Diy selfie / photo booth station

I think the photo booth idea sounds great! Your backdrop and frames and props sounds like fun and everyone loves a photo booth! However, like you said, you should not be expecting them to take their own picture, and shy people like me wouldn't want to ask anyone to do it. Either hire a photographer to help with the photobooth, or maybe buy a tripod or stand for them to use Selfie timers etc. There definitely needs to be a way to take the picture for yourself. I have even seen things that you plug into your phone and the cord runs long enough to where you click the button and it takes the pic for you (kind of like a selfie stick but not) Hope i helped!

We are making a backdrop and having a few selfie sticks, a bunch of props that we are printing off and putting skewer sticks on, and an iPad set up on a tripod for easy uploading and emailing later on. We have been going to thrift shops and discount stores to try and find dress up items like boas, hats, jackets, etc. We also have a Polaroid camera that I may want to use but I do not want to buy a bunch of film for it.

We're doing one, in a way. we'll have a photo printer nearby and a station with all the stuff for it. i think its super cute. i've wanted a photo booth at my wedding since i was a teenager but they're just too expensive, so we're DIYing ours.

we're not doing a backdrop necessarily, but providing some props and the photo printer itself. that way guests can take photos throughout the day and through the venue instead of just at the station. we looked into the HP Sprocket printer and I bought it - there's an app and it bluetooth/wifi hooks up to your phone and you can print the pictures to the printer from the app. the pictures save so people can post them, they can share them with us through the app in case we want to print copies, and then the printer prints them right there. this is how we're doing it but the Fujifilm Instax cameras and other printers exist too, there's plenty of ways to do this, with or without the use of smartphones. its all up to you how you want it to be.

I think it would be kind of annoying to walk around and find someone that is willing to take your picture at a Photo Booth that doesn't provide a camera. Do you have anyone in your life that can set up their DSLR or something on a tripod and have a remote so people can take their/the group picture themselves? I think that'd be way less trouble for the guests. Just an idea though hope it didn't come off rude or anything.

Foam picture frame

Whiteboard for best wishes or funny comments :-)

Fun props from dollar store, etc

We did a DIY Photo station for my nieces wedding. I had a camera set up on a tripod ($30 or so). Would either have another person take the photo, or have it set on a timer so your guests could hit the button and run into position. I then had a Shutterfly account that I sent all the photos to. Printed the info on how to access the account so that guest could print their own photos if they wanted any copies. I then had all the guests photos put into a Shutterfly photo book for the newlyweds!