Unplugged ceremony sign rude?

I love that! Not rude at all.

@ T&T Mrs.C. Love your sing

Not rule at all. That is the best idea ever. We didn't had a sign for our ceremony, because it was very intimate only 14 of us. I spooked to everyone during our rehearsal dinner about it. But my dear mother in law had her iPod the whole wedding, few of my favorite pics the iPod came out.

That's a beautiful sign! I like it much more than the first one.

You and your photographer will appreciate it because if others are taking photos (especially with flash) while your photographer is trying to you'll end up with a bunch of overexposed photos or your photographer won't get the picture of you because one of your guests stepped in the way.

I made this

We will have a sign stating please be Present with us etc..., but in the invitation and wedding website I included a note to remind them that during the ceremony to leave their phones and cameras off but at the cocktail hour and reception please snap away using our hashtag. There's nothing more that makes me crazy than looking at wedding pictures and moments are blocked due to people with phones and iPads blocking the view.

Not rude at all. I plan on having one as well...

Don't get me started on wedding hashtags. FH and I are not social media users (used to be). Ridding ourselves of that was one of the most liberating things!

I want something like this, too. Dislike phone camera photography during a wedding ceremony.

I'm definitely a fan!

Telling adults what to do or not do with their phones rubs me the wrong way. It never occurred to me to worry about that until joining the board.

I've never seen crazy phone people at any wedding I've attended lol, though I suppose they exist. I don't think the sign is too bad though.

I don't think it's rude.

We did a unplugged wedding. I put wording I found online on my website, in programs and it was announced before the ceremony. Everyone respected it.

@bethc it's from Etsy!

I don't like being told what I can and can't do with my own phone.

@patricia I don't like people messing up expensive wedding photos that I paid thousands for. When your at a wedding you should not be on your phone at all anyway. You can get photos when the professional ones are released.

Not rude at all. We have actually included similar language on our wedding website so hopefully most guests will see it in advance. We are also having our officiates make an announcement about this prior to the start of the ceremony. I think it's a service to the professional photographer(s) you have hired, as well as to the guests. They will have a much more memorable experience during the ceremony if they are present in the moment with us. There is plenty of time during cocktails, dinner and dancing for them to pursue the usual snap happy, photo frenzy that is our world. These 30 minutes will not kill them. PLUS, once we get our pro photos, we will post them on our site so our guests can print what they want for themselves. They won't be missing anything!!!

I think that is fine. You want them to look and listen to your ceremony not become a distraction. I'm doing this to because I don't want my ceremony all over social media before I say I Do.

My story for this question is always: We had an unplugged ceremony. Guess what? People still had their phones out. One guest even had a semi-pro camera out (yes, that was included in the "no go" part of the sign). And these non-pro pics are the only ones that we have from our wedding so far.

Printing up a message about how you are paying someone to take pictures so your guests don't need to is worded a little rudely.. However, I am all for an unplugged ceremony. The ceremony is about the two people getting married - not the guests or their noisy, shiny, internet devices. I have been to an unplugged wedding where someone was holding up their phone taking pictures as the bride walked down the aisle anyway, and it was just so tacky. Put the phones away

Nope! I'm definitely going to do it!

What is actually rude is taking out your cell phone during a wedding.