I am all for it. I hate it when Uncle Joes come stand next to you while doing the group shots and the eyes of the couple/people wander from one photog to the other. It just wastes everyone's time.
From a photographer's point of view I totally agree, there's nothing worse then some cocky guest trying to compete with you for the couples attention when your in the middle of doing the formal pics.
Cameras I don't mind as much but people with cameras on their mobile phones pisses me off for some reason particularly when they walk in front of the official photographer so they can get a better angle, I mean LOL, why would u even do that, you are ruining the couples official photographs and when the moment has passed it's passed.
I am not sure if this no camera thing will catch on however I'm not totally convinced if this would stop people's pics from going online. I have photographed some mendhi's where the family had asked the Dj to make an announcement that they would like all the guests not to film or take pics when the dancing has started so these images are not abused, this i thought was a great idea.
LOL... I will! Just wait and see! You think I'm scared to post pictures of myself, come on now! Grow up girls! Oh and if your in a western country and you want to act like reserved paki girls, then go back to Pakistan! Why are you here?
Posting pics out of ur freewill is one thing and having someone post ur pic without ur knowledge is another. I don't mind sharing pics as long as I know I am the one sending it out.
^ Agreed, as long as its in my knowledge than it doesn't bother me to much. That goes for friends and relatives as well, I wouldn't mind their pictures going up. Its when you start getting tagged in random shots from random people that happened to be at the same party or wedding then it gets a little uncomfortable.
LOL... I will! Just wait and see! You think I'm scared to post pictures of myself, come on now! Grow up girls! Oh and if your in a western country and you want to act like reserved paki girls, then go back to Pakistan! Why are you here?
That's very rude. YOU need to grow up. Just because you're in a western country does not mean you need to drop all your believes and morals, who the hell came up with that idea?
Westerners LOVE curries, I don't see them packing their bags and running to India/Pakistan. Everyone has their own preference and if people want to be reserved it doesn't mean they need to run to Pak.
just yesterday in a net cafe i saw some sh!t paki boys watching some mehndi video on youtube where every single angle of those girls were shot in the video. It was a mobile vid. I was so ashamed and angry on our ppl for the broadness in not appropriate things but worst is yet to come!!!!!
What do you guys think of having "No Cameras" written on the wedding invitation? We've seen a recent trend where people have written not to bring cameras, I think this recently originated from everybody taking pics of other peoples weddings, and posting them on facebook etc. What do you guys think?
I like this idea. I would more than happily write this on invitations. People write "No Boxed Gifts" and that is respected. I really would not want people taking pics on their cameras/phones and then sharing with the world. If I wanted the world to see my wedding, I would invited the world so to speak. My day would be my day with my close family and friends and a few odds I would HAVE to invite to be polite, why do I need to risk it being shared with the general public on FB/Youtube and other sites.
LOL... I will! Just wait and see! You think I'm scared to post pictures of myself, come on now! Grow up girls! Oh and if your in a western country and you want to act like reserved paki girls, then go back to Pakistan! Why are you here?
go back to pakistan?! - *are you for **real*?!
we are not the ones who need to grow up. you're the one who sounds so immature and can't even post anything of reasonable intellect!
secondly, we are not 'paki's' *but pakistani's. using the word *'paki' is offensive and racist. you wouldn't like a gora saying it to you - so don't use that term against another other pakistani's!
you have a lot of growing up to do. it will take a long time of course.
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re: your wedding photos - will look forward to them!
I’ve never seen that on an invitation, but I’ve noticed recently that fewer guest seem to bring their own cameras, at least in our social circle. Everyone seems to know that there will be a professional photographer there for the big events & that the family will share the pictures, so why bother? - its a hassle to carry the camera, you have to worry about leaving it somewhere.
