A Question about Photo Booths

Unique and Affordable Photo Booths

I was watching an episode of Rich Bride, Poor Bride the other day and got a great photo booth idea. The couple wanted a Moroccan wedding, but they couldn't afford to drape the entire venue with Morrocon decor. Their wedding planner suggested creating an area to take pictures with a Moroccon theme and it turned out awesome!

Their photo area looked like something straight out of Aladdin! It was like a little Moroccan getaway, complete with fancy rugs, a couch, and other types of Moroccan decor. It was beautiful and definitely a hit at their wedding reception! Unfortunately, I couldn't find pictures of the actual set up, but here is a picture of the couple...

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Here are examples of the similiar photo areas:

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There's No Such Thing as a Stupid Question, Right?

How in the world do you get these photos printed immediately? Do you have someone standing by who takes the pictures and develops them later? Do you set up a digital camera and printer by the area?

The only device I know of that produces a picture instantly is a poloarid camera -- is that what's being used here?

We'd really like to have a photo area at our reception. Our wedding is going to be about a week before Halloween and I thought it'd be really cool to set up a vintage glam, somewhat gothic area where guests can pose with an awesome background for some fun and unique pictures. I've got some really great velvet curtains that are velvet that could be used for the backdrop. We could bring in an old couch and a unique lamp. I'd have masks, mustaches, and tiaras on hand for guests to get silly in front of the camera...

We love this idea! It's affordable and unique, but we just don't know how to pull it off. It seems are only other option would be an average photobooth.

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happy friday

I just found this photo booth via Snippet & Ink. oh my word I need to steal that idea! I've been trying to think of ways to display old family wedding photos, And I was thinking of having photo frames as props for the DIY photo booth I'm hoping to do, so this just combines everything. I just need to figure out how to rig up a camera with a remote clicker.. anybody know how to do that? Is it something I can rig any old digital camera up to do? I need to replace my old camera anyway so I might upgrade and make sure it's compatible with that kind of thing..

We're still in the grips of our photography dilemma. We thought we had a friend who could do it and budgeted accordingly - and then that friend moved away, and other things happened, and well we're back to square one, without room in the budget to splurge on a pro. Half the time I feel like throwing up my hands and saying I Don't Need Fancy Pants Photographers, just make sure as many of my shutterfly friends have their cameras ready and assign shots to different people so we make sure not to miss great moments, let's not worry about perfect lighting and focus.. And then I spend all day on Once Wed and Style Me Pretty and all the rest and I just can't imagine not having amazing photos like that of our day.. I do have a photographer friend of my mother's who may be interested in doing our wedding, we'll find out next month. If he doesn't want to/isn't available.. well we'll just see.

This weekend Mr. Fairfax and I will be sitting down to do some serious wedding brainstorming. :) Hopefully will narrow down the DJ options, start the ball rolling on the hotel room blocks, and talk about ideas for the ceremony. Have a great weekend everyone :)

Say Cheeeese!

I know, I know. I owe you many details and pictures from our May wedding. Were finally getting back to a normal schedule, but still waiting on the pictures from our photographer. So in the mean time.... I did want to share, probably the biggest hit of all, our PHOTOBOOTH!

Mr. CP and I wanted more than anything for our guests to have fun at our wedding. I reached out to Neil at Poshbooth and he explained the pictures come out in double prints, one copy to the guests, one copy to our guest book, and that would be where the guests sign! I was sold!

Our guest book is so much fun and people keep telling us how much fun they thought the photobooth was! Neil from Poshbooth brought a tub full of funny props for the pictures.

Here is Mr. CP and I, at the beginning of the night

Here are my parents, who despite thinking this was a "dumb" idea, definitely had fun! (they were so wrong!!! and I loved it, hee hee)

Here is my brother and his wife, (and my bridesmaid), who may have had the most fun with it, being the took 3 or 4 sets of pictures and used various props that they found around the wedding (like our marriage license) Next, Here is Mr. CPs brother and his soon to be (tomorrow!!) wife!

Here is me and my Matron of Honor

Here is me and my Maid of Honor
Mr. CP and some of his friends getting silly!

Me and my oldest friend and bridesmaid (so easy even a caveman can do it!)

The end of the night...we were exhausted!

What kinds of unique things did you do or are you doing, to make it a more festive night?