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Jamie + Ryan // Watercolor Wedding Photo Booth

Jamie and Ryan’s recent Watercolor wedding was a HOOT.  We’re basically a necessity at any event or happening deemed a “hoot”.  “Riot”, “blast” and “rockstar party” are also instances in which our presence is required.  Working alongside the talented folks of Pure 7 Studios, and our Watercolor friends made this 30A wedding most excellent.

Huge thanks to Jamie and Ryan’s incredible coordinator, Cheryl, for inviting us to be a part of such an awesome celebration.  They were one of the most gracious couples ever, and it was an honor to be there.

To see the full group of riot-worthy photo booth images (in high-res and available for download to show off to all your friends), move your little eyeballs about 3 inches to the left on your screen (<—- over there) and click on ‘Your Event Photos’.  Or, just click here.  Easy.

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BLOG, Corporate Events, EVENTS, iBooth Events

30A Wine Festival // Alys Beach Photo Booth

The 3rd Annual 30A Wine Festival, which benefits the Children’s Volunteer Health Network, took place this past weekend in Alys Beach, and we were stoked to add our iBooth to the festivities.  Two very cool things to mention:

  1. The iBooth is really the only way to truly show off the awesome time you’re having at an event, since the social media sharing capabilities are what this handy booth is all about.
  2. We used a green screen for this event (you, too, can use a green screen for your next event; it’s what all the cool kids are doing, really).


What exactly is a green screen, you ask?  Well, the green screen is a great way to incorporate your fancy event logo/branding into the photo booth and blast it out there for the world to see via Facebook, Twitter and Email (Clever Marketing 101, right here, people).  The screen is replaced with a digital background image, making it super-easy and wicked fun to change it up during the event should you be so inclined.

We had a blast with these folks, and it’s always great to see their photos uploaded to social media directly from our iBooth.  We did have a slight battle with the blazing-bright sunshine and we learned green screen probably works best indoors with controlled lighting.

But the best and most awesome part of that day?  Anyone who wore green.  Green clothing + the green screen = invisible body parts that automatically qualifies as hilariously awesome.  So, please do us a favor  and either wear green so we can chuckle and use you as an example for the world to see “what not to wear” in a green screen situation, or, ya know, don’t wear green.  (See hilarious invisible guy example, below.)

Huge thanks to Alys Beach for asking us to be a part of this great event again this year!

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BLOG, Corporate Events, Printagram Events

Printagram Station // Mississippi Photo Booth

Think photo booth shenanigans are reserved only for adults who’ve had a little “liquid encouragement” in the midst of some massive celebration?  Oh no, we learned yesterday that if you plop our new Printagram Station into a crowd of otherwise well-behaved high school seniors, things will get real, like, real fast.  Our Printagram Station is a hashtag aficionado’s dream come true — snap a photo, upload it to Instagram or Twitter using the event’s official hashtag, and visit us for a printout of your photo, complete with the event’s pretty logo and your smiling and/or very impressive duck-face(s).

Yesterday’s recruiting event at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College ‘s 2014 Bulldog Day was a smashing success with massive amounts of fun had by all.  In just over three hours we had 300+ Instagram photos taken by students and Facetime staff; by the end, we printed over 500 photos complete with the official MGCCC logo for students to take home as a keepsake.  They could also reprint multiple copies of their pics from the touch screen slideshow on the Printagram Station.

We’re pretty stoked to be able to begin offering our Printagram Station at upcoming weddings, corporate events and other shenanigan-inducing parties.  Branding and exposing your event all over the universe has never, ever been such a stinking blast.  We can guarantee that.

BLOG, Weddings

Lindsey & John // Fairhope Alabama Photo Booth

We’re dusting off our wedding shoes and gearing up for a fantastic 2014 season!  Because we’re on a mission to dominate the world of photobooth-ery, you can find us landing in spots all along the Gulf Coast and beyond.  And by “beyond”, we mean up into Mobile Bay, in the quaint but oh-so-awesome town of Fairhope, Alabama.  We were pretty stoked to kick off our wedding season at The Venue, which is definitely one of our favorite new event spaces, right in the heart of Fairhope.

Lindsey and John’s vision of a modern wedding with a Southern/Louisiana flair was brought together flawlessly (think Fleur-di-lis, tuxedos, jazz, magnolias, and crawfish).  There was even a real Mardi Gras parade just outside, which of course we totally arranged.  We’re all about doing our part to bring a bride and groom’s vision to life.

