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 were in the West End at Quaglinos on Sunday night for Charlotte’s Batmitzvah. The parents really push the boat out at these events and Charlotte’s was no exception. A 20 foot video screen showed all of the people there a constantly running video of proceedings along with footage from when she was younger. A caricaturist was creating small works of art of the kids and putting them on badges. Great fun!

Here she is being received by her friends and family.

Here’s a shot of her and one of our previous Batmitzvah girls, Alex . We shot her Batmitzvah back in December.

Currently everybody in our current set of clients from the Jewish community all go for the keyring option that we offer but none, so far, have had a Photobooth. I know that it would be even more fun for the kids as they can take the shots themselves and get prints instantly. We can now incorporate their prints into keyrings or magnets to give them a little more to take away with them. Give us a call for a quote.

I guarantee that they will have even more fun from the Photobooth!

See you next week. RG

50th Wedding Anniversary and an idea for the Photobooth

We shot a 50th wedding anniversary party tonight at a very nice Greek restaurant in Stanmore for a lovely couple. They knew about us as we shot their grand daughter’s Batmitzvah a few months ago. It was dead easy to remember their names as they are almost the same… Norman and Norma. Listening to the speeches I was surprised to hear that their three bridesmaids and the best man from all that time ago were there.

It gave me a great idea for the Photobooth…

We have been shooting the youngsters at Bar/Bat Mitzvahs for a couple of years now. We try and take all of the photographs during the reception, print them and pop the prints into keyrings during the meal. The kids love ‘em and fix them on their school satchels and bags. I checked the size of the Photobooth prints and I’m happy to report that they fit into keyrings or magnets. )

It’s something I have to price but we’ll be offering them on the Photobooth website in the next week or two.

New Pixels Gallery

The Pixels website has a brand new gallery with some of our latest work that really shows the great variety of the work we are doing. It will give you a really good idea of what you can expect on your wedding day if you are looking for something different. Take a look and give us a call if you like what you see.