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Wedding Day Run Sheet

As Brisbane Wedding Photographers, we often get asked about timing for your wedding day.

We love to be involved in the planning process and help with timing on the day as much as possible.

Here are a few tips that may help when it comes to booking your wedding photographer and choosing what time you would like them to start.

This is a rough idea of a timeline for a wedding day from a photographers perspective, based on a 6pm Sunset. (This would be our ideal timeline based on an ‘all in one’ venue - remember to take extra time into account if there is travel time required in-between)

11.45 - 12.40am Groom Prep (If you have 2 photographers, bride and groom prep can be done at the same time by having one photographer with each of you)
12.45- 2.15pm - Bride Prep
2.30pm Photographer arrive at Ceremony
3-3.30pm Ceremony
3.30 - 4pm Congratulations
4 - 4.30pm Family Photos
4.30 - 6.15 Location Photoshoot
6.15 Photographer arrive to Reception
6.25 Guests Enter Reception
6.35 Bridal Party Entrance
7pm Main meals (Check with your venue on how much time they need to serve and clear tables)
7.30pm Speeches/ Cake Cutting
8.30pm First Dance

Groom prep: We recommend having your photograph for about 45min to 1 hour.

During this time we take some photos of the grooms details such as his tie, cufflinks, shoes, watch, rings and anything else that he has that is special for your wedding day.


After we do a few details, we will ask the boys to get dressed and as they do, we capture them putting their ties, vests, cufflinks, jackets on. Followed by a few photos with the groom and groomsmen and then a couple of photos with mum and dad if they are there too.

Bride prep: We recommend having your photographer with you for about 1.5 - 2 hours.

We like to arrive just before your hair and make up is due to finish and this is so we can capture some photos of your hair and make up being completed but this was we aren’t taking too many photos without your hair and up done. While you’re hair and make up is getting finished off, this is a great time for us to capture the Brides details such as your flowers, shoes, jewellery, perfume etc.

Before the bridesmaids start getting dressed, we love to get some fun and natural photos of you and your bride tribe altogether - even having a champagne or just relaxing a little bit before getting dressed.


It’s great for your bridesmaids to get dressed first then they can help the bride get ready. We also suggest that your mum or grandma/ nan is dressed by this time too if you would like them in some photos or if you would like them to help you get ready.

We capture those final getting ready moments, mum or your bridesmaids doing up the back of your dress, putting on jewelry and shoes etc.

If your dad or even your mum or bridesmaids haven’t seen your dress yet, doing a first look/ dress reveal with dad can be really nice too.

Your photographer will then take some formal photos once everyone is dressed and then spend a bit of time getting some beautiful portraits of the bride before she leaves.

Your Ceremony: It’s important that your photographer arrives before the bride. We like to plan to arrive about 30-45min before your ceremony starts.

This gives us time to take some photos of your ceremony all set up, guests arriving and the boys waiting. It also gives us a chance to speak with your celebrant if they have any special requests or if they need to let us know about anything specific.

We meet the bride at the car as you arrive and then we capture the ceremony as it happens.

After your ceremony, your guests will want to congratulate you so we advise to allow around about 30 mins for your guests to give you a hug and say hello and then about another 30 mins for group and family photos.

Location Photoshoot: Having between 1 hour to 1.5 hours for your photoshoot is ideal.

If you have a large bridal party, then having longer is great as it allows your photographer to get a range of photos with everyone. If you have a photoshoot with just the two of you then having around 1 hour on location is great.

Remember to allow for any travel time in between locations


Reception: Allow for your photographer to be inside reception about 15 min before guests enter

By allowing time for your photographer to be inside reception before your guests means we can get some photos of your reception room set up (After all there is a chance you may not get to see it without people in the room), this also allows for your photographer to be set up and ready for the bridal party entrance.

Every reception runs a bit differently and has different timings for your formalities (Cake cutting speeches and first dance). If you would like a full day coverage, our recommendation is to have your photographer finish up about 30 -45min after your first dance. This allows them to capture all your formalities along with a few fun photos of everyone on the dance floor.

