Did you know that you can actually rent a photobooth for your wedding or other special event?
What a great way to get candid and FUN shots of your party guests, right?
The photo strips could be used in a personal scrapbook (instead of using a traditional guestbook), or handed out to guests (what a FUN party favor).
And with everything going "retro" these days... it just makes sense that photo booths would be finding their way into weddings and other special events.
Here's the scoop...
By my quick study of a handful of companies offering photobooth rentals, it costs about $1,500 or so for a full day's use.
And there are usually big discounts for multi-day use.
That's not exactly the kind of cash I've got lying around for a weekend event or the kind of parties we tend to throw around here. But I'm thinking... for a wedding... it just might be worth it!
Truth is, I never even thought of doing something like this at a wedding, until I saw it on Dr. Phil on TV a few days ago. (I had a weak moment... and then I remembered why I make a conscious attempt not to watch this show whenever I'm home on weekdays.)
Dr. Phil's son, Jay just got married and he and his bride had a photo booth at their wedding! All of the guests were invited to step inside to snap 4 individual photos. And the photo strips themselves were placed in a wedding scrapbook -- in lieu of having a formal guestbook.
What FUN, right?!?!
Where To Rent Photo Booths:
PhotoWorks
Make Your Own Photobooth
If the price makes renting an actual photo booth out of question, then you may want to consider making your own photobooth. Simply create a backdrop where your guests can stop by and get playful portraits snapped by a photographer.Here are some people who did just that at their weddings:
Check out Nick & Linda's homemade photo booth!
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We used mastermind events at a christmas party and had a great time. They come with props which really added to the night. Thanks mastermind!
I attended a wedding in Milwaukee where they had rented a photo booth from Picture This! Photobooths WI and we had a blast. There were props available and a guest book to leave our duplicate pictures in and write a comment. The pictures kept getting crazier as the night went on!
I would really like to see more examples of the "Simply create a backdrop where your guests can stop by and get playful portraits snapped by a photographer." Of the three examples you give, only one of them is NOT a rented booth.
mastermind EVENTS in Ottawa rents photo booths at a reasonable price for all events.
We used them for a wedding and a birthday party and they were great! Showed up about 1 hour before to setup and it was ready to go.