About Cory Parris Photography
I am a wedding and portrait photographer in Seattle. I create emotional photostories. I love photography. I love all the technical aspects of f-stops, shutter speeds, megapixels, photoshop, and lighting. I love the art of photography in the composition, angles, bokeh, point of view, and the way the technical changes the art. More than even the art, I love the expressions and emotions that people portray in their face, body language, and hand positions. Along the way, I have met a lot of great people, gotten to photograph some pretty cool things, and had a lot of fun. I am very happy to have chosen a career in photography. I also have an amazing wife, Leslie, and three fantastic children. Life is good. Have any questions? Call me - 425.637.8852
My daughter had her 16th birthday and her party last week. I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to try out my new “studio”. Alyssa shared her party with one her best friends, Emily. Here are some photos of them in their party dresses before the bash!
The new “studio” is located just to right of my lawnmower….
My little girl just got her instruction permit from the Washington State Department of Licensing. Below is a recent photo of my little Alyssa. I swear I took it not very long ago! I think they let them drive when they are way too young!
To be honest, Alyssa is a great kid. Very hard-working, intelligent, funny, responsible, etc. The photo below is a photo from our recent trip to Arizona. She almost looks old enough to drive in this one. She has assisted me very competently at weddings. It is a pleasure to see what a great person she is turning into!
We love Christmas. The lights, the fun family memories, the presents, the excited kids – it’s all great! We put up our tree the other day. Here are a few images I took. These were all taken with the combination of a Canon 5D and a 24 1.4L.
Christmas tree out of focus. Just for fun, I spun the ring on the lens to make the tree be out of focus. I thought it looked pretty cool!
I have a very good friend that is a manager at the Hard Rock Cafe Seattle. Mat (pictured below) is not only a restaurant manager, but also a very talented wildlife photographer. If you happen to visit his site, you will see wildlife of the animal kind just to be clear. He invited my family down for a friends and family preview of the cafe, which was very cool. We also got a guided tour and my daughter was thrilled to be able to pick a couple songs to be played. The location and view from the rooftop deck is fantastic. Oh, and the food was good. I recommend the granny smith apple & provolone burger! 
The official opening is on Wednesday, February 10th.
The touch screen at the table
Alyssa rockin' the Hard Rock Stage
Mat, the manager at the Hard Rock. Thanks for the invite, dude!
View from the rooftop deck
The kids and the sign
For my son’s birthday, we bought him tickets to the MLS Cup (that’s like the American soccer Superbowl for the non-soccer fans out there). One of his favorite moments from the whole day was meeting and getting his photograph taken with his idol and fellow goalkeeper Kasey Keller. Very happy little man!
PS – This was obviously taken with my point and shoot camera, which doubles as my video camera – Panasonic FZ28 if you want to know what I use for a knock-around camera.
