Unplugged Ceremony

We tried everything we could to have our ceremony unplugged. We had it on our website, told people ahead of time, had a sign, and had our officiant make an announcement. But even with all of that my husbands siblings and best man still all had their phones out. I didn't care as much about his siblings, but I'm still kind of mad at the best man because he was leaning over my husbands shoulder with his phone and didn't seem to realize how inappropriate that was.

Wait. So, the best man was at the altar with his phone out?! That is insane! I'm so sorry!

Yes, exactly! I couldn't believe it! He had his phone an inch and a half away from my husbands ear, but obviously my husband had absolutely no clue since his best man was standing behind him otherwise I know he would have told him to knock it off.

That is ridiculous! Unplugged ceremony aside, common sense should kick in and tell you that something's not right.

Exactly! I keep telling my husband that when his best man sends us those pictures they better be incredible to make up for how annoying it was

After daughter was a BM in a wedding where two women with cameras stepped into the aisle and blocked the photographer's shots of the B and her dad walking down the aisle, she was dead set on an unplugged wedding. They had a sign, the officiant reminded people to put their phones/cameras/etc. away before the processional began, the groomsmen reminded guests as they sat them for the ceremony, but MOST important the B&G got the word out ahead of time. It was on their website, they told their friends, and after seeing photos with a zillion phones at a cousin's wedding on FOB's side, daughter asked me to reach out and make sure that did NOT happen at her wedding. I sent an email to extended family and explained that D & SIL did not want any photos taken during their ceremony (and that her photographer's package included free downloads of everything he took so no one really "needed" their own photos because they'd have access to the pro pictures). One family member pushed back -- hard -- in a "reply all" response with, "who's going to stop me????" Yikes.... I just replied all right back that since it was what the B&G wanted, we assumed anyone who loved and cared for them would comply.... Separately, the FOG (who is a semi-professional photographer himself and was not bringing his camera) piped in and said he'd personally shove anyone out of the way if he had to.... Anyway, D & SIL received 1100+ photos from their photographer and there wasn't a single phone or camera visible in any of the ceremony pics, so we think it worked! Good luck!

This makes me so angry!! I can't imagine doing that at somebody's wedding!! I'm curious about this at my own wedding. I want an unplugged sign, but my mom thinks it's rude and it won't be an issue and that a good photographer should be able to go around it. I just keep hearing these horror stories of pictures being ruined

We too are having an unplugged ceremony. We have your typical sign at the entrance of the ceremony site. We are also asking our pastor to reiterate this prior to the beginning of the festivities for those who miss or choose not to listen to the signage. Goodluck