Different photographer here. He was a family friend on DH's side. I did check out his photos before hand and they were passable. On they day though, they were awful. I warned him I was a blinker, but he did not take that into account and he made no effort to get the groups to pose nicely.

My next regret is saying no to a plate of food in the room. We had our room at the same place we had the reception, there was a tonne of food and they offered to have platter waiting for us in the room. Silly me said no, even though I had barely eaten a thing all night. Got back to the room and I was starving! So have food waiting in the room if you can.