Wedding day timeline...help!!

It's not what you looked getting ready, it's what you looked like while expressing your love for each other. The expressions on your friends and family faces during the celebrations.

If you really want getting ready video, use someone in the wedding party's cell phone to capture it, use your professional for the ceremony and celebrations.

I would say to have the videographer come for when you guys are ready and pretend to do finishing touches like the others suggested, and then just move up the bouquet & garter toss to right after the first dance so that you can dance after both are thrown and those people have the bouquet and garter to dance with? - but you will miss the take off. To be fair, unless you have a big send off scheduled it's not that bad to miss it and just have photo's.

I would tell him to start when youre already ready and have some fake putting on makeup or hairstyling video and then start there. that way you get your entire ceremony and then into the evenin for speeches and stuff

I agree with Natasha, trimming a bit of the getting ready footage should make it easier to catch that late night fun with your guests. Or if you really want those shots cut a little at the end of the reception. If it were me I'd rather capture the parts with the guests because 30 years from now you'll probably care more about watching a lost loved one dancing or making a toast than you will about watching yourself pretend to apply makeup.


Although in the long run $250 extra isn't that bad if it lets you get all the footage you want.

You probably don’t need your videographer to arrive as early as you think if you have your photographer taking “getting ready photos”. You’ll have memories of those moments.


And maybe move up a few of the late night reception elements a bit earlier in the timeline?
8 hours is still plenty of time and with pictures too I’m sure most of your highlight moments will be captured beautifully.

The major timing to work around should be your ceremony and reception. Considering the photos time frame and how long you need or getting ready, consider more time towards that part too.

Reception wise, First dance, cake cutting and speeches should be done first for pictures within the 8 hours of service.