Game, Set, Match!

Game, Set, Match!

Events

The Boys and Girls 16’s Southern Closed is an exciting regional tennis tournament for junior players ages 14-16, and this year, the Arkansas Junior Tennis Foundation was granted the honor of hosting it here in Little Rock! Talented teens from across 9 states participated in the event, cleverly titled The Southern Sixteens in the Rock, from June 14th – June 21st, at Burns Park Tennis Center and Rebsamen Tennis Center.  However, the real fun was at the Players Party last Sunday, and Photobooth Etc. was pumped to be in on the action!

The teens were an absolute blast to work with and we thank Brent, Carolyn & Chip for booking us for the event! We learned a lot of new terms (lemme take a snappop!) and are thinking about taking up tennis in our spare time 😉

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Photobooth Etc Goes Science & High-Tech at UCA

Photobooth Etc Goes Science & High-Tech at UCA

Events

Saturday was very busy but also a bit nostalgic for us- having two events at our old alma mater UCA. First stop was to entertain the seriously entrepreneurial techies at BarCamp for their annual creative “un-conference” at the College of Business Building. We were pretty excited to be there with a lot of friends and similar-minded people who enjoy learning from each other. And we even made the local paper!

After a successful lunch there we headed across campus to the Lewis Science Center to play dress up with the 8th grade “Girls of Promise” sponsored by the Women’s Foundation of Central Arkansas. Girls of Promise program is a one-day conference designed to introduce eighth-grade girls to careers in economics, science, technology, engineering, and math. I spoke at the event last year (on mobile apps- what else?) and was thrilled to offer something a little more fun this time around. Much like the Cutter Morning Star Prom we did last weekend, these girls were really into the photo booth. Growing up in the generation of selfies, I would expect nothing less. Oh, and I finally found out what the “L” shape around the eye means- “super fierce”…

Both of these events are near and dear to our hearts and we were thrilled to be invited. Here, here to creative, scientific, technology minded people, that love to be silly in a photo booth!

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Getting our prom on!

Getting our prom on!

Events

Saturday night was a major milestone for Photobooth Etc- our first prom! Doesn’t everyone remember their first? The first “adult” social event; the first time taking the car out after dark or limo ride; the first real dress-up affair; and many other firsts we can think of…

For us, it was also our first time using this thing:

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and man is it nice! What normally would have taken us at least 4-5 trips into the lobby and up the elevator, our brand new Rock and Roller multi-cart is a lifesaver!

And as for the prom, well it was pretty great too. Cutter Morning Star is a small school in Hot Springs, AR with less than 100 junior and senior students. But the event didn’t seem small to us and we were busy the entire two hours. They had an awesome room at the top of the Clarion Hotel with a spectacular view of Lake Hamilton. Their theme was also very cute: “Prom Confidential,” and we were happy with how the photo strips turned out with their logo. The teens were very polite and dressed to the nines- and boy can some of them dance!

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I was impressed and just a little jealous I couldn’t join in on the fun! 🙂

They also took full advantage of our prop table which was slightly hard to keep tidy:

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Even the teachers joined in on the dress up fun!

And these kids knew how to work the photo booth camera… The faces we captured were simply priceless!

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I finally know the meaning of the duck face- I can’t wait to practice it!

But enough of the boring snapshots, let’s take a look at some of these glamours teens and their lovely props, shall we? (Not so confidential now are we CMS? 🙂 )

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What is this finger around the eye move? I love this…

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You can tell these are everyone’s favorite teachers!

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The tongue out pose is also a favorite of teens these days I noticed… I believe this one is called the “frog face”. How very Miley of them…

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Eye, tongue and teachers in one shot!

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The double-deuce cross! What a classic…

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There it is in full force- if anyone knows the name of this L-shape eye pose please let me know!

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The invention of the teenager was a mistake. Once you identify a period of life in which people get to stay out late but don’t have to pay taxes – naturally, no one wants to live any other way. ~Judith Martin

In all seriousness though, these teens were awesome and had a blast using the booth. And I can for sure say provided some of the most colorful shots we’ve taken so far. Thanks, CMS, for letting two old gals live vicariously through you and your wonderful prom night!