It seems to be mostly on the smaller events at home that guests carry private cameras. I can certainly understand why a bride might ask they not be there, but I hope it wouldn’t happen. We went to a wedding recently & a university friend of my father’s was there whom he hadn’t seen in many, many years because they had lost contact. I took some private pictures of them together using my father’s camera - the professional photographer wasn’t around & certainly wouldn’t have bothered with taking these pictures, so it was nice that we could take these keepsakes ourselves. I think my father would have been very upset if someone had come & told him we couldn’t do this or he didn’t have the opportunity to do so because cameras had been banned from the event.
Remember, weddings are as much a family reunion as a celebration of the marriage - are you going to pay an extra photographer to take personal pictures for the guests & their friends & family without you being part of those images? And what are you going to do if someone does bring a camera? Try & take it away from them??
Yaaawnn!! You're all hurting my feelings...LMAO!!!!!! Come on! No cameras! Go get married in the middle east!!!!
?? I don't get why you are getting so worked up about this? Weddings are private occasions for the vast majority, and you have to understand not everybody is comfortable with their pics leaking out to a public source for random people to veiw. If they had control, and they were the ones choosing to share then thats acceptable, people don't even ask and upload pics without permission. And you have to understand everybody has different levels of privacy, and they are entitled to do what they can do to control that. You don't have to break these boundaries all that in the name of Westernizing yourself, I mean your telling others to grow up but here you are holding the West as a standard to go by, have some confidence in who you are and your own identity, don't compare. The West is no standard for values.
I don't know what is giving you the indication that people in the Middle East and Pakistan are being suffocated with conservative rules and regulations, these are individual choices not to be generalized for the whole population. You should refrain from stereotyping, perhaps if you gave concrete examples of personal experience of exposure to this being practiced, it would help understand where you are coming from. The Pakistan I know and the people that I've been exposed to from there are actually very liberal minded, educated, and modern.
And just for facts the family that chose to do this were celebrating the nikah of their daughter they are a wealthy social elite family from pakistan, and currently residing in America. Their wedding guest list was extensive, however, only family members and close friends were granted the right to take pictures. I can actually agree that I thought it was a good idea.
LOL... I will! Just wait and see! You think I'm scared to post pictures of myself, come on now! Grow up girls! Oh and if your in a western country and you want to act like reserved paki girls, then go back to Pakistan! Why are you here?
If your not scared then why don't you go ahead and post a pic of yourself right now in this thread, you liberal Western girl. I want to see some of those Western values practiced. :)
LOL... I will! Just wait and see! You think I'm scared to post pictures of myself, come on now! Grow up girls! Oh and if your in a western country and you want to act like reserved paki girls, then go back to Pakistan! Why are you here?
*Wow. Like really, wow. I am speechless. And not in a good way either, mostly by your close mindedness. *
*You do realize that sometimes goras also say no cameras at their weddings too? Obviously you need to grow up some. Posting opionions fine. Degrading everyone else not fine. Just because I don't want my wedding pictures posted for everyone and their brother to see on facebook, does not mean I am a "reserved paki girl". I prefer the term "someone with some common sense to not insult everyone on this site". *
Isn't the picture thing a choice? Isn't this western country feminism crap all about choice? So going with that line of logic, it is my choice and other girls' choices to not have random people take our picture of our wedding days and post them in random places to have random people talk about them.
hmm.. this is interesting! In my opinion I think thats going a bit far but I do know of brides that did not want their pictures taken and had strongly emphasized to everyone that they do parda so please protect their privacy.. I think it's a matter of respect.. I have been to weddings where I have taken pictures of the couple but don't post anywhere without their permission. Posting on the cards (no cameras) i think is not a good message. just my opinion!!
The post isnt about whether YOU would do it, or whether you care to have your pictures plastered all over the net without your permission. Its about what you think when others write it on THEIR wedding invitation, when they INVITE YOU to celebrate THEIR special day with THEM!!!
If thats the mentality you would have, then please do them a favor and just stay home
A guest is a guest and should respect their host’s wishes
