This blog is dedicated to all things photo booths. From giving up to date industry news to helping people find the right provider, we have the down low on what you need to know. Learn all the insider secrets and tips.
To view the source of our photo booth information: http://www.pixsterphotobooth.com
When it comes to photo booths, there are two popular options to choose from in Los Angeles: open-air photo booths and enclosed photo booths. Each comes with its own set of advantages and disadvantages. Let's compare the two and explore five points of comparison:
Space and Accessibility: Open-air photo booths offer more space and accessibility, allowing larger groups to fit comfortably in each shot. With no physical barriers, guests can freely move around, strike poses, and create memorable experiences. In contrast, enclosed photo booths have limited space and may not accommodate a large number of people. Guests may feel cramped, leading to restricted movement and limited poses.
Privacy and Intimacy: Enclosed photo booths provide a level of privacy that open-air booths may lack. Some guests may prefer enclosed booths as they offer intimate spaces for capturing candid moments without distractions. However, this privacy can also lead to missed opportunities for social interaction and a shared experience. Open-air booths, on the other hand, encourage guests to join in, interact, and create fun memories together.
Customization and Creativity: Open-air photo booths offer endless possibilities for customization and creativity. From personalized backdrops to unique props, guests can fully embrace their creativity and tailor the photo booth experience to their event's theme. Enclosed photo booths often have limited customization options due to their confined space. This limitation can restrict guests' creative expression and make the experience feel more standardized.
Lighting and Quality: Lighting plays a crucial role in photography, and open-air photo booths generally offer better lighting options. With ample natural or controlled lighting, guests can expect higher-quality photos. Enclosed booths, on the other hand, may face challenges in achieving optimal lighting conditions. Poor lighting can result in dark or grainy photos that don't reflect the true essence of the moment.
Versatility and Location: Open-air photo booths are highly versatile and can be set up in various locations, both indoors and outdoors. Whether it's a beach party, a rooftop wedding, or a corporate event in Los Angeles, open-air booths can effortlessly adapt to any venue or theme. Enclosed booths, while they offer privacy, may be limited in their adaptability and may not be suitable for certain outdoor events.
In conclusion, both renting open-air and enclosed photo booths in Los Angeles have their own distinct advantages. Open-air booths excel in terms of space, accessibility, creativity, and versatility. On the other hand, enclosed booths offer privacy and intimacy, which some guests may prefer. Consider the nature of your event, the desired atmosphere, and the preferences of your guests when choosing between the two. Ultimately, the right choice depends on your priorities and the kind of experience you want to create with a photo booth.
We were recently asked to name ways Pixster has had a positive impact on our industry. Here's what we said:
Through Pixster's endless drive to innovate the way people experience and share photos and videos at events, they have been one of the most recognizable names in the events industry for almost a decade. For nearly a decade, Pixster has helped to shape the market by scaling unique services and bringing them to the general public. In the past 12 months, Pixster has helped introduce services such as their signature Glam Booth™, which only celebrities like Kim Kardashian could once afford, into a broader market. In the past year, Pixster has also set the standard for 360 Degree Video booths and VideoFX.
Glam Booth
These offerings were once unobtainable for most of the event industry. Through ease of purchase, affordable pricing (made possible by scale), and finding new cost-effective processes, Pixster has been able to bring these services to the broader market, enhancing client experience and elevating the industry as a whole. Pixster is the clear leader in innovation and is the blueprint for many other event companies when determining trends and forecasting.
Another way in which Pixster has helped positively shape the events industry in the last 12 months was their response to the pandemic. During the pandemic, the events industry came to a drastic halt and Pixster received over 1800 cancellations. Pixster set the standard in the industry on how cancelations and postponements were handled and thus far Pixster has made good on accommodating every single rescheduled event without charging a fee or penalty. By creating an infrastructure that prioritized existing customers who had been forced to cancel their special events over new business, they demonstrated to partners, competitors and clients that sacrificing short terms profits can eventually lead to long term rewards. In addition, Pixster set the standard on what safe reopening of events looked like for photo booth companies. They took necessary steps to ensure the health and safety of employees and event guests. Their systems as well as verbiage on their website for how they were handling the safe reopening was widely adopted and copied by other companies in the industry.
1) We don’t use models or filters for our marketing photos.
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Here at Pixster we believe that what you see is what you should get. That’s why we never use models or touch up any of the images you see on our website and social media pages. We know it may be hard to believe since some of the photos look staged, but every photo you see was taken at an event with one of our booths and is #nofilter.
