This month's Customer Spotlight is Vicki Gray. What we appreciate about Vicki most is her critical eye for quality and her quest for perfection in all she does with her imagery. This is the first Customer Spotlight we have done with a customer who, before starting a photo booth business, was a successful event photographer here in the states. We are continually getting calls from traditional event photographers asking about photo booths and wanted to share her thoughts on this topic.

Tell us a little about yourself.

I started Action Photos on Feb. 1, 2000 after a brief stint working in the photo lab at Rockin’ R River Rides in New Braunfels.  In the beginning I mainly concentrated on youth sports leagues, doing both team & individual photography as well as action, then gradually moved into corporate event photography which is my main focus now.

How has the addition of photo booths impacted your event business?

Several years ago I started noticing that previous clients were calling and asking for photo booths, not the traditional event photography I had given them in the past.  I started looking into it and eventually purchased one and now I have 2 booths.  Having the booths has helped to increase my business and keep me busy in the summer months when the corporate event work has been slow.

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One of the many value-added services provided by Imaging Spectrum is free technical support on everything we sell. When buying software, printers and supplies, we make available to you a very talented team of industry technical experts. This month we wanted to showcase the “technical side” of Darkroom Booth Software and share some insight into some common calls we get from customers each day. We thought it would be fun to ask our top two technical support gurus for some feedback on inbound calls.

When asked for the top 3 calls they get on a regular basis, relative to technical issues, here is the response:

Bill from Imaging Spectrum says:

1. How to manage flash with Canon cameras.
2. How to make a button for black and white.
3. How to manage reprints.

Wally from Darkroom Software says:

1. How come my camera live view sometimes turns off?
2. Problems caused by not having a memory card in the camera for video.
3. How to disable anti-virus software and associated problems with having virus software on.

The good news is, these are all issues that we can talk you thru relatively quickly, or you can find an answer to in the online user manual for the software.
You can find the online Manual for Darkroom Booth Software Here.

If you have any questions about our technical support or anything we sell, feel free to give us a call. We want to help you grow your business! Our team is available M-F, 8-5 CST.

Congrats to Luke at Redlight Photobooth!

Luke wins a bottle of Darkroom Booth Wine from our friends at Landon Winery in Mckinney Texas.
Check out his company here: www.RedlightPhotobooth.com

Redlight Photobooth, based in Columbia Missouri, provides the highest quality photo booth rental anywhere in Missouri. Created by a team of graphic designers, we pride ourselves on having the best print templates out there. In just three years of business we have been booked for nearly 300 events and printed over 30,000 prints -- all from printers and supplies purchased from Imaging Spectrum.

Facebook.com/RedlightPhotobooth

Congrats to Joe at California Non Stop!

Joe wins a Darkroom Booth Software T-Shirt!
Check out his company here: www.californianonstop.com/

From wedding receptions to corporate & teen parties, California Non Stop keeps the party going all night long with the best variety of the most popular music! On the highest quality sound systems to date! (We also want to say his awesome photobooth runs non-stop!)

This month’s topic is TEMPLATES!!! While making templates in Darkroom Booth Software is much easier than other programs, there may still be occasions when you find yourself graphically “challenged”. For that reason, we highly recommend and support our friends that make professional templates for those occasions where professional creativity is needed.

Keep in mind that these professional template builders can make customizable graphics you cannot find anywhere else!!! Sometimes customizing the booth experience is the competitive edge that may help you close that job with a client. The best part is, you can easily customize these templates in Darkroom Booth to make them unique for client needs.

Check out these template Hot Spots!

Photo BoothTalk VIP Club
Check out the VIP club at www.photoboothtalk.com or email Cherie@photoboothtalk.com.
Includes 3 free templates each month. If you like them on Facebook, you have a chance to win 92 photo strip templates that are compatible with Darkroom, valued at $750.

Photo Booth Owners Template Club
Check out the Template Club here or email Mike@photoboothowners.com.
You can enter the code ISIVIP14 and save 10% off of a Template Club VIP membership.
VIP members, not Gold members enjoy:
- 15 free templates of their choice during the year (4 first month, 1 thereafter)
- 32% off individual templates every day

Signs are catching on in the booth business! We frequently get calls asking where to find photo booth signs and props.

What we like about these signs are the fact that they are waterproof, hard plastic and professionally printed. They are sure to bring fun and laughter to every photo!

Check them out!

www.instaphotoprops.com

Thank you for signing up for the Imaging Spectrum Photo Booth Newsletter! Positive feedback from our previous photo booth newsletters has been tremendous and inspiring. I hope you continue to find this information relative and helpful. If you have any questions about our content, feel free to contact our photo booth team members by emailing photobooth@imagingspectrum.com or calling 800-342-9294. We are always happy to help you!

Visually,

Steve Behen