Martina & Slávek’s wedding at Baroque Farmstead Borotín ❤️

This wedding was something really special. Not just because of the beautiful location, the 100+ guests, or the fact that Martina and Slávek are one of the most fun and energetic couples

There was also one idea I had been really looking forward to trying out.

A slightly different kind of photo booth.

The idea wasn’t entirely mine. Back in June, I came across the work of photographer Phil White and a wedding he photographed at Lake Como. I immediately loved the concept.

It happened to be around the same time I had my pre-wedding meeting with Martina and Slávek, so I pitched them the idea:

“What if we did something a little different?”

Luckily, they were into it.

The next challenge was figuring out how to make the idea work for a Czech wedding.

I’ve seen photo booths at weddings countless times. Usually, it’s a kiosk with a few props and 10 × 15 cm prints… or a Polaroid camera or a little portable printer.

Nothing wrong with that, of course. It’s just never really been my thing.

I thought that if I was going to do a photo booth, I wanted it to have a real wow factor.

So, no tiny prints.

I brought a professional Epson printer and my favourite baryta paper, which I mainly use for fine-art black-and-white portraits.

And the idea was simple:

Every guest could take home an A4 black-and-white portrait as a little gift from the wedding. ❤️

Huge thanks to Martina and Slávek for trusting me and being willing to try something a little different.

And honestly, the guests’ reactions completely surprised me.

We had the first portraits printed and hanging on a line even before the ceremony. People started noticing them, checking them out, asking questions…

And before long, we had a queue. 

Exactly the opposite of what I expected.

I thought I’d have to convince people to come and get their portraits taken.

Instead, I suddenly had to figure out how to photograph the wedding and keep up with the photo booth.