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Rebecca
Savvy May 2022

No Phone Ceremony

Rebecca, on February 26, 2020 at 2:41 PM

Posted in Wedding Ceremony 26

Okay so recently I've been to two weddings where during the ceremony, all the guests have their phones out trying to take pictures. Normally this is fine with me but people were stepping in front of the photographer to get a shot on their phone, and it made me angry, without it being my wedding. I...

Okay so recently I've been to two weddings where during the ceremony, all the guests have their phones out trying to take pictures. Normally this is fine with me but people were stepping in front of the photographer to get a shot on their phone, and it made me angry, without it being my wedding. I love seeing people's angles of photos and the moments they capture, but I don't want them ruining the shot of me coming down the aisle, or getting in the way of the expensive photographer I'm paying for. Is it wrong of me to ask my guests to keep their phones away during the church ceremony? Or how can I say it nicely to stay out of the photographers way?

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  • Devoted June 2020
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    My sign is going in front of the chapel so everyone sees it as they walk in. I think I’ll have my officiant announce it as well.


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  • M
    Just Said Yes November 2021
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    Wow

    That was quite the experience

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  • Sherry
    Master September 2019
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    Exactly! LOL that gif

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  • Tosha Fay
    Devoted April 2021
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    I cannot wait for my wedding!!

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  • Kaysey
    Super February 2020
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    It's not wrong of you at all. My brother got married last May and he and my sister-in-law had an "Unplugged Ceremony" sign outside of their ceremony area kindly asking their guests to not have their phones out during the ceremony. I believe they got it from Etsy. I got married this past Saturday and my husband and I did not have a sign like that out. We knew our guests and knew most of them wouldn't have their phones out. There were a few that did, but from the photos I've seen from our photographer thus far, she didn't get any of them in the photos.
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  • Alyssa
    Super December 2021
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    I've considered giving my sister/MOH a nerf gun to hide in her bouquet to secretly aim at people who she sees with their phone or camera out while simultaneously giving people the stink eye. We'll see how quickly people put them away then!

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