What's the Weirdest Thing We've Ever Seen?

What's the weirdest thing you've ever seen in the Magic Mirror?

We get asked this all the time.

And after hundreds of weddings, parties and events across Yorkshire, you'd think we'd have a simple answer.

We don't.

We've seen things.

Bare backsides. Accidental flashes. Deliberate flashes. People attempting gymnastics they probably haven't tried since school. Props being used in ways they were definitely never designed for. And plenty of moments where we've looked at each other and thought, "Yep. That's a new one."

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"I Bet I Can Beat Your Worst Ever"

This is where the trouble usually starts.

Somebody will come over to the Magic Mirror, look at the props, look at us and ask:

"What's the worst thing you've ever seen?"

We'll tell them we've been doing this for years and that it's probably going to take quite a lot to surprise us.

Their response is nearly always some version of:

"I bet I can beat it."

That's normally when we know things are about to get interesting.

Our standard response these days is:

"Just to let you know, we can't be surprised anymore. We've seen everything."

Most people take that as a challenge.

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So What Have We Actually Seen?

There are stories we can tell.

There are stories we're definitely not putting on the website.

And then there's the stuff somewhere in the middle.

We've had a very drunk guest standing to attention and giving us an incredibly serious salute while simultaneously trying to preserve what little remained of his dignity.

The serious expression was what made it.

We've had one guest grab one of our ginger wigs and decide there was a considerably funnier place to wear it than on his head.

His explanation?

"It's the same colour anyway."

Fair enough.

We've had people doing the splits. People being held up by their friends while attempting even more ambitious versions of the splits. We've had poses that looked more like auditions than wedding photographs.

And we've seen more arses than we ever expected when we decided to build a Magic Mirror.

A lot more.

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Sometimes People Forget One Important Thing

It's a mirror.

An actual mirror.

That creates one particular situation that we don't think anyone warned us about when we started doing this.

People occasionally forget that while they're concentrating on the camera, the touchscreen or whatever their friends are doing beside them, they can also see themselves.

Certain outfits look rather different from certain angles.

We've witnessed a few people look into the Mirror, suddenly realise what everybody else can see and have that wonderful little moment of:

"Oh."

We're professionals. We look the other way.

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The Photos Change as the Night Goes On

One of the things we've learned from working so many events is that there's almost a natural progression.

Obviously, not every wedding reaches Stage 8.

But we've done enough of them to know that the photos at the end of an evening often look very different from the ones at the beginning.

And that's part of the fun.

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Serious Is for the Photographer

This is probably the biggest thing people misunderstand about what we do.

We're not trying to replace your wedding photographer.

Your photographer captures the ceremony, the portraits, the family photographs and all those incredible moments you'll want to keep forever.

We're there for something different.

Serious is for the photographer. We're the fun.

We want people laughing. We want the friends who haven't seen each other for years piling into a photograph together. We want grandparents having a go. We want the bridesmaids being ridiculous. We want somebody's uncle discovering a stupid hat and deciding it's staying on for the next hour.

That's also why our team doesn't just stand beside the equipment waiting for somebody to press a button.

We're professional, but we're cheeky with it.

If somebody comes over with a bit of attitude and tells us they're going to show us how it's done, we're quite happy to tell them to prove it.

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We've Got Answers for Most Things

After enough events, you develop a few standard responses.

That interaction is a huge part of the experience.

People respond to people.

The technology matters. The camera matters. The lighting matters. The print quality matters.

But creating an atmosphere where guests feel comfortable enough to stop worrying about the photograph and just have a laugh matters just as much.

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The Weirdest Thing We've Actually Learned

And this is probably the interesting bit.

After working at completely different venues, with completely different couples, different ages, different backgrounds and different types of events, we've realised that people really aren't that different.

Put a group of people in front of the Magic Mirror, remove the pressure to take a perfect photograph and give them permission to be stupid for a minute, and remarkably similar things happen.

Some people want a beautiful photograph.

Some want the biggest group possible.

Some treat the number of prints like a competitive sport.

Some immediately reach for the stupidest prop they can find.

And there's nearly always one person who wants to know what somebody did at the last wedding so they can try to beat them.

They usually don't.

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It's Not Really About Being Crazy

The funny photographs make great stories, but they're actually a tiny part of what happens during an event.

Most guests aren't trying to become the weirdest photograph we've ever taken.

They're just enjoying themselves.

That's why you'll see completely different generations using the same setup in completely different ways.

One group might want a lovely photograph together.

Five minutes later somebody is doing the splits.

Then a couple walks over for a proper picture.

Then twelve friends attempt to squeeze into the same frame.

That's what we love about it.

There isn't a correct way to use the Magic Mirror.

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Magic Mirror, Magic Mini or Magic Mobile – We Bring the Party

The same attitude runs through everything we do.

Whether we're using the full Magic Mirror, our Magic Mini or moving around an event with Magic Mobile, the equipment is only part of the experience.

The rest comes from the people using it and the team running it.

We know when to encourage somebody.

We know when to give a group some stick.

We know when somebody just wants a nice photograph.

And after hundreds of events, we're pretty good at spotting the guest who's about to say:

"I bet you've never seen this before."

Trust us. We probably have.

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So, What's the Weirdest Thing We've Ever Seen?

We're still going with the gymnastics.

For now.

Because there's always another wedding.

There's always another party.

And somewhere in Yorkshire there's almost certainly somebody currently thinking:

"I reckon I could beat that."

You probably can't.

But we're happy to let you try.