(almost) Everything You Wanted To Know About Photo Booth Lighting – Part 1

by Chris Lydle | Feb 24, 2016 | Featured, Guest Posts, How To's, News, Photo Booth Lighting

Let’s start by agreeing on some terms: Ambient light: What’s already there at the venue. It could almost none, could be some ugly fluorescents or PAR flood bulbs in the ceiling, could be the sunshine. It might stay the same or it might keep changing, as...

Upselling Print Sizes During the Holidays

by C Irwin | Sep 14, 2015 | How To's, News, Running The Business, Sales, Sponsored

While it seems most photo boother’s use 4×6 (either as a single print or double 2×6), you may be leaving money on the table. The value of the printed photograph has never been higher and the cost of materials has never been lower for onsite print delivery. 4×6 prints...

Animated GIFs with Animated Backgrounds

by C Irwin | May 31, 2015 | How To's, News, Photo Booth Software, Software Releases, Sponsored

Animated GIFs have come a long way from dancing babies and keyboard cats.  Offering animated GIFs at your photo booth is now a way to offer your clients something fun and unique while helping you stand out from the competition who are only offering “gasp”...

Basic camera settings for the photo booth

by Chris Lydle | Jan 30, 2015 | Education, How To's, Software & Technology

If you’ve gotten into the photo booth business without spending too much time as an old-school photographer, you might find this basic guide to exposure handy. There are 4 variables: One is the amount of continuous light. If you don’t use a flash unit,...

Aspect Ratios and Why They Matter:

by Chris Lydle | Jan 6, 2015 | Guest Posts, How To's, Photo Booth Templates

The camera you choose and the printer you choose almost lock you into certain design elements. Most point-and-shoot cameras like the Canon Power Shots have an aspect ratio – the relationship of photo height to width – of 4:3. That means the photographs are 1.33 times...

PC doesn’t mean “Politically Correct”

by Chris Lydle | Nov 22, 2014 | Guest Posts, How To's, Software & Technology

External flash units, often called strobes, connect to the camera using a PC connector cord. This connection was designed by the Prontor-Compur shutter works in Germany – hence the name “PC”. Has nothing to do with Personal Computers or Political...