Time Line Help!

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I'm sorry but that's pretty funny lol. Maybe try to convince him to eat later. Are you having appetizers during cocktail hour? If so, your guests are probably still going to be good for a couple of hours.

What about doing some photos later in the evening? My plan is for my fiance and I to get a few pics taken later, around dusk or even after dark. My friend had some taken after dark and they were so great!

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We don't want a first look at all, so we'll do the photos we can before the ceremony (ie. Me and my mom, me and my dad, me and the bridesmaids. And then same for him). But all the together pictures will have to wait till after.

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My FH is an old man who is insisting that our guests need to eat at 6:30PM because 7:00PM IS JUST TOO LATE. Worst case, that's what we'll be doing.

A lot of people nowadays do their pictures before the ceremony. If you wanted more time for photos and didn’t want to budge on ceremony and dinner times, you could do a first look an hour or an hour and a half before the ceremony and do your wedding party pictures before the ceremony.

100% I would suggest to get some more wiggle room in there, it seems to be very exact but always worry if things run a little late. I find setting people up in the photos takes the longest. I have done Christmas Photos with my fiance just him and I and that can easily take an hour! Add in family and friends I would for sure budget a bit more time!

Also after the ceremony you don't want to run right away from it to the photos. People will want to see you and congratulate you before you head for photos! That could take some time depending on your guest count.

Edit: Also I think making dinner a little later is fine! Even dinner at 7 wouldn't be too late!

Could you extend your photography to 1.5 hours? How long do you have your venue until in the evening? Is it an earlier end time, thus why you want dinner at 6:30pm?

Sorry for all the questions, just want to get an idea of what's happening logistically.

I'd suggest adding time to the cocktail/photos. To get the perfect photos you've dreamed of it'll take more than an hour because you not only have you two but the whole wedding party, family and all those little individual shots with each and making sure you don't miss anything you'll definitely want some extra time. We are giving ourselves two hours for photos, just to be safe. Our time like goes like this:

3:00pm Ceremony (20 mins)
3:30 Cocktail hour and photos (two photo locations, venue and barn across the street)
5:30 Everyone is seated for dinner
5:40 Dinner
6:20 Speeches begin
Between 6:30-7:00 tables are cleared, dinner is over
7:00 first dance, father daughter/mother groom dance
7:15 party begins

Then about an hour into dancing dessert will be served and we will do the bouquet/garter toss then around 10-11 the late night snack will be served.

That sounds like a good time for dinner, especially if you're having a cocktail hour. We have to travel to our destination for photos after our ceremony and allotted 2 hours for travel and photos. We will be doing the majority of our photos on site prior to the wedding though.