We opted out of the engagement photos for a fun photo booth wedding announcement. Nothing against engagement photos, but I just could not see us looking longingly into each other eyes while holding little signs that say, “I DO.” I am sure our wedding day will have enough corniness for our lifetime together. We love having fun and being ridiculous, so this fit us as a couple much better. Maybe this could be a fun alternative for some of you? Or just plain motivation to take some fun photo booth pictures!
TEMPLATES
For the Great Gatsby theme – Download Sea Side PDF Here: MarriedSeaSide
For the alternative types – Download Quiet Scream PDF here: MarriedQuietScream
For the artistic types – Download Sketch Rockwell PDF Here: MarriedSketchRockwell
For the architects out there – Download Caitlyn PDF here: MarriedCaitlyn
MATERIALS
- Thick stock paper to print the signs on or poster board.
- Signs! Make your own or use one of my templates above.
- If you go the poster board look, you will need double sided tape to secure the signs on the poster board.
- Props – we used glasses, sunglasses, and hats.
- About $10-$15 to blow.
- Patience while you find a photo booth that works!
WHAT TO DO
- Locate a photo booth. We knew of one at an old fashion diner from my childhood. We drove 30 minutes, prepped with our props, walked up to the booth and … it was out of order. UGH! In the end, we tried 4 different places to locate a photo booth. We really wanted to use an old fashioned, film only photo booth. In the end we ended up in a Mall photo booth that has themes like “BFF” and “Friends with Benefits.” The one neat thing about this is the video that came along with it! Not sure if I will post it here, it’s a total mess but a fun way to document a wedding prep memory. Gross thing to note, when we walked up to the photo booth there was a teenage couple making out in it. Oh, the mall.
- Be prepared to do several photo shoots. It was so fun doing the pictures and then cracking up at the stupid [and ugly] faces that were made. We did three different photo shoots, and the first one we didn’t realize it was taking a picture. Check out the blooper reel at the end.
- Have fun! Enough said.
- Scan and edit the photo strip. The photo booth we went to was a very social media and digital image friendly booth, but we still used the photos and made a collage of the best by cutting and scanning.
- Put on your wedding website or email out to friends the digital versions. We are actually giving our parents one of the strips and keeping the other for ourselves.
Bloopers from our first go at the photo booth.
I hope you enjoyed this engagement picture alternative for those unconventional couples like us!
love, Sarah
The DIY Librarian 