Photo Booth Hire in East London

Why the 360 Booth books so well out east

Social-first events are East London's speciality, and the 360 Booth fits them perfectly: guests stand on a platform while a camera arm sweeps around them, producing slow-motion video with music and a branded overlay that is on their phones within seconds. It is a regular request for launches in Shoreditch, milestone birthdays in Hackney and Asian weddings in Ilford alike. Space and power requirements for the 360 vary by venue, so we confirm them with you at quote stage.

The GIF Booth is its digital-only cousin for brand activations where nobody wants paper. On the wedding side the Magic Mirror remains the favourite for banqueting-hall receptions in Redbridge and Havering, printing for every guest and handling eight people per shot, and the Inflatable Booth is the one to pick when you have a huge hall and a theme colour to match.

Warehouses, banqueting halls and docklands hotels

The venue mix across East London is wider than anywhere else in the capital. Hackney, Shoreditch and Bethnal Green have converted warehouses, railway arches and studio spaces with exposed brick and concrete floors; Canary Wharf, Stratford and the Royal Docks have hotels and conference venues built for corporate work; Ilford, Romford, Barking and Dagenham have big purpose-built banqueting halls; and every borough has community centres, school halls, sports clubs and church halls.

Warehouse venues look fantastic on camera but can be dark, which is why LED lighting is built into every booth we bring. They also tend to have goods lifts or ground-floor loading doors, so even the largest booths are rarely a problem.

Getting through the A12, A13 and into the building

Our routes into the east run along the A12 through Stratford and Leytonstone, the A13 past Canning Town and Barking, and the A406 round to Ilford and Romford, all of which are slow at the evening peak, so we build generous margins into arrival times. Canary Wharf estates and docklands hotels usually require a booked loading-bay slot and sometimes a vehicle registration; we sort both once the booking is confirmed. ULEZ applies across the area and is our cost, not yours.

Banqueting halls and community centres nearly always have a car park or service entrance for unloading. Upstairs rooms are rarer in the east, but where they exist without a lift, the LCD SlimPod, GIF Booth, Retro Pod and Selfie Mirror Pod can be carried up, while the Magic Mirror, Party Booth and Inflatable Booth need a lift or ground floor. We need a single standard socket, or two for the Inflatable, and set up in 45 to 60 minutes before the hire starts, which is not charged as hire time.

• Loading bay slots booked for Canary Wharf and docklands venues
• ULEZ covered by us
• Lift or ground-floor access for the three heaviest booths
• One socket, or two for the Inflatable Booth
• 45 to 60 minutes setup, outside your paid hire time

Asian weddings, launches and Christmas parties

Asian weddings are a large share of our East London bookings, especially in Ilford, Newbury Park, Barking and Romford, and the planning advice is simple: tell us which events the booth is for, because a mehndi, a reception and a walima all have different rooms, guest counts and finish times. Prints with the couple's names and the date in your chosen colours are included, and the attendant keeps the queue moving when 400 guests arrive at once.

Corporate Christmas parties in Canary Wharf and Stratford book up from September. Product launches and agency parties in Shoreditch tend to want the GIF Booth or 360 for instant content. Proms for schools in Newham, Waltham Forest and Redbridge mostly land in late June, and birthdays run from children's parties in community centres in Leyton and Walthamstow to 40ths in Hackney bars.

Boroughs and districts we cover east of the City

East London on this site means Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Newham, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham and Havering. The districts we visit most are Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, Canary Wharf, Stratford, Hackney, Walthamstow, Leyton, Leytonstone, Ilford, Romford, Barking, Dagenham, Hornchurch and Upminster. Venues across the Essex border in Brentwood, Epping and Loughton are covered by our Essex page, but they are a short run up the A12 or M11 for us.

Venues close to the City, in Shoreditch and Aldgate, are listed under both Central and East London; the service and the pricing are identical, so pick whichever page reads most naturally for your venue. Either way, one enquiry is enough and we will confirm the details.