I want a very plugged in wedding :)

Your officiant and /or photographers may have a different opinion of this. Are you not having a pro photographer?

There are a couple of websites that you can set up an account for people to share their photos, not sure about videos, and I don't remember all the sites but I'm sure someone will comment with the names of the sites.

You can then send an email for people to "join" before the wedding and add the info to your STDs and invites.

Edit: but like Celia said officiant and photg(s) may not like this so much. If you are not having a pro photog then check with your officiant if you are having a pro photog, keep in mind guests may end up obstructing very important photos. Unless you have signs asking people not to take photos and such, they are going to do it anyway.

I would just do the Instagram hashtag sign if your into Instagram. Your guests will take pics as they want to.. but don't hire your guests as your backup photographers that day.

I saw a couple on Four Weddings put up signs with the #hashtags# to post the pics on Instagram and twitter. Maybe you can try that as well.

You can have friend upload to instagram and tag them with a certain hashtag (just saw someone do this today) and there are apps that allow your guests to log in and upload their pics so they're all in one album! I want people to do this too

YES!!!! #lovethis!

I don't think the whole wedding should be unplugged. Just the ceremony. I don't want cameras and phones up in the air blocking my pro photographer from getting pics from different angles during the ceremony. But during the reception, people can go buck wild! I've put this in my FAQs for my wedding website as well.

The problem with very plugged in weddings is that the professor photographer gets tons of photos with guests holding cell phone and ipads in the way of the professional shot.

if she are not hiring a professional photo person this may not be an issue to you...but how are you going to get all the photos from everybody?

I recommend having the ceremony unplugged and then everything else plugged to the max!

Ours wasn't unplugged and it turned out fine. I really liked being able to see all the pictures the next day & on our honeymoon. Our photographer was still able to get all the shots.

I wouldn't necessarily called it a "plugged in" wedding...but instagram signs, or we made shutterfly cards, etc.

I agree with Holly. But if you are not doing a pro photographer then set up a WedPics account so people can upload photos and you can see them before they are public.

Holly: "but how are you going to get all the photos from everybody?"

that's one of the points of the question. I may not get all the pictures that everyone takes, but I am looking for ways for them to get posted and for them to be shared.

I agree with Amy A.

if pictures of the guest show them holding up their phones and devices while they took pictures, I'm fine with that.

I grew up with so many photographers taking pictures every few minutes at all the celebrations, not only do I not take issue with it, anything else would probably throw me for a loop!

First time I attended a celebration of someone else's family, I was completely thrown by how there's weren't flashes going off every few minutes!

everyone has their norm

Aronna, like I said, we'll be doing a very plugged reception and we'll have an instagram tag posted along with something like wedpics or a photobucket link where people can post pictures after the wedding!

Im lovin' this. Share your special day with everyone. This is giving me ideas

Here was our idea: We had thought about making a powerpoint slide show of us through the years and putting it on a laptop computer near the "guest book" with a sign that said "Enjoy our story so far but please help us to write the next chapter. Stop on your way out and download any pictures you took from your camera to our computer and become a part of our story". Or some such, fogot the exact wording. Then we were going to have a friend sit there and assist anyone who had difficulty with it. However our person who was supposed to help us got pissed that we would not drop everything a week before the wedding and drive four hours to pick him up because he got in a fight with his girlfriend at midnight. (We told him to put his big girl panties on and work it out with her, he didnt like it). So it ended up not happening.

I also love this!!! For our cultural wedding ceremony last 2 weeks. Lotys of peoplr took photos and I gave my permission to post on facebook. That way friedns that couldn't travel to W. Africa for the wedding could enjoy the pics before I posted mine. I still haven't posted those pics. Plugged for me too

I totally agree with this. Even if your officiant and photographer disagrees, it's still your wedding. I really don't think having someone holding up a phone in a picture is the tragedy some people make it out to be.

We are using WedPics for our guests to upload their pictures to. We are adding the link to our website as well as having a sign at the wedding. It's a free app for iphone and android users.

I've heard of people using an instagram tag for photos so that everyone uploads them and you can see them! Or making a Flickr and giving everyone the password and inviting people at the wedding to take lots of pictures to share on the site. Maybe put up a sign that says "Feel free to upload your pics and videos to this site! We can't wait to see them!"