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Can you skip the receiving line, do photos during cocktail hour, and then just be sure to greet all of your guests during dinner?
@Aubergold: Definitely sounds like a possibility to me. The dinner is plated so they're all gonna be in one spot. I'm gonna run it by the FI.
depending on how many photos you want, I wouldn't think family photos should take more than 5-10 min. You could tell family ahead of time- immediately after the ceremony, we're taking photos- be at this location
@rebwana: Our families are sort of large and divided. Our parents are both divorced, mine going through it just now. I guess the route to go is to figure out exactly which shots I want taken and to guess how long it would take to get each shot. Would you think I could still do a receiving line? Afterwards. Does that lose too much "momentum"? For lack of a better word.
Skip the receiving line. They always take twice the amount of time people list, and for 100 guests you will likely be able to talk to everyone if you do the rounds of table visits during dinner. Definitely enlist the aid of your photographer in planning this out, they can give you a better idea of how long the family photos will take. Generally it takes us about 2-3 minutes per combination/pose to shoot family formals, and that is IF everyone is exactly where they need to be as we work the list. We do 3 shots for each pose to make sure people aren't blinking, and work off of a list for this part. One of us calls names, the other takes the shots. It seems like this is the least favorite and most stressful part of the wedding for everyone, so we try and jam through it as quick as we can!
@continuumphotography: Thanks! We've arranged for a phone meeting tomorrow with our photographer to go over this issue. FI and I have discussed, and we're prepared to skip the receiving line.
Seriously, you all are awesome. Thanks loads for the advice.
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I don't want my whole family to see me before I walk down the aisle! How can I make this work?
FI and I are doing first look photos, and our bridal party shots are getting done before the ceremony also. We're getting married at 5PM and we are having a cocktail hour at the same location immediately after the ceremony. We are doing a receiving line during the cocktail hour.
So, assuming our ceremony doesn't go over in length, that the receiving line can be kept going at a brisk pace (100 guests), that the bridal party entrance and opening comments go smoothly, the dinner should be served at 6:45PM.
Is there enough time in there for family photos? I don't mind some shots with one or two other people during the reception, but I seriously do not want everything to stop so that half my guests can crawl into a shot with us. I don't want everyone to see me before the wedding though. Gotta move something somewhere, but what??