If you’ve been to a wedding post-2009, then it is safe to say that you’ve been to a wedding with a photo booth. Not to say that this is something that had never been done before then, but I will say that the likelihood of there being a photo booth at any given wedding these days has increased significantly. 

Last month, I had the pleasure of being the photo booth photographer at my friends Mike and Delaine’s wedding and it was a mind-blowing experience. 

This was not your typical photo booth with silly props or with the automated digital, instant gratification feel. This was Delaine’s vision; inspired by Mark Seliger’s Oscar x Vanity Fair portraits. Below is an image that I took of Delaine and her sisters.

Breathtaking, right? Now I can not take full credit for this, as it was Delaine’s vision and I only directed the guests and took their photos. The editing and retouching was all her handy work. Want to see more images from that night? You can view them here.

In case you were wondering, Delaine is an incredible photographer. Her work encompasses this vintage, film quality that is also often moody, but still light. Not only was I so honored to have her trust me (as one photographer to another) to photograph her special day, but being a part of this really pushed me to get the guests to open up and step into the vision that she had for this. Previously, in other sessions, I have struggled with directing some of my subjects (and whether or not asking for too many adjustments is too much). Because of that, I often end up with more candid results, but this was a rewarding challenge to see that if pushed I could get that original idea to come through. 

Slightly unrelated, this also really made me realize that I need to finally buy myself a prime lens.