Planning Your Portland, Maine Wedding Timeline

Start with sunset, then work backward

The single best thing you can do for your photos is to know when the sun sets and protect the 30 minutes before it. On the Maine coast in late summer that soft, warm light is unbeatable — so we build the rest of the day around it.

A sample 8-hour timeline

• 2:00 pm — Getting-ready details and candids
• 3:00 pm — First look and couple portraits
• 4:00 pm — Wedding party and family groupings
• 5:00 pm — Ceremony
• 6:00 pm — Cocktail hour + venue detail shots
• 7:15 pm — Golden-hour couple portraits (15 stolen minutes)
• 7:30 pm — Reception: toasts, first dance, open floor

Leave buffer. The relaxed moments between the events are usually the ones you frame.

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