Talking to pipe and drape for wedding reception, it did affect pictures and made things look great! A draped chuppah at the ceremony alter (ceremony is outside), this is one of the things that we are on the fence about as well.

Are you looking at draping everything? like the ceiling or just a little like a curtain backdrop? To get the look in the wedding reception, we did pipe/draping. Keep the draping during ceremony, not only will it draw everyones attention in, but it will probably keep the sun out of your eyes.

You can buy pipe and drape wedding backdrop (from RK, this online shop, web site www.rkpipeanddrape.com) at a low price.