so we thought that we'd share it on the blog. There's no other word for this one except WOW!!!
Here goes:
Jai,
This is very much overdue, but no less heartfelt; thank you (in galactic,
enormous, logarithmic, exponential, huge, infinite amounts) for your
participation in my daughter Laura's wedding last June 21. It was a
crunched -up day for me and, true to form,, I was running about 35 minutes
behind schedule all day, and was forced to hope that all the professionals I
had hired knew what to do. They did, especially you. When I emerged from
the Bridesmaids' dressing room at about 4:30, having wrestled one of those
full length bras onto my body, tried to apply eyeliner, and still working on
the reading the other of the groom and I were to do for the ceremony, I
heard murmurs that were behind schedule, so I assumed that attempts
to take pictures of the bridal party outside the University Club were nixed;
just not enough time. And then my eleven-year-old daughter, a junior
bridesmaid, gushed about going to the Art Institute, walking downtown,
photos in the garden somewhere, and I realized you miraculous managed, in
the briefest of time, to shepherd about 20 people to various sites AND
photograph them AND return to the University Club by 5:00 for family photos.
As you may know, Laura, the bride, has a twin sister, and I found it
impossible to maneuver two small girls down the street for five minutes,
much less attempt the ENORMOUS parade you successfully managed. I'm just
thrilled that you got photos in such a gorgeous place. But then, again, I
remembered my son, Demian's wedding (May 5, 2002): the wedding was at 5:00 PM
at a church in the Andersonville area, and the reception was to start at
7:00 PM downtown. Somehow, you got the whole wedding party to Lake
Michigan, to the middle of the street on Michigan Avenue, and to a scenic
floral spot near the loop, took gorgeous photos, and the entire group walked
into the reception area at 7:01 PM. YOU MAKE MIRACLES.
I also understand from Laura that there were a few interpersonal flare-ups
that you gently & wisely diffused (I think Anna, the twin sister, had a
meltdown over not being able to help Laura put on her bridal gown, and you
smoothed the tension by finding some other official and important Maid of
Honor task for her), which I know is not apart of your job description.
So I simply cannot thank you enough for managing to do the impossible: take
what I knew would be beautiful pictures, and lots of them, as fast as you
did, as thoroughly as you did, as cheerfully as you did, in as many venues
as you did. I think what you did was logistically impossible, and possibly
defies certain laws of physical dynamics.
I asked you to take my daughter's wedding photos because you accomplished so
much in so little time for my son's wedding and every photograph was a work
of art. I had hoped for the same success. What I got SURPASSED it!
Please know that I will sing your praises to everyone I know, and probably
strangers on the street, would recommend you in the most superlative terms
to anyone needing a wedding photographer, and will always remember that your
part of a very hectic day was performed with efficiency, grace, artistry,
stamina, and intelligence.
Thank you for you great talent and for donating it to Laura's wedding.
With Affection,
Kim ......
Laura and Michael
Breakstone Wedding
6-21-08
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