Past brides who got married at an RH and refused to see FH before the ceremony...

AudioLoveStory Posted: Feb 10, 2010 10:32 AM

Past brides who got married at an RH and refused to see FH before the ceremony...

Did you feel that it was enough time to get all the photos that you wanted during that hour in between?

FH absolutely 100% does not want to see me before the wedding and we are wondering if we will have enough time? Since we are not getting married at a church, our only choice is to take pics during CH.

Did you have to add an extra 30 minutes to the CH to get all your shots or did you manage to do everything in that hour?

Thanks!

NY031978 Posted: Feb 10, 2010 11:14 AM

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Good ? all I know is I was married in church and had 3 hrs and well honestly we didnt get all the pics we wanted (well of course we had travel time to consider)

AwaitingAugust Posted: Feb 10, 2010 11:18 AM

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we don't want to miss our CH (it's our fave part lol) so we'll be taking pics before the ceremony ... the way i see it, it doesn't matter fi the 'reveal' is at 9am or 11am ... also, if we take them before the ceremony, we'll have more time to take the pictures

MrsList Posted: Feb 10, 2010 11:22 AM

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We didn't get all the photos we wanted because our freaking photographer kept insisting that we enjoy our cocktail hour and we'd get them later. Well we didn't. There was enough time in that hour though.

So I would either entrust a family member with a must-take list and have them make sure you get them all and/or spend your entire cocktail hour getting your photos done.

AudioLoveStory Posted: Feb 10, 2010 11:30 AM

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Thanks so much!

I think we'll have to talk with whichever photographer we book with and see if they will throw in a 'day after' photoshoot if they don't have enough time to get everything. We'll have a day between the wedding and honeymoon so that might work out perfectly! (And I get to wear the dress again. lol)

FutureMcBride Posted: Feb 10, 2010 12:06 PM

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We are still undecided on this!!! I don't want to see him before but we don't want to miss the CH... I don't know what we are going to do. I love the idea of the trash the dress the next day, that way you can relax and enjoy taking pictures while still looking beautiful without the stress of, 'we have to be here and there etc!'

I think we will most likely take pics before the ceremony!!

GL

harts2976 Posted: Feb 10, 2010 12:41 PM

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I am not seeing FH till i walk down the aisle. I refuse. We are going to hall 2 hours early and I am doing all my BM pictures and then the BM will go with FH and do their pics with him and Ill do the GM. Any pic that doesnt need the FH in it will be done before. During coctail hour we will have to do ours but I am not that worried now. I decided the pics with my cousins and stuff will have to be somethign were they run on the dance floor quickly and take a pic. We are always missing someone anyway. I am sure if you let your photog know you can def figure it out. I havent book mine but met with a few and all of them said they can do something if you miss pics if thats what you want to do

rebekahlw164 Posted: Feb 10, 2010 03:09 PM

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I was in your situation and had no problem getting plenty of great shots. We did not extend the CH, but we only got to enjoy the very end of it which was ok with us. Our photographer had said from the the time we booked that she likes to work quickly. So we did all of our family and BP shots pretty much right after the ceremony. Then they got to head to the CH and DH and I did all of our shots after that. Personally, I would have been uncomfortable with if the pictures was a long process. Quick and painless was much more fun and natural for us!

brooklynbrideliboy Posted: Feb 10, 2010 03:13 PM

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I don't want to see my FH before but have 3 hours after the church and before CH...hopefully an hour to travel and and hour for pics ...I want to be at entire CH

TraceySLP1 Posted: Feb 10, 2010 03:53 PM

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I am having the exact same worries!!!!!!

We both really want to first see each other as I come down the aisle, but I don't want to miss the CH either....mainly because I want to see as many guests as possible and get to chat, etc....

I'm getting ready there, so I figure a couple of hrs before the ceremony i can take pics with my girls and immediate family, then hole up in the room for an hour while FH gets there and takes pics with the BP and his immed family....

I'm hoping to only take about a half an hour out of the CH to get the pics done....we are going to be pulled out as the sun sets for just FH and I to take some pics....it's the only other time I want to be interrupted!!!

hoping to find a photog with really good candid shot/photojournalist skills to fill in the gaps

what do u ladies think?