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Heather was great from the get go, she's very warm and has a caring personality. I wanted a pasta station but kept hearing great reviews about Heather so I just asked if I could have pasta not thinking she would say yes (being that it's homestyle cooking) but she did. I even wanted the sauce and meat seperate so guests could have a choice. The wedding night Heather and her staff were really great. Everyone loved the food. You really can't beat the price for what you get.
I'm really quite shocked at having to give such a poor review since I was confident that I hired such a highly recommended/talented photographer. When I first contacted Tony through his website, I told him that we were on a budget so he gave me a number that I could live with. I told him about our engagement photographer's horror story and he sympathized. Our first meeting a month before the wedding went well. The three of us chatted for 2 hours. I told him that I need A LOT of direction, I'm no model! I tend to feel ackward in front of the camera. I told him the style that we wanted, pointed out a few shots that I liked from his portfolio etc. He even showed up for the rehearsal which I thought was nice. I thought he would get some great shots of the venue since it was a museum. Things were running late before the ceremony and it started to rain a little so everything was a little scrambled. He took a ton of pictures of my MOH tieing up my corset and a few other details then went to the boys suite and took a bajillion pictures of them. One of the bridesmaids was running late but I wish Tony would have come back to take pictures of me and my girls. After the ceremony, he took all of the formal shots. Since the wedding started late, my DH and I didn't get many alone shots unfortunately but I was kind of annoyed that he spent a lot of time getting "cool" shots of my DH and his bridal party. I literally had to say ok that's enough pictures, let's move on to US. During the reception Tony seemed really great. I had to point a couple of times for him to see a good shot but overall, he was snapping away and he wasn't in the way at all. He sent a couple of teaser pics through email and it was only a few weeks after the wedding when he sent a link to all of the pictures. Ok, I understand there are photographers who take pictures of one thing and there are 20 shots of the same thing. Well Tony decided that he filter out of the "bad" pictures and send me only the good ones. All of the pictures that he did take were very beautiful but I started noticing all of the things that he didn't take: -No picture of Grandma and cousin walking down the aisle (her eyes were closed so he said it wasn't a good shot but sent it to me after I requested it. Why he didn't take more than one picture is beyond me) -No picture of FIL & SMIL walking down the aisle (he just said that he just didn't like the picture but sent it after I requested it and it's actually cute) -Just one picture of my oldest son (he had another picture that he sent after I requested it and I liked it more) -No picture of my oldest son pulling a wagon with my youngest son and the flower girl in the same shot -No picture of me actually looking up during my entrance, all of the pictures I'm looking down. (I did look down a lot because as soon as I stepped out, the dj & coordinator pointed down and whispered DO NOT TRIP OVER THIS so I was a little paranoid of tripping in the grass but I know I was making sure I looked up also. Why he wasn't snapping away to make sure he got plenty of shots?) -No picture of my mom giving me away (he said that he had to go back down the aisle to get another camera and missed this VERY IMPORTANT opportunity. I'm so bummed about this) -No picture of the entire bridal party standing while we read our vows -The formal bridal picture he sent, the best man was pointing to DH. (It's a cute pic but he didn't have one where he's just standing there? Other guests took pictures off to the side where the best man wasn't pointing so I know it happened) He also missed a couple of DIY details, I didn't think I would have to run him through my entire wedding and tell him hey don't forget this, don't forget that? I asked him why he didn't take any pictures of the venue and he said that if I told him he would have. Isn't that a common wedding detail?? During the reception, he took pictures of the same family members over and over and over. There are no pictures of our friends. There is no picture of my oldest son. There is no picture of the last dance. The last two pictures of us in the getaway car I look completely psychotic. Yes it's funny but there really isn't another of me waving to everyone?? I asked Tony for ALL of the pictures he took so I could make the decision of which to keep. He said that he never sends all of the pics and it would be $900. Then he sent another email saying there really aren't many other pictures that I would want so he went ahead and sent the dvd and said that he wouldn't accept the money even if I sent it. Funny that he thought I was going to give him another penny. There's a couple of pictures that I would have wanted like my oldest son walking down the aisle but then I noticed that the number sequence jumps in several places-he deleted pictures. He also didn't send them all since they stop at a certain point during the formal poses. I asked him for a picture of the best man not pointing and he told me that he had already deleted all of the pictures off his camera. Great. I'm sure he'd find them if I sent him that $900. I also told him that it felt like I was pulling teeth to get the pictures that I had ALREADY PAID FOR. I'm SO disappointed by this. I'm sure Tony is a great fashion photographer but I would swear that I hired at amateur to shoot my wedding. I feel like for whatever reason he did the bare minimum, he did not go beyond the typical shots and then missed some crutial things. Truly a ripoff and I'll never get this opportunity back.
