Unplugged Ceremony

We are doing one. I've heard way more pros than cons about it. We're doing a sign at the entrance to the ceremony spot to let everyone know.

View Quoted Comment Love your sign! Now I have a crazy question, do you plan on having a wedding hash tag for your guests to use for party photos? Or do you think this would contradict each other

It has never occurred to me as a guest to whip out my phone and take a grainy video or picture of the couple during the ceremony. I think it is incredibly rude to have your phone out period. Whether it's for photos or messaging/scrolling, idc. That said, some people don't see it that way, and won't no matter how they are told phones are to be kept away. I plan on having my officiant say a little something like "please silence your cell phones and put them away." Some people might still take photos. Oh well. Everyone is different. I don't see why 80% of my guests would want a photo of me on their phone in the first place lol.

We are having an unplugged ceremony. I'm not sure we'll put it on a sign, but we will have our officiant make an announcement.

View Quoted Comment

Thank you! We are having a hashtag and will display it at the reception. The only part we want "unplugged" is the ceremony. We're all about people taking candid pictures during the rest of the day!

We are having an unplugged ceremony. I was an MOH in a wedding once and the photographer suggested it because one wedding she shot she was in the aisle about to take a picture of their first kiss and someone stepped in front of her to take a pic on their phone, and she had NO pictures of their first kiss, just someone's back. We plan on having the officiant (a personal friend) announce it at the start with a funny joke or something.

I would have your officiant announce it. I was at a wedding this weekend where a woman was sticking an iPad in the aisle as the bride was walking down and I was cringing so hard!

I was absolutely for this for our ceremony. Family dinners are no phones and I make a concerted effort to be present and off mine. I told our actual photographers to photo respectively but not to detract from the ceremony (asked only one of the two to get pics during to minimize that)
We ran out of time to get a sign like that, meant to do an announcement and didn’t. There was so much else going on!

Our guests took pics, and I’m glad they did. Our pro photos took a while and those were the only pics I had. I worried people would be on their phones but honestly, all I saw was him and I was barely aware they were even there. It was cool to get perspectives other than the photographer also.

We're having an unplugged ceremony and our officiant will make the announcement before the procession begins. I think guests may not pay attention to a sign.

We did not do one, and we had zero issues. Anyone who took photos made sure to stay out of the way of the photographer, and no one caused a scene. Personally, I don't really think going unplugged is always necessary. In fact, I really enjoyed seeing some of the photos that our guests took - it was a neat point of view.

I would love an unplugged wedding (I am actually thinking about doing one). I saw a wedding planner go so far as to have phone valet and take up everyone phones before the ceremony and they said everyone was actually more engaged than usual. It sounds strange but in this day and age, we have to do something to keep everyone focused on the love and not getting the best pictures/videos (which the photographer and videographer should be doing).

I like the idea but we are not doing one just because we want our guests to have the opportunity to capture moments our photographer might miss. I hope everyone takes pictures, discreetly though LOL

We had our officiant respectfully ask that people put their phones and cameras away and be fully present in the ceremony. Every. Single. Person. Obeyed. Which was crazy! But then also drove me nuts because I didn’t see any photos for a couple of days and I was dying!

We are having unplugged ceremony. I have already mentioned this on our FAQ on wedding website. I will have a sign for the entrance to the aisle and I am also probably going to have the pastor announce it. Just a simple respectful announcement for guests, especially the whole phones ringing. Like that would set me off! Turn phones off or to silent.

I like the idea of guests taking photos but I worry that they will be sticking phones, cameras and ipads in the aisle and that would upset me... I just do not want a bunch of people ruining professional pics because theyre reaching over or such lol

FOR! Take pictures all you want for cocktail hour and reception, but please don't ruin my photographer's shot during the ceremony.

I plan on having our DOC remind guests when they arrive and our officiant making one final announcement before the ceremony.

View Quoted Comment

Love your signs!