Ugh. With our postponement we have had to change our timeline to better fit in with the sunset and 'golden hour'.
Originally, our time line worked out perfectly -
we had the ceremony, 30 minutes for mingling and family photos, then immediately went off for our golden hour portrait shots while our guests enjoyed cocktail hour. They were seated, we were announced, and everyone sat down to dinner together. Perfect.
But... now, our sunset time changes to 7:39pm, and the new timeline we've provided goes something like:
ceremony
mingling/family photos
we go off for portraits that are NOT at golden hour
we return, are announced, sit down for 20-30 minutes, then get back up during the meal and sneak out for extra photos at sunset.
I... don't like this. My fiance doesn't like this. It seems stupid to do the big entrance announcement, come in, and then leave again practically as soon as you've arrived. I don't like that we'll miss out on at least some food and drink as well as cocktail hour due to the new time (one was fine to miss out on, but both is annoying!) I also don't like that we'll literally feel like we've only just gotten to sit down, and only just come in, only to have to gather our things and leave again. Equally though... golden hour photos are supposed to be the best, nicest ones, likely to be what we'd actually hang in our home.
I'm trying to find a way to combine practicality, not wanting a circus of a day etc with actually getting some photos that we love.
Is there any way to structure things to work better? How would you organise your day to make use of sunset at that time? We're not locked into a specific ceremony time currently.