With Halloween only a few weeks away, we are excited for all the costume parties coming our way. The costumes get better and better each year. The Booth is on-site to capture all the fun, laughs, and Halloween fear!
What will you surprise us with?
Absolutely Brilliant.
The entire Booth team has a background in professional photography. We had the honor of working with One Medical Group and their amazing team. Originally, our gear was packed with a seamless backdrop but once the silver freight elevator caught the eyes of our team, there was a change of plans. Our team was able to make the adjustments needed and create a custom look using the surroundings, pretty cool right?
The Health Benefits of Photo Booths
According to researchers in Berlin, Germany there are health benefits of using a photo booth. A study found that taking pictures with your friends helps rejuvenate minds and makes people happy. This Booth happiness helps reduce stress levels which is absolutely necessary for a healthy mind and body. Read more at Healthnewsline.net As you can tell, The Booth and our guests knew this all along!
Go. Stop. Go. Stop. Go check out our GIF Booth.
Once in The Booth, we guarantee you'll want to take more than one photo. Let's make it a GIF Booth!
1. Step into our GIF Booth.
2. Bust a move as we snap a series of photos.
3. Leave with an animated GIF you and your friends will love!
Pretty easy right? Check out some fun GIFs below.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Stirs A Flashback at The Booth.
Starting on Monday, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will exhibit 100 Years Of Portrait Photography In West Africa. Works of Seydou Keïta of Mali, J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere of Nigeria, and Malian photographer Malick Sidibé will be displayed. Flashback Friday! Last Fall, The Booth had the honor of joining The Africa Center to recreate historical photographs from West Africa. We can't wait for the next inspired Photo Booth project! See a few of our recreations (right) along with the originals (left) below.
Richard Avedon in Photo Booth History.
The modern concept of the Photo Booth originated 90 years ago by Anatol Josepho. After his arrival from Russia in 1923, Josepho successfully showcased the first Photo Booth in 1925 on Broadway, New York City. Within the first 6 months more than 280,000 people used the popular photo booth.
As a team favorite, we were happy to learn about Richard Avedon's use of the photo booth. In 1957, Esquire magazine delivered one of Mutascope’s art deco booths to Avedon’s New York studio.
“According to the article, Avedon ‘has long asserted that true photographic talent cannot be restrained by a camera’s technical limitations.’ The Esquire editors picked celebrities and challenged Avedon to produce photographs. The resulting photomatic essay is stunning, including images of Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Truman Capote and Ethel Merman.” – From ‘A History of the Photobooth’, PanModern.com
Christmas In August? You bet.
Last night, we had the pleasure of joining Convene for their Christmas in August event. The meet and greet was held at their Park Avenue location, as you can tell, guests kept it really cool in our Cinemagraph Booth. Dancing, disco balls, streamers, the friendly Convene team, and fun-seeking guests created the perfect mix and a night to remember. Check out all the fun below! Rifko Meier of Oysters XO and the Oyster Girls know how to strike a pose!
Painting. In The Booth. With Lights!
Light painting was created by pioneer Gjon Mili, who shot a series of experimental light painting photos of a violinist in 1952. With a long exposure and by attaching a light to the Violinist's bow, Mili captured the image below.
Photographer Stephen Orlando's recent light painting with music is absolutely stunning. By attaching LED lights to the bows of violin, viola, and cello players, Orlando is able to capture a creative representation of the sounds created by musicians. A great article on petapixel.com.
Inspiration for our next music industry client has been found! Check out some images from our past Light Painting Photo Booths.
The Booth Feels The Heat At Univision's DJ@PJ
Our videographers and technicians certainly felt the heat in Miami a few weeks ago. We were honored to join Univision at the Miami Surfcomber Hotel for DJ@PJ, an event where top DJ's battle for a chance to spin at the 12th Annual Premios Juventud Awards. The theme was a perfect fit for our Cinemagraph Booth (customized with a professional DJ Console!) All the guests shared their new files and excitement through our social media station. We give a big thanks to the Univision team and our Miami team for all their hard work.
A Screaming Awesome Photo Booth!
Last week, we took our New York Photo Booth skills to San Diego and created a custom setup for the Scream Queens ride at Comic-Con. With six DSLRs stationed 20 feet up in the air, we captured fans screaming as they dropped 120 feet! As guests exit the ride, they were able to visit our social media station to view and share their exciting new photos.
An Impressive Camera For A 9 Year Mission.
NASA’s New Horizons probe finally reached Pluto and its dwarf moon, Charon. After traveling 9 years and 3.6 billion miles, New Horizons took hundreds of images on Tuesday morning. With three cameras on board, the most impressive is "Ralph." A camera equipped with a 75mm lens at f/8.7, capable of capturing visible light and some infrared light. As New Horizons traveled away from the sun, temperatures drop causing materials to shrink. Lisa Hardaway, an engineer at Ball Aerospace in Colorado knew "Ralph" would have to be built almost entirely of one type of material.
“We actually built the mirrors and the chassis out of aluminum so that as they shrink, they would shrink together, to maintain the same focal length. We could do a reasonable test on Earth and still expect the same quality image,” Hardaway says.
Even the camera’s mirrors were made out of aluminum. To turn dull aluminum into mirrors, Ball sharpened it with diamonds. The lens was one of the few pieces of the camera that could be safely made out of glass.
A huge mission. An impressive camera. One set of historic photographs.
Love. Joy. Pride. History. #SFPride
A historic day on Friday and the joy continues. This past weekend, we had the honor of joining Airbnb at the San Francisco Pride Parade. Our Slow Motion specialists, a lot of confetti, and tons of love makes for an extremely fun activation. Check out some of the attendees having a confetti blast!
The Booths stays current and in the lead.
Stunning photos. Check.
Breathtaking videos. Check.
Super fun gifs. Check.
Offering new activations and services. Always.
Check out our latest cinemagraph sample.
Steps forward for the LGBT Community
President Barack Obama proclaims June 2015 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. We are proud to work with companies such as the Anti-violence Project and The Center for Anti-violence education. One thing is for sure, we are all happy to see this progression and will always be supporters.
We know stop motion. This producer mastered it.
A great article on NPR, Son Lux's "Change Is Everything" music video is some of the best stop motion we have ever seen. This reminded us of the stop motion clips we created for airbnb at the Sundance Film Festival.
The Director, Nathan Johnson and the Producers, The Made Shop took stop motion to a whole new level. Two long weeks, over 4,000 frames, and many sore fingers later. This Masterpiece was created. We cannot wait for our next stop motion booth, does anyone sense a challenge brewing?
Happy Halloween from The BOOth!
Malick Sidibé in The Booth
Last month, The Booth joined The Africa Center for a historical throwback photo booth. The inspiration for this photo booth came from Malian photographer Malick Sidibé who photographed members of his village in his homemade studio that we recreated.
Historical Reference: Diane Arbus Twins
Today we look back on the famous portrait shot of identical twins by Diane Arbus compared to identical twins in The Booth at the 2014 Founder's Ball.
Fashion Week Day 2- The Hair Flip
It's the second day of Fashion Week in New York and we're honoring the classic hair flip - a favorite in fashion photography and also in The Booth.
Credit: WM Model Management
Fashion Week Day 1- Porter Magazine
To kick off Fashion Week in New York, we remember Porter Magazine's launch day.
