Letting guests take pictures with their own phones?

View Quoted Comment My wedding isn't until April but I think I'm going to put a sign and a little disclaimer in the program about no posting until 48 hours later. And maybe have the DJ do a little reminder during cocktail hour.

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I know you didn't ask me that question but I did ask people not to post on social media until we shared stuff ourselves. My rule? "Here is a great shot of me and hubby all dressed up!" Fine!! Adding the words "at Jenny and Steve Anderson's wedding today!!!".....no.

We never shared anything on FB and I I felt it was our news to share, not for a cousin to post on my timeline, you know?

I did an unplugged ceremony, personally I regret it. I’d have who’s marrying you make an announcement. Have him say “please be respectful of the photographer, and let the happy couple announce their wedding on social media first.” I would have loved to have pictures from guests of different angles of the wedding. Let your guests capture different parts of your wedding! But insist that they respect where the photographer is

This is why you create your own hashtag for your event....leading up to the event. You can and should remind folks to be present and be respectful (even though it expected to be obvious). I say, cash in on the photos they take if they choose to. Turn an annoying thing into a bonus.

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Oh I get what you are saying it is more of a privacy thing. That is a tough one.

We allowed people to take all the photos they wanted and I'm so glad we did. I'm still waiting for my photographer, who promised to give us sneak peeks at 2 weeks and still nothing. Thanks to my guest I got lots of pictures from my wedding already, and lots of candids.

Personally I will have my officiant mention to my guests to silence all phones and just be present before the ceremony starts. At the reception if they want to take pictures then be my guest.

Thank you all for the feedback! I got a lot of insight, which is much appreciated!

We plan to have an unplugged ceremony. We will have it on the website and the welcome sign. I don't care much about photos being taken at the reception, but I plan to change my settings on Facebook so that I don't appear in any tagged photos until I approve them. Not that I mind being tagged, but because I want to be the first one to post my own wedding photos and I really don't want it to be me blotting sweat off my face or eating dinner lol.

I will personally be very upset if people have their phones out during the ceremony. It would be nice to put it down for maybe 30 minutes and just pay attention. I hired a photographer for a reason! At the reception, I could care less

I thought about doing unplugged, but then I thought about the benefit of having photos from all different angles. So i’m just not going to say anything and let guests do whatever they want. I also feel tacky telling adults to put away their phones anyway.

My feeling is that my guests are mostly grown adults that traveled to be there for me and my FH to celebrate our special day so they can take pictures. I, of course, hope that people have the courtesy to not step in front of my photographers to get their own pictures but you can only control so much. I don't want the stress to be worried about stuff like that. My mom mentioned she'll be annoyed if someone posts a picture from my wedding before I do on social media and I told her it's inevitable so to not dwell on it. Or that she can try to be the first.

View Quoted Comment Yes, so serious. I didn’t even know how to react initially so I kept my tongue quiet for a couple of days.

View Quoted Comment It was a relationship I wanted to keep, so I kept myself quiet for a couple of days. Once I was calm, I was able to have a civil conversation and let them know how bad it hurt me. They were extremely apologetic and removed the video from their page.

My favorite picture was taken by a friends phone.

It was very annoying and frustrating not seeing faces but phones walking down the aisle.

View Quoted Comment That’s why you don’t let yourself be tagged in photos and you have to approve things that go onto your timeline it I agree.

View Quoted Comment That’s so crazy. I’m hoping someone doesn’t do that. I can think of one person who might but she didn’t for my cousins wedding so here’s hoping. Do you still have that relationship?

View Quoted Comment Wow that is nuts.

I think that when we ask for no photos we sell ourselves short. Some of my best shots were with the guest taking photos.