"74 must-have wedding photos!"
Good grief.
Neither my FI or I are particularly fond of having our pictures taken, but we do want some nice photos to remember the day. We've gotten a couple of very, very generous quotes from photographers for about 4 hours of coverage (about 45 minutes pre-ceremony, the ceremony, photos during cocktail hour, and an hour or so of the reception) and I think this is enough but the internet is making me second-guess myself.
How many hours of photography did you do? Were you happy with the result? Do you like having your picture taken? I feel like having a photog follow me around for an entire day will only result in a migraine.
Re: When to say enough is enough with photos?
We are still working on the timeline (wedding is in November) but the most important thing to capture, for me, is the ceremony. It will never happen again. After that, it's a big dinner party for everyone we love - I want pictures of it, and them enjoying it, but it's not my top priority where photos are concerned.
We're not models, or movie stars, and I don't want to spend any more time than I have to that day pretending otherwise - I don't need all my closest friends to jump in the air while holding balloons to get a clever photo.
We are still working on the timeline (wedding is in November) but the most important thing to capture, for me, is the ceremony. It will never happen again. After that, it's a big dinner party for everyone we love - I want pictures of it, and them enjoying it, but it's not my top priority where photos are concerned.
We're not models, or movie stars, and I don't want to spend any more time than I have to that day pretending otherwise - I don't need all my closest friends to jump in the air while holding balloons to get a clever photo.
We had a photographer for about 9 hours I think, but then again it was our gift from my SIL since she was owner of the studio. You just have to figure out what is important to you to capture. For me I didn't want photos of us getting ready. I know what I look like w/o makeup & my hair not done, I don't need it documented. The photographer came to the church early to scope out the cermony location & good places for her to get different shots from. She then took a few photos of my girls & me in last minute of getting ready. She did GM shots before wedding & hubby w/parents & sister.
We had a gap (OMG, I know end of the world wedding mistake, so lets not go there) so we did photos between ceremony & reception for family & then BP. It was great to get photos of friends and family dancing at reception.
What it comes down to, what is important for you to have photographed. Obviously your ceremony, and parts of the reception. Figure out the time frame that falls under and that will let you know how long you need photographer. With a good photographer, you won't even realize have the time they are taking photos unless they are the posed ones.