Ok no, we actually didn’t do that.  But we did bring our ridiculously awesome full-of-flair photo booth (say that five times fast) which was just the thing to add to the incredible atmosphere of Lindsey and John’s wedding.  We had an amazing time, and we’re already looking forward to our next Fairhope wedding.

Huge thanks to Missy Godwin of Miss to Mrs for coordinating, and to everyone else involved in bringing this awesome wedding together.

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BLOG, Corporate Events, EVENTS, iBooth Events

Sandestin Gumbo Festival // Destin Photo Booth

We had a pretty spectacular time this past weekend at Sandestin’s 25th Annual Gumbo Festival, which was held in the Village of Baytowne Wharf.  How could you not enjoy two full days worth of sunshine (in February!), the area’s top chefs whipping up massive amounts of gumbo, live entertainment, beverages, and fun?  Well, it could have been much less enjoyable sans photo booth.  Think about it: You’ve laughed and danced and pushed your way through the crowd, then filled yourself to the brim with some of the best gumbo around.  Stopping short of exiting the festivities, you think to yourself, “Self, what’s missing from this oh-so-incredible day?  What’s the one thing that would make my Gumbo Fest experience just that much better?”  Spotting the photo booth off in the distance, and the obvious flutter of fun you’re missing out on, the answer is as clear to you as the water is on Crab Island, pre-Spring Break invasion.  That’s pretty darn clear, you guys.

Looking for a ridiculously fun way to market your event?  Bring in a photo booth — especially our fancy Social Click or iBooth, which both have social media sharing capabilities — and watch your brand get exposed all over the planet.  For proof, scroll down and check out how we boosted the Gumbo Fest’s exposure with their custom-branded photos, using our brand-spanking-new iBooth.  It’s basically genius marketing, dontcha think?

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Girls’ Night Out // Destin Photo Booth

Gossip.  Martinis.  A few close girlfriends.  Maybe some chandelier-swinging.  These may all be visions conjured up when one hears “Girls’ Night Out”, but we can attest to the fact that when Proffitt PR puts on a Girls’ Night Out (also affectionately known as ‘GNO’), there may just be all of the above involved . . . but with a few hundred of your closest friends.  If you haven’t yet heard of this awesome event, then you probably need to march right on over to their Facebook page to check out what all the hype’s about (and then make plans to attend their next one).

We were pretty stoked to be asked to participate in last September’s GNO.  Held at Elephant Walk Sandestin, the event raised just over $12,500 (WHOA.) to benefit local charity, Shelter House.  While we effectively thwarted any attempts at chandelier-swinging, we did manage to coax some really fun ladies into our booth using our highly effective and mostly top secret prop-coaxing tactics.

Thanks for inviting us to be a part of such an incredible event, Proffitt PR!  (If you want to see us and the rest of the night in action, check out this awesome video from Pure7 Films!)

 

 

BLOG, EVENTS, Weddings

Weddings // Santa Rosa Beach Photo Booth

Wedding trends come and go, but the photo booth is totally here to stay.  In fact, what better way to entertain your guests in between dance breaks, long speeches, embarrassing best man toasts, and tossing bouquets into the air than encouraging them to get a little crazy with fuzzy hats, oversized sunglasses, and stick mustaches?  Playing dress-up isn’t just for toddlers anymore; open up the photo booth at a wedding and watch your most introverted friend turn into basically the most awesome person you’ve ever known.

We’re no strangers to Santa Rosa Beach and 30A weddings, and if you’re unfamiliar with this little stretch of heaven, do yourselves a favor and hop right in your car and pay this area a long visit.  Start with Rosemary Beach and make your way down this pristinely hidden stretch of beach highway and prepare to be wowed.  It’s no wonder 30A is home to some of the best weddings we’ve attended.

We’re often asked what separates our booth(s) from others, and, without getting all high-horse-ish, we’re OK in laying it out straight: our photo booths are the real deal (you know, with walls, not poles and drapes), our photos are bright, colorful and super-hi-res (i.e., higher quality), we invest in top-notch props that people actually want to steal (for real; these aren’t Party City bulk clearance items, people), we use a third-party graphic designer for your unique print border . . . and a whole slew of other items that, if mentioned, would just start sounding like a photo booth infomercial.  And nobody likes a photo booth infomercial.

We’ve compiled a few of our favorite photo booth newlyweds from the past few years whose weddings or rehearsal dinners (ahem, David & Beth) were held in and around the beaches of 30A.  Big, huge, mega-thanks to these awesome couples for bringing us in to be a part of their day!

