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Welcome to my blog! My name is Trista Lerit and I am a wedding photographer based in Orange County, California. Beautiful, Modern, and Edgy Wedding Photography is what I specialize in but every now and then, I love capturing little rascals a.k.a. kids!

This blog is where I'll post pictures from weddings, engagements, and little rascal sessions that I've shot recently. However, I won't limit my posts to photography related things only! This blog also doubles as my online diary where I'll discuss my love of food, share my favorite YouTube videos, post adorable pictures of my dog (yes, I'm one of THOSE people), and talk about anything else I feel like!

I'd love to hear from all my blog visitors so please don't be shy, my blog doesn't bite ;-)

Thanks for stopping by and come again soon!

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Wendi & Jason : Married and loving it :-) 07-02-2009

If you've been following me on Twitter/Facebook, you probably already know that I flew to D.C. for a shoot last week.  Not just any shoot...a totally awesome "I love my job" type shoot!  I first "met" Wendi when she emailed me a few months ago with the subject line reading "Your work is THE BOMB!"  Any person who writes me an email with that subject line is A-OK in my book!  Wendi explained that she was turning the big 3-0 this year and as a gift to herself, wanted an anniversary shoot for her and her hubby.  What a great gift, right??  She also told me a little bit about herself, her hubby, and most importantly...her lovely babies Buster & Daisy :-)  She wanted to know if I'd be interested in doing a shoot with their little family and of course..I said yes!  It totally worked out because I already had a trip planned for New York (to actually attend a wedding as a guest..can you believe it??!!) so I was able to coordinate the shoot to happen around the same time.

When Wendi and Jason picked me up from the airport, they had a sweet little gift for my Spunki (we finally decided on her name) and Mochi..rubber bones so they could chew on!  I thought that was soooo sweet of them...of course I loved them instantly and knew that the shoot was going to ROCK.  Wendi and Jason live in Old Town Alexandria and I must say...I COULD SHOOT THERE EVERYDAY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!!  It has so much charm and soooo many different "backdrops" to use..I seriously loved it and would love to go back so if you live anywhere near there and want to do a shoot with me, email me please :-)

Before I knew it, the shoot was over and I was on my way back to the airport :-(  I had such a great time with these two (in addition to Buster and Daisy) that I didn't want it to end!

Wendi and Jason...it was sooooo awesome getting the chance to capture you both in your current "hood".  If and when you move back to the West Coast, please let me know!!  You are such a beautiful and sweet couple...thanks so much for the lovely gifts for my babies and for the sweet card!

Now for my favorites....too many to choose from!!

We started at this fab boutique hotel..I wish I could remember the name of it?!  I was to busy being stealth so that they wouldn't kick us out ;-)

Love the turquoise walls!

and the orange wallpaper :-)

 

For some reason, I just love the simplicity of this shot..love the blue brick wall too!

 

How cute are these two??!!

Yummy back light :-)

Family photo :-)

Buster & Daisy...how cute..they're holding hands!!

Can you believe they are sitting in their backyard right here??  I would kill for these double doors!!

 

 

One of my favs!!

Cobblestone...*happy sigh*

 

Love the soft aqua backdrop here...I love this moment too..totally unprompted by me!

Love this!!

 

Cobblestone + Backlight + Leaves = Happy Trista :-)

totally cute :-)

They ended the day with a bike ride...

and a walk with their pups!

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My heart is broken... 06-26-2009

Doug and I are actually on a mini vacation in NY right now for a wedding we're attending this weekend but I didn't want to wait to blog about this when I return home next week.

I flew to DC earlier today for a shoot that I was very excited about.  While shooting, I learned of Michael Jackson's untimely death and was in complete shock.  Michael Jackson was the love of my life when I was a little girl...I was 4 or 5 when I first discovered his music and I just couldn't get enough of it.  Everyone in my family knew that I loved him and would always tease me about it...but my mom understood..she bought me shirts with his face on them and I've got to say those shirts were my most prized possessions as a child.

As I grew up, my obsession with Michael faded but at my core, I was and always would be an MJ fan.  I'm sure MANY of you share the same feelings I do about Michael and have your own childhood memories of him and how his music was the soundtrack to your youth.  There is so much I want to say but I just don't have the words right now.

He will be missed by me and the millions of fans he had all over the world!!!  Reast In Peace Michael...you will always be in our hearts!

Below is one of my favorite Michael Jackson Performances..I hope it brings back some memories for all you MJ fans!

