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My cocktail hour is from 5-6 and my reception is from 6-10. I am getting two photographers for 9 hours.
Just remember that weddings typically run late, so if you book your photographer for "getting ready" photos, he may miss the end of your rehearsal or you may have to pay extra. If you want everything from the beginning to the end, you're probably better off booking a little extra time than that you think you need.
Getting ready around 12-2 pictures 2-3:30ish, wedding 4:30, reception 5-11. I have my photographer for 9 hours...i dont even think that covers my whole day! Thats ok...they will be there for the important part!
My FI and I were actually talking about this today as we discussed about possible photographers. If we decide to hire his friend who is a professional photographer then she will be taking pictures throughout the ENTIRE day of the wedding. I'm not sure if that's too much but she is offering her services (engagement and wedding) at an unbeatable price.
However, if it weren't for his photographer friend then I would opt for a photographer to take pics during the ceremony and the most important parts of the reception (first dance, father/daughter dance, and etc). To me, those would be the moments I would want to capture.
We hired our photographer for 7.5 hours of wedding day coverage. She was there for the latter stages of getting ready and stayed until the evening started winding down. We had a small wedding and didn't do many of the typical wedding reception activities, but I knew that I wanted plenty of coverage for the spontaneous things that inevitably happen.
Friends of ours got married 2 weeks before us, and their photography coverage ended before the dance floor got hot. There was a moment when there was this huge circle on the dance floor with people going into the center to do their thang. The energy was explosive, and everyone was having a great time. And.... no photographer was there to catch that moment. Their contract had ended, and the photogs were gone. The bride and groom were very disappointed that this moment was missed. I am really glad that we got the coverage we did, so that we wouldn't risk the same thing happening to us.
He was there 10.5 hours. His contract was for unlimited hours. He arrived at 10 in the AM at my house for getting ready and left at 10:30 (the end of the reception which began at 5)
We have two photographers for 6 hours. Our ceremony and reception are from 5:00-10:00 and we don't have much of a bridal party either (just MOH and best man).
Mine is unlimited for the whole day. I feel like we will start getting ready at 11-12, have first look pics at 2, ceremony 4, reception 5-11. So that's almost 12 hours there and I would hate to miss any of these photo opportunities!
I have two photographers for 10 hours, unlimited number of pictures.
I wanted to capture both my girls and I gettng ready plus FI and his boys getting ready, getting to the ceremony/the waiting anticipation before, the ceremony, the receiving line at the church, pictures of the wedding party after the ceremony, the cocktail hour, pics of the reception before guests arrive, the entrance, first dance, dinner, guests dancing, sparkler send-off.
We have been talking about this. We decided we want the photographer to start midway through us getting ready (after hair and make-up but before putting on dresses) and end maybe an hour after the 'special dances.' We figured we don't really want to pay for their time to get pictures of us getting our hair done (we can take a few pictures of that ourselves) and we don't want to pay for 3 extra hours of photography during dancing because most of it will be the same and we're sure some guests will be taking photos anyway. I think it came to 7 hours total.
We are having our main photographer for 6 hours and a second shooter for 4. We would like him to cover just a few "getting ready" pictures--after hair and makeup is done, so just a few putting on the dress and veil.
We decided to get a second shooter since we are having some traditional Jewish pre-ceremony traditions where men and women start in separate rooms; this way, we can get pictures from both rooms. Our photographer will probably leave before the very end, but we're not planning a big exit and this worked best for our budget.
Since we had to keep a smaller budget in mind, I tried to think down the road (in 20 years or so) which pictures we might still display or want to remember. I figured pictures of me getting my makeup done or getting into a car weren't a major priority, so we focused on trying to cover the major events instead.
Mine has in the contract 10hrs, but she told me if the party is still going and she is getting good shots she is happy to stay.
We are having a day time wedding, then doing photos after the reception (yes I know this is unusual - but since the ceremony and reception are in the same place - we want to do photos other locations after). We will likely have an after party, so I hope she will come out with us, take a few photos and join us for some drinks.
We are hiring our photographer for the day. His starting package is unlimited hours, unlimited shots. I'm having him there for getting ready (which will be easy for the guys and girls being in the same house, ceremony (which is a small ceremony in our backyard, and for the reception (6:30-midnight)
We are doing 8 hours for photo and 7 hours for video. I'm hoping it will be enough.
We had 2 photogs and an assistant for 10hrs, and I still wish I had an extra hour! We ran a little late in the getting-ready timeframe but I had cushioned the ceremony start time by 1/2 an hour, so we were ok, but just keep that in mind. If something goes wrong that may need time for fixing (like, say, your wedding dress zipper breaking - yup, it happened), you don't want to cut your reception time with your photographer short. I'd say between 8 & 10 hours is typically enough.
We had our photographer for 11 hours, from 12-11. I wanted to have photos of me getting ready with my girls, and we wanted to do a first look. Really glad we did!
We had 2 photogs there for 10 hours from 2pm (getting ready shots) to midnight (after party shots) and everything in between. We also had them for 2 hours the night before for the rehearsal dinner.
We hired our photographer for 7 hours of coverage but she said she doesn't just leave if the 7 hours is up-she stays for the whole thing. We have our venue from 5-12 so it should work out fine.
We booked ours for 10 hours, but mainly because we want him to shoot our formal shots before the ceremony (so we don't miss cocktail hour). Otherwise, the package we decided on originally came with 8 hours. We paid extra for two more hours.
4 hours.
Our ceremony is at 3pm, with our wedding breakfast at 7 (cream tea and drinks reception inbetween at the 2 venues)...she will be at the 1st venue from around 2:30 for guests arriving, but will leave before the meal.
We're not having her in the evening because we're having a very small family wedding (20 of us) & we don't want somebody there flitting around photographing what will be an intimate meal. Don't think it's necessary either - sure we'll get some lovely amateur pics of the evening. I'm not bothering with the bride prep pictures either.
Luckily one of her packages was advertised as 4 hours in exactly this kind of format, so we've got her at a good price!
We hired ours for six hours and added another hour during the reception. She had a secondary shooter also. Six hours sounds like a long time, but we had them shoot us before the wedding (getting ready, girls/guys photos), during the wedding, between the wedding and the reception (bridal party, plus didn't do a first look, but only took about an hour there), and the reception was three-four hours. She caught it all, and I'm glad we added an hour.
Amazing thing though - Even with about 40 people, we got all of our family photos done in ten minutes. Yep! She's a rockstar.
in my contract, it said min. 6 hours, and she will stay until the last reception formality or up to 8 hours (whatever comes first). she ended up starting earlier since she was staying at my resort, so she came to the spa to snap some pics, then we met up again later in my room while i was getting dressed. then she ended up staying to the end of the reception because her husband was my DJ. so we had for about 10 hours i think!
However, while i loved that she came to the spa, the "getting ready" pics i love the most are me getting into my dress. in the spa pics, i look tired, no makeup and my hair is half done, LOL, the getting into dress pics are more fun since they involve the dress and i like the ones of my MOH tying me up as well.
I'm thinking about this at the moment before I book. As I'm very shy I know I definitely don't want the photographer there when I'm getting ready so that cuts a few hours off. I'm not sure about the rest yet though.
She is there all day her contract states from the time we are getting ready until the reception is coming to an end.
We have ours just for five hours-- ceremony and reception from 7-12am. She'll arrive at 6 to get separate shots of guys and girls, and then shoot the ceremony, our photos during the cocktail hour, and then leave at 11, after all the important stuff is done. If we need her for that last hour, she'll be there, at a cost of course. I'm not so in to the "getting ready" shots, and I own a pro camera, so we'll just that for the getting ready part.
We had one photographer for 6 hours...3pm to 9pm. Ceremony was at 4:30pm. And she split right after the cake cutting.
Our photographer's price includes 9 hours, I think we're booking her for more like 12 because we want her there from before getting ready to the bitter end :)
My photographer does not have a time limit. He is coming when we are getting ready (probably around 11am or noon), and will leave probably around 11pm (once both parties agree that we have gotten all of the pictures that we want).
Ours is for 8 hours and is her lowest time in any package. Should leave time for getting ready and most of the reception.
I am looking into getting my photographer for 4 hours, but after reading some of your posts, I'm beginning to wonder if that is enough time! Is a lot of photography time necesary if you're having a small wedding with a short ceremony and no venue changes?
Depends on what photos are important to you. We're having a short ceremony and no venue changes, but I want getting ready pics, so that bumped our time up. 8 hours will cover getting ready, first look/portraits, ceremony, and most of the reception (first dance, speeches, cake cutting)
I wouldn't do less than 6.
Our reception is from 6-9 pm. I hired two photographers for eight hours. It includes getting ready photos through our second line!
We've hired ours for 10 hours... She wants everyone ready to go by 1p--pics from 1-4p, ceremony at 5p, reception 6-10p... So that leaves one extra hour for her to see the last minute getting ready (me getting into the dress)....
My planner has mentioned about doing the "fake leave" thing where you leave/stage the shot of leaving, then drive around the block and come back after the old people have left. That way the old people get to see you leave, but the young people stay for more dancing... I kind of think this sounds cheesy, but I understand why you'd do it... That way, the photog could leave earlier; therefore, she could get there earlier and catch more getting ready shots...
I'm just not sure I care that much about 'getting ready' shots? I haven't seen many that I just LOVE... So I'm undecided, and I have just a few days until I need to tell her... haha...
We chose a six hour package, which was below our photography budget. If we end up under on our overall budget then we'll probably upgrade to an 8 to 10 hour package. Our ceremony will start at 5pm and our reception will end at 10 or 11pm.
Our wedding from start to finish is 9 hours! (I'm jealous that your's starts at 4!) We're hiring the photographer for 9 or 10 hours. She'll come an hour early to get the getting ready shots. She'll leave an hour before the reception ends. Right now our contract is 10 hours, but I've been thinking of shortening it to 9.
If your photographer comes early to take some photographs, and leaves an hour before the reception ends, then that's 6 hours. I think it's right on target. Talk to your photographer, give her your photo list. She will have a good idea of the time frame that she'll need to get everything that you want.
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I don't know how/what to choose?
My wedding and reception is from 4 to 10 but it may be shortened from 5 to 10. I don't really have a bridal party. Just my 13yr old daughter as a bridesmaid, my 21yr old son walking me down the aisle and a flower girl and a ring bearer.
I want pics of everything I can get from me getting ready through the reception. My FI says we only need 6 hours.
How long was/is your wedding/reception and how long did you hire your photographer for?