Belle Amour: Wedding Ideas Less of the traditional. More of the original.

Photography will be the most important aspect of my wedding planning. It’s something I’d set aside a good chunk of the budget for and something I will probably spend a long time over: torn between the different styles of photography and which photographer is right for me. After the memories fade the photos will be what’s left and when I’m an old woman I want to look back at photos that are as stunning as I remember the day being.

As well as the bride and groom I also think it’s important to capture those that shared your day. Although the photographer is likely to get photos of some of your guests it is unlikely they will have time to capture them all (unless you do those huge group shots but I’m not a fan of the overly staged).

Photo fun

This is why I love the idea of photo booths. Not only would you get images of all your guests (make sure you remind them to all go in!) you’ll also get them being more themselves and acting as you know them, as photo booths can be much less intimidating than a photographer’s camera.

Photo booths are great entertainment for your guests and give them a great reminder of the day. They could even be used instead of favours: just leave a note where you’d normally place the favour giving info on where the booth is.

Preferences & props

Groovybooth seem to be one of the more affordable photo booth companies. You can choose between red, black, brushed steel, gold or even leopard print for your booth and pick a backdrop colour to your images of red, black, blue or green. There’s even a wind machine for those model-type shots! A box of props can be included full of silly hats and glasses for your guests to have fun with:

The booth takes four images a time that, in seconds, are printed on one sheet for your guests to take home. And the best part? The four images are different! Like the old school photo booths. I’m not a fan of those that just print the same picture four times when you only need one for your passport… no fun!

The area above and below the four images is also customisable to include your names and date of your wedding and for the creative amongst you artwork can fill this space rather than just text.

Guests (and of course the bride and groom) can visit the booth an unlimited amount of times during a four hour period: plenty of time to get everyone in there (perhaps more than once for those that love to pose!) The booths are fully set up for you and an attendant is on hand if any help is needed. There’s also a choice of black and white or colour before each set of images is taken.

Booth budget

After your wedding a web gallery is available where you can download the photos for free and all images are also put on a disc or USB stick for you. All of this comes in at £695 which I don’t think is too bad if you consider it entertainment for the guests and forego the favours if you’re on a tight budget. It is an additional £50 for a second print of all the images for the bride and groom but as I said before I think this is a great way to remember those who spent your special day with you.

Groovy guestbook

You could even place a guest book on a table next to your photo booth asking those that go in to write on one side of the book leaving you the other side free to stick in the corresponding images. And there you have it… great guestbook!

Debs

Vendor Details:
Groovybooth website
Email Groovybooth
Phone: 0800 612 0331