You've booked the venue. Now you're sketching out the day, and everyone has an opinion about when things should happen. You want proper photos of the two of you, and the family ones your mum keeps mentioning. You also want to actually be at your own wedding. Somewhere in the back of your mind is the couple who vanished for an hour of portraits while their guests finished the canapés. You'd rather not be them.

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• A June and a November wedding side by side, so you can see what moves when the light goes early.

• A fill-in timeline with the photo slots marked, plus a family photo list with space for your wrangler.

• How long the photos actually take, and why when they happen matters more than how long. 

What's included in this guide?

A free printable timeline for couples who want proper portraits and family photos, and still want to be at their own wedding.

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You've booked the venue. Now you're sketching out the day, and everyone has an opinion about when things should happen. You want proper photos of the two of you, and the family ones your mum keeps mentioning. You also want to actually be there.

Twelve years of photographing weddings across Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk has taught me that good photos and a good party both come down to timing. This guide is how I'd plan a day if it were mine.

You should be at your own wedding!

GET TO KNOW ME —

I'm Andy and I love rainbows and unicorns. Honest. I shoot vibrant, colourful weddings, the real moments and the ones you'll actually want on the wall. Family photos are quick and properly relaxed, not the bit everyone dreads. Portraits get just enough direction to make you look like yourselves, nothing stiff.

Need me, I'm there. Don't need me, I've stepped back. Across Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

CAMBRIDGE UK WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

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