it's time to get C-C-C-CRAZY! since we introduced our CRAZYBOOTH, we've gotten hundreds of emails asking about a whole range of details: what it is, what equipment we use, how it works, how we get guests to be fun, etc. while we would have loved to personally answer each and every one of your questions, there is so much information and logistics involved with the CRAZYBOOTH, we would've had a new full time job on our hands!

instead of typing until our fingers turned into bloody nubs, we decided to create this PDF manual to explain in full detail how the CRAZYBOOTH works and how you can make it a very profitable addition to your business. not only is the CRAZYBOOTH highly marketable and highly profitable, it is also an insane amount of fun! for us, the CRAZYBOOTH serves as another creative outlet, providing us with something fun and different to shoot. not to mention, it makes 3+ hour receptions fly by! we thoroughly enjoy the CRAZYBOOTH and all the benefits it brings to our business. this manual contains all the information you need to start your own style of CRAZYBOOTH...so grab it, and get out there and rock it!

some of the topics covered in the 12 page HOW THE F WE DO IT . CRAZYBOOTH pdf manual:

* what the CRAZYBOOTH is and isn't
* full equipment list with links and descriptions of all necessary gear
* how and where to set up
* helpful tips for setting up all the CRAZYBOOTH pieces quickly and effectively
* who shoots what and the logistics of doing a CRAZYBOOTH and covering a reception
* diagrams of our CRAZYBOOTH setup with descriptions, distances, camera settings, etc
* how to get guests to participate and bring the crazy and break out of the 1-2-3 cheese routine
* how to pimp yourself at and after the CRAZYBOOTH
* pricing and how to make the CRAZYBOOTH a hugely profitable addition to your business
* add on products to increase post CRAZYBOOTH revenue
* our "sales pitch" for how we sell the CRAZYBOOTH to prospective clients

FYI...

* we've made this manual as basic as possible. the only prerequisites are that you know how to use your SLR camera and set ISO, shutter speed, and aperture manually.

* the majority of the gear needed for a CRAZYBOOTH you may already own, or can be rented to keep cost low. even if you purchased every item we recommend brand new and correctly priced your photobooth, you'd still be turning a profit after your first or second one! easy peasy!

you can now purchase your copy of the HOW THE F WE DO IT . CRAZYBOOTH manual for the regular price of $149.


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after you purchase securely via the link above, you will be given a secure link to download your copy of the manual...the link is only good for 48 hours so please download ASAP! all content of the HOW THE F WE DO IT . CRAZYBOOTH manual is copyright the image is found...please do not copy, share, or distribute...or we'll hunt you down and fart on your face.

like what you see here? wanna break out of your creative rut, learn new techniques, master your business...check out the shootshops website for more information .

we receive a large number of emails and comments from photographers and many of them are inquiring about the same sort of things....here is our best attempt to answer everything!

*** on a side note...if you notice that all the gear we've listed will link you directly to B&H photo and video. we purchase all of our gear through them and have always been totally impressed with their selection, service, and pricing! if you find any of our information here useful and decide to purchase any of this gear we would really appreciate you coming back and linking from here to B&H for your purchases. they'll send us a little love and litlle bits of love make a happy nate and jaclyn :) thank you and ENJOY!


what camera, lens, flash, etc do you guys shoot with?
here is a list of what's in our gear bags:

NIKON D700 . three of these...two for nate and one for jaclyn :)

NIKON D300 . one of these for jaclyn...basically just sits in her bag as a backup :)

NIKON 24-70 F2.8G ED . 2 of these bad boys...this serves as our main lens which is used for 90% of our images.

NIKON 20mm F2.8 . one of my favorite wide lenses! wide, sharp, and small!

NIKON 35 F2

NIKON 45mm F2.8 PC-E TILT SHIFT . nate's bendytime lens!

SIGMA 50mm F1.4 . fast and tasty!

sSIGMA 50 F2.8 1:1 MACRO . for the ring shots :) better than the canon 55 macro cuz it focusses down to 1:1 magnification! (vs. 1:2)

NIKON 85mm F1.8 . yup, two of these too...we only use them for the ceremony!

NIKON 180mm F2.8 . we have two of these bad boys...we only use them for the ceremony!

NIKON SB-900 SPEEDLIGHT . three of these bad boys

NIKON SB-800 SPEEDLIGHT

pocketwizard plus II transceiver . used to trigger flashes remotely

sunpak readylight 20 . a cool compact little videolight that can help out with portraits in very dark situations...we also use this for basically every ring shot we do.

a whole crapload of rechargeable AA batteries for flashes, etc.

