XP - My timeline!

mdupon70997

Here's my rough draft of the Day-of Timeline:

2:00 - Ladies arrive for hair & make-up
          Hair dresser/make-up artist arrives
          *Bride will be middle person to get hair/make-up done
4:00 - Florist delivers flowers/boutonnieres
4:45 - Men arrive at Mrs. Kathy's house to get ready
          Photographers arrive at getting ready places
5:30 - Florist & baker arrive at TM to deliver/set up
6:00 - Hair & make-up done
          Formal wedding party pictures (possibly men only, see 7:30)
6:30 - Limos arrive
6:45 - Leave for TM (ladies and men)
7:30 - Arrive at TM
          Formal bridal party pictures with bride's attendants/family (see 6:00)
8:00 - Ceremony
8:30 - Reception
          Formal pictures with bridal party until 8:45
8:45 - Formal pictures of bride & groom
9:00 - Formal pictures finished
          Bride & groom join reception
10:45 - Photographer leaves
11:30 - Send-off

Thoughts/concerns encouraged!

silverspark7

Just a thought, why is your photographer leaving before the send off?  You'll miss some great photos, especially if you do your second line just before send off (if you're doing one).

mdupon70997

We were a little conflicted on wether to have to photog stay for the send-off or not. He only provides six hours of coverage for our package. It's only $100 for an additional hour. But by then it will be 11:30 and we figure a ton of our guest will have already left. We're not planning on doing a second line. We're just not into them. I think we'd rather have the photogs there while we're getting ready to catch all of the great candids and formal shots with just the bride's and groom's attendants respectively.

louisianablue

Are you sure you want to do all of your formal photos so late in the evening?  It will really take away from the time you get to spend at your reception with your guests.  We did all of our formal photos during the day before the ceremony and family shots after the ceremony.  I assume you are not doing a first look?

mdupon70997

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_louisiana-new-orleans_xp-my-timeline?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:84Discussion:91f5affe-53cb-49ee-b8f1-35ab739bba7fPost:7337efc8-8005-48b8-a47d-f593b0b3c145">Re: XP - My timeline!</a>:
[QUOTE]Are you sure you want to do all of your formal photos so late in the evening?  It will really take away from the time you get to spend at your reception with your guests.  We did all of our formal photos during the day before the ceremony and family shots after the ceremony.  I assume you are not doing a first look?
Posted by louisianablue[/QUOTE]

<div>We're doing some formal photos during the day and some at night after the reception. We're not having a first look. We feel like it's anti-climactic. I know that it will take time from the reception, but I'm not planning on having 20+ arrangements of family photos.</div>

silverspark7

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: XP - My timeline! : We're doing some formal photos during the day and some at night after the reception. We're not having a first look. We feel like it's anti-climactic. I know that it will take time from the reception, but I'm not planning on having 20+ arrangements of family photos.
Posted by mdupon70997[/QUOTE]

<div>We did our photos between the ceremony and our first dance also.  We were glad that we didn't do the first look. :)  We took lots of pictures (me with my family & BMs, him with his family and GM) before the ceremony.  I will say that our photos took longer than expected and, once we had a chance to freshen up, our first dance was about 10 minutes behind schedule.  Not a big deal, but a couple of my more "honest" guests were wondering what took so long.  </div>

mdupon70997

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_louisiana-new-orleans_xp-my-timeline?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:84Discussion:91f5affe-53cb-49ee-b8f1-35ab739bba7fPost:32c5d2bb-3b97-4551-96a4-51bd3f6d98a3">Re: XP - My timeline!</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: XP - My timeline! : We did our photos between the ceremony and our first dance also.  We were glad that we didn't do the first look. :)  <strong>We took lots of pictures (me with my family & BMs, him with his family and GM) before the ceremony.</strong>  I will say that our photos took longer than expected and, once we had a chance to freshen up, our first dance was about 10 minutes behind schedule.  Not a big deal, but a couple of my more "honest" guests were wondering what took so long.  
Posted by silverspark7[/QUOTE]

<div>That's what we're planning to do. Hopefully it won't talke too long. </div>