I'm planning to have a wedding in the evening and want to do a first look and take most of the photos before the ceremony, and maybe leave a bit of time to sneak out and take some golden hour photos with my new husband since our venue will be right on a river and have really pretty city views in the background. I wasn't planning on having a cocktail hour since we're going to take most of the photos ahead of time. Does anyone have any advice on what time to start my ceremony and how to transition from the ceremony to a reception without doing a cocktail hour? I'm trying to get ideas of what people have done to be creative with their timeline.
Additional info:
- having a short ceremony (probably 30 minutes max)
- serving a full meal as part of the reception
- there won't be any kids at the wedding
- ceremony and reception are in the same room and the furniture won't be moved in between, so everything will stay in the same spot