Summer is wrapping up and fall is in the air. Spice up your Halloween, Weddings, Mitzvahs, and Corporate parties by booking The Booth! Check out last year's Halloween GIF Booth!
Party Time with The Booth
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
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.
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!
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 10th anniversary to The Huffington Post
The Booth joins The Huffington Post for their 10th anniversary celebration!
The site launched on May 9, 2005, when blog sites were not considered as a news medium. Arianna Huffington, the Huffington Post's founder and editor-in-chief, said that her site proved to be a credible medium. Today the site reaches over 200 million unique visitors per month, and that is something worth celebrating!
The Preakness Stakes approach as The Booth's Stars Shine
The Booth joined Eleven Madison Park at their Annual Kentucky Derby party and as usual, we all had a blast. Neil Patrick Harris photo bombing a group and then showing off a glamorous pose. Can you say legen... wait for it... dary! Even Aziz Ansari was goofing around with our giant sunglasses prop. Bring it on Preakness!
Off To The Races in The Booth
BarkBox brings Puppy Fever To Our Photo Booth
Even The booth was wagging their tails this weekend.
Sigurjon and Justin spent the weekend with Barkbox, the doggie product subscription service, turning cute dogs into glamourous superstars!
Our "puparazzi" coverage on the red carpet captured costumes, treats, and of course, the cutest pups in the world. We absolutely loved being part of the 1st Annual Kentucky Derpy, and can't wait to come back next year!
April Fools Photo Booth Prank
This is an oldie, but goodie from Jay Leno's Tonight Show Days. Glad to highlight some photo booth chicanery on April Fool's Day. The video quality is not the best but it made us laugh. Hope it does the same for you!
Let the Madness Continue!
The Booth wishes you luck with your NCAA Tournament Bracket! May it be a very Sweet 16!
The Booth office standings
-Andres is out of luck picking Maryland as the final winner, but still in the lead with 450 points.
-Barbara picked University of North Carolina as the final winner.
-Chessa is looking great with Kentucky as the final winner with 340 points, so far.
-Ian picked Wisconsin as the final winner. So far he has 400 points.
Either way, we're all excited for tomorrow's games!
CYCLE FOR SURVIVAL: E's Biker Buddies in The Booth
The time has come for Ethan and his buddies to pick up where they left off last year. We are absolutely thrilled to snap photos at the 2nd annual E's Biker Buddies event! A big thanks to Ethan's Aunt, Corey for inviting us again this year! E's Biker Buddies is the first ever ALL KIDS Cycle for Survival event where every penny raised goes to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for rare cancer research. Last year E's Biker Buddies raised an astounding $85,000 and this year they want to repeat the magic!
Event Page: http://mskcc.convio.net/goto/EsBikerBuddies
All smiles in a picture from last year's event. Ethan on the bike with his buddies on such a great day!
So exciting to see E's Biker Buddies getting the attention of local celebrities like z100's Elvis Duran and the morning show!
Fashion Week Day 3 - Punk Fashion
Inspired by punk fashion icons like Joey Ramone, today's post reflects the edgy style of punk rock paired with our own images from a photo booth at Last Exit bar in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Model: Joey Ramone
Photographer: Ebet Roberts
Model: Ehren Dorsey
Photographer: Alasdair McLellan
The Booth at Google for AdByte 2014
After a day of developing a digital campaign scenario for AdByte at Google, these up-and-coming advertising professionals hit The Booth to blow off some steam.
Happy National Relaxation Day!
Whether you decide to grab some drinks with friends or simply lay on the couch watching Netfilx all day, we wish you a very relaxing Friday.
..Or have your friends act like a hammock!
Help The Booth Win $25,000!
Happy Memorial Day Weekend from The Booth!
An oldie but goodie in honor of the men and women in the armed forces! We hope everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend and Fleet Week!
