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 dogs (yes, I'm one of THOSE people), and talk about anything else I feel like!

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I've said it before and I'll say it again...I think laughter is the key to a successful marriage!  My most favorite memories of Doug and I are those when were laughing, making fun of each other, doing the happy dance..oh wait..that last one I wasn't supposed to type..oh well :-)  If you're one of Doug's friends, just ignore that one :-)  Of course, I also have some sweet memories of when we first met, etc etc, but the ones that always come to mind first are the fun ones because they always put a smile on my face :-)

Personally, I think Eunice & Bryan are going to have an awesome start to marriage..why you ask?  Because they love to laugh and Bryan is super great at making his future wife laugh..a trait that should be highly regarded!  This was actually the first time I met Bryan and I have to say he had me at "hello" :-)  He is very fun, outgoing, and easygoing all at the same time.  He's easy..I like meeting people that are easy to get along with from the get go..it takes no "work" if you know what I mean :-)  Same for Eunice..she is as sweet as she looks and very unaware of how gorgeous she is!  She mentioned something about being "awkward" in front of the camera..ummm really Eunice?  It must be someone else's camera because my camera saw none of that!

As funny as Bryan was and as "awkward" as Eunice was, these two knew how to work it like pros!  As soon as I said serious, Bryan would have this "rico suave" look..everybody remember Rico Suave right? Rrrriicccoooo......Suuuaavvveee.

Ummm..anyways, back to Eunice and Bryan.  They are getting married in a couple of months and I just know the day is going to full of smiles and laughter..my favorite!

Now for another another kind of favorites..pictures!

This was one of the first shots we took..Bryan wasted no time busting out his "smile" making abilities :-)

Love this!

One of my favorites!!

Luminous!

Love this..I think this captures their personalities perfectly :-)

I loved Theresa's shoes!..They matched her dress perfectly and were H-O-T!

Her dress has got to be one of my favorite dresses ever! Loved the gorgeous belt..

Love this shot of Theresa with her mom and sister :-)

The elevator had a cool "hidden" camera that would take pictures of you the whole time you were in the elevator...

I normally love color but I thought this image looked great in black and white!

I thought Theresa looked flawless!

One of my favorites!

The ceremony had laughter..

and tears..

Love this!

Oh how I loved the details..too too many!!

I loved how emotional Theresa was!

The speeches had everyone laughing..

and crying..Theresa's sister delivered an emotion-fileld speech that brought everyone to tears!

Totally cute.."I Love Lucy" episodes were playing all through dinner :-)

This little booger was adorable..they had an arts & crafts table for the kiddies..such a great idea!

Theresa & Ken's friends were a riot!

Thanks to Janet for rounding everyone up for this shot!

Thanks to the following vendors for creating such an amazing event! INCREDIBLE!!

Venue: Smogshoppe

Coordinator: Kelley & Janet from Picture Perfect Events

Florals: Mille Fiori

Caterer: Beacon

Letterpress Invitations: Tiselle

I'm sure you all remember the perfectly coiffed little puppy you saw just a few weeks ago right?

Well, some time has past since my last post and as to be expected, my little Spunki has grown..hair that is.  Her hair is in that awkward stage of not being long enough to be put into a clip like her brother Mochi's hair, but too long to the point where it's getting a little out of control...as shown in the image below:

You see..she is looking right at me but you can't tell because her eyes are completely covered!  When her head is up, you can barely see her eyes as shown here:

Or when she is glaring at you at the corner of her eye..note..I had to fix her hair a little bit to get her eye uncovered..

I swear I feel like I'm a mom to a teenage "emo" daughter who always has her hair hanging in her face!  I thought "there has to be a way to get that hair out of her face".  Cutting it was completely out of the question because we have plenty of little bows we bought for her hair and are just waiting till the day her bangs are long enough.  As I was driving to a shoot the other day, I thought "they should make headbands for dogs".  Then I had this ingenius idea...

Tape!!  It's light as a feather and I'm sure she barely even knows it's there!  Not only is her hair out of her face, I can see her pretty brown eyes now :-)