For the married ladies...how long for photos?

phiaska

How long did you give yourself for all the photos? Was it enough time? Did you do it before or after? Any tips on making it run more smoothly? Thankie

AshleyBilly

We did ours both before and after.  Myself and all the girls and parents before and groom and his boys before and we did us together after as I didn't want him to see me before the wedding.  I was worried that we wouldn't have enough time to take pictures of us together after but we had about an hour 15 minutes and it was plenty and we got great shots!  Make sure to tell your photographer or give them a list of what family shots you would like, what bridal party shots you would like so you aren't wasting time trying to get people together for the photos.  I also made sure all the bridal party and family knew that we were taking pics right after ceremony and not too disapear!  Lastly, my photographer was fantastic and arrived to the venue early to scout out locations of where to take the pics so she had a total gameplan and was extremely organized which was great!  Good luck!!

mm45737

um yeah.......we didnt give ourselves enough time at all. but no matter how much you plan- things happen. i told my photographers to be there by 4:30, ceremony was at 5:30. this only gave us 1 hour to do some before hand detail shots and the pics of me and my girls and the pics of the groom and his men. and the getting ready pics. should have been enough time, but my hair/makeup went longer than it had at the trial, so i only ended up w/ like 45 min, and we didnt get nearly enough shots as i would have liked. after the ceremony, we had a meeting point for family that we had told a head of time so that we could get those out of the way. well, everyone came for photos, but then the venue brought out appetizers to where we were- even though family would be joining cocktail hour in like 10 min!!!- so everyone started eating and those pictures got delayed! it was a domino effect, we were like 20 min behind on everything. and i never got a picture w/ my only grandma. =( so i guess my advice would be - 1) make a list of shots you must have, 2) be prepared to adapt quickly in case things do go as planned 3) point out all family members to the photographer. good luck (sorry i rambled...)

JenFridrich

We did photo's before the ceremony from 2:30-4:45 then a some after the ceremony for like 30 more minutes. So I guess together is was just under 3 hours of pics. That was the perfect amount of time for us. What helped it run smoothly is that I had been creating a list of pictures that I wanted our photog. to take. Whenever I would look at other Knottie pics or blogs and I saw something I liked I would add it to the list. By the end I think I had like 25 "Must Take" pics my photog got all of them and it went by pretty quickly. Also beforehand we told ever family memiber what time they had to show up and where for pics. No one was late so that helped a lot too. HTH!

jagore08

The before photos with me and my girls was about 2 hours (us getting ready and our family shots) which was plenty of time. Between the ceremony and the reception was about 30-45 minutes and it wasn't enough at all. I get upset every time I look at our pictures because there's only one or two pics of me and DH alone. We did plenty with family (except we didn't get any of both parents together with us) and the wedding party but that took up all of our time for DH and me. My advice, if you don't feel like it was enough during cocktail hour (or even if you do feel like it's enough), go off during the reception for 20 minutes and take more. You can never have enough of you and DH to choose from.

mrsinoct

Our ceremony was at 6pm.  One thing we just loved about our photographer was that we had him for unlimited time.  I'm so glad, because we just got our pictures back and they are amazing!  Basically, Craig Rucker came to the Biltmore at 12:30 and took pictures of my dress, accessories, etc, as well as the girls getting ready until 2pm.  Then  he went and took pictures with the groom and his guys from 2-3pm.  He came back to my room and took pictures of me getting my dress on.   We did some shots with my girls and parents out in the Biltmore until 4pm. At 4pm, I met DH and we did pictures together, with parents and bridal party, in the Biltmore and Pershing Square.   Just after 5pm, we parted ways.  The photography and guys went to Cicada - I went back to the room to relax and 'freshion up.  After the ceremony, we only did a handful of pictures with our families and bridal parties.   I'm really glad we did it this way, because our hair and makeup was fresh for the majority of the formal pictures, and we were able to join in and socialize with our guests during the cocktail hour.  We still had a lot of pictures taken - all the way through the end of the reception at midnight, but they were more spontaneous type ones.  One other suggestion - we had a picture with each guest table.  What worked really well, was that we had the coordinator bring each table to us.  It moved things along really quickly.   Also, I really wanted a photo with all the guests in it.  It worked really well at Cicada because everyone stood on the dance floor and Craig went up to the second level balcony to take the picture.  Another thing I recommend is meeting with your photographer a week or so before the wedding to discuss the must have shots, time line, etc.   I didn't realize that was why we were meeting with him, but I was very glad we did and discussed these things a head of time.Sorry if this is too many details, but I hope it is helpful!

phiaska

mrsincot: Thanks! Craig is my photographer too, so it's really helpful to know how he might handle the day! And thanks to all of you. Now I know how much time I need to set aside for the photos and whatnot!