Outdoor Ceremony....Sound?

tigger9922

Ok, I can't believe I haven't thought about this until now, but should we be doing some sort of wireless microphones for the ceremony and have them synched to the sound system for the reception?  Its outdoors, around 120 people total.  Its a small area and we could sit one of the speakers out on the balcony above where everyone is sitting.  I'm more worried about the older folks and that they won't be able to hear our vows.  We also plan to make a video afterwards and the sound on the cameras may not pick everything up.  WWYD?

sarah0725

My brother's wedding was outdoors, about a hundred people, and I don't remember having any problems hearing what was going on. People probably couldn't hear during my reading, but that's because I was crying while I read it. As long as none of you are particularly soft-spoken, you should probably be fine.

ggmae

Our videogs put a mic on DH so that the video would pick up our voices and the voice of our JP. Our DJ did our ceremony music and was supposed to bring a microphone for the ceremony. We had gone over this a few days prior to the wedding and on wedding day, he had forgotten it. DH and I tried to project our voices as much as possible without yelling at each other, but I felt bad for my older relatives in the back because I knew it was hard to hear us (small area, but windy and by the water.)I'd look into some kind of microphone/speaker if I were you. I'd be upset if I went to a wedding and couldn't hear the vows - that's why I was angry when our DJ forgot the mic.

danieliza1127

We got married outside on a terrace with about 120 guests and we didn't have microphones.  Our officiant does his ceremonies from the center of the aisle though and has the bride and groom and wedding party face the guests, instead of having their back to the guests.  So I think everyone was able to hear us fine and I know they could hear him just fine. 

tigger9922

Yeah, I think I will look into getting one/renting one.  We could probably synch it up to the sound system inside or just get a small speaker for outside that way everyone can hear.  We will both probably be crying so it might be hard to hear.  I will look this weekend.  Thanks ladies.

ExpatPumpkin

Our videographer team put a tiny mic somewhere in my DH's lapel. But we got married inside a small chapel, and there were no microphones used by the priest, etc. I would imagine that your videographers could set it up so that the tiny mic also transmits the voices to speakers since you'll be outside...

tenofcups4me

After having attended a few outdoor weddings where I couldn't hear the couple at all, I made sure we had mics for my outdoor ceremony the first time I got married. Our band set it up for us. It worked fine EXCEPT there was some screeching feedback during the ceremony -- it was annoying, but we just kind of laughed it off even during the ceremony. Wasn't much we could do at that point, though I guess the sound guy worked on it since it seemed to get better as the ceremony went on.