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Way way back (gosh, it feels like ages ago!) when I was still knee-deep in wedding planning, I would gaze longingly at hilarious photo booth pictures that made the wedding blog rounds but then heave a dramatic sigh and move on. I knew there was no way I was willing to give up anything in our budget to make room for this amazing trend and we simply did not have the technology to do it ourselves. I simply assumed from the beginning that it was a lost cause.
But then! The typically cruel and merciless wedding gods took pity on a poor, woe-begotten bride and, like a ray of sunshine through the clouds, offered up a solution in the form of our photographer (Kelly of Closed Circle Photography.) She emailed me, out of the blue, to say that she was offering a promotion for a free photo booth set-up for any wedding where she was booked for at least six hours. Since we qualified, did we want to take advantage of the offer?
Um, HELLS to the YES we did!! And so, with absolutely no planning, stressing, DIY-endeavors or budget-squeezing, we got our photo booth. Wahoooo!!!
Our second-shooter manned the booth, which was simply a camera on a tripod with a (um, don’t know the technical photography term for this) white, hanging screen-thing.
For some unknown reason, our photographer specifically requested no silly props or anything of that nature when we spoke about it. I did manage to get a whiteboard and some markers the day before but I kind of wish I’d at least jumped on the mustache bandwagon or something…
But our guests were creative and brought in their own props to spice things up a bit…
Heck, there even may or may not have been some interpretive dancing (Don’t ask).
The photo booth also gave us a chance to do some group pictures that otherwise probably would not have happened…
This is Mr Trail Mix’s pledge class from his fraternity in college (minus one) plus all the wives/fiancees. Hard to believe we’re almost six years graduated!
And here’s Mr TM’s group of friends from high school (apparently all of my friends were too busy dancing to get in on the photo booth action!) reppin’ the 305 area code—that’s Miami, in case ya didn’t know!
The rest of these are proof that you actually really don’t need props to get some great, funny shots! Offer up enough alcohol, put out the camera and the magic will happen by itself…
This one is particularly funny because my friend is a professional cheerleader in real life (I don’t think I’m supposed to tell you which team but here’s a hint—rhymes with “Gew Kengland Matriots.”)
I love looking through the photo booth shots, they are silly, goofy and just plain fun. There’s also a TON of them! Obviously, I only showed you a few faves but this was definitely a great way to capture pictures of our guests that our photographer might not have gotten to and there’s a bunch of great family shots that I won’t bore you with. The majority of folks got in on the action and since it was set up right by the dance floor, it definitely did not compete with the revelry taking place.
All in all, I am SO happy we got to have the photo booth at our wedding, huge thanks to Kelly for making it happen without even knowing how much I wanted one!
Where do you stand on the photo booth trend, will you be having one at your wedding?
Follow along, if ya want!
Yay! That’s so cool that you got the photo booth without it breaking your budget. I can’t wait to see the photos that come from our booth.
I’m excited that you got to have a photobooth, too! These pictures are great! I LOVE the one of you two holding the ‘Just Married’ sign!
So cool! Bust kind of annoying that your photog said no to props… I get that it’s a free promotion, but, uh, it’s your wedding? I feel like you should have been able to add whatever you wanted to.
*grumble, grumble*
These pics are AWESOME. The photographer I really, really, really want (another really may be necessary) includes a photo booth in her package, so if we get her we’ll definitely get to have one. I would love to get silly, fun photos like this!
Those pics are hilarious! I’m going the route of setting up a backdrop with props and letting people use their own cameras to take pictures in front of it. I’ll then hand out those cards telling everyone where to upload them so we can all see. I haven’t heard of many brides doing this but bringing and laptop and printer seems too complicated. I figure everyone brings a camera and will be taking pictures anyway, I’m sure they won’t mind taking turns snapping pics at the “photo booth”.
Wow, you guys really lucked out. The wedding gods were indeed smiling upon you!
Awesome! I love the candid photos that come from a photo booth. 
It’s definitely one of my favorite trends.
That’s awesome! We also got this as a surprise and I can’t WAIT to see the pictures! I love photobooths
That’s sooo lucky, TM! I’m so glad you got all those great photos!
Aw, lucky! I’m jealous. I’m glad you got one though, those are some awesome shots.
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Mrs. Trail Mix, New York Age and Occupation: 26, PE Teacher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, MBA Student Engagement Date: March 2009 Wedding Date: June 2010 Venue: Tannery Pond at the Darrow School About Me: I'm a country girl who somehow found herself living in the Big Apple and loving every minute of it. I'm planning a rustic, country-chic wedding in my hometown in upstate New York and it's going to be a Party with a capital P. White wine, flea markets and running keep me happy and my friends, family and fiance are my world. I'm a little bit crafty, a little bit crazy but mostly just crazy in love.
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