How To Live Stream Your Wedding
Sheri Holloway Photography
How To Live Stream Your Wedding
Remember those days when we could all gather together to eat wedding cake and dance the night away with 150+ of your closest friends and family? Now with venue capacity allowances and social distancing restrictions, those days seem like so long ago. As we all continue to get creative with wedding planning during pandemic times, there have been quite a few innovative solutions that have picked up steam! Live streaming has become a hugely popular way for couples to share their big day with wedding guests, especially in the midst of COVID-19! In a nutshell, live event streaming is broadcasting your wedding or special event over the internet in real time. Wedding guests are given a unique link ahead of time that they can use to access your live streaming video, where they can watch your ceremony or reception unfold and join in virtually in celebrating your big day!
Why live stream your wedding day
If you’re looking to keep your guest list fairly small and intimate at the venue.
If you’re planning on a destination wedding where you may have some relatives or friends who will be unable to attend.
If you have friends and family who live out of town that cannot attend your special day.
If you simply want to shy away from large crowds on your wedding day, especially during times when there are COVID-19 restrictions and limitations regarding large gatherings.
If you want to include anyone and everyone you know to virtually be a part of your big day.
How to live stream your wedding
Live event streaming is a fantastic, creative way to share your big celebration with everyone! And it’s actually much easier than you may think to set up your live stream!
Find a wedding professional who can live stream your wedding! This will be so much less stressful than trying to DIY your live stream or having a somewhat tech savvy relative attempt it. A specialist will be able to properly ensure that your video quality is perfect, assess the WIFI connection at your venue/location to make sure your video doesn’t buffer, and make sure your video loads properly and on time. They’ll also possess the high-quality A/V equipment needed to capture every word, every vow, every moment.
Decide what portion of your event you would like to live stream, whether it's your wedding ceremony, reception, or both. It is definitely possible to live stream both parts, but it is typically more common for brides and grooms to choose to live stream their ceremony.
Make sure your guests know where to access your live stream link! First, create a webpage (or request your live stream specialist to do this) that hosts the actual link stream or live stream link that your guests can click on the day of the wedding. You can choose to password protect the page if you’d like, so that only your guests with the password can access it. Then, it’s time to share your URL! You can do this in a variety of ways, depending on how many people you’re wanting to have access to your live stream. You can share your live stream link via social media (if you’re wanting anyone and everyone to see it), wedding website, on your invites if you haven’t sent them out yet, or in a mass email/text message to your guests.
Ready to live stream your wedding? Find out how Elevate Entertainment can help you completely set up and manage your live stream so that you don’t have to worry about a thing!