 

 

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Melissa & Andrew : Married! 06-18-2009

I had such an amazing time at Melissa and Andrew's wedding for so many different reasons!!  To name a few, I was going to be working with Christina from Simply Modern Weddings for the first time..even though we've known each other for years!!  Christina referred Melissa and Andrew to me (thanks Christina) and when I first met Melissa, she left such a great impression on me and I knew that I wanted to shoot her wedding.  She was as sweet as can be and the conversation was just easy..like it should be!  When Christina told me all she had in store for their wedding, I was so excited!  Christina has exquisite taste as does Melissa so the two were a perfect pair in creating the wedding of Melissa's dreams.  The day was gorgeous as were all of beautiful details!

Melissa and Andrew...thanks so much for having me at your wedding!  You are the sweetest couple and I can't tell you how much fun I had at your wedding!  I wish you nothing but the BEST!  Have a great time in Maui!!

Now for some favorites!

 

 

 

Melissa was so relaxed and happy!

 

 

Love the color of the dresses!  

GORGEOUS!!

Handsome!!

I love this simple portrait of Melissa :-)

Melissa and Andrew decided to see each other before their ceremony so that meant we had plenty of time for pictures!

 

 

Love this!

 

Gorgeous!!!

 

So cute...this always happens :-)

 

 

 

 

 

There were too many details..too many to post them all!  But I'll give it a go!

 

 

 

Mini cupcakes..how cute!!  And Yummy too!

 

 

 

 

 

When Christina first approached me about doing a photobooth at the wedding, I was excited..and NERVOUS!  After much practicing before the wedding to make sure everything went smoothly, I have to say the photobooth was a hit!!  It was great getting to interact with all the guests and seeing what they came up with!  (If you're a client who is interested in doing this for your wedding, email me and I'll give you all the details!)

LOVE this!!

 

lol..boys are funny :-)

hehehehe...that hairy chest on her is not real btw :-)  Is that a great prop or what??!!

Hand to heart...I did not tell these guys to do this.  I asked one of them if they wanted the hairy chest, he said no, but can I take my pants off?  LOL!!!  I thought he was kidding!  Then he proceeded to unbutton his pants and so did his friend!

 

Christina, her hubby, Eric, his wifey!

And of course, I had to take a picture in the booth..thanks Tracy for getting this shot of me!

Thanks to the following Vendors for being totally kick-ass-awesome!!

Wedding Coordinator: Christina Wright from Simply Modern Weddings.  Christina is seriously the BOMB!  What impressed me the most about her was how much she CARES about her clients and wanting everything to be perfect!!  It definitely shows in her work and I'm so glad I got to finally work with her!

Florist: Kristin Branceleone from The Treasured Petal.  Kristin is not only a very good friend of mine, she is also an AMAZING florist!  I've worked with Kristin so many times I've lost count!

DJ: Eric Mosqueda from SoCal-DJ.  This was my second time working with Eric and it was awesome!  He played great music and kept the dance floor full!

Lighting: Rainbow Sound and Lighting.  Lighting is key to transforming a room.  If you haven't thought of lighting for your event, you should!  This is the second time I've worked with them and their lighting is always beautiful!

Makeup: Vivian from All Made Up. One of the top makeup artists in So-Cal..beautiful work!!

Cupcakes: Vanilla Bake Shop..need I say more?? Yummy!!!

Officiant: Greg Mohr from You May Kiss the Bride. Beautiful ceremony!

Venue: Lowes Santa Monica Beach Hotel (Contact: David Houde).  Such a beautiful venue and amazing staff!  David was a delight to work with!

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My Anniversary Gift from Doug :-) 06-18-2009

As most of you know, Doug and I celebrated our 4 Year Wedding Anniversary a few weeks ago.  Normally, I can guess what Doug will get me for our anniversary but this year..I really had no idea!  Nor did I really have a "desire" for anything in particular which was great for Doug since I had zero expectations :-) So what did he get me?

That's right..a box of Cocoa Puffs :-)  Imagine me sitting in the restaurant with Doug enjoying a lovely dinner (okay, dinner didn't even arrive yet..I wanted my gift now!). Doug tells me to open my present and it's a box, a lightweight box.  I thought he was trying to throw me off by putting a gift certificate to I don't know..Louis Vuitton or Christian Louboutin in a box and make me think it was something else.  But when I opened it up and saw the Cocoa Puffs box, I squeeled with delight!!! Why you ask?

