5 Reasons You Need A Photo Booth At Your Wedding

Photo booths has been the trend for the past couple of years at weddings. 90% of the weddings that I have attended have had a photo booth of some sort. People love taking photos with their friends and families and as the day/night goes on, people start letting loose and it's amazing to see how much fun people have with photo booths. There's so much value to having a photo booth at your wedding and if you're unsure about a photo booth, here are a couple of reasons why you should book one:

1. Entertainment Value
   During the entire course of a wedding, there will be some down time and this is a great way to let your guests have fun. While the alcohol is flowing and the DJ is playing great jams, not every guest will be comfortable going on the dance floor to dance. However, everyone loves to take photos and people of all ages can participate in this!

2. Great Party Favors
   You ever go to a wedding where the thank you gift is a shot glass or a bag of candy? How about having your guests leave with a personalized photograph of themselves with their family and friends? They get to keep something that will remind them of how much fun they had at your wedding and they will probably post it on their fridge/desk for months or years to come! The beauty of these photographs are that they can be fully customized to your liking!

3. Ice Breaker
   You are creating the seating chart and sometimes you have to seat people with people they don't know and it can be awkward. This can give people a reason to socialize with each other and who knows, they might become really good friends!

4. Memories
   Your professional photographer will capture all the special moments. Everything from your first kiss, first dance, first cake cut will all be documented. What they won't capture is your aunt grabbing some large sunglasses with a feather boa making cheesy faces and a peace sign. A photo booth at your wedding will capture and instantly print a keepsake for all your guests.

5. Let Loose
   Something about a photo booth where people will do the most silliest things. Grab your mom and dad and take photos with your families, or get all the bridesmaids or groomsman and have a big silly photo shoot!

6 Tips for Wedding Photo Booths

1. Pick a open photo booth setup
   Closed off photo booths are good if you want pictures of you and one friend, maybe two. An open photo booth setup allows you to have a bunch of people in the photo (as many as 13!), positioning the booth at the venue is easier, and lighting tends to be a lot more flattering.
    

2. Good lighting
   Good lighting is SO important if you want good looking photos. You want a nice umbrella where light bounces off of, giving a ton of flattering light onto the guests producing high quality photos.
    

3. Make sure there's an attendant
   An attendant will help get the party started. An attendant will help encourage guests to take photos and also troubleshoot any issues that arises.
    

4. Choose your location wisely
   Sometimes space can be limited at your venue. However, you want people to enjoy the photo booth so don't place it far away from where all the action is. From our experience, somewhere near the dance floor is the perfect place.
    

5. Get a guestbook
   Having a guestbook made is a great way to look back at your event and see how much fun all your guests are having. Guests will take a photo, have it printed, stick it in the guestbook, and write something nice in it.
    

6. Be creative with a backdrop
   Sometimes people want to be different and have a custom backdrop. Have fun with it and be creative. Paper flowers seem to be the new trend.

Why Open Air Photo Booths Are The Best

When I think of photo booths, I think of the days where you go to a mall and you pull open a curtain to go inside a little confined box and take a photo with your friends. Fast forward to present day, photo booths have come a long way. While that style was cool back then, it's probably not ideal for your event/wedding and here are some reasons why an open air photo booth rental would be best for your next event!

Squad Up

Whenever there is an corporate event, birthday party, celebration party, wedding, etc, chances are there will be a lot of people there. An open air photo booth provides an ample amount of space so your entire squad can be there with you, taking photos.

Shine Bright Like A Diamond

Since an open air photo booth rental will give you so much space, lighting will also be great. This kind of setup allows us to almost replicate a photography studio. Since there is so much space available, we can set up a light with an umbrella giving off evenly distributed, flattering light onto your guests, making photos very flattering.

Sleek Design

Our camera, computer, and printer are all packaged into a housing that has a seamless, sleek and modern look. Everything is housed in a tower that is easy to assemble and break down. Our setup will blend into any environment really well. No need for a really big photo booth that takes up space and normally doesn't look good.

Custom Backdrops

An open air photo booth allows you to get really creative. Whether you want your name written on the backdrop, having a wall full of paper flowers, or having the Eiffel tower in the background, an open air booth can handle it. You can also have really big obnoxious props too and they wouldn't really get in the way.