The Live Photobooth

Saturday night at The Royal Palms was such a hoot. This crowd knew how to have a good time!

As the saying goes, Everything’s Bigger in Texas – and this destination wedding was all that – an evening full of big smiles, big personalities and big on fun!

Thank you Michelle from Your Heart’s Desire Weddings and Events for thinking of us. The Live Photobooth was a perfect fit for this super fun wedding party!

Ashley of Ashley Gain Weddings and Events – the event designer and two of the can can dancers from the event

Some of the ladies from The Desert Botanical Gardens and The Phoenix Zoo

The lovely ladies from Ashley Gain Weddings and Events

Gina, Ashley and Carrie, the co-owner of Mariee Bridal

The very talented duo from Gina Meola Photography

Sarah and Taryn of Serendipity Videography

Victoria and Lauren of Victoria Canada Weddings and Events

Kim Jarman of Kim Jarman Photography, Kelly Gill, blogger extraordinaire of Phoenix Bride & Groom and the fabulous Jen Bowen of Jennifer Bowen Photography

This past Wednesday, Phoenix Bride and Groom Magazine had an event for wedding professionals at The Venue Scottsdale.

From the gorgeous invitation (by Celebrations in Paper) to the cancan dancers, no detail was overlooked. Ashley Gain Weddings and Events transformed The Venue into The Moulin Rouge.

We spent the first hour chatting with all of the amazing wedding professionals that were in attendance. And then we went to work. The Live Photobooth, red back drop and all, captured some of the finest wedding professionals in all of Arizona.

As always, we had fun – we just love our job!

This past Saturday, The Live Photobooth had the good fortune of being part of Breanne and Chris’ wedding party at the Phoenix Art Museum! What a party!

This gorgeous event was orchestrated by Victoria Canada of Victoria Canada Weddings and Events. From the first pop of the flash, we were busy all night long.  Such a lively group of wedding guests. This crowd was a laugh from the get go. I always love it when the bride and groom are able to find the time in their hectic evening to participate a bunch in the photo booth – and Breanne and Chris joined their friends and family multiple times throughout the night. And we were able to capture some really great stuff.

I love the back stories behind some of the images. Lots of fun anecdotes. Lots of animation. Lots of enthusiasm. Fun. Fun. Fun.

Congratulations Breanne and Chris!

Caricature Me Super by Adam Street – Mr. Street is a super talented artist that does live caricatures and illustration.  Check him out!

The Candi Bar by Mia Goldenson offers a delicious assortment of all things candy – the perfect candy buffet.  I love how her business card has under her name “candy curator” – what a fun title.

We met these two wonderful vendors when The Live Photobooth was at The Millennium Scottsdale Resort & Villas.  Thank you Jill Pierce for including us in such a fun event.  If we do say so ourselves, our photo booth is the perfect accessory for a holiday party, corporate event, wedding, bar/bat mitzvah or just about any gathering that has more than a few people!

“To heal the flesh, the spirit must soar”

These amazing children from the Craniofacial Foundation of Arizona let their spirits soar a few weeks ago. Jen Radack of O Grace Photography thought the photo booth would be a great fit for the event. She was right! We felt privileged that she thought of us for this outstanding charity event. {I just fell in love with their thank you note!}

Here’s an overview of the Craniofacial Foundation of Arizona:

CFA is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing financial and emotional support to craniofacial patients and their families. We promote educational programs that increase awareness and acceptance of craniofacial conditions, and support research to improve methods of preventing, diagnosing, and correcting facial abnormalities.

Well I’m a little late in my post, but we are so thrilled to be named Best Photo Booth by Arizona Bride Magazine Best of 2011! We had so much fun, it was great to be part of such a fun evening. Lots and lots of Phoenix wedding vendors gathered together for some cocktails, great food, fun and a few awards thrown in!

Thank you again for voting us BEST PHOTO BOOTH!

What an honor to be nominated in two different categories – BEST WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER and BEST PHOTO BOOTH in the Arizona Bride Best of 2011. Even better to win one! Thank you everyone who voted for us  - BEST PHOTO BOOTH!

We had a great time last night at the awards ceremony, The Live Photobooth was in full swing with all sorts of wedding industry professionals! Stay tuned for lots of fun pictures!

Thank you Arizona Bride!

I have to say, the weather on Saturday night was just perfect. When you book an outdoor job in Arizona for the beginning of the Summer you have no idea if it is going to be blazing hot or just hot. Fortunately, it was ideal.

This past Saturday, the Live Photobooth was on the covered patio that overlooks the reflecting pool at the Royal Palms Resort – the perfect shady spot to capture the friends and family of this beautiful wedding party.

Another lovely wedding organized and orchestrated by Victoria Canada Weddings and Events. It is always such a pleasure to work with Victoria, Lauren and the wonderful team that make every wedding such a successfully unique event.

The bride made a beautiful selection when she chose this raspberry and gray patterned backdrop – I just love the way it complemented her wedding colors.  A simply lovely affair organized and orchestrated by the one and only Victoria Canada Weddings and Events.

If you can’t tell from perusing the photos, this was a jovial group that was having a blast from the minute they entered the reception (think YOU TUBE entrance, each couple out doing the other when they were announced), to the best man’s speech that encouraged guest participation (very funny!) to the hilarious photo booth interactions!

But looking at these fun pictures from last Saturday’s photo booth at the Hyatt Gainey Ranch and you would never guess 3 things:

1. we were outside adjacent to a beautiful swimming pool and a lake

2. there were wind gusts that felt like 60 mph – in all directions

3. we were hanging on to the backdrop so that it didn’t go sailing into either the pool or the lake or into the middle of the beautiful wedding reception

Regardless of what was going on behind the scenes – you can’t tell from the pictures!  The bride and groom and all their guests just rolled with it. A little wind, no big deal.  Fun was had by all.

I really can’t imagine an event where The Live Photobooth would not be a hit. Really, the ingredients are so simple: party guests + great lighting + professional photographer = lots of fun photos accompanied by great memories.

Matti had her Bat Mitzvah this past Saturday and her family and friends really seemed to enjoy themselves.  Matti was the star, she had her photo taken with cousins, sisters, parents, grand parents, a great grandmother, aunts, uncles, her swim team and lots and lots of her friends. Such great memories on such an important day in her life.

This was our second Bat Mitzvah photo booth for this lovely family.  It seems like yesterday, but probably closer to two years ago, her sister enjoyed the photo booth at her party!

Matti’s family is so delightful and we feel honored to be part of this very important milestone.  Thank you.

{The beauty of the photo booth set up is its flexibility. I just love the fact that her great grandmother – who is in a wheelchair – was able to be included in some of the family photos. Try that in an old-fashioned photo booth!}