2) We
Manufacture our Own Photo Booths
Open Air Photo Booth
Since the start of Pixster our
goal was to ensure that the products and services we were offering were the
best they could be. One area we identified was manufacturing our own photo
booths to both control our aesthetic and the quality of equipment put into the
booths. We make sure that each component of our booths are the best the market
has to offer. This has helped capture not only incredible photos, but guarantee
we have the most reliable photo booths in the industry. After 5 years of trail
and error Pixster is now on its 6th generation of photo booth and
every generation gets better and better.
3) All
of Our Booths Sponsor a Child in a Developing Country
In part of a continuing effort to
give back to our community and become social conscience global citizens,
Pixster sponsors a child in a developing country for each photo booth we
manufacture. Through a partnership with Compassion International, we help to
feed clothe and educated over 40 children in countries all around the world. The next time you rent, not only will
you look good but you will be helping us do good!
4) Photos
4-Ways
4 Ways to get your photos
Most people
already know that our booths instantly print both photo strips and 4x6 photos,
and most people know they can also immediately share their digital photos to
social media platforms or email themselves. What you may not know is that,
unless an event has requested privacy, we upload all of the photos to our
website the Monday following your event. In addition, we send all of our
clients a thumb drive that include the full-size high-definition photos within
5 business day. We want to make it as easy as possible for both our clients and
their guests to get their photos, that is why we offer access to photos four
different ways!
5) Award-Winning
Service
We have a phrase around here, “if
it’s good for the customer, do it!” Pixster prides itself on giving both our
clients and their guest an unparalleled experience. From the quality of our
photo booths to the staff that we hire, we strive to be the best at what we do.
Fortunately, our hard work has paid off! Pixster has won over 30 awards for
outstanding service including Wedding Wire’s Couple’s Choice Award, The Los
Angeles and Orange County Hotlists, The San Diego A-List, Best of the Knot, and
so many more! We are so proud to maintain a 5-star reviewing rating on every
major website.
Pixster has had their sights set on the Phoenix market since their inception in 2013 so the company’s announcement today of a Phoenix office opening comes as no surprise. The company already offers photo booth rentals in the Phoenix and Scottsdale area via their travel teams. Up to now, rentals taking place in Arizona have incurred Hefty $1,000+ travel fees. With the opening of the new location, customers will no longer need to pay a travel fee.
Pixster’s aggressive expansion in early 2017 included increasing capacity in their LA location by 50%, and the company has no signs of slowing. Recently recognized as one of the 100 fastest growing companies in San Diego, Pixster has become a well-known brand in Southern California and Central Arizona. They serviced an estimated 2700 events in 2016 and are projecting 4000 rentals in 2017, making them the largest non-franchised photo booth company West of the Mississippi. To date, the company has had over 600,000 users and has more than 1.5 million photo views per month. CEO McLain Harvey says, “The growth of Pixster has been an organic process. As our brand becomes stronger, so does demand for our product. In 2017 we made a push with our team to have a 'Eye for Excellence', and it is clear that our clients have noticed and responded in-kind. Our photo quality continues to increase, our technology is constantly evolving and improving, and our customer service continues to be unrivaled.”
Launching their 180 degree GIF photo booth this year was a big technological advance for the company. However, the most popular photo booth offered is Pixster’s signature open-air photo booth. The open-air photo booth is a unique take on a classic and allows clients to customize their rental experience. From customizing the backdrops to being able to share photos via email and social media, this style booth has something for everybody. Pixster attributes much of their success to a focus on providing the highest quality open air photo booth experience to their customers. Boasting more than 100 five-star reviews on their Yelp page, the company has truly set themselves apart from other photo booth rental companies. Of course, this style photo booth will be available to rent at the new Phoenix location.
Although the company has not chosen their final location yet, they will most likely open doors in the Tempe area. According to McLain, “Tempe is the most logical choice. It is central, affordable, and allows us to offer rentals for the majority of the Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa area without having to charge additional fees.” The tentative date for opening is Q4 of their fiscal year (December-February).
Cities to be serviced in Arizona include: Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe, Glendale, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Surprise, and the surrounding areas. For more information regarding the expansion please visit the company's website.
