Group photos in what order?

We're not doing those types of pictures. We'd rather be at the cocktail hour and have pictures of us mingling.

We put together a list for our photographer. We are doing photos before the ceremony.

We're gonna do some before and after. Like just the groom and groomsmen together. Just me and the bridemaids. Them by themselves. My mom will be there already so I can knock that out. And then I haven't decided whether my fiance and I will do some pics before or not. I'm trying to figure that out because won't technically have a cocktail hour so my guest can go ahead and go in. Maybe eat but I don't want them waiting on us taking pics

My photographer said to start with the biggest group, then downsize from there. Easier to gather everyone right after the ceremony than once they start having fun at cocktail hour.

I'm thinking about who we want photos with by starting from one side's closest, then the others, and back. So for example: me and my parents, us and my parents, him and his parents, us and his parents, all of us together. Me with my brother, him with his sister. Me with my grandparents, us with my grandparents, him with his grandparents, us with his grandparents...so on and so forth.

As for the order, I'm looking in terms of convenience (who might need to help in the reception area by putting out the trays of cheese, lighting candles, driving people across the park if it's rainy, etc.) and gathering everyone--once they start to wander, it can be hell getting them back for photos! We're going to do each side of the bridal party in photos BEFORE the ceremony, so that after the ceremony we only need to worry about the whole wedding party together. Hoping that cuts down on time during cocktail hour!

We are doing like 15 pictures after the ceremony then that’s it . Large group then some alone then party time

I think we gonna do old school table by table photos to make sure we get a picture with all our guests

Great ideas!!!!! I was wondering the same thing about photos!

The order that I am doing is only really important for the ones my grams is in. I don’t want her to go back and forth so we are doing those ones so that she can stand still and everyone else can get in and out of the picture as we take them.

If you’re worried about time one thing that I saw at a wedding i was in was the bride gave the list to her mom and her mom would say “Sarah get ready!” And as soon as the picture was taken I would hop in and she would be getting the next person prepared

View Quoted Comment Yeah, I’m doing what Larkin is doing. Pictures of me with the bridesmaids and/or groomsmen, pictures of the groom with the groomsmen and/or bridesmaids, and other pictures that do not include me with the groom. This will shorten the amount of time that is needed after the ceremony for pictures.

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We are doing just bride & bridesmaid, and just groom & groomsmen before the wedding. Possibly some just mom and just dad ones if we have time too. Then after the wedding, we are doing family photos first (so they can go enjoy cocktail hour), then wedding party together, then bride & groom portraits). We will probably do extended family ones first, since they will be in less. Then we will do immediate family. It'll be nice (I think) to have the ones with me and my mom, me and my brother, me and my dad, and same with my fiance, done before the wedding.