Everyone loves to have their picture taken, or at least most of us do, there are some who are camera shy. But even those of us who are camera shy often can’t resist the lure of sitting behind the little curtain of a photo booth, where we think no one can see them having our pictures taken. We pass by photo booths all the time in shopping malls, and even though we do use them, we don’t usually give any thought to where they originated, and why. For example, did you know that photo booths first made their appearance in the world in the 1950′s? Or that they were usually found in drug stores, and not in shopping malls?
Early Photo Booths
Before the age of digital photography, photographs had to be developed by using a number of different chemical solutions. Early photo booths worked along the same premise. There were different tanks that the negatives would go through, each tank a different stage in the developing process, until they would go to an area of the machine where they were dried, then would drop down the slot into the pocket on the front or side of the machine. The process took about five minutes or so, and it was a fun and exciting thing for people to experience, having their photos taken and seeing them in just a few short minutes.
Early photo booths were usually stationary, so it didn’t really matter how heavy they were. These photo booths were often made from wood, and could way as much as 700 pounds. They were not easy to transport, and would often stay in the same location for many years at a time. There are not many of these machines still around today, but there are some, and they are available for sale and for rent, although they are extremely expensive, and because they are so heavy, unless you have your own means of getting them to your intended destination, the shipping costs are going to be huge.
Modern Photo Booths
Today, photo booths are not nearly as cumbersome, and can be transported from place to place fairly easily. For one thing, the cabinets are not made from heavy wood. And, instead of having all of the developing equipment inside, modern photo booths operate digitally, using a computer to generate the images taken by the camera. Because today’s photo booths are so much easier to use and transport, a whole new way of doing business has popped up in the photo booth industry. People are now renting photo booths to have at their events, and the booths are delivered and attended to while guests enjoy having their photos taken, and reliving memories of yesteryear by playing in a photo booth.
You can rent a photo booth for your next event, and give your guests something fun to do and a lot to talk about later. This is something that you are not going to see at every party, and your guests will appreciate that you actually took the time to plan something fun and different for them, and don’t just host the same old party everyone else does.
About the Author:Howard Symington is a Director of Paparazzi Studios and Mobile Photo Booths, Australia’s largest suppliers of Mobile Photo Booths to the Wedding, Corporate, Parties, Conference and Events industries. Paparazzi’s are the only mobile photo booths in Australasia that automatically download photos and videos to your favourite social networking websites for instant sharing.
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