Golden hour light over a Hunter Valley vineyard — warm amber tones across the vines and rolling hills, the perfect time for wedding portraits

08 — Wedding Day Planner

Plan your Newcastle wedding day

Calculate your golden hour, build a photography timeline, and track your planning progress — built for Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Hunter Valley & Port Stephens couples.

Step 1

Find your golden hour

Enter your wedding date and region to see the exact sunset, golden hour and blue hour times — then build a timeline around the best light.

Sunrise

6:27 am

Golden hour

4:22 pm — 5:12 pm

Sunset

5:12 pm

Blue hour

5:12 pm — 5:38 pm

Suggested photography timeline

12:00 pm

Getting ready

Prep shots — dress, details, candid moments

2:00 pm

Ceremony begins

The walk down the aisle

2:30 pm

Ceremony ends

Vows, rings, first kiss

2:45 pm

Family & group photos

30 min — assign a helper to gather groups

3:15 pm

Couple & bridal photos

90 minutes with the best light available

4:22 pm

Golden hour

The best light of the day

4:45 pm

Reception entrance

Guests seated, couple introduced

5:12 pm

Sunset

Blue hour begins

6:45 pm

First dance

Two hours after reception entrance


Step 2

Your planning checklist

A photography-focused checklist from 12 months out to the day of. Your progress saves automatically — come back anytime.

Your progress

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12+ months out

6–9 months out

3–6 months out

1–3 months out

Week of

Day of

Ready to book?

Let's plan your day together

Once you've mapped your timeline, check availability and we'll fine-tune every detail together.

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Sydney - Newcastle - London