Below are a few excerpts from the many
"Thank You" cards
and emails I've received over the years.
They were one hundred percent unsolicited.
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Recent Award
Tucson, Arizona – January 19, 2010 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Paul Van Helden Photography has been selected to receive the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Wedding Photography!
The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.
Paul Van Helden Photography is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.
“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”
We are happy to announce that Paul Van Helden Photography is among the very best Wedding Photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™.
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January 2010
Thank you for everthing Paul - The pictures turned out awesome!!
Steven & Cheryl Beninga
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My wife, Morgan, and I are coming up on our first anniversary on June 28th. We've expanded our family a bit since the wedding. That's right, two puppies!
If you remember our wedding... we had a bar full of candy. If i had known at the time that you were actually from Holland, I would have made sure to include some of those disgusting salty licrorice pieces that you guys like and imported a few bottles of gulpener. But enough of the Dutch, and their seventeen foot tall women, delicious caramelly waffles, Albert Heijns, and febos (de lekkerste..!).
I'm really writing to thank you for not only your calm demeanor at a time when most people aren't calm at all, but also for the excellent photos that we now have all around our house and the houses of our parents.
Thank You!
Yours,
Paul Laska |
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5/09
Dear Paul,
Thank you for helping to make our wedding day run so smoothly. The pictures are beautiful! You really captured every special moment of our special day.
Sincerely,
Melody & John
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Dear Paul,
I can't wait to hold my photos; the on line pics are so amazing! You truly captured every moment! I'm so glad we spent the money for your service! It was worth every penny.
On that note, I want to say, thank you. For your dedication and professionalism, thank you. For showing up early and staying a little late, thank you ... You really cared about making it special for us and it shows. You are a magician with light.
Enternally grateful,
Laura & Sami
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I wanted to let you know that we just received our album on Monday and it is beautiful!! It came out so perfectly - we couldn't imagine it looking any better!
I want to thank you again for all your help, hard work, flexibility, and patience! I am so glad you were willing to let me have so much input into the details of the album. You have been truly gracious and shown your talents for your work by taking some of my ideas and turning them into gorgeous artwork!
Thank you so much!
Stephanie (and Dan too!)
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I just wanted to write and thank you….for the many candid shots you got of my dear friends. When I hired you I really didn't have a clue how to instruct you or what to ask you to take pictures of..... But, without much instruction, you did a brilliant job of capturing our near and dear. I just can't tell you what it means to me to have these gorgeous pictures. All of the pictures you took of our friends and family are so precious to me.
Thank you. Thank you. You really do a terrific job.
Laura Stott
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July 19, 2008
Paul ~
We wanted to thank you for photographing our wedding. We were so impressed by your skill and professionalism!
Thanks,
Rhiannon & Brandon
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5/25/07
Dear Paul -
Thank you so much for the beautiful moments you captured for us! You really helped us remember our big day. Years from now, we'll be returned to that wonderful afternoon everytime we open our album. Thank you for sharing your talent! You have an eye for beauty we'll never forget!
Thanks again,
Amanda & Tom Finger
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5/07
Paul -
Thanks again for taking our wedding pictures! We were so happy with the results! I can't believe it's already been a year.
Best wishes -
The Moultons
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Dear Paul,
The pictures are just what I wanted. They came out beautifully. Thank you so much for being open to our ideas and taking the time to go to Providence beforehand. It helped out a lot.
Everyone was so impressed with the pictures and I have received many compliments on the black & white photos. They really are beautiful!
Thank you so much for everything!
Nicole & Peter
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NOTE:
| I received some of the following notes, after informing my clients in New England, of my pending move to Tucson, Arizona. |
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November 16, 2004
Dear Mr. Van Helden,
We wish you all the best in your move to Arizona. We are very grateful that we found such a great photographer to capture the memories of our wedding day.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Bernazzani
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Dear Paul,
Thank you so much for the beautiful pictures of our wedding. You did a great job and I've received many compliments on the pictures. We and our guest also enjoyed your company at our wedding. We would highly recommend you to others.
Thank you,
Yvonne & Alan
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Paul,
Jerry and I just wanted to thank you for the beautiful photography of our wedding. You did a wonderful job of capturing the beauty and fun moments of our special day.
Lea & Jerry
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Dear Paul,
What a surprise to hear that you are moving to Arizona! We both hope you find prosperity and happiness there (and good weather).
The New England area is losing an accomplished photographer.
Sincerely,
Sharon Ficco
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November 11, 2004
Dear Paul,
As we look at our photographs of our wedding day on our walls, Matthew and I are reminded daily of the most special moments of our lives. We thank you deeply for truly capturing who we are and the love we have for each other. You were such a pleasure to "work" with and have as our photographer. May you find joy and beauty in your new environment.
Best of luck and many thanks,
Matthew & Sarah
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Dear Paul,
Thank you so much for such a wonderful job you did on our wedding photography. We have been extremely pleased with your professionalism and hard work in making our wedding something we can always look back on and treasure. Your attention and care really shows through in your work and I would love to recommend you to anyone I know.
Thanks a million,
Natalia & Jamie
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Dear Paul,
We just wanted to tell you how pleased we were with the whole experience we had with you. From our engagement sitting, to our wedding album, we could not be happier. We were just thrilled to work with you and your photos. If you ever need a wedding reference, please feel free to let us know.
Thanks again,
Katie & Mike
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October 31, 2004
Paul,
Wow! What a surprise! A. J. and I wish you all the best of luck in Tucson. We truly enjoyed having you capture our wedding day & love every photo taken.
Sincerely,
Patty & A.J Reitz
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Dear Van Helden,
This is long overdue, but I wanted to say Thank You so very much for our wedding photos. They are wonderful. It is very hard trying to pick out my most favorite ones for the wedding album. You were able to capture both the serious and lightheartedness of the day. I can't thank you enough for that.
Fondly,
Karen & Jerry
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