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Photo Booth Hire Christchurch
Posted by Brett in Christchurch, Packages on November 22nd, 2011
Due to popular demand we now have a photobooth in Christchurch! As the city of churches rebuilds, we’ll be there to provide all the retro fun.
We’re taking bookings now for any events from 1st February 2012 onwards.
Get in quick if you’re wanting a photo booth at your wedding, birthday, school ball or product launch as we are getting booked up fast!
Happy Birthday Photo Booth Fun – 2 years On
Posted by Brett in Auckland, Awards, Christchurch, Corporate, Events, Hamilton, Hawkes Bay, Packages, Palmerston North, Photo Booth, School Balls, Tauranga, Waikato, Weddings, Wellington on August 31st, 2011
Wow, just looked at the calendar and it’s our birthday! Two years on and we are just getting better and having more fun everyday!
So how did we get here? What started it all?
We get that question a lot and I thought I might post the story of Photo Booth Fun and some cool things we’ve done previously.
The Beginning
It’s mid 2009 and I was happily working as a commercial photographer in Wellington. My girlfriend (and constant source of support) JL was just about to turn 30 and we had planned a nice big party in my new studio. I’m not even sure where the idea came from but she really wanted a photo booth set up for the party, and being the crafty type decided to give it a go. I’d almost made one for a wedding earlier in the year but it never happened due to it being outside and the weather not playing nice.
So I built one for JL and it was a total hit. Having loads of friends from the film industry didn’t hurt either, bloody show ponies!
After seeing how much fun the booth was, I decided it was a great addition to my Wedding photography and set about making a more robust system and so we ended up with our very first commercial version: Big Bertha!
Bertha did us proud and after a few months (and almost too many gigs to handle) we realised we were on to a good thing and out of Brett Stanley Photography was born Photo Booth Fun!
The business took on a life of it’s own and we headed in to the workshop to manufacture more booths, making them smaller and easier to move around as we were getting bookings all over the country.
Version 2 was a huge step forward in portability and looks, and we had great feedback about her. She (yes, our booths are female) even went on planes due to it’s small size and weight which opened up a whole new market for us.
With the help of Eden And Suze in Auckland we set up a branch there and started New Zealand’s first intercity Photo Booth company.
After a year, some awards, and some very valuable experience we further refined the booth design and came out with Version 3, our most attractive number yet.
Two of these models debuted at the Parachute Music Festival in Hamilton with the World Vision stand and what a weekend they had! Over 3000 people had their shots take despite the rain and wind, and with the instant upload to World Vision’s Facebook page their fan base tripled in the space of 3 days.
That was the start of our Hamilton photo booth branch as well, as Carmen and Corey took the photobooth-lovin’ Waikato and Bay Of Plenty regions by storm.
Since then we’ve been at events such as:
- Outrageous Fortune at Auckland Museum
- The Pacifika Festival
- The Big Gay Out
- Red Bull Events
- Tattoo Festivals
- Homegrown Music Festival for The Rock FM
- Rhythm and Vines for Cleo Magazine
- Weddings on Waiheke
- School Balls
- Birthdays all over the country
We now cover the whole North Island, from Auckland to Wellington, from Hamilton to Napier, and it’s all down to our wonderful clients, our awesome staff and booth addicts all over New Zealand. Thank you so much for your support and we’re looking forward to the next year!
School Ball Photo Booths
Posted by Brett in Events, Packages, Photo Booth, School Balls on March 29th, 2011
We’ve been getting a HUGE response from students attending the recent School Ball Expos around the country, hard to get them out of the booth when the doors are closing!
We’ve been to a few of the expo’s in Auckland, Hamilton and this Thursday is Tauranga.
Our booths are available for school ball hire and are a great addition to your professional photographer. You certainly want some nice formal photographs to remember the night (when do you get the chance to dress up like that normally!?), but to really capture the night you need a photobooth to get all the fun stuff.
We have packages for School Balls, School Formals and Graduation Balls, so don’t hesitate to contact us 0800 368 626.
Photo Booth Fun, the school ball photo booth hire company!
