Unplugged Ceremony - Success or no?

If you don't like signs, then maybe ask your registrar to announce it before you walk down the aisle?

Following! FH thinks this can't be done. With only 10 people coming to the ceremony I hope it can be. I will put a note in the program and have our officiant announce it.

Our Officient made an announcement; out of88 guests only 2 didn't listen.

We are having unplugged ceremony as well!

I think the unplugged ceremony is becoming more and more popular. No one wants phones in their faces and also we're paying thousands of dollars for a professional photographer! I don't want ugly pics of me on someone's snapchat story before I even walk back out the church. I'm hoping because my ceremony is in a church that people will be more respectful. I am going to talk to the church about making an announcement and may do a sign as well so people understand it's a request of the bride and groom specifically.

@Jennifer I agree, it totally takes the moment away

I suggested an unplugged ceremony to my FH. FH said his mother and grandmother won't like that. I love my FMIL and grandma but I don't want them in my photogs way.

I didn't even think about putting it on out website! I think ill do that as well as having a sign AND asking the officiant announce it. I'm sure a few of the 160 anticipated guest will need more than one reminder. Lol. My FMIL ( I couldn't tell if she was joking or not) said she was going to use her phone for pictures during the ceremony regardless of if it was unplugged or not . It obviously made me nervous.

It's not only the photos and amateur photographers. It's really a philosophical issue.

Be there. Unplug for 20 minutes and experience life without at 2 inch frame.

I've been considering the same thing. I also considered giving out guest a minute to snap a picture or 2 right after I get to the alter then put the phones away as the actual ceremony begins. Not sure, but I've got time to decide lol

Celia basically said what my officiant said.

We're doing a full mass and I think the solemnity will help but we also have it on the website and in the program

Ohh so I finally just realized why you would want an unplugged ceremony, to avoid having everyone's phone in the pictures... I kept thinking why don't you guys want people taking pictures??Haha I definitely understand that, but personally it doesn't bother me at all and it'll be nice to have extra photos/different angles.

@Alecia, exactly! I don't personally care in the slightest about people having photos of me on their social media, or about them 'not paying attention' enough. For me it's 100% about not having their phones in MY photos! I'm also the person who gets super mad at concerts, etc, when I can't see the stage because everyone's arms and phones are in the air the whole time.

We had a notice in our program and the dj made an announcement. 90 to 95% followed and I was happy with that. No phones rang mid ceremony and No one got in the way of the pros and I got a few non pro pics to tide me over until the pros come in.

We had our officiant make an announcement that we did not want anyone taking pictures or video during the ceremony. I haven't gotten my pro photos back yet but I did not notice anyone using their phones.

Our ceremony is going to be just at dark, by candle light. The more I think about it, the more I think how upsetting it would be (not to mention annoying and distracting) for anyone to be using a flash during the ceremony. It doesn't bother me so much if people want pics or videos, but I think I will have our officiant make an announcement about flashes.

While I don't particularly enjoy the idea of phones in my pictures, I do enjoy candid shots. Pretty sure I'm a no-go on the unplugged thing.

Just married on Saturday, so no pro ceremony pics yet, but I didn't notice any picture-taking by guests. We had a small note in the program that said, "We want to see your faces, not your devices! Please leave all ceremony photography to the professionals." Then right before the ceremony started, we had the officient say a short welcome and remind guests to "please be sure your phones are silenced and put away."

I didn't go unplugged and ii'm glad i didn't!

My officiant just made an announcement before the processional that cameras were to be kept down low (not over the head or in anyone's face) and out of the aisle.

I haven't gotten my pro-pics yet but I never noticed anything major and my aunt was able to record our vows, and i since I didn't have a videographer, i'm super grateful for that.