We have some big changes in store for 2018! That's right, we are already thinking about 2018 and what it holds for the future of photo booths. The future looks bright! Pixster is so excited to announce that beginning in January we will be offering photo booth rentals in Phoenix and the surrounding areas! We will be offering our full array of services including our GIF enabled photo feature. Pixster will be providing rentals to Scottsdale, Mesa, Chandler, Tempe, and other cities in the Phoenix metro area. We will begin taking reservations July 1st for events taking place next year or later. Pixster will also begin hiring local staff in the near future, so stay tuned.Once entering Phoenix, Pixster will service 3 states and over 150 cities. Since 2013, we’ve been snapping photos all over the country! With our headquarters in San Diego and additional locations in Los Angeles and Austin, we’re very excited to have hit our 1,000,000th photo milestone in the middle of 2016! With over 64 million photo views and nearly 600 thousand users, Pixster has helped make over 6,000 events even more memorable!Call us obsessive, but we are always striving to improve our photo quality, customer service and photo equipment. With our recent addition of five new photo booths and our newly created custom flash diffusers, we’ve worked very hard to bring you the best photo booths possible!
Los Angeles, CA - WeddingWire, the leading global online marketplace for the wedding and event industry, announced Pixster Photo Booths as the winner of the esteemed 2017 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards for Photo Booth Rentals in Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, and the Inland Empire!
The Couples’ Choice Awards recognize the top five percent of wedding professionals on WeddingWire who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness, and professionalism. The prestigious awards are given to the top local wedding professionals across more than 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their professional achievements from the previous year.
The award winners are determined solely based on reviews from real newlyweds and their experiences working with Pixster Photo Booths. Award-winning vendors are distinguished for the quality, quantity, consistency and timeliness of the reviews they have received from their past clients.
“The Couples’ Choice Awards’ ninth year features one of the most impressive groups of dedicated and acclaimed wedding professionals yet,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “It is our honor to work with high-caliber merchants, such as Pixster, who not only make a couple's big day possible, but also contribute to the more than 2.5 million U.S. reviews represented on WeddingWire. We congratulate all of this year's winners on their achievements.” As a Couples’ Choice Awards® winner, the company is highlighted on WeddingWire, which is comprised of more than 200,000 wedding professionals in the U.S.
Pixster is thrilled to be one of the top photo booth rental providers in Southern California on WeddingWire. CEO and Co-Founder, McLain Harvey, said in a recent interview, "We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. We truly value all of our clients and appreciate the positive feedback that helped us earn a 2017 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Award." Pixster has big plans for 2017 and announced last week they will be offering photo booths in the Inland Empire, further expanding their reach.
More about Pixster Photo Booths:
Since 2013, Pixster has been snapping photos all over the country. With their headquarters in San Diego and additional locations in Los Angeles, and Austin, the company hit their 1,000,000th photo milestone in 2016. With over 64 million photo views and nearly 600 thousand users, Pixster was dubbed as the largest non-franchised photo booth rental company in the country. With a focus to improve photo quality, customer service, and photo equipment the company has achieved 22 awards for outstanding service achievement. In 2017 the company has further expansion plans into the Inland Empire and projects they will service over 4,000 events in the new year.
Pixster Photo Booth has successfully established their presence in San Diego, Orange County, and Los Angeles. With an office that opened May 2016 in Buena Park, Orange County, Pixster has been able to service events in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Malibu with little to no travel fees! This persistent expansion has helped the company grow into the Inland Empire as well. Pixster is already providing photo booths to Temecula, Palm Springs, and Ontario!
Photo booth Riverside
In 2016 Pixster serviced over 1500 events and is projecting to service over 2000 events in 2017, making them the largest non-franchised photo booth company on the West Coast. Pixster has taken over 1,000,000 photos with 600,000 users and 6.4 million views! The company has also built 11 new photo booths in 2016, meaning Pixster now operates 30 photo booths.
The most popular photo booth offered is Pixster’s signature open-air photo booth, and of course this style photo booth will be available to rent at their new Inland Empire location.
The open-air booth is an innovative take on the classic photo booth and allows guests to tailor their rental experience to their own personal tastes. From customizing the backdrop and photo strip, to being able to share photos via email, Twitter, and Instagram, this open-air booth has something for everyone.
Although Pixster hasn’t selected a location yet, they will be servicing events in Riverside, San Bernardino, Pomona, and Palm Springs. Pixster is getting 2017 off to a great start by setting high expectations for their company’s growth and expansion. Pixster attributes their success to providing the highest quality customer service along with a friendly photo booth experience to their clients. Boasting more than 200 five-star reviews on their Yelp page, Pixster has truly set themselves apart from their competitors. The company cannot wait to explore the Inland Empire and expand even further into Southern California!
We are in full Holiday swing at Pixster Photo Booth! Everyone is out of their Thanksgiving -turkey-coma and on to planning and hosting amazing holiday parties! Our busiest weekend was December 9-11th and we were able to service 105 events. We have serviced almost 300 events in December alone! WOW!
