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Erika and Rich Are Gettin’ Hitched (Yay, Rhymes)

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Wait till you hear this love story:

Erika and I met at a mutual friend’s wedding a few years ago in New York.  We fell head over heels for each other that night.  I never thought I’d see her again.  Then she moved to LA and now we’re besties.  She’s one of those people who makes me laugh until it hurts, and on top of it she has the best outfits, hair, and cats.  I never thought anyone could ever deserve such an amazing person.

Until I met Rich.  This man is the best compliment to Erika.  He’s funny, kind, and grows a mean beard.  Rich’s beard is almost as beautiful as Erika’s hair.  Almost.  Oh, and did I mention that Erika and Rich met while volunteering to feed the hungry?  …Which is something they do. Every. Sunday.

Yeah, I know.  You can’t hate them if you tried.

I was so excited when they asked me to shoot their engagement photos, because I love excuses to hang out with my friends.  We decided to take the photos at their favorite romantic place: home.

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Fashion Model Time featuring Tristan Peach

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Anthony and I met Tristan on a flight in June, and it just so happened that he lived not too far from us!  Tristan is an actor (who should really consider also going into modeling) and we immediately hit it off.  A few weeks later we met up at Arroyo Seco Bridge (morbidly nicknamed Suicide Bridge) in Pasadena for a fun impromptu fashion shoot.

Here are a few of my favorite shots from our GQ inspired photo shoot:

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Trash the Dress on El Matador Beach, CA

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As a photographer, I’m obsessed with Pinterest.  I get so many ideas and inspiration from Pinterest, and here’s one of them.  I’ve been seeing a trend of Trash the Dress photo shoots pop up a lot on Pinterest lately, and I loved the idea of making a total mess of something pristine.  There’s a lot of beauty in that.

Surprise, not many brides are willing to destroy a dress that they paid so much for.  So I decided to take matters into my own hands and buy a used wedding dress off of Ebay.  I had asked my lovely friend, Amanda, to pose for me.  Serendipitously, the $5 dress fit her like a glove.

We took our shoot to El Matador Beach in Malibu.  We arrived at the perfect time at dusk, and Amanda dug into the sand, rolled around, and got dunked in the waves several times.  She did her job perfectly, and didn’t complain once even though she was soaking wet and covered in sand by the end of it.

I had so much fun doing this, it was something I had wanted to shoot for a while and I was so happy with how it all fell into place.  Thanks Amanda for being a beautiful model!

(PS. I did that hairdo!  I think I could make a second career out of doing crazy updos!)

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Downtown LA + Disney Concert Hall Honeymoon Session : Paula and Carlos:

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Newlyweds Paula and Carlos were visiting LA from Chile, and while they were in town they wanted a photo session to remember their stay.  I met Paula through a good friend and incredible photographer, Matei, after she contacted him a few weeks ago looking for an LA photographer.  Matei was out of the country while she was here, and he kindly referred her to me, because I’m cool and stuff, too.  Friends helping friends.

Paula and Carlos decided they wanted to take pictures somewhere with incredible architecture.  LA has a ton of stunning architecture, but no where quite compares to Disney Concert Hall in Downtown LA.  So that’s where we met.

You’ll be able to tell from the photos that these two are very much in love.  I hardly had to direct them at all– all those kisses, twirls, laughs and moments came naturally.  Paula and Carlos had a great sense of humor, too.  I asked them to kiss each other just once, and they said, “Now that we’re married, we don’t do that anymore.”  Hilarious!

Congratulations Paula and Carlos on tying the knot and thank you for meeting up with me to take these pictures.  I had so much fun!

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CLB Meets A Real Housewife

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In early November I got a phone call from a good friend who works for Star Magazine.  She needed a photographer to shoot their Thanksgiving spread with “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Lisa Vanderpump.  I immediately said yes.  (Side note: I just wrote that like I was all cool about it and stuff but in reality I screamed YESYESYES into the phone before I even knew what the project was. It was the opposite of cool.)

Fast forward a week and I was shooting a Thanksgiving spread at Lisa’s restaurant Villa Blanca in Beverly Hills.  The meal came complete with turkey sliders, a bacon covered turkey, squash soup, and pumpkin crumble.  It took a lot of restraint not to eat it all the second it hit the table.  You can find these recipes and more on TheDivineAddiction.com!

Lisa and her husband Ken were super down to earth, funny, and really easy to work with.  Lisa is a natural in front of the camera, and very hands on when it came to presentation.  Villa Blanca lets in amazing natural lighting which led to clean, crisp pictures.  We even had a visit from a TMZ tour bus, where everyone was excited to see Ms. Vanderpump but even more excited to see adorable little Giggy, Lisa’s fashion forward Pomeranian.

Now that the magazine is off news stands I’m so happy that I am able to share the pictures with all of you!  So here are some of my favorites, along with the published spread.  I’m so thankful that I had this opportunity!  Thank you so much to Star Magazine, Lisa Vanderpump, Ken Todd, Giggy, Chef Francis Dimitrius, and everyone who had a hand in putting this spread together.  It was so much fun!

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