I was tickled just to see the images of Ann & Rakesh's wedding let alone the blog love from the team at Avia and then email love from Ann - warms my heart:
http://aviaphotography.blogspot.com/2009/11/meet-patels.html
Be sure to take a look at the slideshow too!
http://aviaphotography.zenfolio.com/patelfaves
From Avia: I will say that the day went so well in large part because of Sabrina and her assistant Cassie, their incredibly talented wedding planner (check out their website at proposingdreams.com) who were there the whole day and took care of everything. I arrived to hear Sabrina say to Ann, "Don't let Rakesh worry about anything. I know he loves lists and crossing things off, but he's not to worry about any of it today. I have it covered." Seeing the relief and comfort on Ann's face was fantastic. As a result of Sabrina being there, Ann & Rakesh had to do nothing but relax and enjoy their celebration together! Before we started doing wedding photography, I thought that wedding planners were silly. However, after seeing the same pattern over and over the day of the wedding (sleep-deprived brides, family feuds brought on by reception decorations, cellphones that run out of juice halfway through the day from use, frantic last minute trips to wal-mart, scrambling to finish the programs the day before, hemming bridesmaids dresses the day of...) and then being at the few weddings with wedding planners... what a HUGE difference they make. With wedding planners around the relatives and bridal party are calm and relaxed and have all slept the night before. Peace of mind is so totally worth it!
From Ann: I wanted to share with you a wonderful blog post by Mallory Taulbee with Avia Photography -- as you know our photographers from the wedding.
Specifically, she included a flattering paragraph about your help with our wedding -- and I couldn't have said it better myself. The part she mentioned about you snatching away the to-do list from Rakesh and told him to not worry about anything was one of my favorite parts of the day, believe it or not -- because someone needed to snatch it away from him b/c he was too much enjoying checking things off the list, and his expression afterwards of having nothing to do except enjoy and finally getting a bit nervous was priceless.
Enjoy and thanks again!
Ann Patel