Outdoor ceremony sound— help!

I am not quite sure what else you want from them? Unless you plan on renting speakers and doing something blue tooth from your phone...the DJ NEEDS a table to set his equipment up on. It sounds like this is one thing you will either need to compromise on..or change completely. Why can't you buy table clothes that will match you decorations? Do they NEED to be black?

View Quoted Comment No it doesn’t have to be black but black is probably the best option! I’ve never been to an outdoor wedding before so I have nothing to compare to but I’m worried about it looking tacky and limiting the angles that our photographer and videographer have to work with. I wish I could see behind the scenes of all the beautiful outdoor weddings I’ve seen pics of! I’m sure the photographer avoided getting them in the shot but I also wonder if they just had a DJ with better equipment that isn’t so bulky?

Good Luck! I would first start off with decorating the table with white tablecloths, especially for a summer wedding!! If you could get a rough floor plan of the place, it would be wise to speak with the DJ to see where it would make the most sense for him to set up. I don't think the DJ and the system will take away from the aesthetic's, but you never know.

View Quoted Comment Thank you! Yeah maybe white would be better!

I think you may be worrying too much. For our outdoor ceremony, we did only have one speaker and it was totally fine , acoustically (although this equipment may be different from your DJ’s). It was ...not at all noticeable. Like, not a blip on my mental radar even in the least. The DJ has a small set up on a small table, and the table had our matching linens on it, and I never gave it a second of thought. People won’t notice or care (what they WOULD notice is it’s absence, if they couldn’t hear the ceremony !)

I had to dig through pics to find the DJ stuff, and it’s not in a single photographer shot. In fact, in the pic where I can see his speaker, the photographer’s flash post I think is actually MORE prevalent there on the left

LOL though now that I’m thinking more about it (I was Uber focused on the “ceremony” part— is our ceremony and reception weren’t right next to eachother and our DJ had 2 separate set ups, the standard full one for the reception , and a small temporary one for the ceremony— so I’d be curious about how your layout works . (For the record we did pay extra for the ceremony set up BUT, I should also mention that we required something non-electric and I believe he was able to rent something to suit our needs! [where the rest of his set up was his own]). I can see why this rigamorole would seem pointless if the set ups were adjacent (a lot of extra set up and money for the sake of pictures), but if you’re more spread out or have separate set ups it’s a thought.
Our cocktail hour was outside of our tented reception, on the lawn, and for THAT, he just turned the big speakers to face the cocktail hour. I guess it all depends on your set up! If you have one set up for two neighboring events, I’d just have it nearest the reception area so it is more ‘out of sight’ if that makes any sense?
Here is the reception area with the main set up, and the speakers are turned to the cocktail hour area in the background of the pic [bar was set up by that shed]— still perfectly adequate to hear , but totally out of the visual plane of where the cocktail hour was

View Quoted Comment I just got confirmation that they are small speakers! I feel a lot better now. What’s funny is he also said I’m overthinking it lol. It’s true, I obsess over every detail without meaning to or even wanting to lol.

Maybe put it in an area that isnt as noticable? Or im sure you can get small speakers that are worth more so they work just as good but dont look so crazy? You can maybe put them on the ground near a bush if you are paying for them?