Buck’s and Hen’s Night Ideas
Posted by Brett in Packages, Photo Booth, Tips, Weddings on September 19th, 2010
With the wedding season ramping up soon, we thought it might be a good time to jot down some cool ideas we’ve see around for Hen’s and Buck’s nights:
Cooking Classes
Nothing better than being in the kitchen with a class of red and making a mess with friends, so why not make a night of it. There’s quite a few places out there that offer packages for classes and the range of food is amazing.
A Photo Booth (of course!)
We’ve been getting a few bookings lately for Hen’s nights and a photo booth is a prefect way to document the start of your night on the town. Our kiosk booth is perfect for making a customised background and getting all the ladies in for some great group shots or the boys around for some male bonding (trousers on please lads!). Combine it with a package from Party Specialists like Kahvort and you’ll have it all in the one place!
Adventure Activities
Not strictly for the boys, but an afternoon of quad-biking is sure to build up a thirst for a few beers with the groom-to-be. Companies like FreemanX can sort you our for a day to be remembered (Those bruises are not going to fade quickly!) and our favourite would be sprint car racing!
Makeover and Pinup Photo Shoot
More for the ladies, the lovely people at Pretty Pictures have a great “Going to the Chapel” package which is designed for your hen’s night. It includes full professional hair and make up, retro pinup or burlesque costumes, professional photography and of course bubbles to get you all in to the mood. Complete the night with some Burlesque lesson’s from the likes of Venus Love or Miss La Belle!
Kiwibank’s 8th Birthday Bash
Posted by Brett in Corporate, Packages, Photo Booth on September 6th, 2010
Taking the Photo Booths to corporate gigs can go either way: Sometimes the guests are a bit timid and take a while to warm up to the addictive fun that is the booth, and other times you have to move out of the way as the masses run towards you.
Kiwibank’s 8th Birthday was the latter!
Our highly trained Booth Technician Patrick was fearing for his life as the reveller’s lined up to have their 4 shots of fame and boy did we get some priceless shots!
Pity the fool… who didn’t get dressed up! Over 600 people and only a few didn’t join in.
Lots of pirates for some reason, the $2 Shop must have made a mint!
Some great costumes!
…and some strangeness! Don’t have a date for the ball? Take your self!
Thank you Kiwibank, we will party with you any time!
For more infomation about our Corporate Party hire rates, contact us directly.
Photo Booth Fun Update
Posted by Brett in Packages, Photo Booth on August 30th, 2010
Wow, how time flies! It’s been just over a year since we ran our very first photobooth at a party in Wellington and so much has changed.
We’ve run booths all over the North Island (even in Australia!) and we now have a very successful business supplying New Zealand party-goers with their high grade booth fix on a weekly basis.
Our empire expanded over that first year and is continuing to do so, covering the whole North Island (including Auckland, Wellington, Tauranga, Hawkes Bay). We’re struggling to keep up!
Here’s to the next year and beyond.
Photo Booth Fun
Posted by Brett in Packages, Photo Booth on December 16th, 2009
Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve posted on here and I’ve got lots of things to share but just like the Mechanic’s car, a photographer’s blog is always the last thing to be updated in a busy time.
I’ll be posting a lot more over the next few weeks as things slow down for the holidays so stay tuned, but first up is some news about our Photo Booth!
A photo booth is a great way to give your party guests a way to get some fun shots with out the hassle of a photographer getting in the way of the spontaneity.
Guests just hit a button on the booth and after a short countdown it takes 4 shots in a row and prints out the results, which are mostly hilarious!
It’s amazing how relaxed people get when no one is watching 
When you hire the booth you also get a whiteboard and markers to write messages, and some dress up items to get that creativity flowing.
The photo booth can print out as many copies as you like so you can give one to the guests and keep one for yourself. It also saves the images to disc so you can view them after the event or create an album.
http://www.photoboothfun.co.nz/
We rent out the Photo Booth for parties, weddings and other events so drop us a line if you want information on prices info@brettstanleyphoto.co.nz.
