Unplugged ceremonies?

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My thoughts too. But before that no phones. And to be honest I don't want to feel like a teacher making all the guests put their phones in the "box" until the end of the ceremony then you can go get them. I just fear my side of the family won't listen....-sigh- but oh well.

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Ya thats kinda how I'm feeling. Just have the MC make an announcement that its fine to take pics at that point.

I'm thinking of unplugged ceremony, as to be honest I also have 2 photographers so they will capture everything we need. And I don't want to see a cell phone out during the ceremony. After we have been announced as husband and wife though then I could care less as that signals the end of the ceremony.

I had thought about doing one, then thought I would want to see pictures on my honeymoon. Now, after reading comments, I think I'm back to an unplugged ceremony! I don't want to take the risk that someone will step in front of the professional photographer. If people want pictures, we can have copies made for them. Cell phones aren't the best cameras either.

I had also thought about having a "camera zone" at the back but figured people would keep popping in and out of their seats so I scratched that idea.

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Just the ceremony, as we didn't have the photographer stay for the dinner. We let people take all the pictures they wanted at the dinner. It was a good compromise.

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Awesome!

Was the whole wedding unplugged, or just the ceremony?

We went unplugged. We didn't want pictures of people's phones/tablets/cameras; we wanted to see our guests in the pictures.
We also didn't want ruined pictures because someone was in the way of the photographer. We paid a pretty penny for professional pictures, so we wanted to make sure that they could get as many pictures as possible.
In the end, our photographer was very impressed that no one was taking pictures because it made their job that much easier and allowed them to get loads more pictures than they would have otherwise.

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I only want an unplugged ceremony! I think phones are fine for reception.

I love the idea of an unplugged wedding but I also want to see people's pictures using our hashtag so I am a little torn!

I was thinking about it but then my sister told me how she really enjoyed seeing everyone's pictures!

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Yeah...most people were pretty good about staying out of the photog's way, but some just get so excited...and as nice as it was to have sneak peeks from our family members, I'm really bummed when I look at that pic and see a camera. I have others, but this was the moment I saw my husband for the first time as I was walking up the aisle, so it was a bit of a bummer.

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Ugh that sucks alright im convinced lol.

I think that now that I have my wedding photos back, I would ask for unplugged if I could go back and do it again...I have a wonderful shot of my father and I walking down the aisle...with a camera almost right over his face.

The church that my fiancé and I are getting married in doesn't have very good lighting because of really pretty stained glass windows. And our photographer requested that we do an unplugged ceremony as she has had bad things happen in the past (one thing she had happen was a grandma stepping out in front with a giant iPad and missing the shot of a bride coming down the aisle on her horse). So we will be requesting on a sign.

I’m planning on having an “unplugged” ceremony too; we are also having 2 photographers for the ceremony. At my sister-in-laws wedding, some of the family were running around, like getting up out of their seats, to get their own photos. And her photographer unfortunately had many photos with people crouched in the aisle. I don’t want to have my paid, professional photographers taking pictures of my family taking photos.

View quoted message That would be adorable, definitely no one will kind of two adorable little boys tell them, smart thinking!

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Oh I like the invite idea!!!

Thats smart.

We are def going to do a sign. Also, my FH's littles cousins are going to be Usher's, and I'm thinking of putting them on phone patrol. No one can be mad if two cute little boys are telling them to put phones away

I agree 100%. We will have a sign politely telling our guests to keep all phones off and put away, as well as cameras or any other electronics. Personally I don't want to get a glimpse at the guest watching and just seeing a bunch of phones and cameras flashing. We two photographers as well so we will get all the photos we need, without having to see all our guests glued to their photos taking their own photos. I was thinking of also putting a little unplugged notice in the invites just so people don't show up and get mad or disappointed. What do you think?