there are several excellent reasons to have a photobooth at your wedding; here are 12 of them:
and in case you’d like more reasons, check out their photocart for 885 more! stay tuned for kayla & newton’s beautiful wedding coming to the blog soon!
the ever lovely kyle & chris decided that their wedding was not complete without a photobooth- and we couldn’t agree more! their friends and families spent the evening jumping from the dance floor to the photobooth and back again; we can’t wait to share their stunning wedding with you SOON! until then, here are a few photobooth faves:
well, as the last few posts have mentioned, there has been a lot of rain lately. most of our weddings have been moved indoors and our engagement shoots have been mostly rescheduled or shot under umbrellas. what has struck me most about this last month has been the resilience of our clients, ready to smile and explore despite the huge drops that have fallen on their perfectly styled hair. amy & jeff did just that. as their venue scrambled to put their rain plan in effect, amy and jeff went through their day like nothing was different. we even shot a few portraits in the rain! but i’ll get to that later. ;) my day started as they usually do, in a salon with a few of the bridesmaids- chatting and easing into shooting as the hairstyles transformed from the all over tease to a smoother, more elegant design. do you call hairstyles designs? i don’t even know. but what i was sure of is that the day was going to be awesome- everyone was ready for a party! amy arrived smiling holding an array of brightly colored umbrellas- last minute gifts for her bridesmaids. her attitude put everyone else at ease about the weather and from then on it was decided that rain or shine, pictures with umbrellas had to happen. i agreed.
matt started his day hanging out with the guys, grabbing lunch and relaxing at amy & jeff’s house. eventually the actual getting ready had to start, haha- i love the shots matt captured there!
the rest of the day flew by and before i knew it amy and jeff’s first look was happening and then we were shooting portraits. outside. in a little drizzle. no umbrellas. gotta love a couple that hardcore about beautiful outdoor lighting on their wedding day! the rain picked up and finally it was me that suggested we move inside. there were some interesting spots around the house, thankfully, and we shot the rest of the portraits, including family portraits, as the reception was set up around us!
pretty much loved the chandeliers at cedar plantation, so sparkly!
and then came the umbrella pictures! it was raining and rather dark but no one seemed to mind venturing out into it. we were glad we got the safe pictures out of the way before the ceremony because amy & jeff encouraged us to just have fun and do whatever craziness we thought of, so we did. as different as these shots are from what we usually do, i love them!
the reception was the kind of party i’d been expecting all day- totally awesome! everyone danced and enjoyed one another and one of the most rockin’ parts was that amy & jeff danced so much too! many times brides and grooms find themselves too busy to eat or dance but this couple was not about to let that happen. they enjoyed their reception as much as anyone and danced the night away!
we were in the zone shooting when we saw amy & jeff making their way toward us- their getaway car had arrived and they wanted some images with it, more then just them taking off. aaand this made us love them even more than their colorful umbrellas, their homer groom’s cake, the fact that they’d asked for our photobooth and their amazing taste in music- they were making sure to take time from their reception to get the images they knew they wanted in the end- SO SMART! here’s my fave:
then it was back in for more dancing- these are some of my most favorite reception shots EVER! please do check out their slideshow for more!
***please click here to see amy & jeff’s slideshow***
amy & jeff, we are still talking about how awesome you guys are! your optimism, despite the rain, made your wedding day so fun for everyone involved. we wish you guys the VERY best and we hope you like your images! :)
there was no way we weren’t giving these pictures their own post! in fact, i wish i could post every single one of them here- THAT’S how ridiculously awesome their photobooth was. amy provided tons of props and her guests took full advantage of them- creating nothing less than ART:
since first mentioning the possibility of an altmix photobooth- on twitter of course, the best tool for breaking news and immediate feedback ;) – we’ve received tons of encouragement as well as delighted inquiries from our lovely brides. adding something this huge to our business was a big dream– until now everything that has our name on it has been exclusively handled by one or both of us but we realized if we were going to do this thing right we were going to need help! we talked and talked and finally got up the nerve to buy the necessary equipment just a couple weeks before we were to run the booth for the first time at heather and matt’s wedding! thank you heather and matt for making things happen! everything arrived and we carefully set up the 9′ booth in our teeny living room- though we could no longer see out of any of our windows we were pumped to see the hours of talking and dreaming become a reality right before our eyes…literally, like, RIGHT in front of us.
so today, friends, we OFFICIALLY launch the altmix photobooth…or whatever more clever name we come up with in the next couple weeks…any ideas, please!? i know, i count on you for so much, but really, my pocket thesaurus did nothing for me when i looked up ‘photo’ and ‘booth.’ out of pure frustration i threatened to name it ‘image cubicle’ before i slowly put the thesaurus down, backed away and decided to ask you. TANGENT. anyway, without further babble, i present a few of our favorite images from the first altmix photobooth EVER:
heather just finished up her master’s and matt just finished up his doctorate so we thought books and mustaches were appropriate props to bring- pipe, glasses, birds and pearls completed the look :)
the groom and his mother- shouldn’t every mother/son portrait be this amazing!?
centerpieces make great props too…?!
remember how we said we needed help running this thing? well, thank goodness for crazy college friends! we were so thrilled to have steve and his lovely wife, katherine, along to run the booth and get everyone excited to jump in! they did an amazing job! …and while big things like the cake cutting were happening, they enjoyed the booth themselves- meet steve:
i tackled a straight minute of repeatedly jumping as high as i could to get a picture where the bottom of my feet are in the shot and surprise! no luck. BUT, one of heather’s bridesmaids is a cheerleading coach so i called her over and she helped my dreams come true! isn’t she awesome!?
what do you do when all of your friends steal the props? pull out a dollar, of course:
well, that’s all for the blog but there’s LOTS more fun to be had at their photocart! *CLICK HERE*
soooo….what do you think!? :)
