Whilst most couples spend hours procrastinating over every wedding detail from wedding day style to décor and table favours, documenting your momentous day should be right up there as a priority and what better way then a wedding photo booth.

Hiring a wedding photo booth

By visually displaying the personality of your guests and loved ones whilst offering a great form of entertainment, wedding photobooths are a creative way to remember your big day. The informal snapshots are created with laughter and when props are added to the mix there’s a whole lot of fun.

Pure Entertainment

When it comes to entertaining your wedding guests both young and old, photo booth’s have you covered, from kids dressing up pulling faces to Granny piling on the props, everyone loves getting silly in front of the camera. Whether couples take cute kissing pictures or whole extended families try to squeeze in on the shot they really capture the atmosphere of the celebrations.

Photo booths offer a great ice-breaker for the shy Uncle and Aunts before building up the confidence to join the dance floor, a way for children to get creative and bring distanced friends together once again. Talking points will centre around antics of photo posing and your guests will revel in their moment on part of your big day.

Momentum

Not only will you get to view and keep some incredible images but instantly so will your guests creating a little momentum just for them. You could even use the photos as part of your wedding favours injecting more of a personal touch.

Hiring a professional

Hiring a professional to set up, maintain & organise your wedding photo booth will leave you to enjoy your day knowing everything is hand. With options of personalised props and backdrops, booths can come in the form of pop-up tents, flower pods, staged set ups or even inside quirky vehicles.

To give us more of an insight into everything wedding booth related from logistics, to personalisation and what to consider we speak to Kitty from Birdie & Co. Birdie offer a unique photo booth experience ideal for capturing moments of magic that become a real talking-point of your wedding day.

Why should couples consider having a photo booth at their wedding?

Photo booths are a great way to entertain your guests and capture those playful moments of fun and laughter.

Our photo booths offer a great source of entertainment as they are situated inside blush pink classic vehicles, we have two classic VW camper vans Birdie & Pixie alongside Babs our light up bubble caravan. In fact, Birdie and Babs have both been featured on TV and are hired by many celebrities for their big days! Wooo!

Photo booths can also act as a quirky guest book, we create a station which is the perfect space for guests to leave messages alongside their images, a keepsake for the bride and groom like no other.

Do all venues allow a photo booth?

In our experience of traveling throughout the UK, which includes visiting hundreds of different types of venues then as long as the venue has easy access (no small gated entrances or height restrictions) and has electricity a short distance away a photo booth can be run perfectly.

Our camper van and caravan photo booths are usually set up outside the wedding venue so don’t take up important space inside and also give another element to the wedding – offering a space to spread out with our props and make a beautiful outdoor feature and backdrop to the day which looks pretty both day and night.

What should couples consider when looking to hire a photo booth?

Look at the schedule of the day and ensure you have a time (mainly in the evening) that the photo booth would work within. Most people hire us to be set up for when their evening guests arrive and running whilst the band/DJ is on.

What is included in the hire?

It’s important to check exactly what’s included when hiring your wedding photo booth, you don’t want to be stuck with an unforeseen bill to get your photos after your wedding day.

Our basic package includes;

  • Three hours of camper van photo booth hire including out light up PHOTO letters on the roof
  • Personalised and unlimited photo print outs
  • Emailed boomerang GIFs sent directly to your guests email address with a personalised message from yourself
  • The choice of hundreds of props and your choice of backdrop
  • Your Guest book which we provide the necessary pens, glue, extra print outs which guests can write their message alongside

We then send all of the high res. images via email after the wedding for the newlyweds to enjoy, I’m sure they have as much fun going through them as their guests did posing for them!

How can couples personalise their photo booth?

We offer bespoke themed props, backdrops, personalised number plates and can also make light up letters spelling out the couples new surname or initials to go on the camper or caravan roof.

The story of Birdie & Co

After leaving my job as a primary school teacher in London I decided to go back to my creative roots. I’d always had a passion for customising, styling and photography and so the idea of a camper van photo booth was born…or should I say hatched!

Back in 2016 I was introduced to a friend who is an award winning classic VW restorer and we soon became the perfect collaboration. Our Birdie photo booth camper van was originally rusting away with chickens roosting in her engine bay and after a truly amazing conversion she is a completey adaptable photo booth fully equipped with furniture and stunning décor.

And not long after…along came Betty, Flossie, Babs, Bonnie, Herbie…and now Pixie!

To inject some character and pure fun into your wedding day, a photo booth is a must. Not only do they look fashionably amazing but the keepsakes you will receive are invaluable.