Well, let me explain.  Doug and I love dogs and especially love our little guy Mochi.  We've always talked about maybe one day getting another one to add to our little family.  However, Doug being the "mean" one, would always say "No, we need to wait till Mochi's older" or "We need to get the house done before we can even think about getting another dog" or "I don't know when we can get another Dog".  But in the times when we would talk about this imaginary dog that we would one day get, we would discuss what type of dog (Doug insists it had to be a Shih Tzu like Mochi) and also what color we would get and what name we would give it.  In one of our more recent future doggy discussions, we decided that when we did get another shih tzu, it would be a chocolate brown Shih Tzu.  We had fun coming up with names for it like "Choco Taco, Count Chocula, or Cocoa Puff Diddy.  That's right...Cocoa Puff Diddy.

If you guessed that Doug got me a Chocolate Brown Shih Tzu, you are correct!! When I opened the Cocoa Puff Box, this was inside:

Doug had contacted a breeder in Arkansas who bred Chocolate Brown Shih Tzu's a couple of months ago and they had a litter that would be ready a little after our anniversary.  We got to choose from three girls (oh yeah, in our past discussions, we decided we wanted a girl).  It was hard to choose, but we finally decided on one that was nicknamed "Miss Laidback".  You'll see why this is funny later.  Below is one of the pictures Doug had in his little "Our New Addition" packet of her:

Doug and I didn't actually choose her until we saw another picture of her.  I requested a "natural" light picture from the breeder since flash can sometimes affect the way something really looks.  So then she sent us the pic below...and we were SOLD!!!  How cute is her little tongue sticking out..we actually wondered would she be cute if she didn't stick her tongue out??

Soon after we decided on which little girl we were going to get, we started thinking of names.  The obvious choice would have been Cocoa Puff but when it came down to it, I just wasn't feeling the name anymore.  So, the name search began and nearly drove us insane!  With Mochi, it was so easy.  I came up with the name before we even got him when Doug and I were having Sushi one day.  We were eating Mochi ice cream for dessert and it just hit me, "lets name our future dog Mochi!"  Doug agreed and that was the end of that.

However, for our little hairy princess, it was a long and painful process.  We finally came up with some contenders that we were both happy with...Ichiban (because I wanted a name to go with Mochi) and Lila (because the first picture we saw of her she was on a purple blanket..purple=lilac=lila).  After much discussion and looking at her pictures, we decided on Lila because we thought it was a sweet and girly name for our sweet little girl.

This picture was sent to us right after she had her first bath.  The breeder emailed it to us and said that she was quite "spunky" after her bath.  How cute is she??

 
We were supposed to get our little rascal last week but she was a little too small so we had to wait...until yesterday!  That's right, I picked her up from the puppy transport people (who knew they had services specifically for driving puppies around to their destinations?!)  I was immediately in love the first moment I laid eyes on her..she was adorable and still very tiny!!  I sat in my car for a bit just soaking her in trying to get a sense for her personality.  When I brought her up to my face, she immediately started giving me kisses..a million little licks at the fastest rate I think I've ever witnessed licks being given.  She then started attacking my fingers and shirt with her tiny little teeth..they are seriously the size of little specs of sand but boy do they hurt!
 
She was getting a bit rambunctious when I called Doug to let him know that I had her and that she was okay.  I told him that I didn't think Lila was an appropriate any longer for this spunky little girl we had on our hands.  I said she was more of a "Spunky Brewster"..immediatly that sounded like the perfect name but I knew that we'd eventually just call her Spunky or Spunki (Doug likes it with an "i" to go with Mochi) and I don't know if I just like the name "Spunki".  So, our little girl is still without an official name but that's not going to stop me from officially introducing her to all of you!
 
Here she is..my spunky little princess!!
 
 
and here she is after emitting lots of "Spunki" power!!!  She sticks her tongue out a lot..I love it :-)
 
 
Is she not the most precious Chocolate Shih Tzu you've ever seen?  The past 24 hours with her have been quite eventful..but I'm too tired to give you a play-by-play now.  More on that in my next blog post for her. Before I go, I HAVE to thank my wonderful, sweet, thoughtful amazing husband for giving me the most wonderful gift EVER!!!  I love you so much sweetheart and I'm so happy to see our little family grow!!  Also, I have to thank Marilyn our breeder for being so great and taking such good care of our little girl for us !
 
I gotta go check on my little hairy rascal now but check back later tonight for a beautiful wedding I shot this past weekend!
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