Of course, if you are doing a sparkler exit or a farewell then having your photographer stay right until the end is a great way to truly capture all the moments of the reception too.

If you have any questions on planning your wedding day or would like a hand with working out times for your wedding day, feel free to get in touch with us and make an appointment to come to our studio and we are always happy to lend a hand in working out your wedding day run sheet.

We also have wedding day runsheets that we give to all our couples to help your day run smoothly.

These times above are just a guideline, every wedding day is a bit different and the types of photos that you would like may also differ. Most importantly, speak with your photographer before locking in your ceremony and reception timeline just to make sure you have allowed enough time to capture the photos that are most important to you.

Happy Wedding Planning xo

- The Everlast Studios Team









Victoria Park Wedding Photography and Videography

Victoria Park Golf Complex in located in the heart of Brisbane, They have a selcetion of function rooms and ceremony spaces to choose from for your Wedding Ceremony and Wedding Reception.
There is lots of green grass for your photos and lots of nearby locations if you would like to go offste for bridal party photos.
Victoria Park has multiple function rooms to choose from depending on number of guests.

As Brisbane wedding photographers and Brisbane wedding videographers we have captured many wedding at Victoria Park and every time the venue is just amazing. You have so many options in styling the rooms the way you want.

Victoria Park has areas suitable for your wedding ceremony, bridal party photos and your wedding reception. It’s often quite popular to pop down to UQ for Bridal Party photos too as it’s so close by and provides a slightly different back drop to the golf course.

There is lots of parking at Victoria Golf Club so it’s easy for guests to get there and park cars and being so close to the city, you can choose from so many hotels that are close by to get ready in. We always love doing your prep wedding photography in Brisbane City in a nice hotel

Brisbane Wedding photography in the City

Victoria Park Golf Complex is nice and close to the city so it’s easy for the bride and groom to get ready in a beautiful city view hotel and for friends and family to stay close by, especially if they don’t live in Brisbane.

One thing that is extra special about Victor Park Golf Complex for your wedding day is, they are one of the few inner city venue’s that allow fireworks. So if you are looking for something that really gives your day an extra wow factor, check out the option of some fireworks. They make for some beautiful wedding photos too.

Fun Brisbane Wedding Ceremony Video

Your Wedding Ceremony is the most important part of your wedding day so make sure you talk to your celebrant about exactly what you want included in your ceremony. Once your wedding ceremony finishes, it’s time to celebrate!
As Brisbane Wedding Videographers, we capture your wedding ceremony in full from when the Bride walks down the aisle to when you walk back down the aisle married.

One of our favourite parts of the wedding day, is the moment the ceremony finishes and you walk down the aisle and it clicks that you are now a husband and wife :)

We love to video all these moments on your wedding day including your family friends congratulating you. It’s really important to allow this time after the ceremony and not rush off right away for your wedding photos.

Here is a short video we put together from many Brisbane Wedding’s we have captured on video with so many couples having fun as they exit their wedding ceremony.

If you are looking for a Brisbane wedding Videographer, Contact us today!

Weddings in Redcliffe, QLD

The newest hotel on the Redcliffe Peninsula is The Sebel at Margate Beach which offers the perfect location for your wedding day.

The Sebel hotel at Margate has a beautiful Rooftop Terrace which has amazing views across Moreton Bay. It provides the most beautiful location . There are lots of great places for your wedding day photography. As local Redcliffe based wedding photographers, we know all the good spots for photos including a few sneaky locations that only the locals will tell you about.

Redcliffe Ceremony at the Sebel Margate Beach


The Sebel at Margate Beach has beautiful rooms for getting ready with lots of character and natural light. which is a great location for your hair and make up artist to come to you and beautiful spots for photos while you are getting ready for to marry the love of your life.


The Sebel at Margate as lots of connections with some amazing suppliers, this wedding ceremony and reception set up was styled by the team at funcionz who are a local business and have an amazing eye for design and style. Check them out - https://www.funcionz.com.au/

If you are looking at getting married in Redcliffe and after a Redcliffe wedding photographer or a Redcliffe wedding videographer, get in touch and we would love to show you more photos and videos of local Redcliffe weddings.

