Okay after the VKN Convo....

shesheduke · February 2011

I am feeling bad because I have a four hour gap between my wedding and reception. The wedding starts at 2 and the reception starts at 6. They are 15-20 minutes apart tops but we wanted to not only take pictures in the church but to go downtown in Detroit and take some really cool pictures. Should I change the times of my events to lessen the gaps since everybody dogged old girl on four weddings for having a gap. I feel so bad now "hangs head in shame and walks away

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rodeo417 · February 2011

I would either change the time or have a longer cocktail hour/ meet and greet maybe.

TNMurray · February 2011

I have a 3 hour gap but the easiest route to my venue could take 20 min could take an hour because the traffic is so unpredictable. For your sake I would remove 1-2 hours, and have no expectations of attending the cocktail hour (that gives you another hour). How far are you from downtown? Is there a closer outdoor location? Can you take some pics before the wedding?

shesheduke · February 2011

Nope I just talked this over with FI and he said absolutely not on seeing me before the ceremony. We might move the ceremony an hour later and not go downtown but go to a closer park or area to take some pictures.This would reduce the gap from 4 hours to 3 hours and not even that since the ceremony will be about 45 minutes to an hour long. I am hoping that will be better but I am guess for you guys probably not

OMG if we have to find another ceremony or reception site I will scream you dont know how hard it was to find these two locations!

msapril0730 · February 2011

I would do as the other ladies suggested and change your hours.

My FI and I wanted to do pics in downtown DC on the wedding day but there was no way to fit that into our day even with the cocktail hour. What we decided to do was take pics downtown a few weeks after the wedding just me and him, I will wear my dress and he will either rent a tux or wear a suit he already has. He has a friend who is a up and coming photog who's willing to do this for us to build his portfolio.

Maybe you can negotiate something like that with your photog? Maybe you can get your photog at an hourly rate?

M1ssJ · February 2011

Could you possibly hire your photographer for less time on the wedding day and take pictures the day after in your favorite spots. Or move the reception time up?

tyboyd · February 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_african-american-weddings_okay-after-vkn-convo?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:400Discussion:7474d48a-c5de-4ed3-9af5-ab82c88ef535Post:98a3c739-9dc4-49d5-9a5a-4a9a81520aa1">Re: Okay after the VKN Convo....</a>:
[QUOTE]<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000"><strong>Could you possibly hire your photographer for less time on the wedding day and take pictures the day after in your favorite spots. Or move the reception</strong></font> time up?
Posted by M1ssJ[/QUOTE]

<div>I was thinking this, too, but I was wondering about it the wedding party would be able to participate... if they are wanted for the downtown pix.</div>

shesheduke · February 2011

We could do less hours I am sure but who the heck is going to fix my hair and redo my make up cause I know it is going to be jacked (TMI I KNOW LOL) but we would want the bridal party included too so the logistics on that would not be feasible but we are going to move the ceremony to 3 and have the reception start at 6 still and then that will only be a 2 hour gap so we are going to move like the speed of light to get all the pics we want done or go to a closer outdoor spot to have some pics taken.

FI is still shouting to me no seeing before at all. As I type this message now on top of saying get your butt off the computer! I love him

hatroopes · February 2011

awww...sorry Sheshe (about the VKN convo).

I know your FI is dead set against seeing you before, but maybe you could explain the first look to him and how it would be just him seeing you for the first time without a crowd present. My FI doesn't really care either way, so I'm thinking we might do a first look, so we can get pics out the way before cocktail hour. I would really love for us to mingle with our guests during cocktails instead of been off somewhere taking pics.

M1ssJ · February 2011

What about :

You taking pictures with your half of the bridal party before doing the ceremony moving the reception up and then doing the pictures downtown after the reception? Taking some of the pictures before or after the wedding will cut down on that rushed /panic feeling and allow you to take the pictures you want

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