50% off Evan Pike Photography’s New Happy Smile Photo Booth

I am very excited to announce a new service from Evan Pike Photography, The Happy Smile Photo Booth! For those of you that came to our awesome First Friday Raffle and Auction for Japan, you got a sneak peak!  I’m very excited about The Happy Smile Photo Booth and have already booked it for a multiple events later this year and even for next year already; however, I’m excited about a special promotion I’m running for the rest of April and May of 2011.  Perfect for any event this month or in May of 2011, from prom, bar/bat mitzvahs, reunions, birthday parties, anniversary parties, corporate events, church parties, fundraisers or others, you can add on the photo booth for 50% off!  That means, starting as low as $500 for 3 hours of unlimited prints and Happy Smile Photo Booth goodness!  Just contact me now to check for availability. Planning and organizing an event can be stressful, so let our Happy Smile Photo Booth take care of multiple items on your check list, for example:

• Provides a unique and fun souvenir for you and your guests
• Can be used to create a sign in book for all your guests
• Best way to get photos of all your guests and eliminates the need for your photography to take “table shots” which every photographer dreads!  Which photo would you rather have of Aunt Jenny that you barely know but had to invite, the standard group shot or the original, fun and slightly crazy one?  :-)

All Happy Smile Photo Booth rentals include:

• Unlimited color or black and white photos during your event
• Custom logo
• Online, optional password protected gallery to view and share the photos
• All photos in high resolution
• Full time attendant to make sure the happiness and smiles are freely flowing!
• Various print sizes and copies.  We recommend printing one for your guests and one for you!

There are also tons of options to add on:

• Video Booth Upgrade — This way your guests can leave a short video message for you before taking their photos. This upgrade includes a DVD with all the messages left by your guests.
• Happy Memory Book — We will make a scrap book with the copies of your photos and your guest can sign this instead of sign in board or traditional guest book.
• Happy Smile Props
• External Monitor  with Slideshow – Add a stand and monitor that plays a continuos slideshow of all the photos taken at your event. Great way to encourage guests to get in on the fun and give some ideas of how to do it!

Alexandra's Wicked Bat Mitzvah | Raleigh, NC

Wow.

Where to begin!? Good thing I am a photographer, because I am having trouble coming up with the right words to describe just how awesome of a party this was! This Halloween Bat Mitzvah was not your typical costume party (or typical Bat Mitzvah for that matter)! Moreover, the family was one of the nicest and most loving families I have ever met. Don’t get me wrong, I have a great family and a wonderful, loving relationship with my parents and sister, but Alex’s family is just bursting with love and anyone who has the pleasure of meeting them can immediately see this. It was a very special Bat Mitzvah, for a very special family and I am so thankful that I was given the opportunity to document the day! Oh, and did I mention that just about everything was a surprise to Alex!? Her parents did an incredible job of planning out the event and put together an amazingly “wicked” cast of vendors for this Wicked themed party:

• Lauren Kennedy || staring as Elphaba
• Andrea Schultz Twiss || staring as Glinda
• Ray Walker || staring as Fiyero
• Randy Wogick || staring as the party organizer and planner
• “B” Sharp Productions || staring as the band and DJ
• CE Rental || set design (elegant linens, chairs, cushions, chargers, salad plates)
• English Garden || art decoration (gorgeous flowers and table pieces)
• Showtime Events || visual effects (incredible wall and table lighting)
• Swank Cake Design || Wicked (and of course delicious) cake
• Charlie Weeks || cinematographer (did the video of the service and the party)
• Maria Steiner || costume designer (service and evening gowns for all girls in the family)
• Megan Brewer || catering manger at the Raleigh Renaissance Hotel

Also, I want to thank Megan and Dean from the Raleigh Renaissance Hotel! Not only did they do a fantastic job with this Bat Mitzvah, but were incredible for me as well for my own wedding at the Renaissance!

Congratulations to Alex and a HUGE thank you to the whole family!