Alongside a couple's willingness & enthusiasm, TIMINGS for photography is such a crucial thing to get right. For me to give you the best of my ability, my recommendation for minimum photography timings is as follows...
(i) The bride to be fully ready 1 hour before the cars come to whisk you away / or 1 hour before exiting the castle's bridal chamber. The bridemaids & parents preferably to be ready well before the bride.
(ii) The boys to be fully ready at the church/ceremony location a full 2 hours before the ceremony starts.
(iii) A full 2 hour gap between the end of the ceremony and the start of the receiving line (if the ceremony and reception are to happen at the same venue). Build in travel time if the ceremony and the reception are at different venues so that the vital 2 hour gap at the reception venue is maintained. Don't allow your venue to chop this down!
(iv) A 1 hour gap between the end of the meal and the start of the dancing
With these guidelines as a bare minimum, the sky's the limit in terms of what I can give you. Anything less and it will have the opposite effect on the quantity/variety of photography. My main objective is to give my couples absolutely everything I possibly can and not let their value for money be constrained by something which can so easily be planned for, before the wedding i.e. by simply setting aside enough time.
(i) The bride to be fully ready 1 hour before the cars come to whisk you away / or 1 hour before exiting the castle's bridal chamber. The bridemaids & parents preferably to be ready well before the bride.
(ii) The boys to be fully ready at the church/ceremony location a full 2 hours before the ceremony starts.
(iii) A full 2 hour gap between the end of the ceremony and the start of the receiving line (if the ceremony and reception are to happen at the same venue). Build in travel time if the ceremony and the reception are at different venues so that the vital 2 hour gap at the reception venue is maintained. Don't allow your venue to chop this down!
(iv) A 1 hour gap between the end of the meal and the start of the dancing
With these guidelines as a bare minimum, the sky's the limit in terms of what I can give you. Anything less and it will have the opposite effect on the quantity/variety of photography. My main objective is to give my couples absolutely everything I possibly can and not let their value for money be constrained by something which can so easily be planned for, before the wedding i.e. by simply setting aside enough time.
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