Capturing Memories With Wedding Photo Booth
If you’ve been to more than one wedding in the last few years, there’s a good chance that you have come across the wedding photo booth. In this article, we’re snapping some innovative wedding photo booth ideas for capturing fun memories:
What’s the story ?
Photo booths have been a feature of many shopping centres, train stations and supermarkets for decades and have been largely used for taking photographs for official documents such as passports and driving licenses. In recent years, however, these have become a popular part of the modern wedding, also those backyard ones.
Many couples choose to hire a wedding photo booth for the evening section of their wedding for a few reasons:
- This adds a fun dimension to the proceedings
- It cuts the cost of a professional wedding photographer
- A photo booth gives you a wealth of pictures which may not be captured by your professional photographer
- Wedding booths can provide a talking point for guests who don’t yet know one another
When hiring a wedding photo booth, most couples choose to also supply props such as masks and hats to add to the fun.
How does it work ?
There are many companies who hire out photo booths for weddings and, in most cases, you should be able to find one in your local area.
Once you’ve found a company and signed a contract, they will deliver the machine to your wedding venue on the agreed date. During the wedding proceedings, guests can pop into the booth and take photographs either alone or with others.
In most cases, wedding photobooths will offer the option of printing the pictures straight away, sending a digital copy to an email address or both. Its a good idea to set this up so that digital copies are also sent to the bride and groom for use in their own wedding album.
Innovative wedding photo booth ideas for capturing fun memories
When investing in a photo booth for your wedding, you’ll want to make sure that you get the most out of it so, invest in wedding signs and do the following:
Perfect props
A photo booth by itself can be fun and can provide you with some great pics of your guests but why not take things to the next level? Providing a range of props for use with your photo booth can have hilarious results and these can include:
- Masks
- Funny hats
- Fake mustaches and beards
- Oversized spectacles
Using props is a great way of encouraging your guests to let their hair down and have a bit of fun with your photo booth.
Introduce a theme
While providing props for your booth can be hilarious, you might also want to introduce a theme for your wedding booth photos. Some fantastic themes for this might be:
- Wild west
- Cartoon characters
- Harry Potter
Brilliant backgrounds
As well as using props with your wedding photo booth, a great background can really take your pictures to another level. Speak to the photo booth hire company about what backgrounds are available as well as asking if it is possible to create your own for a truly personalised experience. Some great background ideas are:
- The back of a black cab
- Outer space
- Hollywood
- Exotic locations
Depending on the type of photo booth you hire for your wedding, you may even be able to switch out your backgrounds during the evening to get the best of your booth.
Photograph responsibly
While having a photo booth at your wedding can be great fun, it is important to follow the instructions of the hire company and, also, to ensure that your guests use the booth responsibly. For this reason, you should discourage guests from taking drinks into the booth and, under no circumstances, include props such as bubbles which may cause damage to the booth. It may be an idea to elect somebody to keep an eye on the booth to ensure that your honeymoon doesn’t start with a whopping bill from the hire company to cover damage caused.
Happy ever after
A photo booth can really add to the excitement of your wedding party but, like anything else wedding-related, prices can vary widely. Because of this, you should always make sure that you shop around before commting to a booth hire company and, where possible, ask for recommendations from friends, family or your wedding venue.