Meet Nicole. Last week, I met up with Nicole to catch up on life after the wedding and to take a few headshots. She was a lifesaver on my wedding day and the best decision I made during all of my planning process. Even though I made it a point to hire all the top industry professionals as vendors at the wedding in order to minimize mistakes, I knew that it’s just inevitable that certain things will go wrong.
Lucky for me, I met Nicole of Peachtree Weddings and Events while photographing Melinda and Ben’s wedding, which was a few months before my very own wedding. I had never seen a wedding run so smoothly before, I’ll even throw in, in my life. It’s not that nothing went wrong, it’s just how quickly she took care of everything, that it came unnoticed. I was very impressed. All up until that point, we had decided that we would take care of the wedding on our own. I mean, c’mon, we’re wedding photographers. We’ve worked in the industry long enough to know the ins and outs of a wedding. A lot of the times we emd up “coordinating” the day anyways. We can handle it, right? The other option was having an organized friend with some wedding experience coordinate, but even then, I’d probably still be back seat driving the thing. I had witnessed one too many mistakes and one two many stressed-out brides at weddings, and it left me with an unsettling feeling that I just might go bridezilla on someone. This would not be ideal, especially for someone who considers themselves far, far from bridezilla, but I could already start seeing the inner monster creeping out. It’s interesting what stress can do to a person.
Anyhow, after several conversations about wedding budget, finally I convinced Jacob to have Nicole coordinate the wedding, and I am so very happy I did. I am really thankful that I was able to have the wedding of my dreams and to actually enjoy it. I didn’t have to keep up with a million tasks, pick up any phone calls, nada. I got to enjoy the day. So thank you, Nicole! We’re very grateful to have met you. Happy Wednesday!
