No "amateur" photos at ceremony..

I will be talking to our friends and family about it beforehand. I'll also have a sign and the officiant making an announcement. There's a reason we paid good money for a photographer lol

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I want this sign. I dont want wood. where is this one from? and cost?

I dont want pictures of people on their phones... its tacky. I want them to just lie in the moment. I am having a photographer. She can take plenty of pictures.

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That is exactly why we wanted an unplugged ceremony. We did want our guests to take tons of pics during the reception and they got some great shots!

I bought it on Amazon for about $15. Here's the link

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B072KLBT2C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Our son liked it so much he and his fiancé will use the sign for their wedding as well.

I want this too, but my wedding planner says that no one ever reads the signs for that. I am considering having our officiant say something, but idk that seems tacky.

We did this and I'm totally in favor of !!! You can find templates on Etsy, it's called an Unplugged ceremony. I have seen and read far too many things about guests ruining the professional photos trying to take their own. It's your day, if that's what you want, ask for it!! Totally not rude. When my sister-in-law got married (a few years before my husband and I), I sat behind their Aunt. She was taking photos and posted them before the ceremony was even over!!! I thought that was soo rude.

I had my officiant make an announcement that while we would appreciate all phones and cameras be kept away during the ceremony, they are completely welcome at the reception. Lol

At my friend's wedding this past summer, another guest right in front of me had her phone up at eye level, to the point I couldn't even see the bride and groom. I finally leaned forward and straight up asked her to put her phone down because I couldn't see. It's so incredibly rude to everyone around you, let alone the couple. I'll ask our officiant to make an announcement.

I've seen signs which i thought was a great idea. But i also like the idea of the officiant or maybe even DJ/DOC to announce it prior to the ceremony beginning.

The signs are super cute but I personally don’t think we’ll be doing it..I don’t want so much attention to a big sign like this, so we might put it in the program

This is pretty common and definitely not rude! Were having our officiant announce this. Knowing our guests they won’t pay attention to signs but will listen to the officiant.

We considered the sign but have decided against it.

In an ironic way I find the sign itself distracting, and don’t want myself or my guests to stress about it.

We are going to ask our officiant to make an announcement. While we do care about the whole issue with photos from the professional photographer, we also feel that the ceremony is private. Someone had posted on WW about having an unplugged ceremony and a guest still facebook lived the entire ceremony as a streaming video. That's next level rude and ridiculous. I also find it strange that people would want to share someone else's private and/or important life moments. We will be including "you may be asked to leave" in our request to honor our privacy and be present in the moment.

I love this idea! I went to an unplugged wedding a few years ago and it wasn't seen as rude at all. There were a couple of signs and the officiant made an announcement. Everyone followed the rules and the photographer got some amazing photos.

I suggest even if you do have a sign to have the officiant to ask your guests to put cell phones away and enjoy the moment with you! some people can choose to ignore the signs so I like the idea of the officicant announcing it.

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HAHA. This is something I hadn't thought of-having my wedding planner or someone kick people out if they can't behave and keep their damn phones down!

I would tell your photographer to take the lead and jump in front of people to get the best shots if needed. I would not make a sign.

I got this made and it will be placed at the entrance to the ceremony and before the wedding starts I will have our officiant make a second announcement

Thank you for posting this. I love it and everyone's comments! We will be following this. I haven't been to a wedding where I've seen this and think its a great idea. We will ask our officiant to make an announcement for those that won't acknowledge the sign. We know that there will be some that won't pay attention to either but we'd like to leave it to the professional's that we are paying for and will share with everyone at a later date.

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I don't think it will actually come to that, but I think that knowing there will be a consequence would ensure that the more headstrong of the group thinking "and so what if I do it anyway?" get their answer preemptively which should thwart that stupidity.

I'm truly fascinated/angered by this way of thinking that people have adopted which makes them feel entitled to share other peoples' intimate, private (a wedding is invite-only, right?), or personal milestones without at least asking if it is okay first (which is still strange). If we wanted our ceremony shared with YOUR FaceBook friends, they'd have been invited. I'd get rid of social media if I didn't have a website/blog to upkeep, but that also would not prevent people from sharing my event as their own.

I did! I put out a sign I got from Etsy that says, “Welcome to our Unplugged Ceremony. We invite you to be fully present and put away your photos and cameras. Thank you!” It was amazing! The photos come out a lot better too without millions of screens in them. Make sure your officiant also announces it before the ceremony, or people will ignore the sign. This was recommended to us by our photographer and officiant, and we had no problems.