Portland Photo Booth Rental

You can’t have it all: dj, band, videographer, photographer, huge cake, 5 star facility, etc. Unless you’re a Trump, I suppose.

So why, with an average cost of around $800, is it smart to add a photo booth to your budget?

First, for the money, absolutely nothing adds as much FUN to your reception. Not even $800+ of alcohol! Add energy to your reception and give people something to TALK ABOUT. Family members that haven’t seen each other for a long time will be eager to take photos of themselves together…who knows when the next meeting will be?

Second, you’re capturing permanent memories. Not just posed photos, but really spontaneous pictures of your friends acting goofy with odd props.

Third, the booth is an opportunity to create contests. Maybe have the DJ stage a “funniest photo” contest. You can create trading games at tables with the photo strips as game pieces.

Finally, your guests will have the ultimate souvenir to take home from your wedding. How many party favors do you actually post on in your kitchen? That’s a really valued party favor!

So add fun, memories, games, and a great party favor to your reception by renting a photo booth from Divine Moments.

The average wedding might have 200 guests, most of which won’t reach your scrapbook, or album.  You keep in contact with several of your guests, and you can fetch their photos to add to your album as you run into them, but the truth is you’ll likely not see most of them for a long time, at which the subject is forgotten.

Rent a photo booth, though, and you’ll have photos of all of them (or at least the ones that use the photo booth).  With a “scrapbook option” each photo is printed twice…one for the guest and one for you.

If you’re looking for a photo booth rental in Portland, call or email Divine Moments (http://onthegophotobooth.com).  We arrive early, attend to the booth, and have many packages to fit your event’s budget.

Photo booths are experiencing a bit of a comeback in the weddings and events industry, but in Japan they have been very popular with teenage girls in the form of Purikura–photos on stickers.

Example:

Purikura has been popular since the early 90s in Japan.  Most photo booth rental services allow you to customize electronically your photos (with framing, text, etc.). The customization feature is very popular in Americans of all ages and genders as it is with Japanese girls.  People are more similar than we think.

It’s tempting to save money and make a photo booth yourself. There are even “how to” articles about this on the Internet.

Great in theory, but they come up short in practice. Consider:

• DIY booths often suffer technical failure during the event.  They work great during “testing” but in the real world flashes and cameras fail.
• Builder doesn’t realize the booth requires full time attention.  That’s right, you have to be at the booth for the entire party–you will miss the party.
• DIY booths physically break.  Backdrops get blown in the wind or are damaged in transit.  Booth walls are broken by intoxicated partygoers.
• Photo quality is poor.  A professional booth uses cameras, walls, flashes, and backdrops that are all integrated and designed to work together.  DIY booths are made with what’s available, and the result is not of the same quality as pro shots.
• The savings are marginal in many cases.  Yes, you might save $600 – $1000, but your cost on a backdrop, walls, flash, etc. plus your time cost may not add up.

If you do choose to make your own booth, test it thoroughly before your event.  Even volunteer to use it at a friend’s event to you’re ready for your own.  Or just leave the burden and the worry to the pros ; )

Please consider Divine Moments for your Portland Photo Booth Rental needs.

Your guests will bring their own cameras, so why invest in renting a booth?  Here’s 5 reasons:

1.  The booth adds FUN to the event.  The process of stepping into the booth with friends and family always involves humor, and later, anticipation of the photos themselves.

2.  95% of digital photos never get shared.  People get busy and don’t print or upload their photos.  Photos form the booth are instantly shared.

3.  Photo booth photos make your party MEMORABLE.  Their small portability and the candidness of the photos mean they are likely to get posted to refrigerators or bulletin boards.  The memory of your party has a longer life with a photobooth rental.

4.  Photo booths GET PEOPLE TALKING.  Events bring together many people who may not know each other.  The booth gets them to share photos, share thoughts about the booth and add life to your party!

Renting a photbooth from Portland photo booth rental is an effective way to plan a memorable  party.