Faux Pas or Nah: Taking pictures during the ceremony?

I think it's always distracting and rude.

If the couple hired a photographer, that is likely costing them 1000s of dollars. And if you are invited to the wedding chances are you are close enough to the couple to ask to see their wedding photos. Try not to do it.

But I don't think anyone is going to be super mad if it happens, at least I wouldn't.

NO. It's on the wedding website, the officiant will announce for them to place their phones away, and the planner will say something too.

When it comes to anyone's wedding, it should be a faux pas. Reason being, I have been to so many weddings (my own daughters included), where family members and friends have unbeknownst to them, gotten in the middle of perfect professional shots. It is truly heart breaking when the photographer is going through her perfect moments, and finds Uncle Bob all up in the middle of it, thus ruining what she captured. This happened in way too many of my daughters, so many that we ended up having to send them to get the background digitally blurred so you couldn't see BOB and his Nikon. It is just bad taste, and can actually be costly to the bride and groom.

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Dang it, Uncle Bob! I'm sorry that's happened to you and your daughters what sounds like so often!

Faux pas! Your phone is in the way of the professional photographers that the couple paid very good money for!! During the ceremony put your phone away and enjoy the moment!!!!
During dinner and reception, absolutely take pictures on your phone with people the bride etc, but NOT during the crermony.

I'm of the UO that is not a fan of these "unplugged weddings". Truthfully, I find it a little off-putting when a bride and groom tell me what to do like that instead of trusting me to be an adult and not be an idiot on my own. Most weddings I've been to I haven't taken photos anyways, but the few that I did it was one or two quick shots then I put it away. We have about a hundred pictures of our ceremony from our photographer and I didn't notice a phone in a single one. He also missed our first kiss due to something out of anyone's control (an issue with the venue), so I am grateful that a few guests got it for us! My MIL was also able to get a video of the whole ceremony without me even noticing her phone, which was great.

ONE person was obnoxious with her phone and ran in from of one bridesmaid and groomsman to take a picture, so the photographer only got one of her back. I was incredibly annoyed about that, but doubt that a sign saying to put your phone away would have stopped her. That's just being rude!

ETA: When I do go to a wedding that asks you to put your phone away, I would 100% respect that.

It's fine as long as they stay in there seats and do not get in my photographer way.

I really really dont get why people get so upset about this. I did NOT do an unplugged ceremony and I did NOT care who was taking pics during it. I was too focused on my husband and making sure I didn't mess up my vows to even care or notice who was taking pics. My beloved guests matter to me and took the time out of their day to come to my wedding. They can take all the photos they want! In the end, we got some really really nice guest photos, some of which were better than our professional photos!

It’s astounding that this is even a discussion. Having your phone out during the ceremony is SO RUDE. I’m getting married soon and I’ve put on my programs “our hired professionals are here to capture the moment, so please put away your cell phones...” and I’m also going to have my officiant make an announcement before the ceremony starts. I am perfectly happy with people having their phones out during the reception, so my programs say “please join us afterward for our reception where cell phones are welcome!” Plus a little tip: no one knows what unplugged means (at least where I’m from.) You must explicitly say “no cell phones.”

Personally I don’t mind! A lot of our friends are photography or art majors and a few have worked in weddings so I’m sure they will make note not to get in the way of the photographer.

I'm having an unplugged ceremony no pictures no cell phones. I feel it's tacky when guest take pictures during the ceremony.

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People care because we live in a world where people are obsessed with social media and sometimes people will post a pic of the bride and groom on facebook before they do it themselves. I feel it's very tacky and tasteless.

We are having a full mass for our ceremony. If you wouldn’t have your phone out during mass, then don’t have it out at the ceremony. We will be announcing at the beginning of our ceremony to have all cell phones out away and on silent.

I say the photographers know how to take pictures. If you want to snap away and take pictures from your seat go right ahead. They are your memories too!

This depends if the bride and groom are allowing pictures to be taken. If they are, snap away, if not, then keep your cell phone in your pocket!

Faux pas!!! A professional photographer is hired for a reason. We will be having an unplugged ceremony

Please take pics at our wedding! From your seat and discreetly but our photographer is only one person and can only be in one place at a time and get one angle at a time. As long as people are sitting respectfully and taking photos from their seats then I'm super happy to see them. We also have a couple really good photographers between our families and would love for them to bring their pro cameras and get more good shots while still being in the family portraits (which they couldnt do if they were the photographer for us).

FAUX PAS! I hate Uncle Bobs! ( that one family member who thinks they're a professional photographer so they get all up in the aisle BLOCK the professional photographers, to get pictures on their iphones- or even worse, bringing their own DSLR Cameras) - we are paying for them to do our photos so we dont need photos from iphones

I am definitely doing an unplugged wedding, I feel like it will look better in photos if camera phones wernt in the shot and if people just share that moment with us.

Hmm...I think faux pas. If you really want photos, I will send you some of the professional ones. You can tell someone to stay out the way of the photographer but no one is really going to be paying that much attention to see whether or not it's ok to take a photo or not. So I will definitely say please put your phone away.