This past Friday, my mom and I volunteered to run the “photo booth” at the Parents’ Place Silent Auction Fundraiser. This was both my mom and I’s first experience with operating a photo booth, but with her equipment and my idea of fun pictures, we knew we could handle it. We had a plethora of hats, over-sized glasses, feather boas, colorful beads, mustaches, lips, and tiaras…and the guests really seemed to enjoy dressing up and getting a little goofy in front of the camera. All in all, we had a really nice time and wondered if we could do more with this photo booth.
I’ve seen many different kinds of “photo booth” concepts at wedding receptions. Some couples hire a company to bring an actual photo booth machine that prints the old school strip photos on the spot. Some couples are utilizing the iPad photo booth app that just requires a few taps of the finger on the iPad screen. And some couples are putting up a plain backdrop, providing fun props and asking a friend to snap pictures of their guests…very similar to what my mom and I did for the Parents’ Place event. We’re actually going to recreate the same photo booth at my first wedding this season. We’ll not only be providing my couple with as many pictures of the guests as possible, but we’ll also be testing out our photo booth at an actual wedding with close to 300 guests! If all goes well, you may find a photo booth service added to the JFP options. 🙂
Here’s a taste of the photo booth fun from Friday’s event…
So who’d be up for our photo booth at their wedding or future event?? 🙂
Scenes and thoughts from deep creek
Well hey now! I thought for sure it had been more than seven months since I blogged last! Wish I could do it more…and plan to as soon as the new JFP website comes out.
I’m not sure I’m starting anything consistent here, just sharing some random thoughts and scenes from Deep Creek on this random Wednesday…
- Dani
Jessica is amazing and she made us feel so comfortable! Having her capture our wedding was like having my best friend with me for every moment! Jessica's photos are fun, whimsical, and sophisticated!
We are not a stoic couple and did not want posed (or trying-too-hard) photos! Jessica was able to capture our personalities and the elegance of the day! I can't stop looking at our photos!
- Jessica and brandon
The best decision I could have made for my wedding was hiring Jessica Fike as a photographer! I was in a wedding prior that she was a photographer for and seeing how organized and easy and strategic she was to work with is what convinced me! She makes you feel so comfortable and helps teach you how to pose and smile and look so natural! She keeps you on schedule throughout your day and captures so much emotion in her photos. She is worth every penny plus more!
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[…] mom and I embarked on this photo booth journey about a month ago with the Morgantown Parents’ Place Silent Auction Fundraiser event. They wanted to provide photography services as a way to raise funds, I suggested going the […]