Sunset pics

No I don’t think it would be tacky at all , I’m slipping away from my reception for a little to take some photos as well

No and I know people have done it. I mean during dinner time or maybe dancing would be best. Something where people are not focused on you two and entertained by themselves. Your day do what you want.

I don't think it will be tacky! We plan on stepping away from our reception twice: once to take pictures at the beach in front of our venue at sunset, and also later in the evening to take night pictures with a few lasers. All of our pictures will be on our venue's property, so we won't be stepping away too far or for too long.

As long as you aren't gone for a while then I think it's totally fine. My brother-in-law and his wife took sunset photos and they were only gone for 15 minutes. On the other hand, at my brother's wedding their photographer kept pulling them away for additional photos so they missed like half of the reception which in my opinion isn't good.

I don't think it's tacky. If you want to do it, I would communicate with your photographer and give them instructions to pull you out. We planned on stepping out of the reception to take pictures during the "golden hour," but we got so caught up in everything going on in the reception that it just never happened. We were too busy taking group shots with our guests and dancing. I was ok with missing those photos, but if you want them, make sure you have someone ready to drag you out.

I think it’s normal. Every wedding I’ve been to has had this. Golden hour is absolutely ideal for photos, so snagging a few with your new spouse will be extra special!

FH and I are planning to do the same at our wedding. We'll do most of the photos before the ceremony and our photos right after (we're not doing a first look). At peak sunset we're going to pop out for a couple minutes and get some shots, I can't imagine it would take more than 15 minutes

View Quoted Comment The pics themselves won’t take long but it’s the travel time to/from beach which is 15 mins away depending upon traffic

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Gotcha, would you have the option to do those another day? One of my friends wanted pictures downtown in the area they got married near their med school so they set up with their photographer to do those like a week after the wedding. It's also an excuse to wear your dress again