Create your own photobooth

One of the Internet’s favorite bloggers (seriously, it really seems that way), Michelle Woo, recently got married and is now sharing her favorite bits and pieces of her wedding — which I think was everything. Just about every detail from her wedding was unique and adorable and fun, but I think her and her hubby’s true genius comes through with their DIY Photobooth.

Photos courtesy of Michelle Woo

I don’t know exactly how much Photobooth rentals go for. Ballpark, it seems they go for at least a grand for a set number of hours, and that comes with a CD, a scrapbook and maybe ice cream. Just kidding. Michelle is a girl after my own heart, because she didn’t want to shell out for a photobooth, but still wanted the fun of those pictures — so she did it! For free! In a fun way!
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Want goofy reception pictures? Skip the polaroids on the tables

I’ve been meaning to post on this for a long time, but better late than never, right?

The quandary of how to get good photos at a wedding reception has been around for as long as there’ve been cameras, I should think. Besides the requisite posed photos with family and wedding party attendants, how do you get great photos of the dancing, the action, the hijinks at the individual tables? Now, this solution I discovered last October doesn’t address all those needs, but it sure does have fun trying.

The wedding I attended at the Brandeis-Bardin Institute in Simi Valley was notable in my mind for a number of things — the unique color combo of brown and purple, the location which I’d never been to before, that it was my first Jewish wedding. But the other thing that set it apart by a mile from the hundreds of other weddings I’ve decorated over the years was the awesome photo booth by Cheesy Photo Booths. You can click the photo to the left to see it full-size, btw.
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