Looking for something fun to
keep your guests entertained?
You’re not the only one. If
you’re a modern-day bride
looking for new ways to make
memories on your special day,
we’ve found the answer: a
mobile open-air photo booth!
The open-air booth can take
photos of 3 to 5 people at
a time, with or without a
backdrop. When the guests
step away, their photos will already
have been printed and cut with
copies for each of them to keep.
The photo service provider will also
upload the images on their website.
Having a photo booth only requires
the host to direct the guests to step
in and have their photos taken. This
offers a more cost-effective approach
than having several photographers
capture different areas and people at
the wedding, and can be made fun with
props and costumes.
Wondering how to get one? We did
the research for you. Omar Lopez
has hands-down the best photo
booth setup in the New York area.
Look forward to getting a collection
of formal, fun and wacky shots for
everyone to enjoy.
Urbanette Magazine:
Photo booths
are very ‘in’ nowadays for weddings
(or any other event for that matter).
Why should any wedding have a
photobooth?
Omar Lopez:
The open photo booth
is something we started offering
very recently after we saw many of
our past clients hire a company for
the clunky box closed photo booth.
We thought to ourselves, we can
do it better. Our open photo booth
fits groups of people not just 2-3
people like the closed box type. We
decided to bring our portable studio
equipment to the venue, setup shop
and last add props, many props.
It’s a lot of fun and the guest keep the
photos which are better than most
favors given at weddings. In fact, our
clients use the photos as their favors.
We now personalize each photo
with the bride & grooms wedding
information. At events, event cooperate
events we add the company’s logo, etc.
Urbanette:
Have you ever had to
work with an unusual client request
or wedding location? How did you
manage this?
Omar:
Destination weddings are
fun but hard at the same time. Most
of the time you cannot scout the
location unless you fly to the country
and know the exact location where
the event will take place. We flew to
Barranquilla, Colombia to photograph a wedding in this beautiful old fort
which sit on a cliff. It was very windy
and the fort did not a ceiling (open
plaza, where the party took place).
Despite the conditions, we got some
amazing pictures which are very
much featured in our studio. One of the most memorable weddings
we covered was actually a destination
wedding for a same sex couple. It
was in the Dominican Republic on
the beach. The couple had a security
guard actually escort one of the brides
from the hotel room all the way to
the beach where the wedding took
place. On top of all that, you could
see dark clouds quickly approaching
on the horizon, so I knew our time
was limited. Luckily there were no
incidents, just many locals looking and
cheering for the same sex couple and
it started raining just as the couple
walked down the isle after they kissed.
It was memorable because for all that
could have gone wrong, and by some
stroke of luck nothing actually did.
The reception was indoors and the
weather passed very quickly.
