We’ve had three Photobooths this weekend. Friday night we were in Hurley in Berkshire with a Photobooth with a new look and some props!

Saturday afternoon the Photobooth made a debut in W2 at a huge Nigerian wedding and in the evening we were in Richmond at the Bingham hotel with Rachel and Johnny.

On Friday in Hurley Vicky and Dave were married and the theme of the reception was pirates and the colours were red and black. Vicky asked if we could swap the entrance curtain from white to red and, of course(!) we were happy to oblige. Here is a shot of the Photobooth in situ. We loved the image so much you can now go to the Rentabooth website and the entrance image changes. When you scroll over the main image with your mouse it will change from the black and white Photobooth to the red one. It is very simple to give the Photobooth a totally different look for your wedding or event. We do need a couple of weeks notice though for your colour of choice as a seamstress has to hem the curtain.

I laid my hands on a load of props for the evening and they really add another dimension to your images but you do need a bit more space at your reception to give your guests some space to try things on.

Here is the image. It’s getting pretty late so I’ll post more images tomorrow. Or should it be later today…

He we go. A bunch of images from the Photobooths over the weekend. A real variety. From the beautiful and incredible colours of a Nigerian wedding and Vicky & Dave’s wedding with the props, to the classic black and white shots from Rachel & Johnny’s wedding.

Here are the bride and groom, Vicky and David.

Here are some shots from Kemi & Chikumbi’s wedding. I love the colours and the headgear!

And finally to Rachel and Johnny’s wedding in Richmond…

Here are the two of them.

We had fun at Tina and Matthew’s wedding on Saturday in Ealing with the wedding photography and the Photobooth.

This is Tina and Matthew’s gorgeous little girl, Summer with mum. As long as she was clean, fed and watered she smiled all day long.

This is Matthew with little George later in the day in the Photobooth. He’s the same. Hardly stopped smiling, all day long.

One of the four small bridesmaids.

The two of them in a Strictly Ballroom type pose on Ealing Common, just outside the church.

This is Heather who was assigned the job of looking after Summer for a big part of the day. James caught her having fun on the dancefloor with one of the bridesmaids.

And finally the two of them just after the DJ’s smoke machine set the fire alarms off! Having spent quite a few years DJing I suggest that you ask them to leave their smoke machines at home if you have booked a disco for your wedding or party. The disruption of a great party is simply not worth it as everybody had to troop out into the car park while the fire brigade check that there is no real fire.

Here are the two of them. The first through the Photobooth!

The couple who recommended us to the bride and groom were at the wedding reception and here they are. Keith and Kerry after five years of marriage!

This guy has been watching too many Blackadder repeats… The only thing missing is the underpants on his head!

Even the youngsters get into the spirit of things…

Watch out for the Christmas Special Offer that will be up on the Rentabooth website by the end of the week. You’ll even get to see me in a Santa suit!

The Photobooth is becoming ever more popular and last weekend was no exception…

We covered James and Habibe’s wedding reception over in Surbiton and then shot Gemma and Nick’s wedding with a Photobooth too on Sunday. A busy weekend!

Habibe is Turkish and her family lent a very exotic nature to the dancing and the Photobooth.

Even the priest went into the Photobooth before he left!

On Sunday, Gemma and Nick tied the knot at Great Fosters in Egham. A beautiful venue, a good looking couple and they know how to have fun. The reception went onto 1.30 am!

Here are Gemma and Nick in the moonlight just before we left.

A little earlier in the day.

Relaxing in the grounds of Great Fosters.

All of Gemma’s friends on the bridge.

Ellie and friend in the lovely but very low archway.

On to the Photobooth pics. A bunch of fun loving and imaginative youngsters…

Here’s Nick’s mum with one of the younger guests.

Here are all of the older bridesmaids together. Seven of them!

Here are a couple of guys who were determined to do something different and when I saw the contortions I did mention that there was nothing behind him if he leaned back.

Opps. He didn’t take my advice! The Photobooth sees all…

This couple were determined to shoot something like it was out of an underwear catalogue. Shame about the underwear!

We did two Photobooths this weekend. Friday and Sunday.
Gaby on the left in the first picture organised a function at her school in NW1 for her younger school mates where all of the proceeds went to Childline. At 17 years old I believe she organised the whole lot. Disco, food, Photobooth and all the flyers etc and she organised the security in the form of nine teachers!

Last night we covered Joelle’s Batmitzvah in Quaglinos in SW1. We have worked in Quaglinos before prior to launching Rentabooth and we’ve taken photographs of Joelle before. Here she is at Yasmin’s batmitzvah last year.

Here she is at her own Batmitzvah at Quaglinos last night. What a party! It had robots wandering about, 20 foot projection screens, video and a whole host of extra goodies apart from the Photobooth for the youngsters entertainment.

Here’s a couple of shots of Quaglinos with the party in full swing.

A couple of the lads larking about. It always fascinates me watching people rehearsing what they intend doing from shot to shot prior to going into the Photobooth.

A couple of the adults being Photoboothed… Mum is on the right.

A bit late this week but that’s not too unusual…

Paula and Dave were married at Hartwell House, close to Aylesbury on Saturday. What a beautiful venue and a lovely couple! To take a look at the venue click on the link here.

