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By July 2006, California programmer Alec Bennett released Photoboof,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.photoboof.com |title=Photoboof! Windows-based photobooth system |publisher=Photoboof.com |date= |accessdate=2010-08-15}}</ref> the first commercially available photo booth operating software.{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}} |
By July 2006, California programmer Alec Bennett released Photoboof,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.photoboof.com |title=Photoboof! Windows-based photobooth system |publisher=Photoboof.com |date= |accessdate=2010-08-15}}</ref> the first commercially available photo booth operating software.{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}} |
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By 2010, over 40<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rentphotobooths.com/links.htm |title=Photo bootyh Rental links |publisher=Rentphotobooths.com |date= |accessdate=2010-08-15}}</ref> different photo booth rental companies operate in the United States. Companies also began to expand with a national footprint as the popularity increased |
By 2010, over 40<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rentphotobooths.com/links.htm |title=Photo bootyh Rental links |publisher=Rentphotobooths.com |date= |accessdate=2010-08-15}}</ref> different photo booth rental companies operate in the United States. Companies also began to expand with a national footprint as the popularity increased with Party Booths <ref>{{cite web|url=http://partybooths.com/ |title=Photo booth Rentals |publisher=partybooths.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-10}}</ref> being the first company to offer nationwide services. |
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==Popularity== |
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Photo Booth Rental companies allow a person to rent a photo booth for a short period of time (usually in hours) for a fee. Photo booth rentals have become popular in the United States primarily for wedding receptions along with a growing number of other public and private events. In addition to the photo booth and the printing of unlimited photo strips, rental companies usually include a photo booth attendant to service the photo booth and to help guests construct the guest book of photo strips. Online image hosting, compact disks containing the images and related merchandise are readily available.
Rental history
Photo booth event rentals began in St. Paul, MN in the late 1990s by Photo Booth Memories.[1][non-primary source needed]
Wedding guests visiting Minnesota weddings brought the idea back to their respective states and shortly thereafter, rental companies throughout the United States began to appear.[citation needed]
Market entry was expensive and primarily hindered by the lack of commercially available photo booths and software to operate them. At this time, existing photo booth rental companies were designing and constructing their own photo booths and operating software. Success in Minneapolis encouraged two local companies, The Traveling Photo Booth and Party Booths expanded nationally with their proprietary photo booths and software.[citation needed]
By July 2006, California programmer Alec Bennett released Photoboof,[2] the first commercially available photo booth operating software.[citation needed]
By 2010, over 40[3] different photo booth rental companies operate in the United States. Companies also began to expand with a national footprint as the popularity increased with Party Booths [4] being the first company to offer nationwide services.
Popularity
The majority of photo booth rentals are for wedding receptions; however, they are have become popular for office parties, school dances, and other parties. The photo booths provide entertainment, candid photography, guest favors and a personalized book of photos and guest messages. The photo strip guest book replaces the traditional guest book. Some rental companies offer wacky props (giant sunglasses, feather scarves, etc.) to make more interesting photos.[5]. In 2008, Google started tracking "photo booth rental" as a trend[6]
Chemical photo booths
Employ a traditional chemical photography process to create a single photo strip of either 3 or 4 photos. Chemical booths are becoming a rarity[7] as they are expensive to service and transport and are ending up in private collections.
Digital photo booths
Most rental companies rent commercially available digital photo booths because they are easier to set up, more cost effective to maintain than their chemical counterparts, and digital imagery provides limitless merchandise opportunities. Output ranges from traditional (vertically-arranged vertical photos) to non-traditional horizontally-arranged, horizontal photos printed on a variety of sized photo paper.
Short-run manufacturing of digital photo booths
At least one of the national companies has developed their own brand of digital photo booths and operating software and outsources the short run manufacturing. The Traveling Photo Booth has protected their software methods and photo booth design by filing claims with the U.S Patent office[8]
Photo studio style photo booths
Also known as "Crazybooths" or "Memory Booths", some companies combine the concept of the traditional, machine photobooth with equipment normally used in a photography studio, including studio strobes, light modifiers, and full-sized backdrops. This approach to the photo booth concept provides a larger space for guests, handling up to 30 people at a time.[9] It also allows the potential of action shots such as jumping, throwing, fighting, etc. Other elements of photo booth rentals remain the same (photo strip printouts, scrapbooking, crazy props, attendants, etc.).
DIY photo booths
Access to photo booth software has encouraged many DIY booth projects. Some have maintained the traditional photo booth look (curtains, bench, small size) while others have built photo booths into trailers,[10]pipe-and-drape tents or other constructs.
Footnotes
- ^ "#1 Real Photo Booths for Weddings, Graduations and More". Photo Booth Memories. 2010-05-17. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
- ^ "Photoboof! Windows-based photobooth system". Photoboof.com. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
- ^ "Photo bootyh Rental links". Rentphotobooths.com. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
- ^ "Photo booth Rentals". partybooths.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ "Photo Booth FAQ". Utah Valley Photo Booth. Retrieved 2012-1-2.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Google Trends: photo booth rental". Google.com. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
- ^ "Photobooth Community and Photo Booth Blog". Photobooth.net. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
- ^ http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20100008657
- ^ "Memory Booth photo booth rental in Southern California". MeboPhoto.com.
- ^ http://www.mobilephotobooth.com