lagoon's reviews

We felt like Goldilocks trying to find the best videographer for us. Some were too dramatic while others were too raw. Slava had the perfect balance for us and he delivered by capturing our real wedding day with some artful editing. And best of all, his prices were extremely reasonable.

Slava also did our slideshow, which came out beautifully. I could watch it over and over again. So many of our guests were deeply moved and even the pianist we hired for the reception told me it made him cry.

Slava is highly professional, consistently responsive, and extremely easy to work with, which is a treasure when dealing with the stress of wedding planning. We met with him once and felt we could trust him completely. He was more on top of things than we were! It poured all day on our wedding day but Slava handled everything as if he had been doing this forever.

Slava was ready with our DVDs in what seemed like a couple of weeks. We were the ones holding him back by not giving him our choice of music. He patiently waited and would gently remind us that he still needed our music selection. Once we gave it to him, our DVDs were in our mailbox three days later.

We are huge fans of Slava and we cannot recommend him enough!

I am confident that no one in the industry does a better a job than Grace. We hired Grace two months before the wedding because I gradually became too overwhelmed with managing all of our vendors, especially one vendor who was being difficult. I also handed over event design to her, which resulted in the modern, sophisticated wedding that was better than we could imagine and way better than anything I could have done myself. Ultimately, she gave me the most important thing I wanted - the time and energy to focus on celebrating with my new husband, family, and friends.

Grace is THE most professional person I have ever worked with (and I have worked with a lot of people!). She is extremely bright, creative, excellent at communication, highly focused, manages expectations (which are pretty high), and meets those expectations. Also, she works well with others and is a master at execution.

Grace is absolutely trustworthy because she is honest, open, and has excellent judgement honed by years of experience. She was my number one advocate and used her vast knowledge and experience to get what I wanted in the most ethical and professional manner.

I believe the value she provides would warrant her charging at least 10x what she charges. She recently planned 100% the one and only wedding on Angel Island (an amazing feat), which will soon be profiled in Martha Steward Weddings. However, I have no doubt that she provides the same level of service to each and every client regardless of budget.

I know Grace does not market her services, but she is the event planning industry's greatest secret!