Meags Fitzgerald is a Canadian artist and writer, currently living in Montreal. Her long-time obsession with photobooths started as a teenager and grew when in 2006 she found the international photobooth community through Photobooth.net, a website dedicated to locating and preserving chemical photobooths. Meags is the author and illustrator of Photobooth: A Biography, a graphic novel chronicling the history and significance of the photobooth, which has received much acclaim since its release in May 2014. Meags was also one of the organizers of this year's International Photobooth Convention. When we met Meags at the International Photo Booth Convention in Chicago last month, and heard about her book, we were instantly drawn to her story. Her knowledge of the industry is vast and personal. The passion she has for the photobooth is both comforting and inspirational. We jumped at the chance to share her inspiration and insight with the booth community. She was kind enough to answer a few questions for our newsletter:

Imaging Spectrum: Not many people can say they are so passionate about Photo Booths that they have traveled to North America, Europe, and Australia to research the topic. Creating a "biography of the booth" through the lives of booth technicians, owners, collectors and fanatics from around the world sounds challenging. What were the challenges in bringing it to life?

Meags Fitzgerald:There were a lot of challenges during the process of course, but traveling, meeting individuals in the community and industry and conducting interviews was a tremendous amount of fun. I look back at the stage of the project with fond memories. The difficult part followed, when I essentially locked myself in my room for a year to write and illustrate the Photobooth: A Biography. For a book of its size, I produced it in a very short time frame, regularly working 14 or 16 hour days on it. I ate a lot of frozen pizzas during the process.

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Whether it is for a photo booth or on-site event photography, troubleshooting media issues can be quite stressful for the owner/operator and the dealer (along with troubleshooting cameras, lights, computers, software, etc.) However, when it comes to photo supplies, I would like to offer a few pointers to help you keep a healthy perspective relative to the situation of credits or replacement. This perspective is from a person who has been in the professional imaging business for over 25 years.

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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!

Contact: steve@imagingspectrum.com or you can call me at 800-342-9294.

Visually,

Steve Behen