My name is Ben Godkin, owner and photographer of Godkin Photo. Thank you for stoping by! Here you can find out more about me and my life as a photographer. I live in the best city in the world! Austin Texas... (well the best city in Texas anyway). I began shooting weddings fulltime after I recieved my BFA in Photography from 
Congratulations to Ryan & Rachel! They got married today at the Shoreline Grill in Austin, Texas. Make sure to check back here in the next few weeks to see their wedding photos. You can subscribe via e-mail on the left side of the website… in the mean time, head on over to the Facebook Fan Page to tag yourself in the Party-Booth photos!
Category Archives: Party Booth
Last week I had the pleasure to work with another Austin wedding photographer, Arol of AJH Photography. I ran the Party Booth at his client’s wedding in Conroe, Texas. I had a great time getting people pumped up for their 15 seconds of fame in front of the camera. We had all kinds of props to play with which made for quite an interesting night at the reception.
I prefer this set-up over the physical “Photo-Booth”, which has its limits… Some of the best moments I captured were the in-between moments when people were getting ready to pose. These candid shots can only be achieved if you have a real photographer operating the booth rather than a point & shoot camera on a 3 second count down…
Left: Ben Godkin Middle: AJ Horkavy Right: Francis Joseph
A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure to work with a great Austin Wedding Photographer, James Dvorscak. I second shot for him during the wedding, which was fabulous, but the real fun was operating the Photo Booth (It’s more like a portable, party booth!). It is a great edition to any wedding reception and ensures that you get a photo of everyone at your wedding, and it’s FUN!!! All you need is a backdrop, some fun props and a little bit of alcohol and let the party begin.
Another GREAT idea I recently stumbled upon on The Knot is the create a Video Guest book. Check out this awesome video from Hello Super 8 films.
Best. Guest Book. Ever.
