10/28/2026
A lot of photographers get really heated when guests are on their phones during wedding ceremonies, or even just throughout the day, and I get it. I don’t totally love when a gorgeous wide-angle photo of a first kiss is filled with phones either.
But the reality is, it really doesn’t matter.
The guests at your wedding are people who love you, people you specifically invited to be part of your day. And just as much as I love taking photos because I want to capture special moments, who am I to tell your guests they shouldn’t get to do the same? Frankly, I think there’s something really special about the stories those phones can tell.
When you look a little closer, you’ll find that they can actually help tell a deeper story of what your guests experienced on your wedding day. Technology is such a big part of our everyday lives that pretending it suddenly doesn’t exist just because it’s a wedding doesn’t feel entirely truthful to me.
Your officiant, who happens to be a family friend, might end up Googling how to spell “officiant” while signing your marriage license. Your aunt might have another family member on FaceTime because they couldn’t travel to the wedding but still wanted to celebrate with you. Your grandma might be taking her typical ✨grandparent photos✨ with her phone upside down. Your friends might be keeping up with the score of a game because you all share a love for the same team.
And I love all of that. Those little moments, as small as they might seem, are part of the story too.
I don’t just want to document what your wedding looked like. I want to document what it felt like to be there. And sometimes, that means embracing the phones, the distractions, the little quirks, and all the things that make the day feel like real life. Because it is real life. And that’s exactly what makes it worth documenting.
So don’t mind me; I’ll just be continuing to get weird looks from your guests when they catch me peeking at their screen and snapping pics. 😝