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Well, we aren't married yet but we have put a lot of thought into this part of it, because we don't plan on seeing each other either!
Luckily for us, formal pictures really aren't that important. We know that the pictures that will mean the most to us are the candid, fun ones. However, we still want at least some formal photos! What we plan on doing is getting at many done as possible BEFORE the ceremony (ex: me with BMs, him with GMs, me with my family, him with his family, etc), that way during the cocktail hour all we have to worry about is pictures that we both have to be in! We are hoping to keep it down to 45 minutes to an hour - max!
If you're worried about fitting it all in, have you considered having a morning-after shoot? We had one on the Sunday after our wedding, and it was so nice and romantic to have that time with my new husband-- and really helped us not to worry about getting perfect shots on the wedding day.
Our situation is really similar to yours (reception and ceremony a 2-min walk from each other, and we're planning on doing photos during cocktail hour). We're planning on a cocktail hour and a half to make sure we have enough time for photos. I definitely recommend talking to your photographer to make sure that you're both on the same page as far as the timeline goes, but I think a lot of photographers are used to squeezing a lot of the photos in during the cocktail hour. (We are trying to do fewer family portraits though, so that they don't take too much of our time).
I have an overall timeline, too, but here my photog gave us the schedule:
photography list -- 10 hours (2 photographers)
Bride's hair, makeup, etc. 12:00-2:30
Groom putting on jacket and bout. 2:30
Groom and groomsmen 2:45
Groom and his family 3:00
Groom is hidden away 3:15
Bride puts on dress at church 3:20 (call first)
Bride and her family 3:30
Bride and bridesmaids 3:45
Bride is hidden away 4:00
Ceremony 4:30
Bride and groom with families 5:15
Bride and groom with wedding party 5:30 (cocktail hr starts)
Bride and groom alone 5:45
Reception - could sneak in some more bride and groom portraits here too if desired
just make sure you have the list in advance of what you want captured
Well, we ended up doing my family after the bridesmaids, bc my mom took longer to get dressed than me, LOL
We didnt see each other before the ceremony either so at about 3:30pm I went to take pictures with the girls and then around 4:30pm he took pictures with the guys. Then my family came and took pics with me around 5pm and he took pics with his family at the same time. After the ceremony we took pics with both our families, the bridal party and pictures of just us. This whole process took about 45 minutes but the limo driver disappeared on us and we wanted to go somewhere to take pics just the two of us so it really took about an hour and 15 minutes for the cocktail hour. Wouldve been alot shorter if the limo driver wouldve stayed in his ar!
For a 5 PM ceremony, mine was:
Nails at 9
Hair at 11
Lunch/make up at 1
Dressing at about 2:30
Family pictures/bridal party pictures at 3:00
Lounging.
Limo pick up: 4:30
Ceremony at 5
Receiving line at 5:45
Pictures at 6
Cocktail hour at 6:30
We showed up at the reception at about 7:15.
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Any bees out there not planning to see FI before the ceremony? After getting tons of advice from friends who have been there and chosen to not do that - I definitely know I want to wait to see FI.
Here's the problem, though - How much time will I need between the ceremony and the reception to take pictures?
I'd really like to get them all done during the cocktail hour - and would consider making it a cocktail hour and a half... but anything more is pushing it. Do you think this is enough time?
My ceremony and reception are at the same physical location (different areas - about 2 minutes walk away from each other).
Would love to know what you are planning/what your experience has been.
I haven't hired my photog yet - I met with one who told me I need at least 1 hour for family pics and 1 hour for just hubby and me.... but I don't want my guests waiting around for 2 hours!