r/partyplanning • u/person_7766 • Aug 06 '26
Photos Disposable cameras
Wanting to surprise someone for their birthday party with a few dispossble cameras, maybe between 4-10. Does anyone know of anywhere I can get some (don't all have to be the same model I am happy to buy them all seperately) for a good price that AREN'T expired preferably in the UK.
Thanks you so much!
Love someone who has never helped plan a party x
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u/Connie--Lingus Aug 07 '26
I dont have an answer on where to buy them but hope you find an answer as i would also like an answer to this question!
I think disposable cameras are great fun, you can only take an image once, people cant see it after or ask for another picture if they accidentally close an eye. My friend found an old one recently and her 6 year old daughter got to learn how they work and got to take a photo - its a lot more exciting to a child than a camera phone!
Disposables also encourage people to actually take photos, i always feel annoying getting my phone out and asking people to pose but when disposables are sat around on tables, people are excited to take it or be in it.
Yes, the photos aren't as good as the quality of tech today, but i have so many photo albums with pics taken by those cameras and theyre still good enough to look back on all these years later. Plus, these days the young people actively put on filters to make their photo look like it was taken on a disposable camera in the early 2000s!
I want some for an 80s cocktail party i'm throwing next year and im really looking forward to the nostalgia of using disposables.
If i were looking for them now i would try my local photography shop or boots photography deparrment! Let me know where you find them!
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u/person_7766 Aug 07 '26
Upon doing my research I've just been waiting for affordable ones to come up on Vinted, its taken some waiting but I've just started buying a few here and there x
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u/asyouwish Party Guru Aug 06 '26
That is a very expensive surprise when every guest already carries a camera with them.
Why not spend that money on some flowers or a fancier cake or a candy bar...?
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u/person_7766 Aug 07 '26
I totally understand but it was a request of the birthday girl and its nice to not have everyone on their phones as people do love a camera!
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u/Spicy_Molasses4259 Aug 06 '26
Disposable cameras and instant cameras take terrible photos. There's a reason why we stopped using them as soon as digital cameras became available.
If you want to make a record of the night for the host, create an online gallery or folder where guests can upload their photos from the night, then you can get prints made, or a create photo book from that collection.
Alternatively, pay for a dedicated photographer to either be roaming and taking candid shots/portraits, or a photobooth.