The team at the Sebel at Margate Beach are so lovely, let them know you have seen our photos of their venue when you chat to them about your wedding day.

Wedding photography at Tiffany's, Maleny

Wedding’s at Tiffany’s is a beautiful venue for your wedding photography. They have a gorgeous white chapel with amazing views of the Glass house mountains.

Wedding’s at Tiffany’s have staff who are friendly and helpful and it is always a pleasure to capture your wedding photography at a high end wedding venue.

Whilst being Redcliffe based wedding photographers and videographers, we travel to the Sunshine Coast often.

This is some wedding photography we have recently captured at Tiffany’s Venue, Maleny for the wedding of Brian and Katie. Katie got ready near by at Spicers tamarind retreat which was a very beautiful and relaxing way to spend the morning of the wedding getting ready.

Katie had her hair and make up done by Bella Brides who travel to Maleny and do the most beautiful job in getting the girls ready.

Their wedding Ceremony in the small white chapel at Tiffany’s was just beautiful. They had many family and friends come to witness this very special occassion. Their celebrant was Felicity McShane from Fusion Elements. Felicity always does such beautiful ceremonies, she really personalises them. She told the story of Katie and Brian and how they got to be where they are today. There may have been a few happy tears by many guests including the bride and groom :)

When choosing a wedding photographer for your Wedding at Tiffany’s, be sure to make sure they get a photo of the view, after all, it’s priceless!

After their ceremony we captured their family photos with the outlook of the amazing view as a backdrop for the photos.

There are so many beautiful places for wedding photos with your bridal party, there are lots of great places at Tiffany’s. If you would like to stay on site and Tiffany’s, there is no need to travel anywhere else. However, many also take the opportunity to visit the famous One Tree Hill which is just up the road, there are also another couple of iconic spots near by - just ask when chatting to your wedding photographer.

Wedding photography Maleny
Wedding photography Redcliffe
One Tree Hill Wedding Photography Maleny
Wedding Photography Tiffany's Maleny

Wedding’s at Tiffany’s have the most beautiful wedding reception venue that can be set up in many different ways depending on the number of guests.
This wedding was styled by Sharon from All Perfectly Planned who added the amazing finishing touches.

The MC and DJ for this wedding was DJ Ryan Hancock who had his photobooth set up, along with his dancing on a cloud effect for the first dance. It creates something extra special about the first dance.

Check out some of their wedding reception photography. We had 2 photographers at this wedding so we could offer lots of great angles and lots of extra photos too.

When we have the opportunity, we love to sneak out of the reception for some night time photos, this gives you a chance to get away from the party for a few mintues and really take in the day with your new husband/wife.

At Tiffany’s, the staff turn all thelights on in the chapel and provide the perfect opportunity for some night time wedding photography.

Wedding Photography Milky way sparklers Tiffany's Maleny

The most heart felt, beautiful love story - Bride with SMA marries the love of her life

We were absolutely honoured to be asked to do the wedding video for Natalie and Cameron who were married in Sydney. Whilst we are Brisbane wedding photographers and videographers based in Brisbane, We traveled to Sydney to film this incredible wedding day.

Natalie has a rare condition called Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) which is a condition that affects the motor nerve cells in the spinal cord. Because of this, Natalie’s wheelchair is a part of her every day life.

Their wedding day was one of the most emotional and beautiful wedding’s, watch their wedding video below for a glimpse -

Cameron’s family is from Scotland so he wore a wedding kilt with his family tartan. This was a suprise to his mum, so we did a first look with mum and the groom on the morning of the wedding so she could see his wedding kilt.

As wedding photographers and videographers, we love the opportunity to capture these moments on the morning of a wedding.

Leading up to their wedding day, we spoke to the bride about capturing photo’s of them as she knew that being a bride in a wheelchair was something a little bit different. Natalie told us that she doesn’t see any photos of brides in wheelchairs. We had lots of great ideas for wedding photos and we discussed these prior to the wedding.

