Wedding guest etiquette?

is it rude to take your own photos at a wedding? not meaning the ceremony of course...but at other times such as the reception?...My daughter is going to be the flower girl and I would like some pictures of my own. Thanks

Wedding guest etiquette?
No that's not rude at all! The only thing that is rude is when AFTER the ceremony is over and the wedding party stays behind to take photos with the professional photographer. It's very rude when other people come in while he/she is doing this and their flashes are going off messing up the wedding photography. Any other time is fine.
Reply:Of course you can - at both the ceremony and reception.
Reply:That is not rude at all. In fact, (since your daughter is in the wedding party, I'm assuming you know the bride and groom pretty well), the newlyweds would probably love to have a copy of your prints, too!
Reply:of course you should take some of your own photos as long as u don't get in the way of the hired photographer or become over bearing. be sure to send some to the bride and groom!
Reply:It's not rude. Just stay out of the professionals way. And, of course, offer copies to the bride and groom.
Reply:It isn't rude, but don't set the camera on flash if its during the reception or during mass (mass if its a Catholic wedding). Enjoy the wedding. How I love weddings...
Reply:I think it is ok to take your own pictures, but I think it would be nice if you shared a set of the prints with the bride and groom once you get them developed. (Or a cd if going digital) Take pictures of other stuff besides your daughter and then the bride and groom can have more pictures. I know at my wedding everyone will have there camera's out and I will be happy to see everyones pictures when it is all over. Good luck.
Reply:I would have no issues with that at all, and i doubt any bride would, if your daughter is the flower girl then surely the bride would EXPECT you to take pictures of your little darling.
Reply:It is not rude as long as you do not interfere with the professional hired. Many people take a camera, it is rude to do so when the professional sets up a shot.
Reply:You could take your own photos and offer to share with the bride and groom some of the shots they don't have for their album.
Reply:As long as you don't get in the hired photographer's line of vision, I don't see anything bad about it.
Reply:As long as it doesn't interfere with the photographer or other activities it is fine. You could even send a copy of some of the pics to the bride and groom later. I enjoyed receiving pics friends took as they were a different style than the photographer's and usually much more casual (which I happen to prefer). I can only think of a few weddings I have ever been to where at least some guests didn't take photos too.
Reply:At my wedding I didn't care who took pictures. Actually I liked the fact that everyone took pictures. Some of my family actually got better shots than the photographers did. I am collecting copies of everyone's pictures so that when I actually put my wedding album together, I have the best of everyone's pictures to put into the album!
Reply:Nope not rude at all. The bride and groom wont mind definately.
Reply:It's not generally considered rude, but I'd call the bride or groom to check that they won't mind. If it's a formal event, they might ask that you not use a flash, which will make getting a good shot difficult, but most people don't have a problem with it.





Oh, and make sure that you don't get in the way of their professional photographer. If he sets them up for a photo, just say, "can you guys stay like that just another second?" once he's done.
Reply:I got married last month, and I am so glad that my friend, two aunts, and my stepmother took pictures during the ceremony-no flash pictures of course. All of them sent us the disk, and we made copies of the pictures, and it saved us about $500 because we liked their pictures better than the professional´s photos!





It is not rude to take your own pictures, and do the bride and groom a favor and give them the disk so they can make copies on their own. Professional photography is great, but a lot of our pictures captured things no pro could have done-at the ceremony or afterwards!





Oh, by the way, to not be rude, do not STAND up at the ceremony until the bride walks up the aisle-unfortunately, since relatives were taking pictures, they stood up when my bridesmaids walked down the aisle, and other guests stood also-not just for the bride which is what traditionally is supposed to happen! SIT close to the aisle to take pictures of your girl-these pictures will be great!
Reply:you can take pictures at any time not during the cremony. you may want to just let the photogrpaher do his/her job during the toasts so that you can pay attention, and try to stay out of the way. ie, don't be in the bride's face or photographer's line of sight when they're trying to cut the cake. otherwise, feel free to be a shutter bug and rememebr to share the photos with the bride and groom and others who were there!
Reply:I would check with the bride, who will likely be fine with it as long as you are not distracting or inthe way. However, the bride may want to ask the photographer. The photographer may have a problem with someone taking pictures when they were hired exclusively. There will no doubt be at least a couple of cute shots of the flower girl that you can purchase, or the bride make generously buy them for you.
Reply:I don't think it is rude to take your own photos as long as the flash doesn't distract from the other activities

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