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Ok Weddit, I need your advice!  FH and I are working on our day of timeline for our wedding. I want our photographer to get shots of the reception area before the guests arrive, the bridal party getting ready pictures, then the church and back to the reception for candid shots. I'm trying to figure out putting formal pictures in there somewhere. We will be doing formal pictures at the reception area, which is right next to the bridal party getting ready location. It is the church which is odd-man-out in terms of location.  Our church and reception areas are 15 mins apart, which can add up for our photographers scheduled time. I don't want her spending 45 mins just on travel.

Photographer suggested doing all formal pictures before the church ceremony, and doing a special 'first look' series in which FH sees me in dress all done up.  FH and I are not super traditional, and think this could be a fun (more intimate than church) experience as well as consolidating travel time and photographer time. Both of our sets of parents are not quite as easy going; they don't like the non-traditional style and think we would regret it.

Brides and newlyweds of Reddit. Did you do a first look before the ceremony? Did you opt for the formal shots after the ceremony? I need your thoughts, opinions, and suggestions!
<bot>: Should I do 'first look' and formal wedding party shots before the ceremony to make a more streamlined wedding day timeline, have more intimate and close up photographs of his first look, and make more use of our photographer?