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How much time to reserve for getting ready, portraits and family, and why thirty well-planned minutes beat three improvised ones.
ScrollI've arrived at weddings with impossible timelines and at weddings where the day was perfectly measured; the difference was never luck. A photo timeline isn't a list of hours —it's an agreement about which moments are non-negotiable.
Reserve sixty to ninety minutes, with a large window and good natural light. It's the calmest moment of the day and the most cut short in a rush. If the room is small, tidy it: light comes in, clutter doesn't get photographed.
Thirty minutes are enough for portraits if the list is short: siblings, grandparents, godparents and the full family group. What takes time isn't photographing — it's gathering people. One contact per family turns thirty minutes into fifteen.
Entrance, vows, exit, the first hug: they won't repeat no matter who asks. There I work in silence, available light and zero interruptions. And the laughter in the hallway between blocks is worth as much as the kiss.
'Thirty well-planned minutes beat three improvised ones.' Hernán Duque · Photographer
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