No "amateur" photos at ceremony..

We're having this exact sign at our ceremony! I'm also putting on our wedding website to refrain from taking pictures during the ceremony, but take as many as you want during the reception

Just know that people are still going to use their phones, even if asked not to.

the signs are really cool and not rude at all.

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I love this!

It's called an "unplugged ceremony" and I've seen signs, it mentioned in the program, or officiants mention it at the ceremony. We didn't do this and I'm super happy we didn't. Very few of our 125 guests were on their phones, and the ones that were were very discrete. Then I got some cute pictures right away (like the next day) of our ceremony that I normally wouldn't get that quickly. Our photographer took tons of pictures during our ceremony, and 99% were just of us so even if guests were on their phone, we wouldn't have noticed from the pro pictures. I've seen bride & grooms put those signs up and I still usually see a few people taking pictures.

This is the unplugged ceremony sign we made. It’s on clear acrylic so it might be difficult to read. It says “Welcome to our unplugged ceremony. We invite you to be fully present during our ceremony. Please turn off all devices and enjoy this moment with us. We have an amazing photographer and promise to share the photos taken today. Thank you.”

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I bought it from a previous bride off Facebook marketplace, but it's at Hobby Lobby for less than $10!

Our officiant made an announcement at the beginning of our ceremony. He kindly asked everyone to put their phones away.

I’ll be making an “unplugged ceremony” sign and also having someone make an announcement right before the ceremony starts.
I think it’s perfectly reasonable to ask your guests to be fully engaged & not risk ruining your photos with their phones/cameras out.

Yes! We had a sign similar to some of the others shared above. We also asked our officiant to say something similar before the ceremony started. We don't have any pictures back yet and it can be very hard to wait for them. While it would be nice to have some pictures from the ceremony already, I've attended other weddings where guests have gone so far as to stick their phones into the aisles to get photos and am SO GLAD we did not have anyone do that.

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That is a great idea, thanks!

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I agree, I know I will want photos right away, but I have been so to many weddings where arms or almost full bodies have been in the aisle getting in the shot or in the way of the photographers.

I don't plan to have a videographer, but seeing wedding videos with that happening or phones in the air just look silly.

I think having your officiant announce it is the best way as a lot of people won’t pay attention to a sign. It’s also a know your crowd thing. I’ve been to weddings where no one attempted pictures and I’ve been to others where guests were in the aisle with iPads as the bride was walking down!

View Quoted Comment You're welcome! We already had enough signs so we thought it would save us money. We also thought that people might not read the sign, but with an announcement they didn't have any excuse.

You may want to ask that they wait until YOU post pictures of your event before they do so.

I had to ask someone that participated in Our Wedding to remove the venue tag.

I’m like, “Can I share my own news”?!

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The signs are cute and not rude at all. We had our officiant make an announcement but people still took pictures and honestly some of my favorites came from people that took them on their phone.

I didn’t put any sings up but I mention it on the site that it was an unplugged ceremony. I still had people taking the phones out because they just don’t listen but there were discrete and didn’t stand in the middle of the aisle for a shot so I was gracious for that. It doesn’t come across rude at all if you project it correctly.
Fun fact: we read our vows out of our phones and my aunt read her poem out of her phone as well. Some people thought it was funny that we had unplugged ceremony but used the phones ourselves.

We did this for our ceremony. We not only asked our officiant to say something, but used a sign by the door to our ceremony site.

I definitely agree with also having the officiant announce that

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I just bought this exact sign on Facebook Marketplace. Sold by a lady who just got married and had it at her wedding.

I saw this on Instagram this morning and now i’m really considering using this wording! I thought it was a funny and cute way to get the point across.