Winter wedding & outdoor photos?

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We plan to get married at the end of December and are wondering what to do about photos. The plan is registry office ceremony, have some photos done and then go to a restaurant for food. There is a beautiful park just outside the registry office. Would we BU to plan to have photos there? I'm worried about us and guests feeling really cold (and probably getting wet) though.

We got married in November.
It snowed
We froze
Photos were brilliant !

I was bridesmaid at a wedding in a VERY cold February.

Bride bought us some faux fur wrap arounds to match our dresses and we were only outside for about 20 minutes to get some photos and they looked great.

Perhaps just have immediate family photos outside if you're really worried about people feeling cold.

Also went to a wedding where it rained and the wedding party had bought really pretty umbrellas and they looked fab on the photos too!

Are there any indoor gardens close by that you could use? This is what we did - got married on an extremely cold day in March!

Our photographer said he loved doing photos in the rain, he had a stock of umbrellas in his car and showed us some lovely shots he'd taken

Guests should be sensible enough to wrap up warmly.

Just don't take hours!

Thanks all. As far as I'm aware there are no indoor gardens or outdoor gardens with covers. I was thinking about buying some nice umbrellas. I'd be so bored of photos after hours!! We were literally just thinking some photos of DP & I and then some photos of immediate family. Shouldn't take more than half hour we were thinking (though really I've no clue how long photos take!).

How do you stay warm as a bride?? It's easy for DP as he'll be in a suit, can wear a vest, leggings etc and nobody would see them. I'm not planning on having a traditional bridal dress and have never worn a long dress so wouldn't feel comfortable in one. Shorter dress and tights + some sort of nice jacket? Would that look okay?

I went to a wedding in November a few years ago, it was FREEZING. There was only a couple off ‘all guest’ photos then we went inside. It took less than 5 minutes. They did family/wedding party photos but even that was only another 15 minutes or so. Nobody complained anymore than to say ‘it’s bloody freezing isn’t it!’ The photos were beautiful too. There was tea and coffees set up for as soon as we came back in too, which I thought was a lovely touch.

I got married at the end of one November. It was lovely and sunny but cold. It sprinkled with snow whilst walking through the church grounds on the way in but stopped for the photos. My teeth chattered at the altar though.

Guests know what time if year it is so should prepare what to wear on that basis. You should plan for something for yourself and bridesmaids (if you are having any) to go over dresses to keep warm in between photos.

Tea and coffee sounds lovely @YouLikeTheBadOnesToo I'm not sure the registry office has that option unfortunately. Wish it was an option!