In the UK as things stand right now, there seems to be a (largely irrational) obsession by some officials who dictate that no photographs will be taken during the course of a civil ceremony whatsoever.
Whilst we, as photographers understand and applaud the thought that a wedding ceremony should not be turned into a photographic circus, many of us feel that this is taking things too far. Any professional worth his or her salt should be perfectly capable of taking a few discreet photographs during a ceremony without disrupting the events of the day with machine gun bursts of pictures, or blinding everybody with their flash!
With this in mind, a petition has been raised with No10 Downing Street proposing that photography during civil ceremonies should be allowed throughout the country, and not on the whim of the local presiding officiates.
For those that agree with this thinking and would like to see some change, please feel free to add your name to the petition here:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ceremonyphotos/
Rob.
