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Mother’s Day Photo Booth Hire

Mother’s Day Photo Booth Hire

Mother’s Day is fast approaching, and with it comes a surge of enquiries for Mother’s Day photo booths! Whether you’re a mum, aunt, sister or grandmother this day is all about celebrating the incredible women in our lives.

Do you know the interesting background behind the celebration of Mother’s Day? Although the Mother’s Day tradition began in 1907, Australia didn’t officially recognise it until 1924. At that time, Sydney resident Janet Heyden was moved to collect charitable gifts for elderly mothers in hospitals. These women had also lost husbands and sons during World War I.

In 2024, In the Booth proudly attended Mother’s Day breakfast and lunch events nationwide. While spoiling Mum remained the central theme, every family had its own unique way of celebrating. For instance, our Gold Coast team joined the festivities at Salt Bar & Grill in Kingscliff. Meanwhile our Brisbane team shared in the joy at Victoria Park Golf Complex. Our Sydney team traveled south to Woolwich Pier Hotel for a heartwarming lunch gathering.

Throughout the day, it was wonderful to see special booth moments bringing smiles to everyone in the room. We’re look forward to helping families create even more unforgettable memories in 2025!

Family Photos – the only thing Mum wants for Mother’s Day!

A photo booth is the perfect addition to any Mother’s Day event. It provides an interactive and entertaining experience for guests of all ages. Whether it’s a formal luncheon, a relaxed family gathering, or a community celebration, a photo booth captures relaxed moments with their loved ones. At In the Booth, our photo booths include unlimited prints, customised templates, and digital sharing options. This makes it easy for families to take home cherished keepsakes.

One of the highlights of our Mother’s Day photo booths is the ability to personalise each session. Guests can use fun props, heartfelt messages, or even record short video messages to express their love and appreciation for their Mum. Plus, with our Guest Cam feature, attendees can snap and share candid moments from anywhere in the venue, adding even more fun to the experience.

From intimate brunches to large-scale functions, photo booth hire elevates the celebration by creating lasting memories. After all, Mother’s Day is all about honouring the special women in our lives, and what better way to do so than with sweet snapshots that will be treasured for years to come?

University Event Hire

University event hire including a photo booth service is a great way to bring fun and entertainment to any event. We have had the pleasure of providing our photo booths to a wide array of events over the last 15 years. In the Booth regularly attends University Graduations, University Balls, University Gala Dinners and social and marketing university events. We love that our photo booth is always a hit at University events. Here are ten reasons you should consider hiring a photo booth for your next University event:

1. Get the party started with photo booth university event hire!

A photo booth is a great way to kick the party off and get guests involved. Uni students love jumping into the booth to grab a quick photo as they head into their evenings celebrations. Consider placing a booth at the entrance to your function if space is at a premium. A foyer or lobby area photo booth gives festivities a red carpet arrival feel!

2. Social Networking

Photo booths are a great way to encourage networking within your cohort. While the photo booth is an easy conversation starter, your guests will enjoy sharing and interacting with their cohort. You will find guests of all ages interacting and chatting as they queue for the booth. Then the fun really starts once they step inside! There is no better ice breaker than a photo booth.

3. Boost your Brand

We include a custom print design in your University event hire package so all your guests will be sent home with your logo on their photo strips. Every event is individual which is why we provide a custom design service for all corporate events. Send through your invitation or event link to our design team and they’ll ensure your photo booth prints are a perfect match. You can view plenty of examples on our Instagram page.

4. Social Media Exposure

In the Booth offers unlimited free app downloads with all our bookings. Your guests will be able to download their digital files to be shared all over their social media. No waiting in line or entering private details is required. Our app places privacy in your guests’ hands.

5. Take the Heat off

Planning any event can be stressful! Allow In the Booth take care of all the photos for the event with our photo booth and exclusive Guest Cam feature. We find our Guest Cam to be particularly popular with University events. Your cohort will enjoy traditional photos inside the booth but then the spontaneity of roaming photos as well!

6. Party Favours

Guests love collecting all their photo strips at the end of the night to take home and cherish forever. Why not say thank you to your cohort for attending your University Ball or Gala Dinner with a photo booth? You can even include your thank you message on the prints.

7. Capture those little moments

While one evening may go so fast, its a celebration of all your time studying and preparing for your graduation and exams. We love that our photo booths will capture live moments that otherwise might have been forgotten. Guests love looking back on their photo strips for years to come to remember their experiences.

8. Personalise your props 

At In the Booth we offer props with every hire package. However we find University events and celebration always have the best additions to the prop table.  From awards, student committee themes, event themes and University mascots – we love seeing what our guest will add to personalise their booth.

9. An affordable addition

Think about the value a photo booth will bring to your event. Guests will enjoy both the entertainment and interactive experiences for the duration of your event. Our booths are always in full swing with guests from start to finish.

10. Fun!

Do we need to say more?! Have you ever seen someone not having fun in a photo booth?

    Considering a Caravan Photo Booth?

    Considering a caravan photo booth? Full disclosure – we don’t offer them at In the Booth and we’re happy to talk about why!

