Disposable cameras at the wedding

I am. I didn't want it to be tacky or like childish. I'm putting them in a basket with a sign. Next to some costume things since I'm not doing a photo booth and people can do what they wish with them

That's a cool idea!

I would suggest against recently went to a wedding with disposables the lighting was bad for those things and half the pictures ended up blurry dark or of someone's insert random item

Most people these days have phones on their camera use a photo sharing site that they can all send them to

This is honestly a waste of money. Just let your photographer take the candids at the reception.

Yeah, this doesn't work out like you want it to. You get a bunch of crappy pictures, and it costs more than it's worth.

At my aunt's wedding, all my uncle's took them into the bathroom and she ended up with a bunch of dick pics. They were young and when my grandma found out she was mad, but my aunt spent all that money to develop dick pics -_-

I was thinking about getting them for the kids just because I think they would have fun with them. But I decided against it. Most pictures end up dark and not good anyway, plus everyone has a camera on their phone. Also I would run the risk of having all these flashes ruining my professional photos.

They still make disposable cameras? People will take photos on their phones and tag you on social media. Maybe have a hashtag instead.

It's a waste of money. Everyone on the planet has a cell with a camera, and usually the problem is to stop getting them to take photos, not to encourage them.

It's expensive to develop them, and impossible to share them.

This is a total waste of money. My aunt said they used to do this years ago and the pictures were poor quality, out of focus etc. Remember with film you have to pay to get all the film developed before you can even see what you got. It's not like digital where you can edit before you print.

Just put cards on the table with your hashtag or website so guests can share their pics.

We are thinking about doing this. We had a friend do them and she said you get some interesting pictures and she loved it.

Did this at my bat mitzvah. Guests took most of the cameras home so we never got the pictures.

I feel like if you're doing this you might as well just get a photo booth.

My FMIL did this in her wedding two years ago and she said it was a waste. They had a bunch of kids there so they took the cameras and kept playing with them all night. They ended up with a bunch of crappy pictures.

Besides all of the problems stated above, guests are also known to take the cameras home. Not worth the money.

I think it's a cute idea. My cousin did that at hers. Only think is, a lot of people just took them home instead of leaving them.

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Are Disposable Digital Cameras Worth It? Here Are The Pros & Cons

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cvs-disposable-digital-cameraThe disposable digital camera debuted in 2003.

You may have seen single-use digital cameras in photo stores, or been intrigued by the concept the first time you heard there was such thing as a disposable digital camera. (I know I was.)

But are disposable digital cameras really worth it?

Disposable Digital Camera Pros & Cons

PROS

There’s an LCD screen, so you can see the photos you’ve taken and how many shots remain.

You can delete a photo that you don’t want.

There’s an automatic flash built-in.

It’s a relatively low-cost camera option at less than $20.

There’s a self-timer built-in.

You don’t have to figure out how to get the photos from the camera onto your computer; there no wires, cords, or downloading.

The camera itself is fully recyclable.

Here’s how to turn a disposable digital camera into a reusable digital camera!

Here are some things for you to consider before you spend additional money on disposable digital cameras. These are in addition to the problem of your guests getting in the way of your professional wedding photographer. You are already spending upwards of $1500.00 for a pro; so why take the risk of those important shots being ruined by snap happy guests trying to get the same shot your hire pro is getting?

You’re limited to taking a small number of photos per camera (25 or 12 MB of space internal memory).

The resolution is quite limited (2 MP).

You have to pay for the prints afterwards.

The preview screen is fairly small (1.4 inch).

You can only delete the most recent photo, rather than previewing all of the shots and deleting the ones you don’t like all at once.

There’s no external data port, so you can’t download the photos to your computer; you must take it into a camera shop to get the prints.

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I did this at my wedding...20 years ago. When no one had cameras on their phones (most people didn't even have phones yet) so it seemed like a fun idea. It was stupid, expensive, and 99% of the photos sucked. I really don't understand doing this now with cell phones taking free, better pictures that can be gathered really easily.

If you're really wanting to do something like this I would do a Polaroid camera and have it for your guestbook or something. That's what we did and it went over well! That way people get to see their pics right away and you have them right away without having to blindly pay to develop what could be super crappy photos. It's also nice because people see them right away they can say "oh shoot that turned out dark we need to turn this setting on or move over here" and people kinda follow suit. Rather than with a disposable people don't realize and just keep snapping random pictures. Also I feel like people don't really get excited that much over disposable cameras these days so they might not get used, as PPs said.

I will say at my wedding we have more reception photos than I could ever want lol. My photographers took a ton of every guest and I couldn't imagine wanting even more (non-pro) pics of people, after seeing the professional ones. There's just toooo many!

Will be expensive. Not just finding the disposable cameras but finding places that will actually develop the film. FH found 3 rolls of film last year as we were moving. The local CVS/Walgreens didn't stock the necessary paper to develop anything and told him several times to come back another time as they were waiting for a new shipment. Never happened. He ended up sending them out via a website that offered these services and it was $20 per roll!

I mean, it was great seeing pictures he took 13 years ago but for $60? So it's possible but can get pricey and you should probably just get the pro photographer to do it for you.

Agree with PPs, Polaroids would be a better option.

Dated and pointless. We all have phones now that can do that. Oh, and your paying big money for a pro. Let them do their job.