Bainbridge Island Photographer - Kori Sutton

Little lady

Kori — Mon, 07 May 2012 06:06:55 +0000

Meet Cadence Joy.

Even at just 10 days old, her hands were perfectly girly.

How precious is this hat? It was her Daddy’s when he was a newborn!

Thank you so much to the ‘B’ family for letting me photograph your precious girl – she was an absolute dream!

Bentley

Kori — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:52:37 +0000

I love my little man!

it’s SO me

Kori — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:37:11 +0000

So, here I was thinking I would get ahead of the game and write some blog posts and then auto publish them. Obviously, they aren’t there. I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure out what I did wrong, been scouring my settings thinking I messed up somewhere there. Uhh….no. I realized I had the YEAR wrong. How that happened I have NO idea but problem solved. Don’t you hate it under the simple solution is literally right under your nose? HAHA.

Bubble Wrap

Kori — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:09:47 +0000

As a kid, didn’t you just love popping the bubbles on bubble wrap?

Bentley was squeezing his pudgy fingers as hard as he could to pop those little bubbles.

Squeezing with all his might until his little hand shook.

And, when one popped, he was so proud and excited! Looking so smug.

Then, he just held the bubble wrap for a minute and stared at it. I was wondering where his mind was wandering to.

He likes to figure things out.

He tried stretching it to make the bubbles pop.

And decided that it didn’t work out to well for him.

Back to using his fine motor skills.

The classic technique proved itself again!

I love his concentration.

No one can resist those tiny bubbles.

Not even I.

Pop!

It’s on like Donkey Kong!

Kori — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:08:26 +0000

The boys & I made room for a quick game of Candy Land before school the other day. It was great to see Ethan encouraging and egging on Bentley, he was even showing him the correct way of how to play. I love how natural being a big brother comes to him.

Bentley is at such a fun age right now…. he fully understands the world around him but yet is so small and has so much to learn still. He’s my little thinker and every bit of rough and tumble there is.

Bentley got the first picture card. I can’t even begin to tell you how excited he was.

Ethan on the other hand was not impressed.

We have a winner!!!

After the game, I just let the boys play how they wanted with the game. The cards were thrown everywhere, the gingerbread men became superheros and policemen. I love seeing their imaginations come to life.

Bentley was obsessed with finding the popsicle picture card. He was frantically turning over every card while saying ‘pop-ickle’ over and over. I have to admit, sometimes it takes me a good second or two to figure out what he’s saying….even if he has said it before (like in this case). I always feel really dumb once I figure it out.

Sadly, we had to end our play time in order to get ready for school. We all gathered the cards and mini men and put them back in the box. As I was typing this, Ethan asked if we could play Candy Land again before school tomorrow. That makes my heart happy. Candy Land was one of my favorite games to play growing up. I hope my boys have the same enthusiasm and zest for family game night (or morning!) as I did. I definitely can’t wait for GUESS WHO?

In my backyard

Kori — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 03:33:43 +0000

I did a really quick sweep through of my backyard. Actually, it was more the corners of my outside patio. Ethan was dying to play TAG YOU’RE IT (it’s not just Tag, it’s TAG YOU’RE IT!) so I had to be hasty with my shots. I love how rich and vibrant the green is right now!
And, of course one of the boy! That grumpy face kills me!

It’s here!!!

Kori — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:58:22 +0000

My Nikon d700 + 50mm 1.4 is HERE!! Booyah!

This is my favorite combo – it’s the bees knees, the granddaddy of them all, the cat’s meow, the shiznit, the bomb diggity, the awesomest – how ever you want to say – it’s simply the BEST! It was go-to for everything. So needless to say, I am beyond ecstatic to have it back. It sounds so superficial to say that I feel like a piece of my heart is back. Like what I had wasn’t good enough? They always say it’s the artist that makes the shot, not the camera. While I fully believe that, I feel like with this camera in my hand I can conquer the world! And that, my friend, is one of the best feelings in the world. Who’s going to argue that?

Photo Dump

Kori — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:24:57 +0000

Favorite apps:

Instagr.am
Camera+
TiltShift Generator
PictureShow
Cameramatic
Instant110
Diptic

Please feel free to share your favorite photo apps! I love playing around so I definitely welcome all suggestions and recommendations!

I’ve got to get back

Kori — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:31:50 +0000

Lately, I’ve been really struggling with my photography. Maybe it was losing all my gear in the fire. Maybe it’s the fact that I can hardly find time for me. Maybe it’s that photography is really low on my priority list right now. I’m fighting to find my self- confidence and creativity. I know everyone goes through a “writer’s block” and hard times but I just want me back. NOW. It’s funny how, in losing everything, you lose a sense of yourself. I never thought of that beforehand (and who really thinks of something like that beforehand anyhow?). After the fire, I thought of it as a way of starting over, starting something fresh but we’ve slowly crept back into our old ways, creatures of habit we are. I realize now that I don’t want to start fresh, I want to refine me and my priorities.

Photography for me is so many different things. It’s such an amazing gift. Since discovering it, it has turned into my refuge…my sanctuary, I guess you could say. It allowed me a creative outlet but still fulfilled that constant desire in me to learn more. I could just escape the world and all it’s problems with my camera in hand. It recharged me.

It hasn’t been the same. I’ve lost touch with my perspective and ambition (creatively speaking, I don’t anyone getting worried I’ve gone off the deep end). I am hoping that by putting all this down in a (somewhat) organized thought, that it will force me to get back out there. Force myself out of this rut.

The journey of a thousand miles
must begin with a single step.

Through the Week

Kori — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:29:42 +0000

I never realized how many pictures I took with my boys on my iphone. Here’s just a snippet of this last weeks. I had to wade through all the duplicates. I’ve been really enjoying all the cool photo apps lately so I hope to make this a weekly thing!

iphone captures