Thanks to It’s a Shore Thing Wedding & Event Planning, Carillon Weddings ©, Watercolor Weddings, Celebration Hall, and Watersound Beach Club Weddings for introducing us to these fine peeps!

 

BLOG, Corporate Events, EVENTS, SOCIAL CLICK EVENTS

Jam Cruise + Holy Ship // Corporate Photo Booth

What do you get when you mix music (a lot of it), boatloads of people dancing and partying into the wee hours of the morning (get it?  “boatloads”), abundant sunshine, libations, AND our Social Click photo booth?  You get eight days of sheer awesomeness, otherwise known as Jam Cruise and Holy Ship!!! 2014.

We were pretty stoked when iHome asked us to join in on the fun for the third year in a row. I mean really, what better way to promote your event and blast your brand all over the world than with prop-donned, ridiculously fun people crammed into a photo with your logo plastered all over it?  Go take a gander at iHome’s Facebook page to see the full albums — and tag yourself while you’re at it (your friends will thank you, seriously)!

The eight days of cruising started off with a kickoff event in Miami — and then the fun REALLY started once we set sail on the MSC Divina, set up shop, and headed out into the deep blue with some big names in music and, like, thousands of our closest friends.  To say these events were a success is an understatement.  We’re already dusting off our flip-flops and hoarding mass stockpiles of caffeinated everything to keep up with these incredibly energetic groups for next year.  And of course perfecting the art of crowd-surfing while simultaneously photobooth-ing our nights away.

Here are some of our favorite pics. Click on any image for the full-res version!

 

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[acc_item title=”DATE & LOCATION”]- January 4-12, 2014
– Aboard the MSC Divina (Bahamas & Jamaica)[/acc_item]
[acc_item title=”EVENT DETAILS”]- Jam Cruise & Holy Ship
– 10,000+ Attendees
– Eight nights
– Six hours per night[/acc_item]
[acc_item title=”SOCIAL CLICK METRICS”]- 5,341 Branded photos were printed for guests in real-time
– 6,836 Branded photos were emailed by guests from our 4-iPad station[/acc_item]
[acc_item title=”ONLINE ALBUM(S)”]The full online albums for Jam Cruise and Holy Ship are available @ www.facetimephotos.com/JamCruise + www.facetimephotos.com/HolyShip[/acc_item]
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Mallory & Alex // Mobile Alabama Photo Booth

Mallory and Alex celebrated with friends and family (and Wes, our photo booth attendant) at the Bragg Mitchell Mansion in Mobile, Alabama. You’ll see by some of our favorite pics below that this group had no problem letting their hair down inside the photo booth. We got some really great pics! The rest of the photos are at www.facetimebooth.com/pics.

BLOG, Corporate Events, EVENTS, SOCIAL CLICK EVENTS

Digital Graffiti 2013 // Alys Beach Photo Booth

What is Digital Graffiti? Well the official website describes it best: [quote align=”center” color=”#999999″]Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach is the world’s first projection art festival, with artists using the latest technologies to project their original works onto the town’s iconic white walls.

– www.digitalgraffiti.com -[/quote]
Alys Beach hosts this amazing event every year at beautiful Caliza Pool and this year they invited us to bring our Social Click Photo Booth to capture guests in their coastal casual attire. Our Social Click is an open-air mobile photo booth, capable of printing up to 240 hi-res photos per hour. It also comes with our Social Share Station (3 iPads) which allows users to instantly share their digital images on Facebook, Twitter or via email.

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[acc_item title=”DATE & LOCATION”]- June 7-8, 2013
– Caliza Pool at Alys Beach (Santa Rosa Beach, FL on Hwy 30A)[/acc_item]
[acc_item title=”EVENT DETAILS”]- Annual Digital Projection Art Festival
– 2,500+ Attendees
– Two nights
– Three hours per night[/acc_item]
[acc_item title=”SOCIAL CLICK STATS”]- 872 Branded photos printed for guests on-site
– 872 photos were auto-uploaded to the Digital Graffiti Facebook page in real-time
– 225 Photos uploaded to individual Facebook pages by guests at the event
– 933 Photos emailed by guests at the event
– 2,030 Total branded photos shared online from the event[/acc_item]
[acc_item title=”ONLINE ALBUM(S)”]The full online album for Digital Graffiti 2013 is available on our Alys Beach client page @ www.facetimephotos.com/AlysBeach[/acc_item]
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