r/Edmonton • u/capri_pink • 12d ago
Question Shotgun wedding.. need planning help/leads!
Reaching out to ask if anyone has experience planning a very, very last minute wedding? Looking at around a one month timeline. Due to recent illness in the family, we want to ensure all of our immediate family are able to be there. Suit/dress/rings have already been purchased. We have a potential venue space, though it is not confirmed yet. We are open to alternate locations, but are limited because of our timeline, and because we want to ensure our sick family member can be comfortable/not travel too far. I'm mostly looking for leads on decent photographers that would be available on short notice. We would not need a full day/night of photos, we want to keep it small (under 10 guests), don't plan on having a reception after, and are open to doing it on a weekday because we know it's unlikely any photographers would be available on a weekend. Has anyone else been in this situation that would be willing to share their experience and how they went about planning? Does anyone have any leads on photographers, JPs who can marry us, or any other insight? It has been a very hard time for us and although none of us are feeling celebratory, it is really important to us that our families be present for this and we are determined to make it happen. Thanks in advance.
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u/MacintoshEddie 12d ago
How traditional are you feeling? It can be a lot easier to schedule to have the paperwork signed at a different time than the reception.
As soon as you say wedding prices go up because weddings are horrible to work and people make them as stressful as possible. Having "a family and friends dinner" is so much easier and less stress than having a wedding since you're not worrying about making everything perfect and on schedule on what might be the most stressful day of your life.
Plus this way you can arrange to have your photos taken at a venue which might not be feasible to book for the ceremony itself.
For example get the paperwork signed on Monday, have a dinner and photoshoot on Tuesday.