Photo Booths are becoming more popular within the wedding industry. The concept of letting guests take as many pictures as they want and the bride having an album of all their fun photos – it’s catching on as one of the greatest wedding ideas ever. However, placement of the photo booth can either make or break the effectiveness of the concept.

There are many times when a photo booth just won’t fit in the ballroom – and a wedding planner or mother will try and put the booth at the entrance or lobby. This is okay, because guests will know where to come to get their photos. But this also means they have to physically leave the party in order to have fun in the photo booth. We’ve seem numerous occasions where guests would rather be lined up for the photo booth and opt to miss out on other reception features (cutting of cake, toasts, bouquet toss etc). When your photo booth is placed outside of the main party area – you are forcing your guests to choose between the party and the photo booth entertainment you’ve provided.

Sometimes we are placed right next to the DJ – now don’t get me wrong, we love the music. But when we are right there with the speakers blaring – it’s hard to get guests interested when they can’t hear instructions. The DJ typically needs to be front and center with the dance floor – the photo booth doesn’t need to be a main attraction.

A Photo Booth does very well along a wall or in a corner of the room, with access to remove the booth if it’s not being used for the entire event. Trust me, you won’t miss the photo booth. When it’s included in the reception area – the guests won’t have to choose to leave the party.

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FADE IN:

EXT. HOTEL FRONT- MORNING

The sky is desert-bright over a bustling scene – music fades in … flowers arrive in bucketfuls, a vehicle pulls up with the bakers bringing a magnificent cake.. it is lifted, carefully, out of the vehicle.

INT:  HOTEL – BALLROOM

The team carries the cake in slowly, there are sounds of caterers setting up and decorators scurrying, a lighting crew hoists and adjusts cans into place. 

INT. BRIDE’S HOME / INT. GROOM’S CONDO

There is a flurry of activity and constant ‘chatter’ between the attendants and the bride. Gowns are being carried and put on, hair and make-up checked. The bride is now dressed and ready. Her mother leans over to give her daughter a kiss before they leave for the ceremony. The groom clowns around with his friends while they put on their finest. 

INT. CHURCH & EXT. CHURCH – LATE AFTEROON

The moment arrives, music rises, the grand procession begins and proceeds down the aisle to the altar, where the officiant prepares for his service, and the groomsmen are assembled. The emotion and happiness of taking one’s vows, and the witnessing of this, shows on the faces of the couple, the attendants and the guests. Bride and groom walk back down the aisle, acknowledging guests.  The music crescendos… doves are released and fly up, flower petals drift, friends emote.. there are sounds of laughter, congratulations, ‘chirps’ of joy – someone screams and giggles. The bride and groom are escorted into a car.. the door closes and the car pulls away….

INT:  HOTEL – BALLROOM

The reception space is now transformed – breathtaking, as the couple arrives to join their guests in celebration. Sounds of fountains splashing and ambient music come from ‘somewhere’. Water features splash and glisten, colors and lighting dance on the faces of everyone who has attended.

THE DANCE. Lighting and sounds have softened.  The music is personal. . . something secretly shared..

It’s their first dance together – taking their first ‘steps’, as it were..  The party goes on . the wedding party celebrates, everyone is beautiful!  

FADE OUT. . .   

This is the most important day of their lives .. the day they made the commitment to begin an entirely new loving, and spiritual life together. It is to be captured and held as a reminder, and so that others who could not attend may experience this wonderful event, and so this day can be experienced again and again over the years.

THE SCENE AND THE UNSEEN:

How is this to be done?  Through Photography, of course, and more recently, Videography, almost as popular – a motion picture with sounds and conversations, invites one into their lives and a heart-grabbing glimpse of something so deeply personal. As technology evolves, media becomes more sophisticated, more emotional, compiled as an electronic wedding album, that may tell a complete story – from proposal to honeymoon.

THE MIX;

Photo stills, with select video footage, script, speech, theme, color, effects, and carefully chosen music. What you have now, is the most beautiful ‘treasure’ of this day that far outperforms the ‘usual’, and shares with others anywhere, anytime!

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Explanations are unnecessary when you view the work of a ‘master’, like Mr. Jan Johnson, video/film editor, and story teller at Creative Video Montage.   He has produced DVDs and CDs for me, my clients’ homes, realtors, home sellers, family events and weddings.  When you view this exceptional work, you’ll want to have tissues present !   Planners and photographers can now serve their clients in a way, which, until now was not possible, and that they never imagined.

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