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So last weekend I participated in my first Wedding Expo with the photo booth. I was really pretty nervous about the whole thing since I’ve never even went to an expo before. Would my booth look good enough, would all the equipment hold up alright, etc.

It turned out amazing though! With the help of a bunch of great friends I managed to book well over the 5 rentals I’d hoped to get at the expo. Construction on the new version of the booth continued up until the morning of the expo as we fitted a flash unit into the booth right at the event!

The response to the booth was amazing, I had no idea that people would love it so much! Some of the really great quotes from the day were: “I want one of these [photobooths] more than I want flowers at my wedding” “Everyone is always looking for the next hot thing for weddings, and this Photobooth is it!”

The thing that sold them the quickest, aside from the fun of the actual book was the guest books. I had two out as examples and I think they were the selling point for most of the people. They loved the idea that they would have this great book full of pictures of their guests, in a unique format.

There was another Photobooth set up at the expo from Uptown Photobooths, while I love what they are doing, I didn’t quite understand why they came since they are from Minnesota. They are just starting up just as we are, so I would think they would want to focus on one area, then work to expand. But hey, I’m not one to tell them how to run their business.

Lessons learned at the expo:

-Battery powered flash for the lighting sucks. Flash would shut off after 30 seconds or so and the first picture in the strips would be black since the flash didn’t fire.

-Bottles of water are good to have handy, you mouth gets dry fast when you are talking so much.

-A 12′ roll of carpet will just barely fit into a Dodge Caravan.

-This whole idea is going TONS better than I’d ever planned. Just don’t want to get too big too fast.

Thanks again to everyone that helped out at the Expo I couldn’t have done it without you guys!

Here are some more pictures!

Finished booth with the new sides and corners that my Dad was nice enough to build for me!

Detail view of the edges, Just need to get a frame around the screen now.

There were 3 fashion shows, and I gave away free booth rentals for each one!

The Cottage for lunch and beer after tear down at the expo (which took less than 30 min!)