurred and you wonder about the families that have lived inside, that is an image that is sharing a story.

I’m always looking forward to the next project and the story I get to tell!

Contact me with the form below, send me an email at c@coryparris.com, or give me a call at (206) 778-8664

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Recent stories

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Hailey | Senior Portrait Photographer in Bothell
Hailey | Senior Portrait Photographer in Bothell

I met Hailey, her mom, and sister at Wayne Park in Bothell. It is the old Wayne Golf Course that is now a park. We walked the park, worked around the mud, and made some very cool senior portraits of Hailey both with and without her musical instruments.

Residence Inn Northgate - Seattle Architectural Photographer
Residence Inn Northgate - Seattle Architectural Photographer

One of the great things about my job is the variety of things I get to photograph. For this job, I photographed the brand new Residence Inn at Northgate in Seattle for the builder. Architectural Photography is something I quite often do for my construction clients. For years I have done landscape and architectural photography as part of what I do for both social events and businesses as the place things take place helps to tell the story of what happened and what they do. For construction clients, the architectural tells the final piece of their story with the final result.

Dr. Anderson & The Bus | Small Business Branding Photography
Dr. Anderson & The Bus | Small Business Branding Photography

I was at Dr. Anderson’s dental office taking some branding photographs for his company. I had done some photographs of him working, portraits of Dr. Anderson and his staff, some photographs of his facilities and all the things I do during a branding session for a small business. I was commenting on his very cool business card holders that looked like the front of an older style VW Bus. It turns out that Dr Anderson is an afficianado and had a couple of restored VW buses. So we made plans to meet him at a park near my house for a few photographs of him and his baby. Literally photos with his baby, family, and also with the VW bus that evening. It is just one more example of how cool my job is as a photographer - one thing leads to another and another fun photoshoot emerges.

Overlook Walk Park Senior Portraits | Sterling
Overlook Walk Park Senior Portraits | Sterling

After a brief moment at UW, I met Sterling and his mom at the Pier 62 at the Seattle Waterfront just a few steps away from the new Overlook Walk Park. The Overlook Walk is a stunning addition that makes a beautiful space for photographs. It also works well as a way to get from Pike Place Market to the Waterfront, Pier 62 and the Aquarium. Part of it actually sits right on top of the new Aquarium expansion. Anyway, it was a beautiful evening with an amazing sunset that made for some truly stunning senior portraits for Sterling.

Seattle Municipal Court Wedding | Kamila & Alan
Seattle Municipal Court Wedding | Kamila & Alan

Kamila and Alan were married at the beautiful courthouse in Seattle. The Municipal Court features a rooftop deck and also some great indoor view options for cold, dark January evenings.

Edgewater Hotel Seattle Elopement | Maddie & Aidan
Edgewater Hotel Seattle Elopement | Maddie & Aidan

Maddie and Aidan were married at the beautiful Edgewater Hotel on the Seattle Waterfront. Their wedding was bigger than an elopement, but not a full-size wedding. I think so many people appreciate a small wedding. Lovely people and a beautiful place!

 
 
 

Spotlight Series

As a personal project, I have started what I am calling my Spotlight Series. There are so many people working to make things better in some way. My vision for the project is that I want to find them, meet them, photograph them, and tell their stories. I especially want to lift up people doing things that I may not have known anything about before I met them, or I feel like they deserve some sort of small recognition that I can provide. In addition to trying to find people on my own, I would love help in finding worthy, interesting people. If you know the perfect person, please email me or fill out my handy nomination form.

 
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Spotlight Series | Brandon
Spotlight Series | Brandon

Brandon has a fantastic story. He is formerly a homeless person with substance abuse issues that now runs an apartment building that provides permanent supportive housing for others that have suffered from homelessness.

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Spotlight Series | Connor Alexander
Spotlight Series | Connor Alexander

Connor Alexander is a game designer and the creator of a new game called Coyote & Crow that is currently killing it on Kickstarter with over $500,000 raised. Since his original goal was $18,000, he is at 25 times his initial goal. The game obviously speaks to some people out there!

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Spotlight Series | Josh Binda
Spotlight Series | Josh Binda

Josh Binda is an amazing young man and I find him inspiring. It is easy to go to protests, but it is hard to organize and lead them. It is easy to say you want to change things, but it is hard to come up with a plan to make change and to do the work to make it happen. When the opportunity presented itself with the Black Lives Matter movement, instead of shrinking to the back, Josh stepped forward and led marches all over Snohomish and parts of King Counties.

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Spotlight Series | The Bread Booth
Spotlight Series | The Bread Booth

Jean Wu of The Bread Booth. Jean has a system where she, her partners, and her volunteers “connect people with food and love others well.” They do that by gleaning food and giving it out in the community every Monday evening at 6:00 as well as building their community with a Facebook Group.

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Spotlight Series | Shower to the People
Spotlight Series | Shower to the People

My most recent shoot for the Spotlight Series is Frank and Jason of Shower to the People. They provide facilities for homeless people in Everett to shower as well as a few other services that help them feel valued and cared about as well as clean.

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Spotlight Series | Ian Bauer
Spotlight Series | Ian Bauer

As a personal project, I have started what I am calling my Spotlight Series. There are so many people in our community that are working to make things better in some way. My vision is that I want to find them, meet them, photograph them, and tell their stories.

The first person that I get to tell you about is Ian Bauer. He is a lawyer in Seattle that fights for abused kids and elderly people. He is also a dad, a music lover, and a former soccer goalkeeper.

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I would love to hear from you! Let me know what I can photograph for you, or whatever you want to share with me today! Please complete the form below and I will get back to you as soon as possible. I make it my goal to respond to everything within a day. Thanks!

 

 

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