How long did you have to take photos?

It is for good shots! But I would get more done before. I felt like I didn’t have enough time for photos even tho I had like 1.5 hours it went too fast and I definitely didn’t get all the poses and shots I wanted

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I really want to take more but its so tricky because FH HATES taking photos (he's only agreeing to this since we are having a professional photographer lol) and I don't like the idea of spoiling the whole 'big reveal'

View Quoted Comment See but ahead of the ceremony you can at least take bridal portraits and photos with just your bridal party and he can get solo shots and he can get shots with his grooms party. And you can take individual shots with family, etc.

I like the idea of take the bridal pictures and pictures with family and your bridal party before the ceremony. It would make it easier to get the shots you want of the two of you and the two of you with family together during that hour.

We had over an hour, but we also had 2 shooters.

Get a good shot list together, talk to your photographer, and you should be fine.

You could end up very rushed. I would recommend at least taking bridal party photos and any you want with with your family that don't include your spouse. Otherwise it is likely you will go overtime. My brother didn't so any photos ahead of time and he only planned for cocktail hour to last one hour. We ended up taking photos for about an hour and a half then during the reception their photographer pulled them aside to take couple photos so they missed a large portion of their reception.

Yes one hour is definitely enough time

It is just enough time for a good seasoned photographer. However it may feel rushed. Try to have some photos before like you and FH just with each respective family and bridal party.

We had an hr after the ceremony for pictures, but we didn't use all the time (my one regret) because my husband as well hates taking pictures and we were both getting agitated.

We did family and individual pictures before the ceremony and everything with the both of us after. I think if you do that, as others have suggested as well, you will be fine. If you cram them all in after the ceremony I think you will feel rushed to get them all in. And, you don't want to extend the time frame because then your guests will be waiting and will start getting antsy.

Provide your photographer with a shot list, be flexible, and trust them. They are professionals and you hired them for a reason. *Side note: Also scout out locations before your wedding day that way you get back grounds you want. My photographer had never shot at my venue before and it was rainy so I guess he didn't go look around and most of my pictures are in front of a brick wall

We did a first look, so we got several photos taken during that. We used the time before our ceremony for photos with our bridal party. After our ceremony, during cocktail hour, we did photos with our families and "newlywed shots" and we used up the entire hour.

If you are not doing a first look, I personally don't think 1 hour is enough time to get all of the photos I'd assume you will want (newlywed, bridal party, families, etc.).

Our ceremony is at 5:30. We opted for a first look because of time and I think it's for the best. First look is at 3:15 then from 3:30 to 4 is bridal party pictures then 4-5 are our pictures of me and FH then from 6-6:30 are family pictures after the ceremony. I'm sure our photographer can get some of the groom's pictures out of the way with family and the groomsmen while I get ready. This is just my personal opinion.

I personally don't think this is enough time if you're not going to be doing photos beforehand. During our hour-long cocktail hour, it took at least 20 minutes to remove my veil, have my dress bustled, touch up my makeup, get help lifting my dress to use the bathroom, etc. You may need time to do these things as well, and this could eat into an already small chuck of time allotted for photos. I would make a list of all the little things that will need to be done in between your ceremony and reception in order to better assess your plan.

It depends on what you want. One hour is more than enough for good couple photos, but if you want to do immediate and extended family photos, photos with all of the people "in" the wedding, photos with individual wedding parties (brides + maids, groom + groomsmen, couple + maids + groomsmen), etc then an hour will likely feel very rushed, especially if you have a lot of people in those groups.

After the ceremony we did family photos for about 20-30 minutes and went right in to the reception then after our dances we snuck away while everyone was dancing for sunset photos for about an hour.

I honestly don't think an hour is long enough at all. I would at the very least, do what people are recommending and just taking bridal party portraits with your bridesmaids and groomsmen before the wedding to get some photos out of the way.

We had two hours for bridal party stuff and couple stuff, one shooter, but we needed the longer time because we needed some time to walk to the area where we were going to take photos. Now looking back, 2 hours was about right!