Trista Lerit Wedding Photographer - Orange County Wedding Photographer, Los Angeles Wedding Photographer, San Diego Wedding Photographer, Children Photographer

So this was my first time meeting Alice & Paul since they booked me via their wedding planner/my friend Kelley Lee Gin of Picture Perfect Events. I always get a little nervous when I’m meeting my couple for the first time at their engagement session because there is always the little voice that wonders “will we click well with each other?” (pun intended…hehehe) Of course, the minute I met them I knew I need not worry any further :-) They are just the sweetest and even brought their two rescue fur babies because they wanted some “family” pictures together which I thought was very sweet. I loved hearing about how they fell in love & got engaged fairly quickly for this day and age (a year) but so did Doug and I which I totally bonded over them with. A lot of times I ask a couple how long they’ve been together and it’s often, seven-eight or even twelve years! So to hear that they “just knew” they wanted to be together from the beginning was refreshing as I totally feel the same way… when you know you “just know” :-)

Alice and Paul will be getting married this July and I simply can’t wait! For now, enjoy some of my favorites from their engagement session in downtown San Juan Capistrano…one of my all-time favorite places to shoot at :-)

I don’t know why but I really love this one :-)

Alice knew how to work it from the very beginning :-)

Even though their doggies aren’t related don’t they look like they are? So cute!

Alice & Paul have great chemistry together…in person and in pictures :-)

Lovely light :-)

Cute!

LOVE!

Happy Ending :-)

Joy & Alex were referred to me by one of my sweetest couples Russel & Rachel. I always love when I get to work with couples that have been referred to me because there is a sense of trust that is already established. They are familiar with my work, work ethic, etc and know what to expect which is always great. It actually works both ways too because for me, I know that if there friends with my couple, they obviously must be cool too, right? As the saying goes…birds of a feather flock together :-)

The day we shot Joy & Alex’s engagement session was beautiful which for us was really lucky because we got rained out twice and had to reschedule their shoot! Their little fur babies joined us for the first half of the shoot and they were total naturals :-) Working with pets can be challenging (especially two of them!) but the shoot went off without a hitch :-) The day was all around perfect as you’ll see in the pictures below…the lighting was perfection which always makes me happy!

I can’t wait for Joy & Alex’s wedding in June which is set to take place at the beautiful Malibu Rocky Oaks Estate and Vineyard! For now, enjoy some of my favorites from their engagement session!

I love when my clients incorporate their fur babies into their engagement photos!