Cell Phone Free Ceremony Question

I plan to have our officiant mention that the ceremony is unplugged

Have your officiant ask people to refrain from taking pictures during the ceremony. Tell them they are free to take all the pics they want after the recessional.

Our officiant told everyone it was a unplugged wedding. Everyone did great and didnt take any pictures during the ceremony. She asked them all nicely to put them away and to turn them vibrate.

Do everything; a sign, have your ushers tell people as they seat the, have your officiant announce it.

This is what I say, before the processional starts;

Unplugged, if you want to include this;

Welcome to you all tonight ! Melanie and Richie would just love it if you all would take these few seconds to silence your phones and put your cameras away so our fabulous photographers can capture the memories of the ceremony. The best wedding gift you can give them is to be fully present and enjoy the moments. Thank you.

I had our officiant mention it, I put a sign, and mentioned it in our programs. We said something along the lines of wanting everyone to be present with us while we shared in this special moment. And at the very end, after we were pronounced husband and wife, our officiant announced people could take photos.

Our wedding is unplugged, we're having a photographer and I want not one, single picture ruined cause they wanted a picture of something that's already gonna be taken...now the reception, I'm okay with them having cellphones and cameras but the ceremony is a "no tech" ceremony

We had signage and mentioned it in our program. We also had it on our website. We told our officiant to mention it if he saw camera and phones, but no one had them out. My friend heard someone saying they were going to take pictures anyway and my friend called that person out. On the whole everyone honored it.

We were so "sign"-ed out by the time we realized we wanted an unplugged ceremony. We asked our officiant to announce it at the beginning of the ceremony and most people respected our wishes.

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, the cellphone, breakin' my mind

Do this, be unplugged, don't do that, (use) keep your cell phone and tablet offline, can't you read the sign? We are all so very much a visual society so I would recommend signs in as many places you can place them so your guests will get the message. Then ask your officiant to ask that all cell phones and tablets remain off during your ceremony.

I wish you well and many years of happiness.

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, the cellphone, breakin' my mind

Do this, be unplugged, don't do that, (use) keep your cell phone and tablet offline, can't you read the sign? We are all so very much a visual society so I would recommend signs in as many places you can place them so your guests will get the message. Then ask your officiant to ask that all cell phones and tablets remain off during your ceremony.

I wish you well and many years of happiness.

We had our officiant ask nicely to put away phones and camera for the ceremony