A wedding photo booth your guests will actually use.
A real photo booth, for the ones you'll keep. An enclosed cabinet with a bench and a curtain, studio lighting, and a printer that hands every guest a 2x6 strip in seconds, with an attendant there all evening.
Why an enclosed booth at a wedding
An iPad on a stand in the corner of the room asks your guests to perform in front of everyone. Most of them won't. Your aunt won't. Your college roommate might, once.
A booth with a curtain is different. People step inside, sit down on the bench, and the room goes away for a minute. That is when the good pictures happen: the grandparents who have not sat that close in years, the groomsmen who fit six into a space meant for four, the flower girl who needs a boost.
Then the printer does its job. A dye-sublimation print comes out in seconds, dry and ready to hold. Every person in the booth gets their own strip, so nobody has to decide who keeps it.
Every guest leaves with a keepsake. Not a text message with a link they will never open.
Where the booth goes
Placement matters more than people expect. A few things we have learned:
- Cocktail hour or reception. If cocktail hour is in a separate room, the booth can start there and stay put for the reception, as long as guests will pass it later. If the rooms are far apart, we pick the reception room.
- Near the bar. Guests wait at the bar. Guests waiting near a photo booth tend to get in line for it.
- Away from the DJ speakers. The touchscreen talks to guests, and people inside want to hear each other laugh. Twenty feet from the speakers is a good start.
- By the guestbook table. If you book the guestbook, the booth and the book should be close enough that the walk from one to the other is a few steps.
We will look at your floor plan with you, or talk it through with your coordinator, before the day.
What a wedding photo booth costs in Rochester
There are two wedding packages.
The Reception, $699 for three hours. Unlimited 2x6 strips, a print for every person in the booth, a strip design with your names and date, an attendant for the whole time, and a digital gallery within 48 hours.
The Whole Evening, $949 for four hours. Everything in The Reception, plus a custom strip design matched to your invitation suite, the guestbook, a curated props table, and an idle hour during dinner at no charge.
Friday and Saturday evenings have a three-hour minimum. A $200 deposit holds your date, and the balance is due 14 days before the wedding. Delivery and setup are included anywhere in Monroe County. Outside the county, travel is billed per mile from our base in Greece.
Add-ons, if you want them: an extra hour is $125, a custom booth wrap is $250, a second guestbook is $75, and 4x6 prints instead of 2x6 are $50.
The strip as a favor
Look at what you were going to spend on favors. Small jars, candles, little bags of something. A lot of those end up on the tables at the end of the night.
Strips do not get left behind. People put them in wallets, on refrigerators, in the corner of a mirror. Because every person in the booth gets a print, a table of eight who pile in together walks out with eight strips.
Put your names and date on the strip, and the favor takes care of itself. Some couples drop the favor line from the budget entirely and put that money toward the four-hour package.
The guestbook
With The Whole Evening, the booth prints a second copy of every strip. Guests tuck that copy into the guestbook and write a note beside it.
What you get at the end is a book full of faces, each one with a few lines from the person in the picture. It is a better record of the night than a list of signatures. The attendant keeps the book stocked and points guests to it, so you do not have to assign anyone to watch the table.
If you want one book for you and one for your parents, a second guestbook is $75.
Timing: when to run the booth
Most receptions have a lull during dinner. Guests are seated, plates are down, and nobody is getting up for pictures.
The Whole Evening includes an idle hour during dinner at no charge. The booth pauses while people eat, then opens again as the dancing starts. That puts your four hours where the guests are.
With The Reception, we usually suggest starting the three hours at the end of dinner. That covers the toasts, the first dances, and the stretch of the night when people are ready to squeeze into a booth.
We arrive an hour before the start time. Setup takes about 45 minutes, so the booth is ready before the first guest finds it.
Barns, breweries, and ballrooms
The booth goes almost anywhere with a floor and a roof. What it needs:
- A level floor, indoors or fully covered.
- A standard 32 inch door to get it in.
- One standard outlet within 25 feet.
- No stairs, unless there is a ramp or an elevator.
The footprint is about [63" x 31"] and [74"] tall.
Barns. Check the floor. Packed gravel or uneven boards can be a problem, and a tent needs to be fully covered. Ask the venue where the nearest outlet is.
Breweries. Often straightforward, since floors tend to be level. The main question is noise, so we look for a spot away from the taps and the speakers.
Ballrooms. Watch for stairs between the loading area and the room. Ask the venue about a freight elevator. Some venues ask for a certificate of insurance, and we carry general liability and send one on request.
Guests who use a wheelchair can use the booth with the curtain open.
Questions we hear
Does someone stay with the booth all night?
Yes. Sean stays with the booth all evening, keeps the printer running, helps guests with the touchscreen, and keeps the guestbook stocked if you book it.
Can the strip match our invitations?
Yes, with The Whole Evening. We design the strip to match your invitation suite. The Reception includes a strip design with your names and date.
What happens to the photos after the wedding?
Every guest takes their prints home that night. You also get a digital gallery of every session within 48 hours, so you can share it with anyone who missed the booth.
Tell us about your day.
You'll hear back the same day, usually within a couple of hours. No pressure, no automated follow-ups.
Prefer to talk? 585-204-2749