Photography Time?

The wedding took place 4 30 and cocktails was 6pm. That left time for pictures inbetween given ample time.

We had our ceremony at 4pm and it was about 20-30 minutes tops. Then we had a cocktail hour during which we took most of our photos and had everyone into the barn for dinner around 6. We also snuck out during dinner for some sunset photos and did some in the evening as well by the campfire.

After a lot of stressing with timing (for no reason according to my FH haha) I have come to a comfortable decision we are giving about 1.5-2 hrs for photos.

The important thing is to give photographers maybe a list of must have photos so they will capture those first and if they have extra time they can capture extra photos. That way you don't have to stress about not getting the photos you want.

We are planning 2.5 hours for photos but that's because we plan to walk a 3.5 km trail and take photos in lots of different spots alongn the trail.

We also are having a 3:00 ceremony but we will be taking all our photos before the ceremony (staring at 12:30) to save time.

We're only leaving about an hour for photos.

Three should definitely be enough time. If you plan to have your ceremony earlier, it might be a good idea to plan for something for your guests to do while you take photos. We’re just setting aside about an hour and a half for photos and having a cocktail hour with food, drinks, live music and lawn games for our guests.

We took photos for juts over an hour after our ceremony. We had a 90 minute cocktail hour for guests and were able to join for a bit before we headed inside for our receiving line. We didn't do a first look and our ceremony & reception were at the same place.

Right now, our ceremony is set for 1 and reception for 5. I'm thinking 2 is a better start time and reception still at 5. We are going to a second location for pictures but it is nearby. And, we aren't doing a first look.