Here are couipe of my favourite shots of the two of them. The shot of the two of them is a little Shakesperian and Dave was contemplating climbing up from the ground a la Romeo and Juliet!

The rooms in the hotel itself are stunning and set on two levels. I was able to go up the stairs and shoot down for this shot. I had to remove a TV from the background of the image but that’s ok.

The Photobooth did amazing service last night at Tate’s Batmitzvah and we didn’t take the booth itself! The company that set up the marquees etc actually built a Photobooth for us to match the rest of the decor etc in white and fuschia pink. It was huge. About 10 feet x 10 feet and about 10 feet tall.

We are talking about a huge party here which culminated in big firework display over the River Thames. The MC was an Ali G impersonator. There was a nine piece band, all dressed in white with their own dancers and no expense was spared. As always with the Jewish functions that we cover there were many youngsters we recognised.

They know exactly what we do and couldn’t wait to dive in there and have their photographs taken.

Here is Ali G with some of his entourage. He was brilliant with the youngsters.

A member of the band with some of the dancers.

I have no idea of the significance of the chefs’ hats but I spent most of the evening wearing one!

One thing I have noticed with the Photobooth, (bearing in mind that I have spent most of my working life as a professional photographer), is that even very young children really, really love having their photographs taken in it. I’m starting to think that it is to do with the fact that they can see themselves on the computer screen prior to triggering the camera. A bit like a reflection in a mirror. They absolutely love it! They don’t get embarrassed or mind having shots taken with their mums and dads either. Usually a totally uncool thing to do.

Traveling down to Hampshire to Clare and Ryan. The two of them were up for fun in their photographs and we shot some fab images. I’m taking a look through a bunch of them now. Here they are before everything went slightly out of control in the Photobooth. Ryan has five sisters, by the way! I have three and I thought that was bad…

This was shot after the Photobooth had been packed away.

A few people signing and leaving a message in the guestbook for Clare and Ryan.

Here are the Bridegroom’s sisters and this is probably the only clean shot I can put on here. To be fair to them the wedding ceremony took place at 2.00 pm and this was around 7.30 pm…

We had a very busy weekend starting in Oxfordshire on Saturday night with a photobooth at Ben and Amy’s wedding reception and followed with the photography and Photobooth at Clare and Ryan’s wedding in the West Meon Valley Golf Club near Fareham in Hampshire on Sunday.

Lots and lots of fun but it’s no good me telling you that without pictures!

Here’s Ben and Amy.

It was only a matter of time before somebody decided to do something as daft as this and we managed to get them both in the shot!

The first time we’ve seen a baby alarm being used as prop in the booth…

Great Gran decided to enter a special plea in the booth.

I do like the subtly of these two.

This little fella didn’t stop smiling throughout the Photobooth experience. He should have been in bed!

We had a load of fun on Saturday night in a village in Cambridgeshire with the photobooth. When I say it was in the wild woolly outbacks of Cambridgeshire you’ll see what I mean when I tell you that the wedding reception was on a farm and in a village called Shingay-cum-Wendy!

Here is the link to the farm. If you are looking for something different, I think you may have found it.

http://www.south-farm.co.uk/

Lucy and Dave were at Dave and Elaine’s wedding back in March and booked us for their wedding on the spot. Here they are! You may remember them. )

This was Lucy and Dave about halfway through the night.

Lots of imagination and although they don’t know it yet I positioned a small video camera in the corner of the Photobooth and shot some video too to give you all an idea of how much fun the Photobooth is. I filmed during some of the busier times but it needs a bit of editing etc and I’ll put it up on the Photobooth website next week some time.

This guy was very quick between shots to swap his signs!

The look on this lad’s face as Zoe handed him his prints was absolutely priceless.

I like this sequence. Made me laugh a lot when I saw it pop into the tray.

Just as a footnote to this entry. We have almost completed our second Photobooth!

It should be up and going by next week. The last couple of bits and pieces have been completed today and it goes up a lot faster than our first booth. I have a couple of people who are dying to help out as it is so much fun. They both recently helped out at a wedding so they already have experience and know how busy it can get…

We are currently discussing theming a Photobooth especially for Christmas with red velvet and suitably decorated, of course. ) It seems a long way off but companies are already starting to look around to get the venues and goodies that they want.

We have had a very busy weekend with a Sara & Robert’s wedding up in Leicester on Friday and Coco’s Batmitzvah in South London on Sunday night. Both were hugely successful and everybody had a great time.

Here is the lovely Sara with a couple of pals.

Table decorations were a feature too…

Even the catering and bar staff got involved!

Here is Coco. The young lady on the right. Her Batmitzvah in South London was probably the busiest that we have ever worked and they went into the Photobooth in as many combinations of people that they could dream up. Her guestbook contained the most number of pages that we have ever done.

Her mum, Rebecca, in the next shot at the bottom, made sure that she got involved too. I still have no idea how they managed to fit eight people into the booth!

Some even managed to be serious for two minutes…

Others didn’t… Some very young, and some not quite so young.

Rentabooth has taken five bookings in the last few days including two directly from Coco’s Batmitzvah. If you want to join in the fun, give us a call. RG