2 questions...photography & flowers

Hi everyone!

Question #1 - I am getting married at the reception hall so I plan on taking pictures beforehand. Since you usually get the 10 hours with the photographer should i get 2 or 3 extra hours so that he could be at my house by 12, or should i have them meet us at the location where we are having our photos taken at around 3. It would be great to have him at my moms, but then i'm also going to have to pay them for like 2 hours of traveling time.

Are the house pics really that important? What do you guys think?


Question #2 This is about the florist...I was wondering since no one really knows how many people are going to attend the wedding until a few weeks ahead of time, how did you decide on how many centerpieces you need? Do you just estimate? Can you add on a few weeks before the wedding?

Such silly things are driving me crazy
Thanks

Re: 2 questions...photography & flowers

Well, you can estimate how many centerpieces you need, and if the numbers are only changing by a few towards the end, it shouldn't affect your cps all that much. If you tell the florist how many you're inviting, they can give you a good idea of how many cps....i am inviting approx. 150, and am assuming 120-130 will attend- we'll probably have 11-12 tables, but i will order 13 cps...if we have extra i will have them put out for decoration either in the bathroom or on the bar, and on the welcome cart.

no idea about the photographer, i'm getting read at the hall, so they are meeting me there.

Re: 2 questions...photography & flowers

just give em an estimate...you can add or subtract a couple cp shouldnt be a problem...im having my photo/video for 11 hours...they will be at my house at 1pm...my ceremony is at a church at 330pm so i figure have them spend an hour with me and then they can go to FH and spend an hour with him and get some church shots...hope this helps ya!!

Re: 2 questions...photography & flowers

Not clue about the flowers, but just thought I would post about the photographer....

To me, I think having the photogrpaher is a MUST... but maybe that's just me... i think it's nice to have pictures taken with you family in the place where you grew and have so many, hopefully, happy memories there. you may not be living where you grew, up or this might not be important to you, but for me, I want to have pictures of my mom helping me get ready in my old room and some pictures with me in front of the house he built on my wedding day.... i think it's nice traditional touch to have the photographer at your house... plus, it might save you some headache later...it will be a little less chaotic and you get some nice shots out of the way....

Re: 2 questions...photography & flowers

I dontl think you're going to need so many extra hours. What time is the ceremony and what time is your reception? I'm having my ceremony at 2:30 and my reception starts at 7. I want the photographer at my house by 1 so we can take pictures of me getting ready and some pictures of me outside. There are going to give us 2 photographers so while the main photographer is at my house the assistant will be taking pictures of my fiance.I'll take picture for about an hour then head over to the church which is about 20 minutes away. My ceremony will end at 3:30 and I hope to be out of the church by 4. Then we're going to head over to a location to take picturesand then its off to the hall which is 40 minutes away. From 1 -11 brings us to 10 hours so I will probably have to pay for an extra hour. Why do you think you're going to need so many hours?

Flowers- I'm having a small wedding of about 80 people so I figured I could do 10 tables of 8 or 8 tables of 10. I decided to get 9 centerpieces because I could always add more centerpieces later.

Re: 2 questions...photography & flowers

FLOWERS......WHEN YOU BOOK YOUR FLORIST GIVE THEM AN ESTIMATE ON THE CP'S.. YOU CAN CHANGE IT AT ANY TIME.

PHOTOGRAPHER - I'M ALSO HAVING MY CEREMONY AT THE HALL (AT 6:30PM). I'M HAVING MY PHOTOG COME TO MY HOUSE AT 1PM. HE WILL BE WITH ME FROM 1PM TILL 1AM.