Photo Booth Peak Season!!

The months of June/July are our 'peak season' - we've been busy having photobooths at Bar and Bat mitzvah, at Corporate events, School Proms, 21st/18th/40th Parties and of course, Weddings. This year, for some reason, most of our bookings have been with-in 35 miles of base, we've even had a couple with-in 2-miles! - although tomorrow FlashBox photobooths is visiting Somerset for a mid-week wedding - perhaps as the photobooth business matures, event organisers are looking more locally?
Is it too late to book?  Well, Saturday's are now pretty much booked out until early November, but there are some gaps and there remain several Friday and Sundays, and of course many mid-week slots still available.

The 2nd peak season is late November/December as Xmas parties organisers have soon learnt that photobooths provide great entertainment for their guest, we are giving several quotes for this period each week at the moment. To avoid disappointment it's best booking early . . . . .  it only takes a quick phone call . . . .  remember we can take deposits over the phone, and when you call we can usually give instant notice of availability.

Here are a selection of photos from recent events. As we are always keen to stress our photobooth does look great in any location - and remember - your own artwork can be fitted into the skin of the booth - as you can see this has been very popular recently.

What can't be seen from the photos is where these event rooms were situated - belive me, over the last few months we have been up ramps, in lifts, up spiral staircases, in marquees and occasionally . . . . .  just inside lage patio doors leading to the car-park !!   Our photobooth really does totally break down, so can just go about anywhere - and space wise we just need 2.50m x 1.50m and 2m of headroom for the booth, obviously more space if the prop boxed and a table is needed for our address book. We've never not got the booth to where the event organiser pictured it . . . . 

Corporate Photo Booth

We had a great week-end last month at the London Pet Show at Earls Court :-

http://www.londonpetshow.co.uk/

Here we operated a corporate photo booth for Fluval Aquariams and Exo-Terra, who make tanks/accesories for reptiles.

They hired a photobooth for promotional purposes - the booth was branded in their colours, the touchscreen had the corporate logos and all the prints that people took away were branded. It was a great way for the company to get the brand recognition.

We operated a 'greenscreen' inside the booth, people were given the choice of a 'coral reef' behind them or a 'jungle' (they made a selection on the touch-screen) - if they went with the coral reef then the print came out with Fluval branding, if they went for the jungle, then the print had Exo-Terra branding.

There were the usual selection of props and also some water and jungle/animal based props.

Over the course of the 2-days we did well over 600 prints and on the Saturday, especially, the booth was completely 'mobbed' - at one point we timed the queue and people were waiting patiently for over 20-minutes to have their 30-seconds in the booth - and of course to get their studio quality prints.

The corporate client was very happy with the promotional aspect of the photo booth, and in fact we are doing another event for them at the end of June.

Here are some photos of the booth 'in action' at the show and an example of the prints :-

Did we get any pets in the booth?  Well, we did get a few dogs . . . . .  this was our favourite from the w/end :-

So, if you are thinking of having a photobooth for a corporate event, whether it is a party or a branding activity, launch party or social event, then give us a call - and remember we are the only UK based photo booth that can actually place your branded artwork 'inside' the skin of the booth.

The FlashBox photobooth now lights up

The photo booth hire market is developing all the time, and FlashBox photobooths are always at the forefront of trying new concepts.
Our booth has several unique aspects that enable it to be very flexible and give it the ability to change.
As we have mentioned before, our construction technique is different to all the other booths in the hire market, and this gives us the ability to place 'unique graphics' actually in the skin of the booth - not just stuck to the outside of the photo booth, like others.
Our own artwork that goes in the skin of the booth (the one with the FlashBox logo and photo of Olly Murs etc . .) is manufactured from the same material that is used in lightboxes, these are the advertising 'stands' that you see in shopping centres. Shopping centre lightboxes have lighting inside them, and the light diffuses through the adverts to light it up and make them more 'obvious' to passing shoppers . . . . . . . . .  and this is what our photobooth does now . . . . . .  it lights up . . . . . .  at both ends . . . . .
This means that the booth will 'stand out' at any event, and will add to the appeal of our photobooth.

Here we show a few photos showing the booth 'lit up' and hopefully it is noticeable that the booth really does stand out  :

The top photo also shows our external monitor doing a 'slideshow' of all the photos being taken in the booth. Here again we have been innovative, when a new 'session' has been completed in the booth this is the next photo to appear on the external monitor (it appears at about the same time as the printer throws out the print), which creates quite a 'buzz' outside the photobooth and often we get guests just transfixed by this screen and all the fun happening in the booth. We do have packages where the 'external slideshow' is included, but if not, this a very popular cheap choice for an 'add-on' - it is well worth it.

Our photo booth will now be fully 'lit up' at all future events.

More photos of the photobooth!

As you are well aware we are very proud of the appearance of out photobooth, we may have mentioned this occasionally on our blogs and website .  . . . . . . We definitely have a premium photobooth, that really does look great in any venue, whether it be old/established/traditional or a more modern/contemporary venue.

This is why we have so many photos of the booth on our website, especially in comparison to some of our competitors (some, who daren't actually show any photos of their booths at an event . .  .), at the last count we had 124 photos on all the pages of our website.

But we really do believe that seeing a photobooth 'in situ' at venues is important for prospective clients, whether they be brides looking to have a photobooth at their wedding reception, a mother looking to have a booth at her son's Bar Mitzvah party or a Corporate looking for a photobooth for their Xmas Party. It really does highlight our confidence in our product.

The photos do work!  Only this week we have taken an order for a wedding reception where the bride/groom looked at over 50 websites and received quite a few quotes before deciding that the Flashbox photobooth was the one that suited their 'venue', they said the quality of the website, all the photos of the booth and our quick response to questions was all a factor in their decision.

Of course about 1 in 4 of our bookings are purely by 'referral' where the new clients have seen our booths at events or they have been recommended to use our services, so for these bookings the photos are not as important, except to refresh the memory.

And remember, if you are a potential new client, you can always ask to come and view the photobooth. This can be arranged at our base in Harpenden, or maybe when we are at a show, or you may even be able to pop along to a venue when the booth is set up before we start an event. Over the last 3-years, we have a 100% success rate, that any potential clients who come to view the booth before booking, have then gone on to make the booking.

To keep the maths simple . . . . here are another 10 photos of the booth, taken at different venues over the last few months . . . . enjoy!