Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Holy Trinity Church (Ligonier), Ligonier

A wedding at Holy Trinity Church in Ligonier is celebrated in the parish's newer church on West Main Street, a raised sanctuary at the front and a parish wedding facilities coordinator to guide the day. Flash photography is allowed during the liturgy here, which helps your photographer in a church interior, though photographers and videographers keep their movement limited and stay out of the sanctuary. Plan your wedding photos and video from the aisle and the back of the church, with the processional filmed coming toward the altar.

Your wedding ceremony normally takes place within Mass, and when one of you isn't Catholic, the Rite of Marriage outside Mass may be considered. Couples from outside the parish are welcome. Saturday weddings run from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., one wedding a day, and the church is cleaned up by 4:00. A unity candle may be used, and presenting flowers to the Blessed Virgin Mary is permitted.

Two details matter for your wedding videographer. Microphones can't be connected to the parish sound system, so plan to record sound with your own gear and arrive early to set up, and lights may not be aimed at the ministers. After the ceremony, photos and a receiving line together are limited to 30 minutes, so have your family list ready for the wedding day. Alcohol isn't allowed on the premises, and rice, petals and bubbles aren't thrown on church property.

• Book at least six months and no more than 18 months ahead; dates are confirmed after a priest confirms you are free to get married.
• Complete a diocesan marriage preparation program and two meetings with the priest.
• Share the parish photo and video guidelines with your photographer and videographer.

A little about Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity's first church was dedicated in 1855, a small brick building whose bricks parishioners made by hand. Building of the present church began in 2004, and it was dedicated on May 8, 2005.