Loyola Marymount Wedding | Kristina & Joe | Los Angeles Wedding Photography

Kristina and Joe met while attending Loyola Marymount University and to say they feel fondly about their alma mater is an understatement. So many of their relatives and friends attended LMU as well, that after the wedding, we rounded up nearly 60 LMU alumni for a big group photo outside the LMU chapel steps.
K&J wed on 7/11–with just a few days past the 4th of July, Kristina was still in a very patriotic mood earlier in the day, before she put on her wedding dress. But with an anniversary date they’ll never be able to forget, we couldn’t resist stopping by the 7/11 and taking along a cut to the wedding for a joint sip shot, post ceremony.
They look so cute, don’t they?

Meet Lidia Pareno, Southern California Bride turned Wedding Planner

 

We first met Lidia Pareno when we signed up to document her Queen Mary Long Beach wedding to Clarence. She loved the experience of planning her wedding so much, she decided to become a full-fledged Los Angeles wedding planner, a Temecula wedding planner.
Lidia just formed By Your Side Events
a Temecula based wedding and corporate event planning service. She’s already got three weddings in the works for 2009–in Puerto Vallerta, San Diego and Temecula, and is looking forward to meeting with Southern California brides to help them put their dream weddings together.
“With most hotels, they have so many events going on, they can only give you just a few minutes of time each day, if that,” she says. “I called my company By Your Side, because that’s what I am. I am there for you.”
Lidia is a former hotel event planner, so she knows of what she speaks. She worked at La Costa in Carlsbad and the Temecula Winery and Hotel before striking out on her own.
With the average California wedding topping out at between $40,000 and $60,000, Lidia specializes in helping to dramatically cut costs. “I can work with any budget and show brides how to really save money.”
E-mail Lidia at byyoursideevents@live.com or call her at 951-219-3984

Beach Engagement Photos by Los Angeles Wedding Photo.com

Here’s our favorite engagement shot of 2008. We brought Susan and Benjamin down to Hermosa Beach for a series of romantic shots, beginning with the pair riding around town on a bicycle. As the sun began to set, Susan jumped into Benjamin’s arms for this iconic shot. By Sam Graham for Los Angeles Wedding Photo.com

Torrance Wedding Photography | Video Montage by Los Angeles Wedding Photo.com

A video montage from Cathy and Earl’s Torrance wedding, by Graham & Graham Photography of Manhattan Beach. Cathy and Earl live in Northern California, but wanted to wed in the South Bay, where the parents live. They also requested romantic post-wedding couple shots in the “most beautiful” spot in Southern California. So naturally, we took them to our favorite, to the stunning  beautiful Malaga Cove section of Palos Verdes.

 

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Long Beach Wedding Photography by Graham & Graham

http://www.GrahamAndGrahamPhotography.com presents a video montage from Toni-Lynne and Robin’s fabulous Long Beach Wedding. The couple wed at St. Barnabas Church in Long Beach, and afterwards, we went to Shoreline Village for romantic couple and wedding party shots with the stately Queen Mary in the background. Then it was onto–where else–the Queen Mary–for the reception.

Long Beach Wedding Photography by Graham & Graham

Here’s another take on one of my favorite images from the Toni-Lynne & Robin Queen Mary wedding from last weekend. Had some Photoshop fun on this one.

Queen Mary Wedding | Long Beach Wedding Photography by Graham & Graham

Toni-Lynne and Robin had their dream wedding at the historic Queen Mary Hotel on Saturday, June 28, and we were honored to be there to document the big day. Toni-Lynne grew up in Long Beach, where the Queen Mary is the iconic figure so closely associated with the city, so after Robin proposed, the Queen was her first choice for the reception. The big, beautiful “Britannia” salon was the setting, and full with friends and relatives of all ages–and lots of kids. Here’s some highlights from the day–we’ll be back in coming days with video highlights too.

Long Beach Wedding Video | Long Beach Wedding Photography

Graham & Graham Photography specializes in Long Beach Wedding Photography and Los Angeles Wedding Videos. Give us a call or write so we can help you with your wedding photography needs.

Wedding Photography in Long Beach | Long Beach Queen Mary Reception

We love this Long Beach wedding video so much, we had to run it twice. Actually, we wanted to see the difference in embedding videos from our two favorite online video sites, Vimeo and Blip.TV. Vimeo is hands down our first place to post videos, with Blip.TV our second. Then we go to YouTube, which is the Web’s most popular video site. However, the quality at YouTube pales to the other two.
Which do you think looks better, Vimeo or Blip.TV? Let us know!

Long Beach Wedding Photography | Queen Mary Wedding from Graham & Graham on Vimeo.
The music video montage is from Olivia and Wesley’s wedding in San Pedro and Long Beach. The couple wed at the Mary, Star of the Sea church, and then we moved to the classy Queen Mary in Long Beach for the reception. Longtime readers of this blog will remember Olivia and Wesley from their Manhattan Beach engagement photos session from April. Congratulation guys!

Long Beach Wedding Photography | San Pedro Wedding

Here’s a fun slideshow we put together for Olivia & Wesley’s San Pedro wedding. They were married at the Mary, Star of the Sea church in San Pedro, and had their reception at the Queen Mary in Long Beach.