Nice way of saying no Facebook pics

TerriHugg · July 2012

Hi all,

I'm probaly alone in this, but I really don't want my wedding pictures on Facebook and Twitter. I feel as though it's a private and intimate moment that does not to be displayed all over the internet for all to see.

What do you think is the nicest way for me to say this to my guests. Should I just let everyone know when we get to the destination? Should I include it in invites? perhaps put it on the wedding website? Tell people verbally?

And what phrasing should I use?

Thanks

nicolej518 · July 2012

How many people do you have coming to your destination. Perhaps you could find a cute way to put it on the programs if you're having any. As for what to say, I am lost on that.

venus909 · July 2012

How about a post card or something like this:

If you are doing a welcome letter or OOT bags I would put it in that.

kimmykupcakes · July 2012

We did this. We included a little card with our invitation letting everyone know we were having an unplugged wedding ceremony and only our wedding photographer would be taking pictures. We also included a card about it in the OOT bags we gave everyone. We really didn't want our wedding blasted all over FB and this worked. I can let you know what our crd said later this week once I'm a little bit more settled and have a chance to pull them out.

venus909 · July 2012

Also to add...

I don't think it's a bad idea if that is what you and your FI want. We had considered it (that's why I had the picture saved) but then decided not to do it.

It did work out for us though.. we didn't mind having our pics on facebook (I'm ALWAYS on there) but we wanted out photographers to be the first to post our pictures... and they were! In DR most cell phones didn't work unless people had wifi or international service... none of our guests really even tried to get on their phone or computers as they were trying to unplug just like us...

It was nice to to share those few days with our guests alone before sharing it with "the rest of the world"

Tanq&Tonic · July 2012

Sadly, there really is no nice way to tell your guests what to do. However, keeping our pictures off FB (or the web in general) meant more to me than being 100% polite, so we included the following in our welcome packet:

We would also really appreciate if you could please refrain from posting any photos on Facebook or other public sites.

I think you have to do is to be consistent. If you let your photographer blog publicly, and plaster them on FB yourself, it's really rude to ask your guests not to as this is their experience as well. In our case, we didn't want them blogged at all, and we never posted them publicly ourselves. We did provide a URL where all invited guests could share their photos with each other, and that was password protected. That was a nice way for everyone to get the full set of photos from all guests for all of the events (welcome, brunch, activity, etc).

BMcLeodTeam · July 2012

I know that our Photographer is going to be using our photos for promotional stuff on her blog, website and facebook so I have decided to just let it go, but originally my plan was to put it in our programs.

Erinkathleen84 · July 2012

I loved getting pics on facebook because there were so many different ones to look at from all angles. I have some pretty good photographers in my group I must say! Plus I keep my friend list very low for a reason. But maybe just in case change you security settings so your tagged photos cannot be seen by the public.

TerriHugg · July 2012

Thanks for all the opinions all. It is truly very helpful.

I was just thinking that maybe it won't be a problem as I'm getting married in the Bahamas. I'm wondering how many people will even have access to internet without high fees while overseas.

I don't have a problem with people taking pictures at all. We just don't like the idea of them being put all over Facebook. Neither my fiance or I are big Facebook people. I'm just not a fan of Facebook or Instagram at all. (I know me and my fiance are weird)

I like the pictures and ideas that were posted above for including them in programs and wordings. I might have to try that. I just don't want to come off as rude.

I was also thinking of perhaps getting some type of website that people can send photos too that way people will resist the urge to post to Facebook.

jacquiroxx · July 2012

Weddingturtle.com is absolutely free and they send you 250 free business cards with instructions & the URL to your site for people to put their photos on. You can password protect it, and the password is also on the website. I think it's a pretty good alternative

jacquiroxx · July 2012

PS- Totally not a vendor, haha- the ladies on my month board made me aware of it & I signed up and am using it myself. Just passing it along. Like I said, it's completely free (even the shipping for the cards), so no one is even making money off of it or anything

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