How long to wear veil on the day

My veil is long (chapel length) so I’m taking it off straight after photos otherwise it’ll really annoy me. I am similar to you except my dilemma is hair up or down - up is better with the veil, down is better without. I’m going to make a decision next week at my hair trial.

I thought I would take it off after photos but ended up keeping it in all day! Mine was a half length one so wasn't restrictive, had to push it back in after the meal but forgot it was there to be honest. Mine was over my hair, pic of hair below for inspo. If you have it high them you can go up and under but my hairdresser said to take out it would likely pull the bun out a bit so opted for an over position, yo could still see the hair style through

I'm having a cathedral length veil and plan to keep it on until just after the speeches, although I am aware that cathedral veils can get VERY annoying. However, we are planning to have 15 more minutes of couples photos after the speeches just before it gets dark (our other photos will have been taken at our ceremony venue) which will be a good opportunity to get photos of my dress without the veil on, alongside photos cutting the cake and during the first dance. If we weren't having those extra 15 minutes I would probably take it off earlier, or I think I would regret not having enough photos where my dress isn't somewhat covered!

My friend took hers off after the ceremony and first few pics and really regretted it as she doesn’t have many pictures of it. I think it kept getting stood on though so I can imagine that’s very annoying.