How many hours of wedding photography do I need?
Planning your wedding is absolutely an undertaking and yes, you do deserve a drink 🍹. Grab something you love and we are going to help you decide on how many hours of wedding photography you need.
Being Orlando and destination wedding photographers, we get asked this all the time and we are here to help! Each photography company does things a little different, whether they like to focus more on elaborate poses, fancy lighting, or getting tons of candids of grandma getting her groove on. We are going to touch base a little on what you’ll receive when booking with Sonacity Photography as your wedding photographer.
How many hours of wedding photography do you need?
6 Hours
Our 6-hour wedding collection provides great coverage for smaller and more intimate weddings. We do our best to provide and photograph everything you want from your wedding day. For this collection, we would most likely be able to get some getting ready photos and a couple of detail images, like the rings and the dress 💍. We would then really focus on our bride getting ready, this would be her putting on her earrings, getting into the dress, and having someone special put on her veil. Fellas, you guys are next! We will head over to you to quickly get some getting ready images of the groom. We will photograph him putting on shoes, having his groomsmen struggle to tie his tie, and putting on his jacket. Get excited, the ceremony is next! Congrats, you are married! After the ceremony, we will focus on family, wedding party, and bride/groom portraits. We use most of the cocktail hour for this. Then we head to the reception…PARTY TIME 🎉! Most likely we will not have a lot of time here but we can get the entrances and the first dance.
8 Hours
This is our most requested collection. You will receive all of the photos in the 6-hour collection, however, this collection gives us a more relaxed schedule and opportunity for more group photos and details. This collection also allows us to get more photos of you enjoying the getting ready process, like laughing with your girls, and getting hair and makeup done💄. As part of the getting ready, we would obviously grab shots of all the girls drinking their mimosas, Cheers ladies 🥂! We will have time to photograph the groomsmen hyping up the groom and doing important stuff, like chugging beers and watching football 🏈 😁. The ceremony will be photographed beautifully and we’ll head into the portrait session afterwards. With this collection, we will be able to get many more memories of your reception as well! Toasts, parent dances, cake cutting 🎂 are now all in the cards with an 8 hour collection.
10 Hours
The holy grail of our collections! Not only do you get the entire day documented, but it gives us the opportunity to spend more time creating pieces of art and getting creative. If your goal is to have wall art from your wedding, which we recommend, this collection will allow ample time to create the masterpiece of your dreams from your wedding day 🖼️. As well as giving us time to create more, we recommend a first look so that you can enjoy your cocktail hour. You spend a lot of money and time putting this celebration together and you deserve to enjoy all of it! This collection is also great for couples who plan on having a separate ceremony and reception location or for couples who plan on both a religious and civil ceremony as it allow time for travel.
Everything depends on time and what you value. We will be there to help you with a timeline so you do not feel rushed and that you can enjoy your wedding day! Give us a call or fill out our inquire page and we will be happy to help you find the perfect collection for your wedding day!
