So we are having our ceremony at our venue. We really don't wanna miss our cocktail hour (and I think an hours not enough time) so we planned on doing our pics before the ceremony. My mom is totally not happy about it. I explained the 'reveal' that the photographers do but I get her point. Typically the 1st time FH sees you would be walking down the aisle but now it's like, oh hey, I just saw you, lol. If you are getting married at your venue, how are you doing pics?? During CH or the reveal, or another way? Thanks!
cupcake8503
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I did the reveal. I fought very hard with my decision because I didn't want him to see me before the ceremony because I was afraid it would take away from 'the moment'. My husband left the decision up to me because he was ok either way. After realizing there wasn't enough time to take pictures after the ceremony I caved in and I do not regret it. I love the reveal shot. Also, 'the moment' was still special. In fact, the first thing my husband said to me when I walked down the aisle and my parents gave me away was 'Please don't cry, because I am about to cry'. My husband is not an emotional man at all, in fact I have only seen him cry once in the 8 1/2 years we have been together. So not only do I have a reveal photo, I have the memory of the emotion he showed during 'the moment'. Your mother will come around. Mine was confused as to why I wanted to do a reveal. I showed her these photos and she loved them.
We are going to do the reveal as we too are getting married at the venue and do not want to miss cocktail hour..i want to actually have the reveal still at the ceremony space in the gardens and still have that moment when i walk down the aisle and have him see me ! thats what i want we will see if it happens but to try to have it most like tradition even tho its not
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We are going to do the reveal as we too are getting married at the venue and do not want to miss cocktail hour..i want to actually have the reveal still at the ceremony space in the gardens and still have that moment when i walk down the aisle and have him see me ! thats what i want we will see if it happens but to try to have it most like tradition even tho its not
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We are doing a reveal prior to the ceremony (we are having our ceremony at the venue as well). When we FIRST got engaged I was totally against it, then realized that we are paying all this money for a few hours, I am not missing any of it!! lol
Also, when you really think about it, its almost more special to see each other for the first time at the reveal, as its more intimate and the two of you can really take in the moment and enjoy it together without 100+ eyes on you =)
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We did a reveal and you wont regret it!! You still have that element of surprise with the first look. We were able to get a ton of pictures out of the way and enjoy some alone time at cocktail then mingled with the guest for the last half hr.
Kroedel87
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Well, looks like I'm the only one not doing a reveal! We've decided to do our pictures during cocktail hour. I didn't want to miss it, but when weighed in the balance, having that spectacular, exciting walk down the aisle was more important to us. Yes, I know, everyone says it'll still be special and exciting, but it can't possibly be as exciting since you just saw each other ten minutes ago! I didnt want the walk down the aisle to feel like i was just going through the motions; I wanted it to be as special as possible. The photographer tried hard to talk us into the reveal, but this is something we were adamant about. We absolutely don't want even a glimpse of each other until we walk down the aisle. Besides, we can have food and drinks brought to us during our photos!
Soon2bMrsEhrhart
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I am still very up in the air on this decision, but I believe that i will not be doing a reveal. Not gonna mingle with the guests during cocktail so might as well take pics then and have people bring us food & drinks.
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Originally We were going to to the ceremony at the venue so had decided to do the Reveal! I feel if you're spending thousands of dollars on a wedding you & your hubby should enjoy every minute including Cocktail HR!!
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Posted by cupcake8503
I did the reveal. I fought very hard with my decision because I didn't want him to see me before the ceremony because I was afraid it would take away from 'the moment'. My husband left the decision up to me because he was ok either way. After realizing there wasn't enough time to take pictures after the ceremony I caved in and I do not regret it. I love the reveal shot. Also, 'the moment' was still special. In fact, the first thing my husband said to me when I walked down the aisle and my parents gave me away was 'Please don't cry, because I am about to cry'. My husband is not an emotional man at all, in fact I have only seen him cry once in the 8 1/2 years we have been together. So not only do I have a reveal photo, I have the memory of the emotion he showed during 'the moment'. Your mother will come around. Mine was confused as to why I wanted to do a reveal. I showed her these photos and she loved them.
I absolutely love the reveal pictures- thanks for sharing that!
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I was dead set against a reveal. We are getting married at the Venue and since we have 1 1/2 hour cocktail hour I figured we would be fine. But then I started hearing about timing problems and I got panicked lol. So we decided to do a reveal. And after this JULY'S heat wave, I'm glad we will have pictures before my outdoor July ceremony, just incase I get a little sweaty lol
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I'm doing my ceremony at the venue and I'm aiming to not do a reveal. I keep bouncing back and forth but my FH is dead set against it. I'm hoping it all goes well and we're able to take as many pictures as possible during CH to give me some time to actually enjoy the actual CH instead of just the food they'll bring to my suite.
Laura Suzanne
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So glad I did a reveal. It still felt special walking down the aisle and during cocktail hour we did a few pics of extended family
Soon2bMrsEhrhart
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Thank you for posting those pics they made me cry which is a good thing cause you helped me make up my mind, and now I believe I will do a reveal. Only bad thing about me crying is that I am at work lol
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Thanks for all your input... Still not sure what we are going to do yet! I haven't even booked a photographer yet so I guess once I do, I can talk to him a lil more about it and then decide!
