{"id":20633,"date":"2015-11-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/sad-new-wedding-trend-getting-slammed\/"},"modified":"2015-11-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T00:00:00","slug":"sad-new-wedding-trend-getting-slammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/lifestyle\/sad-new-wedding-trend-getting-slammed\/","title":{"rendered":"The sad new wedding trend that is getting slammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Got a wedding coming up? Put down your phone. Here\u2019s why.<\/h3>\n<p>It is with the best intentions that phones are up during a wedding ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Guests want to take a picture of the blushing bride and her smitten groom to capture their own memories of the special day.<\/p>\n<p>But this wedding photographer\u2019s Facebook post has gone viral, after calling these people out, he\u2019s \u201chad enough\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Stewart attached a very powerful photo to the rant &#8211; essentially all the guests in the image had their phones out as the groom watched on as his bride approached down the aisle&#8230;<\/p>\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thomass.stewart.wedding.photographer\/photos\/a.150012211684544.24041.128448010507631\/1089793941039695\/?type=3\"><p>Right, I&#039;ve had enough. I want to talk to you all about guests using mobile phones \/ cameras at weddings. I want to&#8230;<\/p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thomass.stewart.wedding.photographer\/\">Thomas Stewart Photography<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thomass.stewart.wedding.photographer\/photos\/a.150012211684544.24041.128448010507631\/1089793941039695\/?type=3\">Thursday, November 5, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stewart\u2019s rant goes hand in hand with a new trend emerging where brides and grooms actually request their guests do not use their phones &#8211; these weddings are called \u201cunplugged\u201d weddings.<\/p>\n<p>Take this example &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"phones\" title=\"BEST OF THE WEB\" height=\"655\" width=\"655\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2015-11-10_at_7.35.31_am.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stewart also makes the point that phones distract the bride, who looks at the phones rather than the faces as she comes down the aisle, and also a huge point to make here &#8211; \u201cthe guests\u2019 photos are usually crap\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"wedding\" title=\"BEST OF THE WEB\" height=\"787\" width=\"648\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2015-11-10_at_7.38.10_am.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So will you unplug at the next wedding you\u2019re invited to?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOW WATCH: GROOM KNOCKS OUT BRIDE AT THEIR OWN WEDDING:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n[bc_video player_id=&#8221;JWbQKFO6Y&#8221; account_id=&#8221;8394117001&#8243; video_id=&#8221;4364411535001&#8243;]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/difficult-decision-says-new-crows-development-coach-paul-thomas\">&#8216;DIFFICULT DECISION&#8217; SAYS NEWEST ADDITION TO CROWS COACHING TEAM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/matthew-wright-a-chance-to-return-to-adelaide-crows-as-rookie\">AXED CROW COULD RETURN TO THE CLUB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got a wedding coming up? Put down your phone. Here\u2019s why. It is with the best intentions that phones are up during a wedding ceremony. Guests want to take a picture of the blushing bride and her smitten groom to capture their own memories of the special day. But this wedding photographer\u2019s Facebook post has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":20636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-20633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The sad new wedding trend that is getting slammed - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/lifestyle\/sad-new-wedding-trend-getting-slammed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The sad new wedding trend that is getting slammed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Got a wedding coming up? 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