With weddings, holiday parties, and Photos with Santa, December is definitely a great month to reserve a photo booth in San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles and Riverside! We love seeing all of the great photo albums from the past weekend and getting a glimpse of how much fun you guys have posing for great pics with friends and colleagues. We’ve seen so many awesome ugly holiday sweaters, fun company parties and even some festive weddings that have us super excited about this holiday season!
Our Production Team has been hard at work making sure to keep an eye for excellence so that we deliver the best photo booth experience possible!! In addition, our outstanding team of photo booth attendants always go above and beyond, working hard to make sure that every guests leave with awesome memories!
Since we are coming close to the end of the year, we’ve been able to reflect on our accomplishments and improvements to Pixster Photo Booth. We hope you all have a happy holiday and a fantastic New Year!!!
We receive a lot of questions about our business and about photo booths in general and honestly, we love getting a chance to answer them! There’s a lot of information about photo booths available and it can often be overwhelming. Below are some helpful tips to assist you with deciding on a photo booth rental in Los Angeles
Why Photo Booths are a must for Los Angeles Events
Memories- Let’s face it: No matter how good your photographer is, odds are they won’t get a photo of everyone who made it to your big day. A photo booth goes a long way in helping to capture a snap of each guest.
Party Favors- Long gone are the days when guests cared about chachkies. You can bet that most favors these days will end up dust-covered in a drawer or in the trash. Photo strips, on the other hand, will be proudly displayedon your guests’ fridges, desks, and memory boards. Don’t get us started on the digital photos... Those are guaranteed to be all over Insta, Facebook, and Twitter.
Entertainment- whether it’s keeping the kids occupied during toasts or hedging the chance of Uncle Rick doing the worm on the dance floor, a photo booth provides guests with options. I am often asked, “won’t a photo booth be a distraction?” NO! No one can dance for three hours straight, and it helps your dancing-adverse guests get out of their seats.
Open Air vs. Enclosed Photo Booths
Open-air photo booths are the modern take on a classic. With new technology, open booths take just as good if not better photos than enclosed booths.
PRO: More interactive, inclusive, and can fit larger groups in each photo.
CON: Shyer guests may be deterred from the lack of privacy.
PRO: Chic and modern design with more interactive functionality.
CON: Less traditional look and feel.
PRO: Customizable backdrops and more flexible space requirements.
CON: Guests may not be as familiar with this style and require assistance from an attendant.
Open Air Photo Booth
The enclosed photo booth is a classic. It’s a great way to bring back memories of sitting in a photo booth at the mall taking silly pictures with your friends. Typically enclosed photo booths fit 2-4 people in a photo.
PRO: More privacy and confidence to let loose and be silly with your poses and prop choices.
CON: Less interactive and does not allow for people to hop in and out of photos.
PRO: More intimate photos as a result of space constraints inside the booth.
CON: Less people can fit, ruling out getting snaps of your bridal party, your whole fam, etc.
PRO: More traditional look and feel.
CON: Less flexibility with space requirements and customization.
Enclosed Photo Booth
At the end of the day, the choice between an enclosed or open air photo booth comes down to a matter of personal taste. The enclosed photo booth is a classic, but the open air photo booth is a discrete and modern twist on a traditional idea.
Photo Booth Pricing: Affordable vs. High-End
By now you have probably set a budget for your event and are wondering how much you should budget for a photo booth. Pricing ranges from $300-$3000 with the national average for photo booth rentals currently around $500. However, according to WeddingWire, most brides seem to be spending $800-$1200 for a wedding photo booth rental. You may also want to look into what types and methods of payment companies use. Consider the types of cameras and printers provided. Ex: DSLR camera versus a point-and-shoot camera, dye-sub printer compared to an inkjet printer.
10 Musts for Photo Booths
Watch out! Some companies will try to work in fees for set-up or delivery after the initial quote has been sent. Make sure the quote you get is “out the door”.
Professionalism: Hire a Photo Booth Expert!
Don’t Get the DJ’s Photo Booth!
We are seeing a huge increase in photo booths being offered by DJs and photographers. Most of them will work the booth into a package, so the client feels like they are getting a great deal. It make sense, right? Why go to 2 vendors when you can do a 1-stop-shop? The feedback we hear from clients about bundling their photo booth is less than great. For the most part, the DJ or photographer uses a cheap photo booth, doesn’t know how to troubleshoot problems, and it isn’t their highest priority. Simply put, they are not a photo booth expert so the quality of product and service is much lower. The average cost savings for bundling a photo booth with a DJ or photographer is only $60!
