Photo Booths III

Yes, I really need to stop getting side tracked from my work before I get fired and then I won't have any money for a photo booth (or a wedding!)

But...

Look at the possible photo sheets you can have your guest's photos printed on to from this company's photo booth rental:

I have ABSOLUTELY no idea what a photo booth should cost you to rent. So I am trying to find several options in the area, to compare pricing. (Granted, once this becomes a 100% set in stone decision, I will make appointments to meet with these places in person...To get more exact price quotes.)

The site above (where that picture is from) is $795 per booth for two hours...And then $140 an hour for every additional hour you want.

A third site I just found has two different packages to choose from...

One costs $595 for 4 hours and the other costs $995 for 4 hours.

I think the more expensive package has the option for your photos to print out on stickers...Which I assume can make it quite easy to peel and stick them right to a guest book!

And since I just CANNOT stop thinking about this photo booth idea, (I also cannot stop thinking about how I did a complete 360 from HATING this idea to LOVING it!) I just had another idea...Depending on the size of the layout you choose, maybe the escort cards can be in a picture frame (as I have mentioned in an earlier entry) and when they take out the escort card, they can use the picture frame for their photo booth pictures!

The more and more I think about it, I think this would make a cuter and more enjoyable favor for the guest.

I mean, a lot of favors can be cute...But how long do you really need to hold on to some of those favors? (I didn't even bother taking the favor from the wedding I was at on Saturday!)

But I feel like guests will want to take their photo booth photographs home with them to cherish!

But what if some guests don't want to use the photo booth? And then they don't realize that there is no other favors...Will they get angry?

Maybe I should have additional and more traditional favors, just in case...

Now the biggest thing we have to do is manage to fit this expense into our budget...

Photo Booth Continued...

OK OK OK

I know I have to get back to work and all...But I just can't believe how much I have just fallen in LOVE with that photo booth company!!

I cannot get over it!

I was sooooo gung ho about not wanting a photo booth at my wedding, that I never even mentioned the idea to Jon to see how he felt about it! Haha

Now, I absolutely have to mention this to him tonight! :)

I mean look how cute:

And even though I love being crafty...And I can think of a lot of cute favors to give out at my wedding...How adorable would that be for everyone to take home? And since you get 6 different poses, you can keep changing the people they take pictures with!

Or they can just keep going back (from what I understand from the website) for an unlimited amount of times!!

The site says it requires a non-refundable $500 deposit...So I wonder how much more the cost is, in addition to the deposit.

Haha

I am so giddy and excited over this new idea now!

I am in L.O.V.E <3

Photo Booths

The latest trend at weddings has been to have vintage photo booths at the reception.

I have been hearing about this growing trend for a while now.

And even though I have always loved photo booths growing up, I have never been too big on the idea of having one at my wedding.

I have heard of the idea where the guest's take copies of their photos home as souvenirs, as well as put copies of their pictures in the guest book.

I always assumed it would be messy and too much work, to have the guests pasting their photos in the guest book...Not to mention the long wait among the guests for the guest book.

However, I just came across a possible reason for wanting to bring a photo booth to my wedding reception.

While reading another bride-to-be's blog I discovered a website that makes custom guest books. And one of the options for the guest book is a spot for your guests to leave a photo of themselves (whether someone is their taking their pictures with a Polaroid, or they use a photo booth.)

Either way, what I like about their guest book option is that the pages are all separate, and then get bind together at the end.

So that each guest can take a guest book page back to their table to fill out...Thus eliminating a line at the 'guest book table'.

So just for fun I was searching online for a company that rents out photo booths in the area...And I came across this company. And what I really like about this company (granted I have no idea what the prices of this service is) is that in addition to printing a copy of the photos right then and there for your guests to take home as a favor...They ALSO can put all of the photos on to a CD...And they can ALSO put all of the photos online!

So I am thinking we can get the photos online after the reception, and add them all to the guest's pages on our own calm time.

In the FAQ section it says,

Q: What if I want more than one copy of the same photo? Can I get copies of ALL the photos from my event?

A: While we can't print duplicates at the event, you DO have the option of having all the photobooth photos from the event saved on a CD. This includes the high resolution files for all the individual poses as well as the six-pose printed files. With this disk, you can make reprints, enlargements or be as creative as you like on your own afterwards. Each priceless pose can even be enlarged up to an 11x17" print!

We can also post all of the photos from your event online. This is a secure gallery with the password given out at the event. Here you can comment on your favorite photos, order professional quality reprints or enlargements, and have any photo printed on some really great stuff! This a free feature in our photobooth package.

So I thought that sounded neat.

So we can see every picture that was taken by our guests (since we obviously wouldn't get to see them all during the reception.) As well as our guests might be interested in seeing fellow guests' pictures, and having additional copies of their own pictures.

And then I also noticed that this particular company also has an option to have one of their employees at your wedding, helping add the photos to a guest book right then and there.

So I assume you would have to go with their guest book, and not one that you bought or ordered somewhere else. But it is just another idea.

Again, I have no idea what the cost of all of this would be. I imagine it is pricey. But it is just something to think about.

And could maybe even take place of the need for wedding favors. Maybe you can do the photos as the favor in place of other favors, instead of in addition to other favors.

Again, these are all just random thoughts that I just wanted to document here, and refer back to later. :)