“Photobooth, photobooth, photobooth PLEASE”, said the 12 year old girl to her mother and us as we took her picture. She was one of many pre-teen girls and boys at the February Mitvah Palooza training class at Congregation Beth Israel.
Erik and I were there to demonstrate how we enhance the celebratory meal and party following the B’nei Mitzvah service. Family, friends, and members of the community get together to share in the special day and it’s a very emotional and joyous time for everyone in attendance.
We capture these beautiful moments tastefully by creating a fun and welcoming environment for all guests, young and old, to take some really great photos. We try very diligently to interact relevantly with each group. Whether it’s a formal portrait shot or a crazy jumping shot, we help everyone engage in the night’s festivities. We help pose people, we originate pose ideas based on quick intuitive assessments of each group. We provide 2,000 plus props along with custom backdrops and projector photo slideshows of photos as they are being taken. As Jemi Mansfield said, “You bring the Fun!’
A Bar or Bat Mitzvah (beginning at age 13) celebrates the child’s first reading from the Torah before the Congregation. Preparation starts with a meeting among the family, the rabbi and the educator. Congregation Beth Israel has a two-year curriculum for their B’nei Mitzvah students, with includes Hebrew, Jewish Studies and Tikkun Olam.
Here are some shots from the Mitzvah Palooza:
Even the Portland parents get into the Paparazzi Photo Booth spirit…….
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