An unplugged wedding
Amber Marlow and her husband, Marley Jay, show their ringed hands after their wedding, in Stone Ridge, N.Y. The couple asked their wedding guests to stay off their phones during the ceremony and other key moments. In doing so, they hoped to make the celebration more enjoyable for everyone. Marley Jay Marlow wrote about the decision to silence cell phones at the wedding here. (Amber Marlow via AP)
Question: Have cellphones become too intrusive during special occasions?
In a phone-toting, social media-mad age, you might think trying to keep your wedding offline would be crazy.
Yet we did just that. We asked our guests to stay off their phones during our ceremony and other key moments. In doing so, we were hoping to make the celebration more enjoyable for everyone.
As fun as smartphones, Facebook and Instagram are, they’ve turned us into part-time documentarians. We think about how to photograph something as soon as we see it. And we distance ourselves from the feelings that go along with these moments.
- See more at: http://www.readingeagle.com/ap/article/unplugged-wedding-here-comes-the-bride-down-go-the-phones#sthash.ldcqHv3A.dpufIn a phone-toting, social media-mad age, you might think trying to keep your wedding offline would be crazy.
Yet we did just that. We asked our guests to stay off their phones during our ceremony and other key moments. In doing so, we were hoping to make the celebration more enjoyable for everyone.
As fun as smartphones, Facebook and Instagram are, they’ve turned us into part-time documentarians. We think about how to photograph something as soon as we see it. And we distance ourselves from the feelings that go along with these moments.
- See more at: http://www.readingeagle.com/ap/article/unplugged-wedding-here-comes-the-bride-down-go-the-phones#sthash.ldcqHv3A.dpuf* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog