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Winter’s wedding season?!

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Posted by , in Auckland, Events, Hamilton, Packages

Winter must be wedding season in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty – we’ve had back to back wedding events with the Tauranga Wedding Show in May, the Waikato Wedding Expo in June and a really cool wedding event coming up in August.

A quick reminder that our Waikato Wedding Expo special offers expire on the 31st July - remember it’s only a $100 deposit to book your date!

Now, from 2pm to 4:30pm Sunday the 12th August Photo Booth Fun are supporting the Brides Tea Party at Sarnia Park Botique Lodge,  Cambridge.  Come along and enjoy bubbles and canapes, fashion parades, prize draws, mystery prizes, wedding tips, styling and inspiration.  This event was heaps of fun last year and tickets are limited.  Grab your girlfriends and get some tickets for a fun girl’s day out!  100% of your ticket price is donated to Endometriosis New Zealand.

For more updates and information visit the charity facebook page or contact the Astra Bridal Hamilton store on 07-8395449.

Corey & Carmen – Waikato & Bay Of Plenty


It’s mid-winter…Time to party!

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Posted by , in Christchurch, Events, Packages, Photo Booth

Whether it’s for the office or to celebrate with your friends, a perfect reward for getting through this cold winter is a Mid-Winter Christmas Party. And if you’re looking for a unique idea to make it memorable, look no further; Our photo booths not only provide great entertainment but everyone gets a souvenir to take home and since all of our packages include a digital copy of all the carry on, you’ll get to relive the fun over and over.

Of course all of this applies to the real Christmas parties later in the year too (we all know it’ll be on us before we know it!) The photo booth is the perfect addition to get people in the Christmas spirit and we have some ideas to make the most of Photo Booth Fun at your party:

  • Include props to add that extra bit of fun – If you have a special theme, let us know and we’ll see if we can find the right additions.
  • Create a backdrop that suits – Balloons, streamers and decorations can really add to the festive feeling.
  • If it’s for the office, having your logo inserted on the photo strip is a great way for everyone to remember your party for even longer.
  • Using the best Photo Booth Fun pictures for your Christmas card is an excellent way to stand out from the crowd.
  • Create funny stories: Make up situations and circumstances and have people act them out over the four shots – You can try acting out songs or stories and include a game where guests have to guess from the photo strips. And if you choose to include our online gallery, it can be funny for guests to try to match the photo strips to the scenarios later on!!
  • And of course, festive costumes and decorations always help people get in the spirit!

On another note – We here in Christchurch are looking forward to the Mid Canterbury Wedding Expo next weekend – Come along, support a good cause and get your photo taken in the booth while you’re at it!

Michaela – Christchurch Manager


Brrrrrrr from Christchurch.

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Posted by , in Christchurch, Corporate, Dunedin, Events

Well here in Christchurch we’ve been welcomed into winter in no uncertain terms! The snow hit and we’ve been wrapping up and staying indoors (except when building the odd snowman of course).

We’ve also welcomed the start of the school ball season and kicked off with a carnival themed ball at Mount Hutt College in Methven – Clowns riding tiny bikes, stilt walkers, palm readers and of course, Photo Booth Fun – It really was a night to remember – Some fantastic organization from the MHC school ball committee!

 

If you’re planning your school ball, we can bring that extra something to make it memorable and oh so fun! Our team in Auckland have come up with some cool ideas about how to help you raise the funds and have kindly shared the love with me way down here in Chch, so get in touch if you’d like to know more.

We always love getting on board with fundraisers and another fun thing we did last month was join Mondo Travel Riccarton for their In the Pink afternoon tea – A fundraiser in support of the Breast Cancer Foundation with raffles, bubbles and a pink themed afternoon tea. There were some fabulous outfits there and a lot of laughs in the photobooth. And best of all, Mondo managed to raise over $10 000 for the cause – Brilliant!

 Ok, I’m off to perfect my snowman (right now it’s more of a snowblob) – If you’re looking to reward all of this winter braving with a well deserved mid winter Christmas party, don’t forget, having Photo Booth Fun along for the ride will up the fun factor one hundred percent and give you a lasting memento of the merriment!

Stay warm Christchurch!


Having a Ball in the Bay…

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Posted by , in Auckland, Christchurch, Corporate, Events

Well we’re well and truly into School Ball Season here in the Sunny Hawkes Bay! Here’s a few images from the Sacred Heart College/St John’s College Avatar themed ball held at the War Memorial Centre in Napier on Saturday, I especially love it when the staff really get in on the act… have a closer look at that nice face art!

All in all some gorgeous gowns, smart suits, and lots of Photo Booth Fun had by all! Check out the rest of the photos from the Gallery tab above.

Don’t forget if you’re going to a School Ball and the ball committee haven’t got a Photobooth booked yet make sure they contact us now so you don’t miss out! We’ll bring the fun with us, you can guarantee that.

And just for a bit of extra silliness for the day…

Of course, School Balls aren’t all we do, whether it’s a conference, corporate event, awards ceremony or wedding; whether you’re just wanting to add some fun to the event or some marketing mileage, or even fund raising for a charity; Life’s too short for boring events so get a Photo Booth in there and let the fun begin… because people do the funniest things when they think no-one’s watching!


Teens, brides and happy mummies!

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Posted by , in Events, Hamilton, Packages, Photo Booth

So what have the Hamilton and Tauranga crews been up to in the past few weeks?

As well as weddings and birthdays across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty, we had a fun afternoon showcasing our booth at the Hamilton School Ball Expo.

Paeroa College, Waihi College, Hamilton Christian School, St John’s, Putaruru High School, Hamilton Girls High School, Sacred Heart and St Peters were some of the schools in attendance.  We’ve already confirmed a few school ball bookings and have a special School Ball deal on our 3hr package – save some money and get some FREE extras.  We’ve now got booths New Zealand wide, so if you’re planning your school ball (anywhere in New Zealand) and you’re interested in hiring a photo booth contact us and we can offer you our school ball special too.

Did you know that if you’re expecting 500+ guests to your school ball, it’s less than $3.00 per ticket to hire two Photo Booth Fun booths for the night?  That’s 3 hrs of unlimited photo booth photos and fun in 2 booths!!

We also had a great night helping Bellyful Hamilton fundraise with their 5 year engagement movie event recently – check out their photo booth photos here.

And this Sunday we’re at the Tauranga Wedding Show, TECT Arena, Baypark from 10am-4pm.  We’ll be offering FREE snaps in our photo booth and awesome Wedding Show deals – so if you’re attending the show make sure you pop in and see us at site 126.

Corey & Carmen – Waikato & Bay of Plenty Region


Autumn in Christchurch

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Posted by , in Christchurch, Events, Photo Booth, School Balls

What a beautiful sight Christchurch is in the autumn – So many pretty colours! Sure we’ve had to add a few extra layers lately but we’ve been having a great time over the past month.

Great New Zealand Bridal Show
We took ourselves along to the Christchurch Wedding Expo at the Addington Events Centre and what a day we had! We met so many lovely couples and had so many people giving the photobooth a whirl – We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did! We even got a snap of the Christchurch team (left strip): That’s Nick in the middle, Natalie on the left and i’m the smart one on the right (smart’s a synonym for older right?)  Can you see a resemblance? Weeell, maybe not but it’s a family affair down here !

  

You can see all of the pics from the day in our online gallery.

We also met some great local businesses who are definitely worth checking out when you’re planning your big day. There was so much talent squeezed into the one place! Like the lovely Fallon and Nathan from Oh Buttercup and the friendly team from Hurunui Village (we even managed to savour some of their delicious wares after our big day – Yum!)

AMI Stadium Community Open Day
The excellent organisation of Choice Chch, thousands of people and some fantastic weather made this a day to remember and our photo booth gave people a memoir to take home too. It almost felt like we had all 20000 visitors through the booth!

  

 

Snappy Dressers getting snapped

There was much well deserved celebrating at the UCSA grad ball – organised by our friends at UCSA – The proof is in the pictures, there is no such thing as too much fun!

 

 

Michaela – Christchurch Manager


We have been so busy…

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Posted by , in Auckland, Corporate, Events, Photo Booth

What a month it has been here in Auckland. Time is flying past with a third of the year gone and we have been busy at weddings, parties, charity events and Expo’s galore. We had URBIS Design day in Ponsonby with Mini Garage,  http://urbismagazine.com/designday/  both booths were there and we were uploading photos to the UBRIS website as the shots were created…how cool is that?

 

We love Red Bull events and we were at the Nathan Club in Britomart for their Easter Bash and took some crazy photos – no chance to get tired, just crack open another can of Red Bull! We are looking forward to working with Red Bull at more functions this year! www.redbull.co.nz 

We love supporting deserving charity organisations and had a great time helping out Malaghan Institute charity at the Floating Pavilion.  Yojo www.yojo.co.nz    was responsible for putting on this great night –we think this is one of the best strips we have done!!

