How to Word Unplugged Ceremony

Just have the officiant make an announcement at the start of the ceremony.

We are putting up a sign at the wedding and possibly having our officiant say something about it as well before the ceremony starts. We have a website too but I just feel like not everyone reads what we’ve put on there. I feel like a sign at the wedding might be more helpful at conveying that message. If you Google or Pinterest “unplugged signs” there’s a ton of different ways to word it. Hope this helps!

This is mine:

"We're requesting an unplugged ceremony, so we ask that you please put your phones (and iPads/tablets/laptops and digital cameras) away during the ceremony.

We encourage photos of the reception and yourselves before and after the ceremony.
If you do post, please use #[ourhashtag] to tag your photos.

Please be aware and mindful of the professional photographers and videographer. [Bride] and [Groom] will post the professional photos and video on social media as soon as they receive them.

Photographer/Videographer: [Website]"

We are just having the Pastor announce it.

View Quoted Comment I love this! I'm thinking of adding on that if someone does not keep social media accounts we can arrange for prints to be available at their local Walgreens. I'm probably down to one relative who that would be useful to but she is also the one who, for more than 40 years, gets in the way of professional photographers to get her own pictures.

Our said:

Welcome To Our Unplugged Wedding

We invite you to be fully present during our ceremony. Please turn off all cellphones, and cameras, and enjoy this moment with us.

Thank you,
N & M

Oriental trading has a sign fir $4.97. On my website i stated that we what you to be fully present please no cameras or cell phones picture during the ceremony but we do encourage you to capture special moments but request they be forwarded to our web site to allow us the privilege of posting our pictures first.

Our officiant will make an announcement before but I also added this to the FAQ section of our wedding website:
Can we take pictures?
-We do kindly ask that you don’t take pictures during the ceremony as not to impede our professional photographer. But after the ceremony you can take as many pictures as you would like!

We are using this at the entrance of the ceremony

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Thank you so much for this! I tweaked it a bit to make it my own, but this was exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks everyone for all of your comments! I am absolutely going to have my officiant announce it and I also intend on having a sign. I want "unplugged" to be driven into everyone's head the maximum amount of time, haha.

"Welcome to our 'unplugged' ceremony. We invite you to be fully present during our special moment. Please refrain from using cameras and cellphones during our ceremony."

We plan to have a handmade sign as well as have our officiant read something. I found some cute ones online through a quick google search.

Option 1Option 2

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These are so cute! I love option 1!

unplugged ceremony sign

Have a sign like this one at the entry of your wedding ceremony