What happens if you *dont* do an unplugged ceremony sign?

I’m not going to have a sign, but I’m going to have the officiant just ask that people be respectful with their phones, silence the ringer, turn off the flash, and be mindful of the professional photographers who are being trusted to capture our big day.

I think it depends on your crowd as far as being afraid of people taking photos. I think it’s rude to tell people to “be present,” but I don’t think it’s rude to ask people to respect the ceremony and be mindful of the professional photographers 😊

We didn't have a sign and it wasn't an issue at all.

Wasn't an issue for us at all.

I'm not having a sign. I think they are so overused and I am going to a wedding in November with most of the same guests that we are inviting to ours. If its an issue at that wedding I'll ask my officiant to say something but I refuse to make a sign.

I've never been to a wedding with a sign and don't ever remember this being an issue. We won't have one either, I assumed people were more worried about photos getting out more then someone jumping in an aisle?

Similar to pp. I'm not having a sign, but will have an announcement made prior to the start of the ceremony. You think people would think that they shouldn't get in the way, but some of my family seems to be a bit oblivious to it. They're trying to get the best shot, but not thinking they are interfering with other shots. And some of my family does this with huge bright colored tablets. Sooo.... I'm hoping the announcement works lol

View Quoted Comment Good to hear!! Yeah, I feel like any self-respecting person isn’t going to put an ipad on a selfie stick in the middle of the aisle, right? 😅😅😅

View Quoted Comment Nah, I don’t care about photos getting out. We aren’t hiring a videographer, so if people take videos of the ceremony, I’ll actually be thankful. Just as long as they don’t screw up the professional photos. I actually have one friend (not a bridesmaid) assigned to videoing my entrance on her phone.

We didn't have a sign and I didn't really notice anyone on their phones, but I was really caught up in the ceremony as it happened.

We didn't have a videographer, so it was nice that a couple people took videos of us saying our vows. (Still didn't notice them at all but we haven't got our pro photos back yet to see if it was noticeable.)

View Quoted Comment I also don’t have a videographer and was thinking the same thing!

We didn’t have a sign or go unplugged. Our officiant just asked that everyone remain out of the aisle and keep their phones below their faces. Turned out just fine. In fact, in meant I had some great pictures before my photographer sent my pro pics and my aunt was able to record our vows, which was awesome since I didn’t have a videographer

View Quoted Comment Totally agree with this. We have an obvious place on our home page of our wedding website making this announcement . Our photographer actually made the request so no one is in his way. Our guest registrar will also ask people to mute phones prior to the ceremony. I can't imagine having any problems. They can take all the photos they wish at the reception.

My grandma is like notorious for not turning her ringer off and not knowing how to turn off flash, so at every recital, play, event, etc, her flash goes off and the loud camera "click" sound is made - all for a blurry photo bc she really doesn't know how to take photos. So I'm mainly making the announcement for her and people like her, lol!

If someone really wants to get in the way to take pictures that badly, a sign isn’t going to stop them. You’ll be fine without one.

I am thinking of just not doing one. I can only hope people are normal and realize what they are doing, but I have no interest in stressing over it!!! I'll just tell my coordinator that if someone does something crazy like get up to stand in the aisle or just stand up in general and block everyone to take pictures, or their flash is going off, to quietly tell them to knock it off, haha!

I'm not doing a sign, but on my website we included that it's an unplugged ceremony and the officiant will say something as well.

Trying to have a sign-free wedding myself. I'm going to have the officiant mention it.

Not doing a sign but having our officiant make an announcement. Was at a wedding two months ago where half of the people in attendance were in the aisle with their cell phones out as the bride walked down the aisle and it made me cringe!!

We didn't have sign. The officiant suggested to hve him mention that we do have photographer for the day and that guests should leve their phones and cameras put away and just enjoy the moment. He mentioned it while asking everyone to tie their seats fr the ceremony to begin. People still took pictures but were not rude or in the way at all. And we didn't care if they took pictures anyways.
In most cases, people are going to be respectful and know what is appropriate for the situation and a sign is not needed.

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I was at a wedding a few weeks ago where they had am unplugged sign and the officiant said the above at the beginning of the ceremony. I didn't think either was rude. What I did find rude was the MOG having her phone out the entire time, FB lived it, posted the ceremony on FB later, and was also in most of the wedding photos.

I think people will do what they want and to each their own having a sign or not.

To me it's not about photos being on FB or people taking photos, but about being absolutely livid if someone ruins expensive professional photos by having their big phone in it. Perhaps that's just my peeve.

That said, I saw this on pinterest and thought it was pretty and not obtrusive to just stick a sign next to your welcome sign: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/15481192453961608/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/533324780867954644/

(I also liked saying we want to see your faces not your devices. There was another sign I saw that said something about letting and awesome photog do their job)