I could be wrong but I just dont think they are leaving the camera unattended. It looks like the people in the pictures are playing off the photographer and vice versa. Plus they take pictures are varying heights for kids, crotch shots, etc. I dont think they would leave the camera and tripod for guests to adjust.
They do the best crazybooth out there, awesome stuff the Kaisers.
Tony, I doubt that they have someone just pushing the button . . . a lot of the compositions are different (ie: landscape vs portrait). I'm sure they do it themselves, but I dont know how they have time to do it while still covering the rest of the reception.
Would love to find out myself . . . been wanting to add a photo booth to my packages (as ALL of the local one, just one, is super lame).
I HATE you and I LOVE you at the same time... I've got loads of DIY stuff that I do and I've got enough information now to build my own, but I'm adding in a lot of changes and hope to make it semi portable and spend less than $250 on it is my goal.
Give me a few months and I'll get back with you all...
We made a semi-portable background holder for other projects, but haven't used it for this. I'm sure they use seamless white - you can see the tape in some of the pictures. I don't know if they are tearing sheets off or actually using a background holder.
Anyway, we made one, super cheap, using some nice lighstands and a little help from Home depot.
We had few problems covering the reception and crazy booth. Think of all the bored people there are before they get their food...
If someone is manning the booth, why not shoot tethered and project a slide show of pictures from the photobooth during the dancing. There are nightclubs around here that even, upload their photobooth pictures to flicker in real time...
TRUE however it could be a fairly cheap incentive for my area as far as I know no one has one
Two: I love design of mechanical projects and one that allows me to actually make something off the project rather than just simply the joy of it working is a bonus.
Three: I want to build something thats a bit turn-key and doesn't require the use of an assistant, full automation. However I have no desire to print them on site.
"for those of you wondering what a CRAZYBOOTH is...it's basically a white background, a big light, some fun guests, and me+camera directing/posing/instigating to get the gosh darn coolest image i can! here are a few of my favs for your viewing pleasure "
This is great, we do something like this every now and then, but not everyone, mostly just the wedding party. We really don't take a booth though becuase this is a lot of work. we just find a blank wall and usually do it towards the end of the party when everyone is happy, people just open up more when there's alcohol involved
We did this at our wedding and our friends/family loved it. I had a friend "man the booth" and made sure we got 3-4 pictures of the guests that participated. I then took those photos, made a little "photostrip" out of them and we sent them to the guests in our Thank You cards. Everyone thought it was a great idea (and it really is)!
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Brett - the idea of the camera and remote appeals to me, except I dont know that I trust semi-drunk (to completely wasted) people with my multi-thousand dollar cameras. Do you use an old clunker camera? It certainly wouldnt need to be a super high end model considering the pics are more about fun than photographic artistry.
When I've done this unmanned it was with a Canon XTi with Tamron 17-50 (under $900 total), an AB400 monolight, and a shoot-through umbrella. I set a $2 infrared remote on a stool in front of the camera that had simple instructions on it: "S button takes a photo immediately - 2S button takes a photo after a 2 second delay"
It works well for crowds you can reasonably trust and are fun enough to entertain themselves, though certainly under many conditions you would want a photographer manning it both to keep an eye on things and to encourage goofiness.
