Lori Wong Photography

I love Disneyland.

Just a few shots from my last visit to the happiest place on earth.

I can’t wait to go back.

I have to bring up one of the cutest things that I noticed about Eli and Shannon.

They hold hands.

It is extremely sweet and after shooting their wedding I wanted to become an advocate for a “more hand holding” campaign. If there isn’t one yet, I will start it. Whose with me?! (;

I added a few of their hand holding moments in this post. I also included pictures of one gorgeous wedding dress on one SUPER gorgeous bride. (: I don’t know how I get so lucky to be asked to photography such amazing couples and their awesome families. Eli’s siblings were HA-larious. I couldn’t stop taking pictures of them on the dance floor. Not knowing Eli very well, I could tell throughout the evening that he is a very quiet sweet guy that is not a fan of having the spot light on him. But when his siblings, especially his brothers got near him, he couldn’t help but laugh. Which of course made Shannon laugh. Which is one of the things I love most about Shannon. She has the cutest most adorable laugh.

From the touching ceremony, to the extremely cold and windy portrait shots (seriously major troopers) and the dance floor shenanigans, Eli and Shannon’s wedding day was a major success!

Slide Show love…don’t miss the music with this one. Such a good song. Or below. Enjoy!

Jana and Reed’s wedding day was beautiful. You could just see the love and support pouring out of their family and friends. Which was fitting because of the love that was overflowing from the newlyweds.

I had a moment towards the end of the reception when I looked around and saw an older…um wiser…yeah, wiser family member of the bride or groom (I’m not sure whose, ooops) sitting at a table looking at her phone. I walked by her and realized she was playing games on her smart phone. I couldn’t help it, I took a picture. She turned around and said, “hey! [giggle] you caught me!!!” and then we had a nice conversation about life, marriage and being surrounded by family and friends. She reminded me of what was important.

There seems to be only two times in life when there is just no question you show up for the event, that being a marriage or for a funeral. And as we looked around the room and saw cute kids running around, parents, grandparents, great great parents chatting, and the bride and groom laughing and enjoying their day. We discussed how it really is at at wedding or funeral family and friends will gather, and how she was glad it was the wedding that we were meeting and having this discussion. I’m so glad we had that conversation at a wedding too.

I am continually grateful to be able to document events like these. And meet such amazing people.

It was a great day. Thank you Jana and Reed for allowing me to be a part of it.

Aaaaaaand here is why one of the wedding colors was without a doubt yellow…. :)

SLIIIIIIIIIDESHOW time! (:  Like always…pictures below, but link leads you to pictures aaaaand music! Enjoy.

I have known Jana for a few years now. She is classy. She is fun aaaaand she is a catch. I was so excited for her when she got engaged.

Jana met Reed through a friend. They were set up on a blind date…which can be debated…can any date be blind any more now that we have the internet, and more so, Facebook? I think not. (;  So Reed and Jana had a date, and then another, and then another. When I was talking to the two of them about how they met and how they became engaged, I was able to see how well they fit together.

One of my favorite things to see, as a wedding photographer, is the interaction between couples. Reed is funny, but he really can make Jana laugh. And what I like most about how he makes her laugh, a lot of the time, he is whispering it in her ear, or just so that she can hear it. He is always looking at her. Sometimes I am sure I can see his thoughts. I can tell by the way he looks at her of how lucky he feels that Jana is his.

One of my favorite things about Jana, she loves yellow. One of her wedding colors of course is yellow, which I am super excited about.

We took pictures on one of THE MOST humid days in Las Vegas this year. Though it was nice to not have an extremely hot sun on your neck, it was a kind of hot I am not a fan of. Humidity doesn’t get less humid in shade. You can’t hide from it. But Reed and Jana were troopers and we made it through a sticky day and ended with a beautiful hint of sun on our last shot.

Jana showing some fierceness!!! Looooove it!

Favorite shot of the day below! Love the light!!

Check out the slide show!! More in the slide show!