It might not have been “love at first sight” for Travis and Jessie, who met at their apartment community in High Point, North Carolina, but it surely ended up turning into something special. At the...
Charlotte Elizabeth’s Elizabooth
Cool feature: The photographer coaches guests into creative poses, so you score professional-quality pics full of fun.
Props: Wigs and hats rule, plus the booth can be customized by the couple or with pretty pennant garlands from Charlotte Elizabeth Price: $1,100/four hours
Contact: (843) 754-8235, www.CharlotteElizabethPhoto.com
Tasty Image: Chocolate Photo Booth
Cool feature: Photographs print (within five minutes) in edible ink on milk or dark chocolate lollipops and guests leave with personalized chocolate lollipop favors.
Props: Bring your own. But whatever, you leave with your face on a piece of candy!
Price: $1,700/four hours
Contact: (843) 654-9194, www.TastyImage.com
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FingerSnappin’ Entertainment: Photowall
Cool feature: It’s a 1940s-styled living room scene. Guests poke their heads through framed cutouts for shots.
Props: Kanye West-style sunglasses, elf (yes, elf) hats, and much more
Price: $1,000/four hours
Contact: (843) 345-1919, www.FingerSnapMusic.com
Carmen Ash Photography: Coast Photo Booth
Cool feature: The freestanding white booth blends with posh receptions, and photostrips are ready in seconds.
Props: Vintage bowlers, sunglasses, and more scavenged from second-hand shops. Special requests are welcome. (Innovative Carmen once made a life-size cutout of a bride’s brother who was deployed and couldn’t make the wedding.)
Price: $750/four hours
Contact: (843) 718-2432, www.CoastPhotoBooth.CarmenAsh.com
OtherBrother Entertainment: SwaggerShots Photo booth
Cool feature: Its open layout means up to a dozen guests can pile into a frame at once.
Props: Phantom of the Opera masks, snorkel gear, dreadlocked wigs, and more
Price: $695-$995/four hours
Contact: (843) 225-5621, www.SwaggerShots-Photobooth.com
Smile Lounge Photo Booth Charleston
Cool feature: The booth is a swirling, white sculpture-like partition, so it accents any reception space.
Props: Mustaches and lips-on-sticks, oversized glasses, feather boas, and Mardi Gras masks
Price: $1,195/four hours
Contact: (843) 367-0678, www.SmileLoungeCharleston.com
Charleston Party Booth: Volkswagen Bus booth
Cool feature: It’s housed in a 1974 Volkswagen bus, for crying out loud! Also, it’s large enough to hold up to six guests at once.
Props: Hats, mustaches, and quirky signs (“I’m sexy and I know it,” for instance). You can also decorate the interior to suit your reception.
Price: $920-$1,320/four hours
Contact: (843) 810-2979, www.CharlestonPartyBooth.com
Shutterbooth
Cool Feature: A green-screen lets you import photo backdrops.
Props: chalkboards, speech bubble signs (“Who invited this guy?”), pom-poms, and themed options to suit your photo backdrop
Price: $950/four hours
Contact: (843) 606-5260, www.ShutterBooth.com
Tapsnap
Cool Featue: An open-air photo kiosk with a 42-inch touchscreen, TapSnap prints, emails, and upload photos to social media in real time, so pics from the Big Day are posted in seconds.
Props: A touchscreen lets you adorn photos with captions, digital props (like Hogwart’s sorting hat, à la Harry Potter), and backgrounds (Mount Everest, anyone?)
Price: $950 for four hours
Contact: (843) 900-0527, www.TapSnap1002.com
Charleston Photobooths
Cool Feature: Unlimited printouts mean everyone leaves with a personalized favor.
Props: viking hats, neon-hued afros, and myriad boas
Price: $499/four hours
Contact: (843) 227-1350, www.CharlestonPhotoBoothFun.com
Photographs courtesy of the vendors & (Smile Lounge) by Jen O’Sullivan
