Girls getting married at the hall?

are you seeing FH before hand to take picture or are you doing it during Cocktail hour?

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I don't want to miss my cocktail hour!

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we are very superstitious and don't want to see each other till my walk down the aisle.....it's such an emotional moment

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Posted by searsc

I don't want to miss my cocktail hour!

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we are very superstitious and don't want to see each other till my walk down the aisle.....it's such an emotional moment

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I am having the cermony, coacktail hour, and reception all in the same hall.

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Doing pics durning cocktail hour. We don't want to see each other before the ceremony.

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I was all set to go with the before, but FH changed his mind and became very superstitous. Go figure.

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I'am seeing him as of now before hand but that could change!!

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We are taking pics before the ceremony! We are not supersitious, and we want to be able to enjoy the cocktail hour along with the bridal party and parents. We have a large bridal party, and wouldn't have enough time to do it in one hour anyways. We are getting a strawberry vodka ice sculpture, and I definately don't want to miss out on that! d

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We are having a small wedding party and our families are small so we are doing as many pics as possible the 1-1 1/2 hours before the ceremony and my photographer said this should be enough time to finish most posed pics.

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It is just not superstittion, tradition as well. Don't you all want to see you future husband for the first time as you walk down the aisle?
It is def a very emotional moment, and everyone gets to witness it, not just the photographer and bp. JMO
We were going to take pictures before the ceremony but then decided not to because i want the pictures of us together as man and wife to really be as man and wife

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We're taking pictures beforehand..........

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We are doing them beforehand. We thought about it long and hard and realized we would miss our whole cocktail hour as well as our BP missing most of it as well. I am paying a lot of money for this party and I want to enjoy every moment of it.

We are going to have our videographer (since he said he would and gave us the idea - he showed us one he had done previously and it was breath taking) set up a special time and place for us to see each other for the first time. This way it will be on video. Then we will have a few minutes alone with each other. I feel that will make it more special since we will be able to speak to each other right away and say what we are feeling. I am way too emotional and don't think I can handle walking down the aisle and him seeing me for the first time at the same time.

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Before....
It's still going to be an emotional moment as you walk down the aisle towards him......

and i've heard form past brides that it's an amazing relief to see FH before the ceremony....to calm your nerves!

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We're doing it after. I will stick to tradition on this one

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We are doing it before also. I want to be able to enjoy my cocktail hour

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I didn't want to see him before the ceremony, but I think we'll end up taking pictures before - like others said - I don't want to miss the cocktail hour.

(I know for a friends wedding the pictures with just them and the bridal party took darn near 2 hours - I think the photographer was a bit slow, but still, they take a while)

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We're taking pictures at the hall before the ceremony. Cocktail hour will follow the ceremony. FH and I decided we didn't care about the "seeing each other beforehand" thing.

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We're taking pictures before the ceremony. I'm going to be a nervous reck and it will calm me down to be able to see him beforehand.

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We're doing it before. Sometimes I'm sad because I don't want us to see each other before the big walk (just for the emotion, I'm definitely not superstitious) but then I realize that pics take longer than an hour, and I want to be enjoying my cocktail (and beginning to say thank you to my 250 guests so I can dance during the reception).

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Posted by searsc

I don't want to miss my cocktail hour!

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exactly!!! and id like the bridal party to enjoy it too! (plus, less people to have to greet at the reception, so more time for dancing!!! )

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ummm i do not want to miss my whole cocktail hou... my photographer is wonderful and he said they will make a very special moment and take pictures of it even better

yes i am going to see him

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After.

A) it's a cocktail hour.. the photos are just as much as fun and part of it as being mobbed by people
B) Being married there means I can still enjoy my cocktail hour some, instead of traveling and missing it all together
C) I have an early wedding. Meaning I want Noon light during our photos, taking them before would mean early morning light, no thanks. We can get dusk photos later in the afternoon.
D) I am SO not a morning person and neither is Jim. He's slower and Im more aggitated and since Im already a task master we'd probably kill eachother if we had to do that stuff early.

I think that about covers it.

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We are doing pictures before the ceremony. I want it out of the way. Also - I want to be eith my guests and have a good time.Pictures always take longer than you think they will so why not get as much over with as possible?