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Wedding anniversary photo booth: silver, golden and vow renewal ideas
By La Cabine Bretonne · published
Twenty-five, fifty or sixty years after the big day, a wedding anniversary often brings several generations together around the couple: children, grandchildren, members of the original wedding party and lifelong friends. A photo booth gives them a chance to pose together and leaves the couple with keepsakes to put next to their wedding album. Here is how to choose the frame and the wording, and how to run the booth.
Why a photo booth works for a wedding anniversary
An anniversary party brings together guests who do not always see each other: distant cousins, the couple’s friends, sometimes members of the original wedding party back for the occasion. The photo booth creates easy moments to pose, where everyone can capture their place in the couple’s story without waiting for a photographer to reach their table.
For the couple, it is also a lovely continuation of the wedding album: the dated, personalised prints from the day sit naturally next to the photos from twenty-five or fifty years ago. And for the youngest guests, posing with their grandparents in front of a booth is a happier memory than a stiff group photo.
Silver or golden: a frame in the anniversary colours
Our catalogue has no design made specifically for wedding anniversaries, but the traditional anniversary colours are easy to find. For a golden anniversary, Golden Sparkles scatters gold glitter and stars on black, Marble & Gold offers understated luxury with grey veining and fine gold lines, and Champagne goes with the toast, all bubbles and pale gold.
For a silver anniversary, Pearls & Feathers recalls the Roaring Twenties in white and silver, Bevelled Mirror plays with silvery reflections and Full Moon with a night-time halo. More ideas in the black and gold and vintage wedding collections. Background and design colours can be changed in the editor to match your decorations.
What to write on the frame
The frame carries the couple’s names and a few well-chosen words. A few ideas:
- “Margaret & Peter, 50 years of love”, with the date of the party;
- “Golden Anniversary” or “Silver Anniversary”, followed by both dates, the wedding and the anniversary;
- “Still saying I do”, for a vow renewal;
- the family name, if the children are hosting;
- a phrase the couple likes to repeat, or the place where they married.
Keep one short main line and a second line for the dates. Text boxes can be moved and enlarged if your line is longer, and our guide to wedding photo booth frame wording has more lines that are easy to adapt.
Bringing the generations together at the booth
An anniversary party often brings together three or even four generations. A few ideas so everyone takes part:
- invite the couple to pose with each generation, then with members of their wedding party if they are there;
- recreate the wedding photo: same pose, same places, with the original print held up in front;
- put out a chair for guests who would rather pose sitting down, and keep soft light on the posing area;
- ask a grandchild or a nephew to look after the booth, reloading paper and tidying the props.
For a nod to old photographs, Sepia Grain frames prints in sepia tones with film grain, and Film Frames turns the photos into a strip of film.
A vow renewal
Some couples use their anniversary to renew their vows, in front of the family or more privately. The photo booth then works much as it does at a wedding: set up near the reception room, opened after the ceremony, with a frame carrying the names, the date and a line such as “Still saying I do”. Our guide to planning a wedding photo booth covers location, timing and props.
A guest book for the couple
The most touching gift is often the simplest: a guest book where each guest sticks in their print and writes a message, a memory of the wedding or a wish for the years ahead. The couple will enjoy reading it again, and it keeps a record of everyone who was there that day, young and old, close family and guests who travelled far. Our photo booth guest book guide explains how to prepare it.
Print size, files and printing
A 4×6 print holds one or two photos and readable text; a 2×6 strip lines up three poses, handy for a guest book. Our guide to choosing a photo booth print size compares the options.
Once the design is personalised, you download a high-resolution PNG overlay, transparent where the photos go, ready for your software; our guide to installing a template in dslrBooth covers the setup. If you are hiring the booth, our guide to hiring a photo booth lists the questions to ask. Customising Golden Sparkles takes a few minutes, with no account needed, and the text stays editable afterwards.