As a wedding photographer, it is a real privilege to be trusted to capture the wedding days of so many couples.

Having a bride in a wheelchair didn’t change anything for us on the wedding day, we captured their wedding video and wedding photography as we would with any couple. We had to change a couple of posing techniques, in fact it turned out to be one of the most beautiful love stories we have had the pleasure of telling.


Everlast Studios - ABIA Review - Natalie & Cameron


Fraser Island - Kingfisher Bay Resort

We live in a piece of paradise in Australia spoiled with the number of amazing wedding and honeymoon locations. Fraser Island, QLD is the world’s largest sand island and is a popular wedding destination. Beacuase of it’s beauty and location, many will stay and have their honeymoon there too! (Why wouldn’t you!) It’s a great spot to invite all your guests to stay and make a real weekend or week of celebrating. (Of course it’s close enough to the mainland and easy for guests to get back to the real world if they need to)

Fraser Island wedding day sunset

Kingfisher Bay Resort have multiple ceremony and reception locations to choose from with beach or rainforest backgrounds and offer some of the most beautiful sunsets.

One of the most asked questions and comments from couples looking to book their wedding on Fraser Island is “Do you travel to Fraser Island"?” and that it’s often hard to find vendors that do.
Kingfisher Bay is amazing with any vendors and suppliers and they make it really easy for us to come over to the island. We love the staff at Kingfisher and it’s a pleasure and an honour to be chosen to capture for your wedding day so YES, absolutely we travel to Fraser Island :)

We also love a bit of adventure, so if you are up for a drive on the beach or have time for a trip out to Lake McKenzie, we are always up for that - we have a 4wd and are trained in off road driving.

This gorgeous ceremony and reception was set up by Beautiful weddings - fraser coast who do an amazing job in styling ceremonies and receptions.

Fraser Island Beach Ceremony

One of the things we love about weddings on Fraser Island is being on an island, it feels like you are so far away from the rest of the world, yet you are so close. There is a real relaxed ‘island’ vibe and it feels like a mini holiday.

They have everything at the same location - great rooms for getting ready, a short walk (or golf buggy drive) to the ceremony spots and easy access to reception. The only decision is where to go for some photos with so many choices - we are happy for you to leave that decision to us :) But we would definitely recommend sunset at the Jetty and on the beach.

Sunset on the beach Fraser Island Wedding

They also have some great spots for your guests to enjoy drinks and canapes while you are having a few photos and the venue put the finishing touches on your reception (eg. lighting the candles)
This Reception was styled by the amazing Beautiful Weddings. We loved this floral backdrop for the bridal party table :)

Fraser Island Wedding Reception
Fraser Island Wedding Reception

Wedding photography at Glengariff Historic Estate, Brisbane

Matthew and Mia were married at the beautiful and historic Glengariff Historic Estate located in Mount Mee, North of Brisbane.

They had a winter wedding at Glengariff surrounded by their closest friends and family. Matt and Mia choose to have 2 wedding photographers (Peter and Lauren). We also filmed their full wedding ceremony and their reception speeches for them.

Mia had so many comments from the amazing sunflowers that her and the bridesmaids had for their bouquets. They looked gorgeous against the dresses.
Matthew and the groomsmen choose a brown suit which really stood out as something a bit different.

These two are total country bumpkins at heart and Mia wore cowgirl boots under her wedding gown to bring out their ‘inner’ country -selves :)

It was such a fun and relaxed wedding day.

In Matt and Mia’s photography package they had a canvas print and this was the photo they choose to have printed:

The lake at sunset at Glengariff Historic Estate, Dayboro
We LOVE the photos! They are amazing!
— Matt & Mia

Some of their Wedding suppliers:
Venue: Glengariff Historic Estate
Photographer & Videographer: Everlast Studios
Celebrant: Wendy Staines
Hair and Makeup: Velbella

Check out some of their wedding photos: