Essence of Events, LLC

Photo booths are increasingly popular for weddings nowadays. The appeal is all there; capture candid shots of your guests that you want to keep, and give them a cute memento to take home with them that they’ll want to keep, long after the festivities are over.

Photo booths start at about $500 and increase from there, so unless you have budgeted for that expense, and most couples haven’t, it is usually just a fun afterthought, here is a way to get the photo booth feel, without the expense.

To DIY your own photo booth, you’ll just need an iPad or tablet, some props, and a backdrop; you can either rent one, make one, or just use a plain wall in your venue.

If you, or a friend or family member, has an iPad or tablet, let your guests take photos with that. The larger screen will make it easy to see and there is always the option for retaking photos that you don’t like.

Once your guests have taken their photos with the props, either ones you have made, purchased, or rented, they can upload their photo to a wedding Instagram account you’ve created for the day, Twitter, or Facebook on the tablet, or if you connect it to a printer, then they can take immediate copies home with them. (To learn more about using social media and crowdsourcing on your wedding day, click here!)

Voila! A photo booth that will be just as fun, but at the fraction of the cost!

But, if you are dead-set on having a photo booth with an established, professional photographer, and your budget is thisclose to allowing you to squeeze one in there, consider Tie It With Us. They are a media group who photograph weddings and events, and customize their packages to suit your budgets.

Tie It With Us does have some excellent packages that include photo booths, along with all your other wedding day photography. The Story package for $1495 and Absolute Package $1995 both have a green-screen instant print wedding booth included, along with all the other brilliant extra’s these guys offer, like a matted print for your guests to sign, all day coverage, two photographers, and much more.

To see what else this company can do for you, visit their website or click here to view all of their packages and see which one would be best for you.

To get more creative, unique, and budget friendly ideas for you wedding or event, and to get certified vendor referrals, contact one of our coordinators today to get all of your questions answered. To schedule your free, initial consultation, email us at contact@essenceofevents.com or call 253.292.1482

Written by Samantha Macrae