Weddings

A wedding photo booth with a photographer in it.

Cocktail hour to the last dance. Your guests stand on the X, a photographer takes the shot, studio light takes ten years off, and a print with your names and the date is in their hand before the song ends.

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From $1,950 · 3 hours · prints included
Wedding guests in the booth, color under studio light
Wedding guests in the booth, color under studio light
Wedding guests in the Black Tie booth, black and white under studio light
Wedding guests in the booth, color under studio light
Wedding guests in the booth, color under studio light
Wedding guests in the Black Tie booth, black and white under studio light
The night

Where the booth fits in a wedding.

The shape most receptions take. Yours can be different: tell us the timeline and we fit to it.

  1. Two hours before

    We set up

    On site two hours before the booth opens, set up and tested before the first guest. None of it is billed.

  2. Cocktail hour

    The booth opens

    Guests have something to do while you're off doing portraits, and the first prints start going home in pockets.

  3. Dinner and toasts

    We close, and stay

    The booth goes dark so nobody misses a toast. We stay; idle time is $200 an hour.

  4. Dancing

    Open again

    The busiest stretch of the night. Within sight of the dance floor, the line moves between songs.

  5. Last print

    We pack up

    Right after the last print. Your hosted gallery, high-res, is ready the morning after.

The facts

What a wedding costs.

Both packages include the studio lighting, unlimited prints, instant sharing and a hosted gallery. Sales tax and travel within 50 miles included. Nothing hidden, nothing added at the door.

An example night

Open for cocktail hour, dark through dinner, open three hours for dancing.

Classic, 3 hours
$1,950
1 extra hour
$400
1 idle hour, dinner
$200
The night
$2,550

Same night in Black Tie: $2,750. Price yours

Classic
$1,950 for 3 hours. Color. The party, lit like a studio.
Black Tie
$2,150 for 3 hours. Tuxedo black and white. Everyone looks like a magazine cover.
On every print
Your names and the date. Unlimited prints, and every shot on the guest's phone before they walk away.
Holding the date
Half the package holds it. The balance is due a week before.
For the venue
Liability insurance, with a certificate sent on request, usually the same day.
Not your photographer
Ours stays at the booth all night. Yours shoots the wedding.
Not that kind of booth

A kiosk is a tablet on a stand. This is a photographer.

The short version of the difference. The long version, with photos, is on the explainer.

The kioskFountain of Booth
Who runs itA touchscreen on a timerA photographer who directs the group and waits for the laugh
The lightA ring lightStudio strobes and real modifiers, so nobody needs retouching
The cameraA tabletA pro body and pro glass. The same kit that shoots magazine covers
PrintsMaybe, from a little sticker printerUnlimited lab-quality prints, at the booth, with your names on them
The crewAn attendantTwo: a photographer and a digital tech
AfterwardA link, eventuallyOn their phones before they sit down. A gallery by morning.
The fine-ish print

Asked and answered

01When should the photo booth run at a wedding?

The usual shape: open for cocktail hour, closed through dinner and the toasts, open again for the dancing. Three open hours covers most receptions, and a fourth is $400. The dark stretch in the middle is idle time at $200 an hour, or skip it and open only for the dancing.

02Does the photographer shoot the rest of the wedding?

No. The photographer stays at the booth all night, which is the point. We don't do wedding photography; your wedding photographer does that, and they'll be glad we're keeping the dance floor crowd busy.

03Can the prints match our wedding?

Every print carries your names and the date. Pick a backdrop from the sixty-plus in the library (a favorite and a backup or two), and custom-printed backdrops are available on request. Black Tie turns the whole night black and white.

04Do you work with our planner and venue?

Yes. Send the timeline and the venue contact with your date. We carry liability insurance and send the venue a certificate on request, usually the same day. The booth needs about ten by ten feet and one standard outlet.

05Can the booth go outdoors?

Yes, with cover. Strobes and printers don't do direct sun or rain, so the sweet spot is against a wall under a roof, tent or shade. The more warning we get about an outdoor spot, the better the night goes.

06How far ahead should we book?

Peak Saturdays (May, June, September, October) go three to six months out. Half the package holds the date and the balance is due a week before. We hold a date the day you ask, so asking early costs nothing.

07Which cities?

Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, with local crews and travel included within 50 miles, so Orange County, the whole Bay Area and the Strip are in. Farther out is a quick quote.

Weddings

Is the fountain free on your date?

Date, venue, headcount, and Classic or Black Tie. That's enough to hold it. A real person replies within one business day.

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