Let a Photo Booth Bring Life to Your Wedding, Corporate Party, or Quinceanera

For many people photo booths are something new. Actually, Photo Booths have been around for many year and saw a resurgence of interest in the 1990s. The booth is basically a cabinet with a camera, computer, high speed printer, and a monitor. Typically, the booth is enclosed by curtains or a door which ensures the privacy of people inside the booth so they can pose and ham it up without feeling inhibited.

In the last few years photo booths have become increasingly popular and are becoming quite common at events of all kinds. Be it a wedding or corporate event people of all ages can be seen entering and leaving the booth with a smile. If you plan on renting a booth for your special event you can feel confident that the youngsters and the grand parents will be taking their turn in front of the camera. A photo booth will quickly become a major part of the event entertainment.

The typical approach for a photo booth is to pay a flat fee for a set amount of time and let it become a part of the event. Unlike an open bar, you know the cost of the photo booth when you rent it. In addition to the booth, most companies provide at least one attendant who is there to maintain the booth and work with the DJ to get the guests in the booth. Once the pictures start circulating around the crowd the lines will form.

There are three ways that photo booths add to the entertainment at a wedding, birthday party, or quinceanera. The first way that the booth adds to the entertainment is of course the photographs themselves. Most photo booth companies can offer print sizes from 2x6 through 5x7 or larger. This variety can offer some really unique gift ideas at your event.

Another part of the entertainment is for the booth to print two strips of images of each booth session. One strip becomes part of the memories for the guests and the other placed in a scrap book. The booth attendant will assist the guests with pasting one of the strips in a scrap book and making sure that the guests write a special message next to their photographs.

A really unique addition to the photo booth is the ability to have an ongoing slide show of the images that have been taken in the booth. This slide show can be displayed on monitors through the event or projected on a large screen. When this is done you can watch your guests watch the slide show while pointing and laughing at the funny props and faces

Selecting a photo booth company for your event is an important part of the selection process. Here are some common questions you should ask a company as part of your rental.

• Do you carry backup equipment with you? If not, how long would it take to have a backup printer, camera, or flash unit?


• What kinds of props will you are bringing? May we make special requests?


• Can we pick background colors?


• Does your booth have a green screen option?


• What colors does your booth come in?


• If the booth is slow will your attendants try to get the crowd involved?


• When you say unlimited prints does this mean that everyone in the picture can have a picture?

The answers to above questions will help you know if the photo booth company you are planning to hire is able to insure that your guests will not be disappointed.