4GB sandisk extreme IV CF cards . about 40GB of CF cards for each of us!


do you bring back up gear too?
ABSO-FRICKING-LUTELY! seriously everybody, if you're going to go out to shoot someone's wedding day...there is no room for error and if your camera, lens, etc craps out without a backup, you're screwed. buy backup gear!


i don't have a lot of money to spend on lenses right now...can you recommend a good cheap one?
unfortunately, like everything in life, you get what you pay for. we would highly recommend spending all the money you can muster on great lenses...they are the only camera equipment that will stay with you! you will always upgrade bodies, flashes, etc. but good lenses will always be good lenses. good lenses will also make your shooting life so much easier! when we first started out we went the route of buying cheaper glass and then were constantly frustrated with the slow focus, missed focus, wild flare, ghosting, lack of sharpness and detail, etc, etc, etc. once we upgraded our lenses to our current set all those problems are gone and we can have confidence that if we nail a shot, it is nailed.


what computers do you use?
the short answer...mac mac mac! we have the following:

* powermac dual G5 with dual 20" apple displays - nate's workstation at the studio
* powermac quad G5 with 20" apple display - jaclyn's workstation at the studio.
* iMac 20" G5 - intern's workstation at studio
* iMac 20" intel - our home workstation
* macbook pro 17" - the traveling workstation that our whole life runs out of.


what point and shoot camera do you use?
we have a PANASONIC DMC-LX3 and we love the begeezus out of it. it shoots raw, has a built in 24 F2 leica lens, image stabilization, face detecting AF, high ISO, HD video, etc, etc, etc :)


who designed your website?
our website is a custom design by us and developed by the amazing folks over at bludomain!


who hosts your website?
ELEVEN2


who do you use for online proofing?
we have a slightly unhealthy love for our fabulous pickpic cart!


what lab do you use?
whcc for all of our prints and press printed products and simply canvas for our gallery wraps...both labs are top notch!!!


what album company do you use?
we currently use renaissance soho albums...sexy time!!!


what company do you print your canvas' with?
that's simple. simply canvas, they are fricking amazing!!!


how do you download images on a wedding day?
we do not download anything while we're shooting. we keep our card wallets strapped to our belt AT ALL TIMES on the wedding day. to be honest, we're so busy on the day, i'm not sure where we would even find the time!


what do you download your cards with?
we use a four stack of these lexar pro FW readers. SO AWESOME. using this in conjunction with photomechanic makes downloading an entire wedding a breeze!


where do you buy all your gear?
we buy just about everything at B&H photo and video! their selection is unequaled, the service is great, and the prices are unbeatable! click the banner to get your shop on!






how do you get such great color in your photos?
that is quite loaded question! the most important part of the answer is to pre-visualize your image and get your exposure right in camera! we shoot EVERYTHING in the raw file format which allows for infinite options of fine tuning a file after you shoot it. unfortunately there is no magic answer, or magic action for that matter....the closest thing we have to a magic answer is to manually expose your image and shoot raw.


do use actions?
yes we do, but only as a way to quickly fine tune an image. when we process an image from the raw file they are pretty darn close to what our final output will be. we believe actions should be used SPARINGLY!!! currently we use the boutwell's totally rad actions set religiously...basically EVERY one of our images have one or more of their actions making them more radder. get some radness in your life!!!




did you go to school for photography?
yes we did. we both took 2 years of photography classes at our local college. that provided us with a great foundation of the basics of exposure, printing, etc. to work from. we started with all film in the darkroom, doing all the processing, printing, etc. we believe that the process of learning photography is INTEGRAL to be able to work in the digital age. after our stint in school nate apprenticed with a fine art landscape photographer while jaclyn assisted for a wedding photographer. that's when our schooling stopped and the "trial by error" education of starting digital took over.


how long have you been shooting professionally?
this is our seventh year on this crazy roller coaster ride!


do you have a studio?
yes, we do have a studio in downtown oceanside, which is in north san diego county. it's about 800 square feet of loft space that's just enough room to house five workstations, a small kitchen, and a client meeting/projection area.


how old are you guys!?!?
nate is 27 and jaclyn is 25 :)


do you use an assistant at weddings?
nope, since we are already a two photographer team we feel that adding a third person into the mix can be a bit overwhelming for our clients.