5 years ago booths were the hot ticket, $1500 around here - more htan DJs got paid, so everyone got into it it seems.
Then the price cutting started. I could do it pretty cheap as my labor was already paid for, second shooter at a wedding has nothing to do at the reception. Started open air as that is what a fellow photog did, booths were pretty new then, only needed the printer/software, used an old laptop.
When i started the DJ biz I upped the photobooth...it's not cheap to do.
I did dslr (new) but a cheap one, canon as that's what most use and i have lenses/flashes for them.
Printer was a grand, but I had that.
props are cheap, a PITA.
The poles/cloths were some $600.
I bought a cheap tower to run it all.
And led lights, tables, table cloths, signage
Having an attendant helps sell it.
$2000-2500 invested. It has paid for itself.
Changes..software perhaps and moving to a webcam. Testing software and lighting now. A mini PC and it all should fit in a simple to move/setup box. Printer cost is such I'll keep the behemoth I have, figuring out a setup for all of it is the creative part.
Gonna cut the poles/cloths down to a height that can be reached without a chair/ladder will make it MUCH faster/easier to setup/teardown. 2 weddings ago we did it ouside wtih no walls, the BG was the couple's home made camper. SOO much less work, but it looked to me like hell with all the wires and such.
I typically sell it for 400-600 depending on the event - wedding, grad party, prom, etc. With the only costs now being printer paper ($10/event roughly) and replace a few props...it's nice profit.
A new pc/software and mayube a touchscreen will cost $600-700, pays off in 1 or 2 events. And I could probably get what, $50 for the canon dslr these days?
If I had a touchscreen later that drops it to 350-400.
If htat makes doing it more pleasant I'll sell it more often because I won't dread the work involved.
Then the price cutting started. I could do it pretty cheap as my labor was already paid for, second shooter at a wedding has nothing to do at the reception. Started open air as that is what a fellow photog did, booths were pretty new then, only needed the printer/software, used an old laptop.
When i started the DJ biz I upped the photobooth...it's not cheap to do.
I did dslr (new) but a cheap one, canon as that's what most use and i have lenses/flashes for them.
Printer was a grand, but I had that.
props are cheap, a PITA.
The poles/cloths were some $600.
I bought a cheap tower to run it all.
And led lights, tables, table cloths, signage
Having an attendant helps sell it.
$2000-2500 invested. It has paid for itself.
Changes..software perhaps and moving to a webcam. Testing software and lighting now. A mini PC and it all should fit in a simple to move/setup box. Printer cost is such I'll keep the behemoth I have, figuring out a setup for all of it is the creative part.
Gonna cut the poles/cloths down to a height that can be reached without a chair/ladder will make it MUCH faster/easier to setup/teardown. 2 weddings ago we did it ouside wtih no walls, the BG was the couple's home made camper. SOO much less work, but it looked to me like hell with all the wires and such.
I typically sell it for 400-600 depending on the event - wedding, grad party, prom, etc. With the only costs now being printer paper ($10/event roughly) and replace a few props...it's nice profit.
A new pc/software and mayube a touchscreen will cost $600-700, pays off in 1 or 2 events. And I could probably get what, $50 for the canon dslr these days?
If I had a touchscreen later that drops it to 350-400.
If htat makes doing it more pleasant I'll sell it more often because I won't dread the work involved.