Lori Wong Photography

I had a conversation not too long ago. This is how it went:

“Lori what type of editing do you do in Photoshop?”

“I will edit blemishes, maybe lighten or darken a photo, sometimes bump up the color. If I am going to do any sort of  major Photoshopping it will be obvious. But for the most part, I edit a photo so you don’t notice it.”

“What do you mean, so I don’t notice it?”

That is when I tried to explain, I don’t edit photos to prove I have edited a photo. I want you to see the people and places in a picture, not any sort of heavy editing in photo. It takes away from the purpose of why I take pictures. I want to show the light in people’s eyes. To see the beauty I see. Personality and relationships and love. I try to edit in the way that though there may be editing, I don’t want you to think about your photo being edited.

If you would have never seen the “before” picture, you would you thought I did a lot of Photoshopping to the “after” picture?

My goal is that your answer is no.

Granted, this means, sometimes my clients wonder what they have paid me for (hahaha), but in this day and age, when photos are manipulated to the point of awful distortion and lack of realism and truth, I don’t want to be a part of that.

I have thought time and again to go back to film for that very reason. It keeps you honest and makes you work hard and think better. But I also enjoy technology. I love looking at a picture right after I take it…if I need to. I like the option to take 15 pictures in 15 seconds. I am able to capture some amazing real moments when I am able to hit that shutter button numerous times in a matter of seconds. If you ask any of those who have been in front of my camera, they have heard that shutter go off a lot at times.

So I try my hardest to find the truth that film brings by thinking about the photo I’m taking while still taking advantage of technology.

I hope this brings a little more understanding to my post work and the work I do in Photoshop, or don’t do in Photoshop. (;

I am happy to talk more about things related to photography, the things I have learned about having a small business and about photography in general. I have had the opportunity to share a meal or two with a few different people to discuss anything photography related…or not related and I just ended up making a good friend! (:

Shoot me an email lori@loriwongphotography.com. Or Facebook me www.facebook.com/loriwongphotography. Or my website www.loriwongphotography.com.

I have not posted these two session on the blog yet, they are coming soon.

I have been meaning to post pictures of Jeni’s bridal session for a while now. You might remember Ken & Jen’s engagement and wedding sessions. Um, can you say good looking people! (: Helllooooo! hahaha.

I pulled a little bit of photographer trickery to take these pictures but we got it done and had a great time while doing it.

There are a lot of bold bright spots of color through this whole session. I absolutely loved it.

When we were about done, and I had worked Jeni to the model-strike-a-pose bone, we were passing by a gelato/sorbet little shop. I saw the pink wall, and that was it. This is where the final shots would be. Jeni’s vintage head piece and gorgeous dress (as I mentioned before, it was her mom’s wedding dress) was perfect contrast to the modern pink wall and bench.

So we start there…

I loooooove this yellow wall.
I have a crush on yellow, especially a sorta dark mustard yellow. I think it’s because yellow looks bad on me. haha. But it doesn’t look bad next to Jeni. Looovin’ it! Work it out Jen!

Um…gorgeous eyes!!

I was lucky enough to hang out with 3 generations of Starley women during the session. I was so happy to be a small part of Jeni’s wedding experience.

Rob and Becky come all the way from London, England.

Becky and I have only communicated through email so I was excited to finally meet her and Rob in person. They are an amazing couple. They have been together for quite some time and fit so well together.

Most of the couples that I have had the privileged to capture their wedding in Las Vegas have come alone or with a really some group of family and friends. This was the larges group that came from the rain to the hot desert of Las Vegas. They were baking in the heat and dealing with a wind that felt like a constant blow dryer, but there was also no way they could not look good. As you will see, in the pictures, all good looking people!!

I could see and feel the love that the group had for Becky and Rob. I loved being around this awesome group of people!

Here is the slideshow below. Or click the link!

I don’t know how I get so lucky to have the brides and grooms that I have.

Tom and Desi are amazing people. Desi and I went back and forth often via email discussing the big day. And I knew through those emails that Desi was my kind of girl. Tom and Desi are pretty darn funny people. But you can also see how genuine and kind they are. I loved getting to know them and learning more about their relationship.

I knew that if Desi and Tom were that great, I could only imagine a party full of people who love them would be. And I was right. I have this habit when shooting weddings of wanting to make sure I don’t miss a moment to capture but Desi and Tom and the bridal party wasn’t standing for it! They made me join in on the dancing fun and shake my groove thing with them. They were a lot of fun and always making sure I was having a good time or if I needed a drink or some food. I was overwhelmed by their kindness.

This is THE longest post I think I have ever had. I couldn’t narrow it down! I had the hardest time. And let me tell you, the slideshow is much MUCH longer! (:

It was my first trip to Pahrump and very memorable! It was raining, which though is said to be good luck can add kinks to any wedding plans. The ceremony set to be outside was pushed into the reception hall. But it didn’t matter because all you could feel during the ceremony was love and support for this amazing couple.

Don’t forget to check out the slide show at the end.

I want to warn you…there are some rad jumping shots!

Um. Gorgeous.

SEE! See how awesome they all are!

I love these guys! haha! (:

Oh the dancing. There was a special request for the oh so fantastic hit “The Macarena”. These are my favorite dance shots!

The rain stopped for a little while and we are able to get some more great shots!

Only one awesome socked groomsman. Dinosaur socks!

These girls are so beautiful.

Here is the slideshow!! Check it out below or with music by clicking on the link!!

The Weston family is pretty great. And talk about a gorgeous family! The boys are hilarious too.

I won’t keep you waiting. (:

Let’s start with my favorite shot of the day.

And of course, the slideshow, with a lot more pictures…check it out right below or here!