We’ve just finished a busy weekend – we went from Whenuapai to Bombay to Waiheke Island before going to the Grand Wedding Show at Sky City. This was MASSIVE, soooooo many brides-to-be trying out our traditional booth and our kiosk, so options for everyone to try……some people even jumped in both! You can check out some of these photos on our online gallery http://gallery.photoboothfun.co.nz/Events.  A big congrats to our winner Louise Schutte who won a FREE two hour booth for her big day!

We work with Astra Bridal and we have a great function coming up on 27th May  – all proceeds to go to  Endometriosis New Zealand so please visit this website

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Astra-Bridal-Charity-Event/132711520193148

Now bring on the School Ball season!

 

Eden, Suze and Quinn ( Future booth attendant )


Zombies, Big Balloons and Helicopters

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Posted by , in Auckland, Corporate, Events, Hamilton

So what have Carmen, Corey and Justin been up to in the Waikato and BOP since our last Blog? We had a great week as the official photo booth for Balloons Over Waikato, we survived Zombie attacks at Armageddon this weekend, and helped the Westpac Waikato Air Ambulance fund raise at their open day too – mix in birthdays and weddings and wowwee!

But it’s not only the last few weeks that we’ve been super busy, with wedding season nearing an end, we made a list of the places we’ve visited. In the past few months we’ve had events in Hamilton, Ohaupo, Cambridge, Karapiro, Raglan, Te Awamutu, Otorohanga, Matamata, Morrinsville, Whitianga, Tauranga, Waihi (and Waihi Beach) Mt Mounganui, Pyes Pa, KatiKati, Rotorua, Whakatane and New Plymouth – we’ve even crossed the Bombay’s to help our Auckland crews with events in Western Springs, Howick and Queen St too!


Christchurch Photo Booth News

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Posted by , in Christchurch, Events, Photo Booth, School Balls

I feel very privileged to be returning to my hometown of Christchurch after fifteen years away and am super excited to bring Photo Booth Fun with me. There is such a sense of optimism in the region for 2012 and the city is showing its impressive resilient spirit and creativity with new innovations and developments everywhere – From the pop-up mall, to bars, cafes and even a new venue for the wonderful Court Theatre – Not to mention the incredible and dynamic creations from the Gap Filler team: where anyone with an idea and initiative can enlist their help to transform vacant sites into temporary, creative projects for the benefit of the community : www.gapfiller.org.nz  So cool!

We’ve had a great welcome in Christchurch with the region’s universities making sure they started their year off with some photobooth lovin. From a Lincoln Staff Garden Party to a 1600 strong toga party at Canterbury University. And of course, along with our teammates in the other centres around NZ, we joined ECPAT to help spread their important message during O week.


And the fun’s not over for our uni mates, we’re looking forward to joining Canterbury graduates at the annual UCSA Grad Ball on April 27th. So, if you’ve graduated and want a chance to not only dress up and celebrate your time at uni but to jump in our booth and get snapped in your finery, we hope to see you there!

I’m off now to prepare for what I think is a birthday party record for the Photo Booth Fun team – A 90th celebration – And since the party is my very own Granddad’s, I know there won’t be a crocheted afghan or pair of slippers in sight – Just lots of fun celebrating and getting snapped in the booth!


What have we been doing in Auckland?

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Posted by , in Auckland, Corporate, Events, Photo Booth

Greetings from the team at Photo Booth Fun in Auckland – what an awesome and busy month for us in the City of Sails. We kicked off the month at Auckland University helping out the team at ECPAT – a fantastic cause www.ecpat.org.nz. Then it was off to the AUT campus’ at North Shore, Manukau and the City for their O Week – more dressing up than studying I think…..

 

One of our operators tied the knot in Auckland so we were there to celebrate, with one of our booths of course. Congrats to Sara and Kayne!

One of our biggest events was Pasifika and getting the Prime Minister  Mr John Key in the booth was definately a highlight – thanks to the Department of Labour for having us.

 

Then it was onto ASB Polyfest in Manukau for two days with Pasefika Proud and Niufm – what a great bunch of people!

The school ball season is almost upon us so we attended the School Ball Expo at Ellerslie Events centre and launched a really cool competition. Jump on our facebook site for details on how to win a FREE booth for your school.  A photo booth at your school ball is a must – heaps of fun and something you’ll get to keep forever!

 

We would also like to thank all the happy couples who had a booth at their wedding and for letting us be part of your special day.  We hope you cherish the photos for a lifetime!

Finally welcome to the Auckland Team our two newest operators Willy and Chloe. We are so busy that we need more troops!

BRING ON APRIL

 

Suze, Eden, Quinn and the team at Photo Booth Fun