Photo Booth: Rent, DIY, or None?

View Quoted Comment No Covid restrictions in my state the only place where you don’t have to wear a mask when your eating anywhere else you have to wear one.

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Our DJ provided numerous copies to guests so there was a book they could glue one copy into and write a message for us. Our DJ also uploads all of the photos online so we could get digital copies of them. Props included different kinds of funny hats, masks, signs, and a guitar.

We had a photo booth that we rented through a company. It was so much fun and we love all of the photos our guests took! We decided to have one because they are fun, they give guests things to do, and it makes great memories! I recommend having one based on our experience.

View Quoted Comment I love that you got both printed copies and digital copies of the photos! Sounds kind of like a photo guestbook, which is awesome. Fun props too, especially the guitar!

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Our DJ, who provided the photo booth, was so amazing! We had numerous guests tell us our wedding was the best wedding they'd been to. I love having the book with photos and messages from the guests. I didn't realize that was included with the photo booth when we rented it.

View Quoted Comment They definitely are fun!! Glad to hear it worked out for your wedding! Did you get printed copies of the photos? Or digital?

View Quoted Comment We got both. The company also did a photo collage for us in the silhouette of one of our wedding photos!

View Quoted Comment A lot of people used the photo booth and it gave options to get an email copy and print out for guests and we were given all the digital copies after

We did not.

We have enjoyed them at other weddings, but they tend to take people off the dance floor, and sometimes you miss things (like cake!!!).

Our venue also had a spectacular view, so we wanted our guests to take advantage of the balcony.

View Quoted Comment How awesome!! Sounds like a fun time! Always a nice surprise to find out that something extra is included with the package. We are doing a photo guestbook, and I'm so excited to see the pictures and messages.

View Quoted Comment That's awesome!! Super creative on the company's part, I love when companies do special things like that for couples.

View Quoted Comment I've been debating about if I should spend the money on a photo booth for my wedding, since I'm not sure whether people will actually use it or not, so it's super nice to hear that it was successful at your wedding! Sounds like they've been successful at many other weddings too (as long as guests know about it and it's in a space that's easy to get to). I love that you get digital copies of all the photos too!

View Quoted Comment You bring up some excellent points! I didn't think about how it would take people off the dance floor. Definitely wouldn't want it to cause anyone to miss anything (especially cake!) either. Thanks for pointing that out!


Side note, very cool that your venue had a great view/balcony!! What did it have a view of? There was one venue my fiance and I looked at that had a beautiful outdoor balcony overlooking a large lake and marina, and we would have booked it solely for the view, but there were other things about it that wouldn't have worked for us, so we didn't end up booking it. If we did, I probably would have spent most of our reception out there.

View Quoted Comment That's awesome! I loved getting to see the fun photos and messages our guests wrote. I'm so glad that was included in our packet as a surprise. Our DJ also surprised us by having a bubble machine at our ceremony so during the recessional bubbles were blowing.

View Quoted Comment The Hudson River and the Jersey City/Hoboken/Union City skyline

View Quoted Comment I love the bubble machine idea!! Sounds like your DJ was awesome!

View Quoted Comment Very cool!! Sounds like a beautiful view for sure!