Photos Timeline!

My photographer is planning on 3 hours to get all of the pictures done. This includes our first look (sort of), wedding party, and family. I think she planned a buffer in there, too. She'll take detail shots during dinner. I'm not getting the getting dressed shots, but my sister's took 30-45 minutes.

My photographer took an hour for getting ready photos (she was in the bridal suite while her assistant went to the groom suite). At the end of that hour, I went to do my first looks.

We met with our photographer yesterday this is what they told us:

Groom prep shots: 30 min

Bride prep shots + details: 90 minutes

First look + couple shots: 30 minutes

Formal family pics + Bridal party photos: 90-120 minutes

If you have a smaller family and smaller bridal party, I'd say that can be less. They said depending on the number of people in a picture it can take 3-5 minutes to get everyone posed and looking nice.

I already posted but I didn't see you were asking about all the photos. I thought you just meant getting ready photos. Here was my whole photography schedule which was plenty of time:


Noon - Photographers arrived, detail shots
12:15 PM - Getting ready pics (makeup, putting on gown)
1:00 PM - Bride & Dad first look (bridesmaids and moms got dressed)
1:10 PM - Couple first look & portraits
1:45 PM - Immediate family portraits (bridal party, parents, siblings)
2:30 PM - Guests started to arrive, family hung out in the bridal suite for a while before taking their places
3:00 PM - Ceremony
3:20 PM - Extended family portraits (aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc.)
3:45 PM - Cocktail hour
4:20 PM - Bride & groom ballroom photos (shots of us dancing etc. before the guests came in for dinner)
4:45 PM - Grand entrance
7:30 PM - Sunset photos

Heres what ended up happening on our day!


Groom getting ready and bride getting ready- 1hr each (we had 2 photographers so this happened at the same time)
First look/couples pics/wedding party- 1.5 hours total, we did this before going to the ceremony location
Family- 30 mins, we did this during cocktail hour

My photographer arrived at 1 o’clock and stayed till about 9 PM. It took about 2 1/2 hours for our photos post ceremony.