I was going to book one but ended up being a wee bit expensive....but there is a company that I am friends with on FB that have recently got back in touch saying they have a new booth and they're offering it at 50% off as an introductory offer. So instead of £650 it will be £325 which includes:

3 hrs of Unlimited photo’s throughout event (one print per session),
2 Booth Butlers for the whole duration,
Set up/ down of booth,
Choice of photo layout,
Custom message (name, date, event),
Prop box,
Hi-res disc of all images,
Online gallery with password protection with FREE downloads
Video messages-optional
Guest book for guests to sign
Double prints- one for guest and one for the guest book

So am tempted but will have to see how the budget goes!

I really considered getting one but then our photographer does a photobooth type session in our evening for only £100 extra so thought it would be best to do that instead!
I think its quite a fun idea

We were looking at photobooths at a bridal fayre recently! They are such a good idea! Although one company over here offers a videobooth, and the footage we saw was unreal. It costs the same as the photobooth, and you get a dvd full of lovely messages and drunken ramblings lol

i had it all booked but me and the guy who runs it had a fall out after they pretty much lied about what was and wasn't included. So I'd say go for it - just make sure they are clear on what you are getting and don't budge if the say 'it was a misscommunication' ect Maybe get EVERYTHING in writing for them too. I must admit I am a tiny bit gutted we aren't having them - but we're now having an XBox360 Kinect pod instead :D hehe

Thanx for the feedback girls, Lesley- never even though of a video-booth but I will defo be looking into it seems like a fab idea xxx

Hope all your days are special and filled with love and fun xxxx

I would have one if i could afford it :)

am havin mine free from photographer as i am here guinea pig lol

YES YES YES!!!! We are going to be having one at ours, either at 7-9 or 8-10 it acts as a sort of entertainment for guests as they can have as many photos as they like along with the print offs of their shoot-We'll be having a booklet with our package which every Photo from the photobooth will be stuck into and the guests can sign-a sort of guest book if you like but more fun I can imagine when people have had a few to drink the sort of photos there'd be and we would be in histerics most likely when we look through it, a great memory of our special day!

Sarah xx

Sounds like a fab idea, i dont think my photographers will do this tho ....might think of how to 'create my own' and give my 14 yr old daughter a 'job' if she want to be behind the camera snapping away at guests with different props etc....hmmm good post - thanks, it's got me thinking :) x (thats a task somedays x 0

At least the prop element is silly. Shouldn't the gusts be having fun already without having to resort to using stupid props? I am glad me and my partner agree on that. x

I'm hopin to have one, the props are there if the guests wanna use them but they don't have to and its a good momento for the day! Something people will frame and hang instead of chuckin it in a drawer or eating it. Fab favour idea me thinks!!!

:)

I am looking forward to many memories people will create at my big day xxx

I had a sort of DIY booth which my photographer set up and it went down a treat, he got shots of every guests in all sorts of fancy dress and it was such a good laugh, really looking forward to seeing all the pics. It wasn't anything plush, he just set up a screen and we had boxes of fancy dress but it looked just as good as a proper photo booth and does the same thing

I only brought a few bits, like inflatable guitars from eBay and a policemans hat and halo, my photographer brought the rest and he got most of it from the pound shop. He didn't charge me anything to do it and he stayed till gone 10pm doing it which everyone was really impressed with.
We missed a few group shots during the day so we done them in the evening dress in fancy dress, it looked fab. Yes it looked silly but it was the whole point, we wanted it to be silly!
He has a few shots of me and my friends daughter beating each other up with inflatable guitars, quite possibly the best picture of the day lol
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I'd highly recommend it, it was great.
At one point there was even a queue of people waiting to have their pictures taken and as we managed to get shots of every guest, we're going to get them all printed out and sending each guest their picture with our thank you cards x

i really want one of these for my wedding i went to a wedding recently and their photographer was there at the evening reception taking photos of guests that the guests could purchase was great as id forgotten my camera and didnt mind paying for a nice photo of myself and oh

sparklebride thats an epic idea!!! i so want to nick it! :-D x

after reading some diy photo booth forums that is what they did, just put a good camera on a tripod and just had an usher or somebody to check it over and snap away - its seems to have worked for them - i just cant be bothered or have the time to make a DIY one.

try a pre shoot, a bit of trial and error maybe

My cousin had one at his wedding, it was great! H2b and me came home with loads of pics and one that is my fav picture of us ever

We tried a booth at one of the fairs not long ago, I like the quality they give and think its worth the money (about £500)
We hated the props though hehe, which is why we just ended up laughing more and more each frame xx

we were seriously contemplating it but after seeing it done elsewhere, decided that if you are not very very careful, and this is our opinion only, then yea you are right and they can cheapen your day... which is annoying as they are actually really expensive. If it is the route you want to take, then double check it will look right with your venue and that it wont become what looks like a cheap and tacky add on. I think it depends on how they are designed themselves as I am sure you can find a nice looking one that wont cheapen the day but be careful with them.

thats prob a good idea. Then you get all the rave about it and the really good wacky photos without it affecting the look! Brill idea

Does anyone know of a decent place that we can hire a photo booth in the north east? Newcastle/Middlesbrough area... Any help would be great. :D xxxx