You may have seen a sampling of Heather and Kevin's wedding photos in our last blog ... well we now have many more photos from their photo station to share. Here are the highlights. One thing you will notice is ... people still look at the TV while they are having their photo taken. Need to have a big arrow pointing up to the camera. We will get it there.

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The photo station is one of the coolest things we offer. I could talk all day about some of the things that have happened in and around the photo booth. Photo booth's are definitely a new trend and technically ours is not a booth at all. It's more of a photo station of sorts. You can fit large numbers of people into the photos and you can take as many as you'd like. The photos are remote controlled by the guests as they have a great time and instantly displayed on a TV as they shoot away. Then all of the photos are delivered to the bride and groom on a CD. You can find more information on our photo booths here, here, and here.

This photo is from Kelly and Brian's wedding last year on the Iowa State Campus. You can see the guest are enjoying themselves at the photo booth while this sign is the only security around. They were free to enjoy and express themselves accordingly.

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So it's been just over two weeks since Lainey and Billy got hitched. We've been holding out on these photos, but they CAN NOT be held back any longer. Here are 30 fun photos from their photo station. Enjoy...

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Let's clear somethings up...

1. the photo station is unmanned. We check on it, but you take your own photos.

2. we bring a few props, but the beauty of the photo station is in the creativity of your guests

3. no shirt, no shoes, no service doesn't apply

We will call him...Shirt Guy...



































Just clearing up our roles on the big day





Chad....not the bride. But maybe one day....

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This was the second time out with the photo station. If you'd like more info about it go here. We are really liking both the photos and EXPERIENCE that it is turning out for our brides, grooms, and their guests. Enjoy...(see if you can spot Ashley and I....and baby Nuzum #3)

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We have rolled out the photo station twice now at no cost to two of our 2010 couples. We are still working out all the little details and still have one more free stop for the photo station this year. So for those who are more photo techie I will lay down the specifics of how it all works, for those who want to know the basics I will spell it out real simple.

The Basics:
Click, view, laugh. The photo station is a self shoot opportunity. Everyone loves taking pictures of themselves, a quick spin of Facebook will tell you that. In most photo stations it's four clicks and done. Here's your 2" x 6" strip of 1.5" x 1.5" photos. Not here. You will get to see the photos as they are taken on the TV screen. Take as many as you like! Then the bride and groom will get a CD of full res images! Print them, share them, upload them.

The Details (for photographers...or those curious):
The whole thing is triggered by pocket-wizards. The current setup uses 3 triggers. One in the hands of the guests, one on the camera, and one on the studio flash. The one in hand triggers everything. It first sends the signal to the on camera trigger which uses pocket-wizard pre-trigger cord for Canon cameras to trigger the shutter. The pocket-wizard on camera then waits for the hot shoe pulse from the camera to trigger the flash's pocket-wizard. The pocket-wizard on the flash is set to channel two to receive the signal with the correct timing. If it is not setup perfectly then the flash goes off before the camera's shutter is engaged and you get dark photos.

The details are still being worked out, but basically you can expect that this will be an add-on to any wedding package and in the future it will be included in some wedding packages. If you are interested today, then shoot us an email or give us a call.

So what is the Cheese Zone? That would be the area the guests are when they are taking the photos. Don't get too cheesy....seriously. Have fun, be creative, enjoy, but don't get all cheesy. Below is a mock-up of the whole layout and a few shots from Ashley and Paul's wedding.

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This past Saturday we unveiled a new feature for one of our 2010 couples. We took out our photo station to Ashley and Paul's wedding. The photo station is really simple. One camera, one TV, one flash. You take goofy photos and poof, they appear on the TV. The photo station was a big hit and we will be working hard to make it more fun with each wedding we take it out too. Below are a few of the shots from this week's photo station!

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Starting very soon Ashley and I are going to be offering photo stations for your wedding. Thinking about having a photo booth? This is an awesome alternative to photo booths...kind of...it's really just different. Here's how it works...

Ashley and I will bring in a studio like setup. Camera, lighting, remote trigger, and TV to view the photos on as they are taken. We will setup all the gear in an area at your reception. Then leave your guests all to themselves. Guests will be able to head over to the station and take their own fun photos. With the remote trigger for the camera you won't have someone there just snapping photos of them as they walk up to the station. Instead your guests get to take their own photos, as many as they'd like. They can then view them one by one as they are taken on the TV next to the camera. Then after the wedding we turn all the photos over to you on disc.

As we said we are still working out the details of pricing and logistics. HOWEVER, if you are a current bride or groom for a 2010 wedding and are interested in having a photo station at your wedding for FREE....shoot me an email. Steve@myfrozenmoment.com. We won't be doing all of them, but will likely select a few names out of hat if they are interested.

This photo has nothing to do with the above post....but I try to put a photo on every post. These are a few photos from before photo shoots last year as Ashley and I were messing around.

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