I want a very plugged in wedding :)

Mrs drakthal: yeah, that's family and friend drama for ya!

We had a completely plugged wedding. We used the “Instagram our wedding” sign and smaller signs throughout the venue. There are close to 300 photos under our wedding hashtag #whitehollandwedding. If I saw a picture I really wanted that someone posted I just texted them and asked them to send it to me. We no joke got **** photos from guests. I’m so happy because the photographer didn’t catch everything, but everyone else got the stuff she didn’t catch.

"My cousin asked people to do this at their wedding...half the guest list was standing in the aisle fighting over spots to get pictures DURING the processional and bridal entrance. I couldn't see the ceremony at all. "

I see your point, but this is the kind of chaos that I'm used to at functions. I personally haven't seen much issue of people actually fighting over spots for pictures, but to me a wedding with lots of people out of their seats taking snapshots is all very normal.

on the up side, since most of my bunch is used to that kind of thing, they in general have learned how to deal with it all.

Keep this in mind...

Even professional photographers cannot edit out the flashes from other cameras. I would tread lightly if you have everyone taking pictures, having 100 cameras flashing throughout your ceremony could get pretty obnoxious, pretty fast!

Plugged vs unplugged is really a personal thing -- some brides LOVE having pictures right away and some brides (like me) don't like having everything out there. No one is right or wrong.

Just be aware of things like if you're getting married in a church, do they allow flash? Do they allow pictures at all? Do they only allow the pro photog? If you're indoors, could simply asking guests not to use flash keep you from having pics like those Katie J posted? Does this matter if you're outside? If you choose to have an unplugged wedding, will people listen? (They didn't for me, but it wasn't a concern as I was walking down the aisle.)

Just knowing the possible angles and making the best decision for YOU and your audience is best.

Thanks again folks for the concerns about the quality of pictures, but the problems that you are specifying often in my experience often show up in just a few of the 100s - 1000s of pictures that you end up with.

and trust me, I've printed, enlarged, quality checked and shot 1000s of pictures.

if in the event that a picture isnt captured that is that important to me, it can be shot later as far as I'm concerned. most of the posed shots and shots that are most important to me probably won't even be shot on the day of the wedding.

the worst case scenario I can think of would be if I didn't get a shot of my walking down the isle I was happy with. in the world of digital photography we'll know that very quickly and we can get another shot of my walking down the isle after the fact if we had to.

having more people take pictures is going to help ensure that I have more shots of certain things.

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as for things getting obnoxious, we will make a request for no flash to be used during the actual ceremony, but that's so the officiant will be able to see during the ceremony.

I'll be able to freeze fame video footage from the ceremony when I edit it. I've done it many times and I'm not worried about it.

Mrs Katie J: I don't know how they got pics like the one you posted, but I've never even heard of a wedding picture that badly over exposed. looks like something they almost had to work at to get.

not a good example of what you would typically run into IMO. in most cases when we did wedding pictures insufficient lighting was the issue. Having too much light? almost unheard of.

We used the wedding party app. We got about 80 photos from friends and family and almost all of them were at the reception. They're all pretty great. As far as letting people know, I printed a card that went with each place setting. I'm guessing people downloaded the app during the cocktail hour. I'm glad we did it and it didn't interfere with either of our professional photographers.

Abbiell- what did you like or dislike about the wedding party app?

I've heard of different programs that people have used, would like to figure out ones that are most well liked to decide while I would want to use.

thanks!

I plan on using the Wedapp too. You could also get an interactive board where people can check in to FB or tweet, etc. Post photos abs videos. They are pretty cool. I'm looking into getting one, just depends on cost.

You can ask your guests to use a specific hashtag for Instagram for your wedding...you could have an insert with your reception info and invitation naming the hashtags, wedpics app and any other form of social media you want it shared with...you can use signs at the wedding...you can post it on your wedding website (if you have one)...you can have business cards printed and put at each guests seat at the reception or one framed sign on each table. Hope that gives you some ideas. I really liked the idea of having someone at a table with a laptop and USB to download the pics before your guests leave however if they've been drinking all night I doubt they would remember to do this.

Try the wedpics app,,, it's on android and iPhone,a nd can also be accessed from a computer, and not everyone uses Instagram

We are doing this, but asking our guests to NOT use flash photography during the ceremony,

I am worried about things like this happening which is why we will have an unplugged ceremony. I don't want anyone stepping out into the aisle or in the way of our professional photographer, especially to capture a crappy cell phone photo.

"I worked in photo labs and the field for years. from my experience others taking pictures is not true risk of ruining the photographers pictures. thanks for the concern, but that is not a issue for me." My photographer put together an album of shots like the ones below just to give brides an example of the risks that come with plugged in ceremonies. It happens more often than you probably realize. Some wedding guests are oblivious to the professional photographer... like that lady.