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How much time did you leave for pictures?

Hi everyone,

How much time did you leave for pictures after your ceremony and receiving line? This is for brides that did not or will not be doing the "first look." Thanks!!

Re: How much time did you leave for pictures?

  • cindyn9178cindyn9178 member
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    edited December 2011
    We are allowing about 20 minutes at the church for pics with our parents and bridal party. Then, we are allowing another 45 minutes to 1 hour for pictures in a park near the reception. (we'll be doing photos by ourselves before the ceremony).
  • edited December 2011

    Our church will end about 5 and the cocktail hour starts at 7, so 2 hours for church pictures + beach pictures.

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  • kristen8040kristen8040 member
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    edited December 2011
    Here was how our schedule went for the most part:
    3:00-4:00 wedding
    4:00-4:15 receiving line
    4:15-4:30 family pictures
    4:30-4:40 pictures of DH and I at church
    4:40-5:10 Ride to the reception
    5:10-6:00 Pictures with BP
    6:00-6:15 Pictures with DH

    We just missed 15 minutes of cocktail hour, hope that helps!
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  • edited December 2011
    Sweetie - make sure someone - maybe your MOH has your must have list.  I gave it to my photographer but didnt bring a copy and unknowingly did not get a formal or good candid shot of just my two sisters and I in my wedding dress.  Ugh!  I did love my pictures though - no complaints!
  • edited December 2011

    We're doing all of our photos at the venue so we're not having to transport a lot of people, they will all be there, etc.  With that, our photographer recommended at least an hour and more is always better.  He said not quite half would go to all the groups and the remainder would be for the creative pictures of just us.

    And I agree with the PP'er, have a list before hand and don't give it to the photographer, give it to a few people in your wedding party who know everyone so that they can corral them and call them out when it's time.  The faster/smoother the group shots go, the more time is left for just the two of you.

  • uppereastgirluppereastgirl member
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    edited December 2011
    Ask your photographer.  Some are very quick and others take much longer.  Elaborate poses or arrangements of people will take a while.  What works for one of our photographers may not be enough time for another (or may be way too much time for even another).

    We didn't leave any time for pictures because we didn't think it would be nice to make our guests wait around.  I think our photographer pulled us, our families, and our wedding party out of our hour and a half cocktail hour for about 25 minutes.  He pulled just us out of cocktail hour for about 10 more minutes later to take pictures of just us.  And he took us out of the reception for about 10 minutes when the sun was setting and the light was really good for him to take more.  I liked that it was staggered like that.  But they were super quick at what they did too.  
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  • felicia220felicia220 member
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    edited December 2011
    We had about a 1/2 hour on the beach between the ceremony and the cocktail hour.  It was plenty of time.

    EDIT: Sorry I read your post as though you were doing a first look.  Obviously I didn't need as much time, because we did pictures before hand.  But as many others said, talk to your photographer.
  • kellybee83kellybee83 member
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    edited December 2011
    I would ask your photographer.  We're not doing a first look either and our photographer would like about two hours for all posed pictures. 
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  • edited December 2011
    We are not doing a first look. Our ceremony is at 2 pm.  Mass till 3 pm.  Receiving line until 3:15 and pictures back in the church until about 4 pm.  Then to our venue at about 430 pm and will start pictures probably around 5 or so and our cocktail hour starts at 6 pm but we won't go in until 6:30 or so.  So in total at the church and venue we have 2 hours give or take :)
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  • clyde11995clyde11995 member
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    edited December 2011

    Our pictures at the church took about 20 minutes and then when we got to the reception venue it took about 45 minutes for pictures and we had about 15 minutes to relax and get my dress bussled before our cocktail hour started. Our ceremony started a half hour after it was originally supposed to since our photographer took a ton of pictures of MH with the groomsmen and myself with the bridesmaids at the hotel (separately of course since we didn't see each other until the ceremony started) so we didn't get as many pictures as we had hoped at the church.

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