How You Use a Photo Booth at a Wedding Reception

You can make use of a photo booth to entertain guests at your wedding reception and make the event more memorable. Great pictures will be taken for your own use and guests can also take home their photographs. There are few options for you in this regard; you can rent a photo booth from a rental company, set up a DIY booth that your guests can operate or hire a photographer to man a booth for you.

It is important for you to determine if you are going to rent a photo booth from a local rental company or set up one for yourself. However, the easiest solution is booth rental because guests will have the opportunity to print out their pictures instantly and take them home. You should also find out about any restrictions if you are considering a rental. A lot of companies have limits for the number of photographs that can be taken or the number of hours for the rental. Also, it is essential to find out about pick-up and delivery details in order to be furnished with the right information.

Moreover, the photo booth should be placed in an area of the reception where its interference with other events will be avoided. For instance, it is not ideal to have it in the background when you and your new spouse are being photographed cutting the cake or dancing. There should be easy access to it but it should out of the way of service staff.

If you will be setting up the booth on your own, you should string a clothesline between poles or nearby trees. Thereafter, you should attach curtain clips to the top of a large piece of fabric in a color that matches the color scheme of your wedding and the clip loops should be stringed onto the clothesline. If a free wall is available, you only need to nail the cloth onto the wall. A tripod of about 9 feet should be set up in front of the fabric background and attached to a camera. The angle should be tested to ensure that the subjects and fabric background are the only things that show in the viewfinder.

The camera to be used must be of high quality and you may hire a photographer to set it up as well as man it for you. The photo booth should be made self-serving so that guests will have the liberty of posing as they feel. A printer should be connected to the camera so that guests will have the opportunity of taking the pictures home. You can also attach a shutter release or remote cord to the camera so that guests will have the opportunity of taking photographs themselves without touching the camera.