Digital research: a startup girl forced her wedding guests to take selfies and sit in social networks

Jessica Naziri works as a technical writer at a startup TechSesh.co Technology plays such a significant role in the girl's life that she even dedicated her own wedding to them. All the details of the celebration were connected with the theme of progress, applications and social networks — from the bride's bouquet to the best man's costume.

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Source: Mashable

Naziri combined wedding customs with aspects of life in 2017: "I have always wanted to use the possibilities of new technologies and make my wedding an experiment in the spirit of the new time, but at the same time not to forget about proven traditions. Since we arranged charging stations for devices at the reception, and the veil was printed on a 3D printer, the topic of technology came by itself. Gadgets and technologies are taking up more and more space in our lives, and this is also reflected at weddings."

The newlyweds created an application and a website for the wedding so that guests could communicate and share photos with their help.

The wedding photographer used drones in his work: according to the bride, only they could provide a 360-degree panorama.

To capture the most significant moments from the first person, Naziri purchased Snapchat Spectacles glasses with a built-in camera.

The couple aimed to make it as easy as possible for guests to take photos during the day. The newlyweds especially encouraged the creation of selfies.

The organizers of the holiday called on everyone to shoot more, provided charging for devices and did not object to the fact that guests would be sitting in social networks.

According to Naziri, charging stations are needed at any wedding: then none of the guests will worry that the phone will run out if they take a lot of photos and immediately post them on social networks.

Moreover, all the guests were presented with external batteries with an engraved wedding hashtag. To "always remember this day and keep a piece of a themed wedding in your hands."

The newlyweds wanted to make the day "very social". A special hashtag #SabetterTogether helped to collect photos from the holiday in one place — however, this is already a common practice for modern weddings, including in Russia.