    Firstly, some background. Photo booth hire includes various components of equipment. Of course there is the ‘booth’ part itself that guests stand or sit in. Then there the technical gear which encompasses a printer, camera and computer system to run the booth’s program. It may seem like a good idea to put all this equipment on wheels in a caravan! Why a caravan photo booth? Well, on one hand most people love a vintage caravan. They’re cute for sure! Another key point from the supplier’s end is that their set up and pack time efforts are greatly reduced. All equipment ‘lives’ in the caravan so there are fewer set up and pack down components.

    Some more things to consider when hiring a caravan photo booth:

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    Indoor wedding reception?

    A caravan photo booth will only work for your function if it’s being held in a warehouse style space with vehicle access. The vast majority of event venues we attend have guests celebrating indoors. A booth in a carpark or separate area comes with the ‘out of sight, out of mind’ issue. Guests tend to forget the caravan photo booth is there and results in less photos. For a photo booth to be truly successful, it needs to be in the same vicinity as your guests. The booth and the dance floor are a match made in heaven! If your guests are inside, so should the booth and dance floor.

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    Wheelchair Accessibility

    Caravan photo booths are of course raised off the ground on wheels. This means guests in wheelchairs or with mobility issues will struggle to use the booth. At In the Booth we include complimentary wheelchair access as standard along with our Guest Cam service for guests that wish to remain seated.

    Just talk to our friendly bookings team when you enquire. We’d be more than happy to include our specifications for you and ensure it meets your guests’ needs.

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    More image bang for your buck

    Part of the fun of the booth is squeezing in just a few more! Caravans are surprisingly tight spaces once a few people are inside. Add to that a warm summer’s evening and no air conditioning and things can get a little…heated! Because of the tight space there’s only so much room to fit guests together in a photo. The vast majority of caravan booths require guests to be seated, which means a landscape photo. At In the Booth our images are all captured in portrait orientation. That means your gorgeous wedding dress will be captured in all it’s glory!

    The best of indoor and outdoor boothing with Guest Cam

    You’re not limited to one location for your event with Guest Cam. A caravan photo booth is tied to one spot in the traditional sense. Not so with Guest Cam! Our open, roaming booth experience lets guests travel your celebration space snapping photo as they please. Their photos will print out back at the booth and they can collect them later – or your friendly attendant may just hand deliver them! Some of our customers set up Guest Cam zones, especially for their guests to enjoy. We’ve seen everything from balloon backdrops to light up letters and everything in between.Wether you opt for an extra special custom backdrop or leave your guests to their own devices, Guest Cam is easy to use and heaps of fun for your guests.

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    Roaming Photobooth Explained!

    Roaming photobooth isn’t the most common of photo booths. You may have heard the phrase before but what exactly does it mean?

    History of the roaming photobooth

    Let’s go back a few decades! One of the very first indications of a photo booth experience at an event were disposable cameras. They were fairly inexpensive back in the day. Most people invested big money into film cameras. Not so now with phone cameras attempting to compete with the professional camera market.

    Disposable camera were readily available for holiday snaps or occasions where people didn’t want to tote a heavy camera. Couples would put them on their wedding tables and let guests snap away. It’s a fun idea to be sure. The only issue is that guests still need to know a little about what they’re doing! Developing film is costly. The last thing you want is a roll of blurry photos or photos from inside a toilet cubicle (yep, it happens!).

    Some photographers offer reception packages. However let our pro photographer background let you in on a little secret – most photographers don’t like shooting receptions. Photography packages will include your ceremony and professional photos, and maybe a staged cake cutting shot. After that most photographers will finish for the evening. Why’s that? Because most couples don’t buy prints of “crowd” shots at their reception.

    Roaming photo booth for the modern day

    Enter, the roaming photobooth idea. A photo booth intersects perfectly with professional photography. When the reception starts, everyone starts to relax. It’s the perfect time for un-posed, candid shots. Sure – they may not be enlarged on your wall. Rest assured though some of your most precious wedding day memories will be capture in those candid shots.

    The booth is built for candid in the best way! We all know how a photo booth works – or you will do if you’ve been to a wedding in the last decade! A roaming photobooth is a bit different though and we’ll explain why.

    At In the Booth, our roaming photobooth service is via our unique Guest Cam. Guests can literally “roam” your celebration and snap away on their own device. Their photos, aka Guest Cams, will print out of the booth. Voila, your very own roaming photo booth without compromising on a traditional photo booth experience! Check out the sweet little video below.

    There’s no limit on how many Guest Cams your guest can capture. They are most welcome to snap away all night! Every image captured will be safely stored in your USB folio that is sent to you after your celebration. We get so many emails from past customers surprised by the fun photos that they didn’t even know were taken!

    The best feature without a doubt of our roaming photobooth is that we print. Many roaming services will capture the photos to be sent to you afterwards digitally. Not so with Guest Cam! Print and digital are all part of the hire package at no additional cost.

    So what are you waiting for? Enquire today!

    The Warehouse Brisbane Corporate Event

    The Warehouse Brisbane plays host to so many of In the Booth Brisbane’s corporate event customers! The space has a super cool urban vibe, so it’s no wonder we visit often. A recent return customer of ours chose The Warehouse Brisbane as the backdrop for their awesome EOFY Barn Dance!

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