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First Look - how to budget time?

amandajean36amandajean36
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I'm not sure where to post this, so I'm going to try it here first.

FI and I are tossing around the idea of doing a first look.  We really love the idea of making sure we have some one-on-one time together, and we both think it'll make us less nervous for the actual ceremony.

However, I'm not sure how to sort this out for the day-of time line.  I'm not hyper organized and making an actual time line for my wedding day, but I'm not sure how much time to plan for the pictures before the ceremony...an hour?  More?  Less?

If you did a first look, how did it go?  Did you think it was a good idea?  And how did you plan out the time on your wedding day?

Just trying to figure out if I need to add more time to your photography package.

Thanks!
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Re: First Look - how to budget time?

  • nnoble4nnoble4
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    I haven't done this, so I have no idea....however, maybe you should talk to your photographer.  They probably have a good idea of an average time.  Another idea is to post this question on the "Photos and Videos" Board under "Special Topics"....they may have more information (disclosure, I've never been on that board, so i have no idea if they would!)
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  • girl2bewedgirl2bewed
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    First, it wouldn't be "hyper organized" if you made a wedding day timeline, they are almost a necessity so you can figure out whats going to happen and when. Your venue and DJ and other vendors may also ask you for one.

    As far as the time, my photographer said it usually takes 30 min to take the guy pics and an hour to take the girl pics. If you want to do a first look as well, I'd plan for at least 1.5 hours for pre-ceremony pics (if you are doing all the staged WP pics before hand also) maybe 2 hours.. but you should discuss it w/your photographer.

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  • aerinpegadrakaerinpegadrak member
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    We planned about 15 minutes just for the two of us.  Then we did a two-hour photo tour with the wedding party.  We took maybe another half hour to get a few more pictures of just us, then went back to the room to freshen up for the ceremony.
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  • NillaWafer10NillaWafer10 member
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    Ditto talking to your photographer about the timeline.  I stressed and stressed and stressed about making my timeline work.  My photog pretty much designed ours, and it worked out perfectly.  We were behind of course, but you're always going to be a little behind on the day.

    We didn't do a first look.  It was really important to DH that we didn't see each other.  I'm glad that we did it his way, because it was so meaningful to him.  So, if you really want it, do it :)
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