Photo Booths - Talk to Me

[Andy_con]

So... CS knows everything right?!

photos booths why are they so fooking expensive?? its a camera, computer and printer and people are charging £10k for them!!

fook that.

anyone know anything about photos booths?

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

You could probably knock one up for £3k with everything.

I know a few wedding photographers who charge a few hundred on top of their day rate to bring them with them.
You could make them self service although I've seen a few with dedicated people working them in the evening.

 

[SuperJ]

It’s just a decent camera, printer and some software. We paid £200 iirc to hire one, that included all the photos etc. Why do you want to buy one?

 

[Photomattbrown]

Just get a decent backdrop and a load of props and give images on usb/digital download.

I used to tag it onto my wedding photography package for an additional £250/300 for two hrs. I stopped doing it around 4 yrs ago when every Tom Dick and Harry started doing it and ‘photobooths’ were no longer a novelty at a wedding.

If you want something different get a gifyyy

https://gifyyy.com/

 

[Hixle]

We got messed around by the chaps that were going to do ours (2x VW campers for transport, one doubled up into a photo booth) last minute so made my own in the end.

I say photo booth, it was a few bits of wood and frame knocked together but went well with the rustic theme in the end, lol. Saved me £800 so put it towards a videographer instead!

 

[SharkyUK]

If you want something different get a gifyyy

https://gifyyy.com/

$4000! Oh my days... the makers of that must be having a laugh every time they get an order in!

 

[Photomattbrown]

$4000! Oh my days... the makers of that must be having a laugh every time they get an order in!

Depends how you look at it, my mate has one and it paid for itself in a month.

 

[Vicky.]

I went to an event at Christmas and they had a ‘magic mirror’. I thought that was better than the photobooths for novelty. You emailed the pics directly to yourself as oppose to printing them.

Think they’re ££££’s too though.

 

[SharkyUK]

Depends how you look at it, my mate has one and it paid for itself in a month.

Oh yeah, I don't doubt it. I was referring more to the product rather than those professionals buying it. I would probably buy it, too, were I a reputable photographer with regular work.

My (badly made) point was that, as a developer, this is quite a simple system to create / develop. It could be done a LOT cheaper. That said, were I in gifyyy's shoes, I would be charging an absurdly silly amount too if punters were willing to pay it.

 

[sn00p]

Oh yeah, I don't doubt it. I was referring more to the product rather than those professionals buying it. I would probably buy it, too, were I a reputable photographer with regular work. :smile:

My (badly made) point was that, as a developer, this is quite a simple system to create / develop. It could be done a LOT cheaper. That said, were I in gifyyy's shoes, I would be charging an absurdly silly amount too if punters were willing to pay it. :smile:

Mental. Plus $39 each time you want to use it at an event.

Knock that s**t up in a day! Lol

 

[SharkyUK]

Mental. Plus $39 each time you want to use it at an event.

Knock that s**t up in a day! Lol

I've got an idea for a novel photography/videography system... you want in buddy?

 

[DrR]

Depends how you look at it, my mate has one and it paid for itself in a month.

Your mate makes $4000 a month just hiring out one photo booth?

Sign me up.

 

[Photomattbrown]

Your mate makes $4000 a month just hiring out one photo booth?

Sign me up.

During busy wedding season easily, very popular for corporate gigs too. I shot a wedding yesterday and his gif booth was there, 3hrs for £300.

 

[Andy_con]

making something is not an issue, i have cnc machines for making things.

i like the idea of someone being able to take a photo and then enter a phone number so it can be whatsapp'ed or entering an email address so it can be sent.

im sure using a tablet with simcard will deal with both

 

[Andy_con]

Oh yeah, I don't doubt it. I was referring more to the product rather than those professionals buying it. I would probably buy it, too, were I a reputable photographer with regular work.

My (badly made) point was that, as a developer, this is quite a simple system to create / develop. It could be done a LOT cheaper. That said, were I in gifyyy's shoes, I would be charging an absurdly silly amount too if punters were willing to pay it.

you making something?

 

[SharkyUK]

you making something?

Well... funny you should ask that...
No mate, I'm not making anything. It could be a fun little project but I've personally got too much on my plate at the moment.

 

[Andy_con]

Well... funny you should ask that...
No mate, I'm not making anything. It could be a fun little project but I've personally got too much on my plate at the moment.

Lol fair enough.

I found some time last night to have a proper look at software and setup.

Although there is lots of software out there, im not sure its all that good. I did find one that seemed to tick all the boxes, dslrbooth. But it only works with a dslr camera. There pitch is why would you want to take photos with any other than a dslr camera? I get their point but drunk people at a party don’t really care about photo quality, providing its half decent quality they are happy.

There are apps that add effects, hats and crap like that, apps that do 4 photos reels, who wants 4 tiny photos.

All you need is an app that can take a single photo, send via email text etc… and the app is locked so people cant piss around on the tablet. As far as I could see that doesn’t exist.