{"id":268,"date":"2014-10-06T22:20:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T08:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ninjaentertainment.com\/blog\/?p=268"},"modified":"2014-10-06T22:20:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T08:20:28","slug":"why-i-dont-do-uplighting-photobooths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ninjaentertainment.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/06\/why-i-dont-do-uplighting-photobooths\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Don&#8217;t Do Uplighting &#038; Photobooths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At this past weekend&#8217;s Hawaii World Class Wedding Expo, <strong>a bride-to-be asked why I didn&#8217;t offer uplighting and photobooths when other DJ companies offered it.<\/strong>\u00a0 She even mentioned that some other companies threw it in for free, along with the traditional DJ and MC service!\u00a0 She was almost incredulous that I didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>The way I see it, there are two good reasons why I don&#8217;t offer extra services like uplighting and photobooths at Hawaii weddings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>First, there are other great companies that already do a fine job providing these services.<\/strong>\u00a0 For uplighting, I usually recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reaevents\" target=\"_blank\">REA Events<\/a>; not only do they provide uplighting, they also provide visual design, decor, and other goods to help you create an incredible and INTEGRATED look at your celebration!\u00a0 For photobooths, I usually recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/photoboxhawaii.com\" target=\"_blank\">Photobox Hawaii<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/theflashlab.com\" target=\"_blank\">Flashlab<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/partypixhawaii.com\" target=\"_blank\">PartyPix Hawaii<\/a>.\u00a0 They&#8217;re all great and provide awesome customer service to my clients.\u00a0 Check them out, give them a call, tell them I sent you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Secondly, I&#8217;m not a jack-of-all-trades that can provide many different services of average quality.<\/strong>\u00a0 I provide a highly specialised skill: not many people can successfully help their clients create <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>FUN, UNIQUE,<\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>UNFORGETTABLE<\/strong><\/span> wedding celebrations, and even less people can STAND IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE and make that party happen.<\/p>\n<p>I can make that party happen, ya know? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ninjaentertainment.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/arsenacasey.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-48\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ninjaentertainment.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/arsenacasey.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"arsenacasey\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ninjaentertainment.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/arsenacasey.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ninjaentertainment.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/arsenacasey.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ninjaentertainment.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/arsenacasey.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>First and foremost, I am a professional Master of Ceremonies.\u00a0 If you&#8217;ve ever had to speak in front of a room of strangers, then you know how extremely difficult it can be, to speak well and be entertaining.\u00a0 In order for a person to do a GREAT job at your wedding, your MC needs to be focused on it.\u00a0 After all, they are representing YOU.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>If your DJ\/MC is also thinking about uplights and photobooths, will they be focused on your wedding?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I also provide DJ services because I started out as a DJ, and because I realise that <strong>the musical soundtrack and hosted entertainment go hand-in-hand in creating a seamless and integrated presentation for you,<\/strong> much like how the linens, chaircovers, uplights, and decor create a unified and integrated look to your event space.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">So you can hire a Do-It-All DJ to do an average job on a lot of things&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Or you can hire a Certified Professional Master of Ceremonies like me to help you create a &#8220;fun-loaded&#8221; presentation<\/strong><\/span> where your guests will laugh, dance, and celebrate with you all night, and you&#8217;ll feel happy and stress-free about everything!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-268\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ninjaentertainment.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/06\/why-i-dont-do-uplighting-photobooths\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Why%20I%20Don%27t%20Do%20Uplighting%20%26%20Photobooths&body=https%3A%2F%2Fninjaentertainment.com%2Fblog%2F2014%2F10%2F06%2Fwhy-i-dont-do-uplighting-photobooths%2F&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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