The Part-Time Photo Booth Owner
Because of how popular photo booths are becoming, a lot of people want to hop on the trend of photo booth ownership as a side-gig to their normal employment. While you can’t fault them for trying to capitalize on a good thing, they likely won’t be able to provide the same service as a company with full-time employees dedicated to your photo booth experience. The typical issues stem from a lack of response time, a dearth of experience in trouble shooting any issues that may arise, and less attention spent on maintaining the highest quality for their equipment and photos. A part-time owner also isn’t likely to have the resources to customize and tailor the booth experience to any unique preference you might have. If it’s not their highest priority, there’s a good chance your event won’t be either.
A great photo booth is meant to provide you and your guests with an entertaining experience that captures the fun and emotion of your day. Finding and booking your booth should be a pleasant and seamless experience where you can be confident you are getting a great product for a competitive price. On the day of your event, you want to know all the vendors you hired are comprised of individuals who are trained, competent and dedicated to seeing your big day come to life. Pixster Photo Booths has been the leading photo booth rental company in Southern California for a few years now. We were named the #1 photo booth by The Knot, Wedding Wire, San Diego A-List and the OC and LA Hotlist. We’re extremely proud to be the #1 highest rated and most reviewed Southern California photo booth rental company on Yelp. It’s important to us to ensure every customer gets the highest attention to detail, service and quality so their event definitely lives up to the hype! We hope to be a part of your next event!
For more information or to rent a photo booth in Los Angeles, please visit our website: pixsterphotobooth.com
Called the City of Angels, Los Angeles has become notorious for 2 things: (1) turning aspiring actors into some of the best baristas in California and (2) throwing some of the best parties in the country! We have been enhancing said parties by offering photo booth rentals in Los Angeles since 2013. Just like the Los Angelenos, Pixster dreams big and settles for nothing best the best. No longer shall we call it "La La Land". We shall call it dream big and party bigger land!
Pixster Photo Booths is the premiere photo booth rental company in San Diego, Temecula, Orange County, Los Angeles, and Austin. We provide a first class experience to all of our customers and ensure that we go above and beyond to meet the needs of even the most discerning bride. Through customizable packages, the most technologically advanced photo booths, low profile designs, professional staff, and transparent pricing we pride ourselves on delivering an exceptional product.
Pixster offers customers a seamless experience with added services not typically provided by similar companies. One such service is our open air booth which allows our users the opportunity to fit up to 15 people in a picture, create customized backgrounds, and instantly Facebook, Tweet, or Email their photos.
Perhaps Pixster Photo Booths biggest advantage is that we value one thing, YOU! Tell us what you want and we will go as far as humanly possible to make it happen. Compare us and you’ll see how far we stand out. To rent a photo booth in Los Angeles.
Here at Pixster we are always searching for new ways to enhance our customer's experience! In a continued effort to be a leader in photo booth rental technology, we are excited to formally announce the addition of GIFs to the Pixster Photo Booth services at our San Diego, Orange County, and Los Angeles offices. This unique feature can be included for use in any of our Enclosed or Open-Air Booths and adds a nice bit of flair to your event and your photographs!
So what exactly are GIFs? In a way, it’s like the digital version of a flip-book. The internet loves using a GIF as a reaction, as well as a method for breaking news on the web and telling stories through photojournalism. Whether you are telling a story, showing your friends what a great time you’re having, or just reliving some of the “good old days”, GIFs offer a new and easy way to express emotions when we can’t do it in person.
Why GIFs? For one, you asked for it, so we found a way to make it happen! CEO McLain Harvey explained “our customers have increasingly been inquiring not only about GIFs but also other ways we can fully customize their experience. We challenge ourselves as a company to make our customers vision a reality, this was one way we were able to do that.”
Gif Photo Booth
At Pixster, we love this feature for a few reasons.
GIFs give you the ability to express more emotion than a still image does. In doing so, we take a single moment and elevate it to a completely new experience!
Remember your GeoCities site, Peanut Butter Jelly Time, and dial-up modems? Of course you do! Now you can add another 90s classic to your photo booth experience! Nostalgia is another awesome reason we have decided to include GIFs in our services this year. Everything comes full circle and vintage is “so hot right now!”
Easily uploaded to Facebook and Twitter via our on-site social media upload station, you can instantly share your GIF with your friends and tweeps at the click of a button! There’s no doubt about it—GIFs and social media have indeed become BFFs.
We are excited to share this new service with our clients in 2016! The GIF photo booth is just one of the many new additions we will be adding in the coming year. Pixster will also be launching a new Los Angeles location, but more on that in the months to come!
