How Long Should Wedding Photos Take After the Ceremony?
Did You Know? Wedding Connection Members Answer Bride’s Toughest Questions
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The Fort Wayne Wedding Connection is a strong supporter of bridal education. We asked our members to share their most asked questions from previous brides and grooms. We will feature these planning questions (or problems) and their professional answers. Feel free to leave your rough questions or prenuptial roadblocks in our comments section and we will have Wedding Connection members share their solutions for your wedding planning woes.
Wedding Connection member; Picture Perfect Photography shared their frequently asked question from brides:
“How do I know how much time it will take to do my photos after the service?
Dave from Picture Perfect Photography shared his response: “We will help you ‘engineer’ your time line.” An experienced wedding photographer knows about approximately how long formal wedding shots will take after the wedding ceremony. They will offer suggestions on what types of photos can be taken prior to the ceremony and work with you on figuring out about how much time will be needed (based on number of photos requested, number of wedding party member, and time allotted at the ceremony location).
Have photography questions for your wedding? Contact the staff at Picture Perfect Photography 260-489-2935.
The more concise answer is approximately 30-45 minutes is the average time a professional photographer will take to get through all the important family shots, bridal party shots, and of course newly minted bride & groom. Certain things that can slow down this process are guests at the wedding itself taking longer than normal to leave the church to head to the reception hall, tracking down family members, bridal party members etc. The after wedding shots is the primary reason a gap of at least 30 mins should be setup between the actual wedding & the reception. So if the wedding is at 3:30 and lasts approximately 15-30 minutes (average) then the reception should probably be scheduled for a 4:30 or 4:45 start time. You want guests to arrive early and before the wedding party arrives, but making guests wait, 45 minutes to an hour and sometimes much more can be very exhausting for the guests and the caterers keeping the food warm for dinner to begin. Even though its always the special day of the bride & groom, guests like anyone else like to keep it moving.
*The above time notes are from approximately 200+ weddings, DJ’d, planned, and photographed combined…. From my experience the best idea is to get as many pictures taken as possible before the wedding leaving only the crucial pictures for after the wedding. That would be a great discussion for the photographer, and perhaps the event planner if there is one.