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Wedding Photography Timeline & Coverage Guide
To plan wedding photography coverage, identify the first and last moments you want captured. Add preparation, ceremony, portraits and reception priorities, then check travel and transition gaps with your team.
A 6-hour wedding photography timeline sample
Illustrative coverage from 2 PM to 8 PM for a single-location celebration. This shorter sample does not include a full morning of preparation or a late-night exit.
- 2:00 PM – 3:00 PMFinal preparations & details
- 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMFirst look, couple & family portraits
- 4:00 PM – 4:30 PMCeremony
- 4:30 PM – 5:30 PMFamily photos & cocktail hour
- 5:30 PM – 6:30 PMReception entrance & toasts
- 6:30 PM – 8:00 PMDances, cake & reception moments
Do I need 6, 8 or 10 hours of wedding coverage?
The right duration depends on your schedule, not a universal rule. Compare your earliest priority with your latest one. More preparation, a venue change, longer rituals or a late exit can require a longer coverage window. A compact single-location schedule may need less.
Active coverage is not always the full booking window
The planner counts overlapping exact-time events once within each day and shows transition gaps separately. A studio may need continuous coverage through travel or gaps, so confirm the final booked hours in your proposal. Estimated durations do not invent start times or transition gaps.
Can photography and cinema have different hours?
Yes. Select photography, cinema or both for each event in the coverage planner. Your blueprint calculates separate photo and cinema totals so a photography-only ceremony does not automatically add cinema hours.
How much time should I leave for portraits?
Create a family-photo list and discuss group count, walking distance and your portrait priorities with the photographer. Do not assume one fixed portrait duration suits every family. Confirm where portraits happen and who will help gather each group.
From planned coverage to a proposal
Complete your contact details, select your wedding events and review the blueprint. Build My Proposal passes your contact information and planned coverage to the Sidpix Pricing Builder; final pricing and booking terms belong in that proposal, not in this sample timeline.
Your celebration, your coverage plan.
Choose your events, review photography and cinema hours, and print your own wedding coverage blueprint.
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