The flowers were GORGEOUS!! I really had no idea what I wanted but I didn't want to spend an arm and a leg. Tiffany sent me a quote but it was about $200 over my budget so I tweeked it a little, no problem. All of the bouts and bouquets were so beautiful!! She was also very patient with me when I added centerpieces to my order. I already had vases so she just supplied the branches so that saved me some money. She even gave me rose petals because she had extra!
Michelle was great, I gave her an idea for the groom's cake (batman) and she understood what I wanted! I didn't do a tasting before the wedding because I'm out of town so I based my opinion solely on the internet! The cakes were so beautiful and very delicious. Also, I didn't rent a cake stand and was pleasantly surprised that the cakes were on a satin covered plate. So if you don't care to rent a cake stand, don't worry! It still looked beautiful.
Melody is very personable and easy to talk to. There were times where it was hard to get ahold of her but nothing outrageous. A week prior to the wedding, I told her that I just wanted a mix of classic love songs (Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole etc) and broadway duets played before the ceremony begins. She asked for an example and I gave her Wicked. While I was waiting to make my grand exit, I just heard the Wicked CD being played-about 5 songs. Melody says that when they had to move the ceremony location from the right side to the left side, she had to make due to the crazy circumstances going on. Still, I wasn't too thrilled about it but I smiled on! During that same phone interview, I told her that I wanted the fun/trendy dance music to be played right away for the reception. She acted surprised and questioned that Grandma would like to dance to Outkast? I said absolutely! (Which never got played btw) Well the first few hours were nothing but oldies but goodies. I know in her mind she was catering to the older crowd that was dancing, the younger crowd was outside smoking & mingling. I think we were all just waiting for her to start playing the fun stuff. The last hour was great (after bouquet & garter toss), I wish she would have taken my advice that the older crowd would have danced to the trendy songs also and maybe would have drawn in the younger crowd. I don't believe Melody was being malicious and I know she truly felt she was doing what was best for who was on the dance floor but I don't think she listened to what I told her prior to the wedding. I didn't say anything during the wedding because well it was my wedding day and who wants to pitch a fit? She could have played Barney and I would have had a great time! Melody is highly recommended so I'm a little bummed that my reception didn't turn out quite like I imagined. I think she used her best judgement in her opinion but it just missed the mark for me.
Jennifer was ok. She did her job I suppose. She was helpful before the wedding and was patient when we were running late to the rehearsal and the day of the wedding. She help set up the tables and made sure everything was going as it should be. A few family members said she got snippy with them but I took that with a grain of salt. She didn't seem to do much during the reception, it was really all the DJ. The caterer took care of our drinks and food etc and I think even the DJ refilled our drinks once. She doesn't seem much of a people person? The whole wedding was running late so our exit was late. She knew we had to have the venue cleared out by midnight. She said that everything was on time but when I got the photos back, it says when the last picture was taken which was 11:24 so that was a lie. She didn't tell our guests that they needed to be out, she just left after everything was packed up and our family members were putting things in their car and some were just dilly dallying. I wish she would have said SOMETHING. She said it's not her job to stay until everyone leaves. I understand that but shouldn't she have told the last of the guests to kindly leave?? I'm also kind of annoyed that her job DOES include fanning out my train for my entrance which she did a piss poor job, it was slumped on one side.
I didn't have much decor and the chair covers just gave it a little more pizazz. Yoli even helped with the color scheme. I was really impressed that as DH and I were waited to exit, I caught in the corner of my eye that they were standing by to wait until all of the guests were out so they could start taking off the chair covers. Extremely professional.
My MIL put together the rehearsal dinner and it was fantastic. The passed apps & service were really high class. We were at the Plano location so the entire outside patio was reserved for us, which was nice because we could be loud and not feel like we were bothering anyone.
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