Fun fun fun!

Here are just a few examples of what people got up to in the booth at our party last week... such fun!





More can be seen on our Flickr site... and remember, if you were there and have some cool strips, we'd love to see them! Become a member of our Flickr group and pop them on there, or join us on Facebook.

Party pics!

The big day finally arrived. Rainy and very wet - not a good start.

The misfortunes continued during the morning. We were running late, a miscommunication had occured at the space, and the next exhibitors were all set to mount their work just as the DJ equipment arrived. Meanwhile, one of the tanks exploded (I'm making it sound more dramatic than it actually was, but suffice to say we are now running the machine one chemical tank short), I managed to drop the paper cannister with an almight crash, and, just to top it all off, the machine refused to flash. Perhaps the baby got pre-party nerves. It was not the only one; it was an hour before the start and we were about to call the whole thing off. Just before sending that fateful email, we decided to try one more time - a miracle occured and all worked as it should.

So we felt we deserved our glass (or bottles) of champagne! We were lucky to have three of the best rock n' roll DJ's around; Miss Aloha, Frankie V and DJ Dandy, who ensured the tunes kept spinning. Julia of Recycled Beauty came with some of her beautiful hair flowers, and Utrophia did a fine job manning the bar. Thanks also to our door people: Sarah Jane and brother Craig, Kaoru and Gavin, and Joe and Mayumi.

And a thanks to Sophie Mitchell for taking some fabulous photos:



And more to come; watch this space!

Badges

We have badges! Thanks to the wonderful people at Button Badges for a speedy turnaround and an absolutley fabulous product.



These will be available to buy at our events... contact us if you want to be on the mailing list.

Sepia tones...

A few pre-party strips, with the aid of our newly acquired prop box!

Our strips still sport a sort of sepia tone, which bothers me slightly but it's fine for now (and actually other people think it's great!) Also we have managed to get rid of the white borders, but consequently we have overlapping frames. Again, nothing major to worry about; I have to keep remembering that we are our worst critics! Our guests on Sunday won't notice anything.

So we are pretty much ready for the party - there has been so much to organise. Tim from www.photobooth.net is going to be in town this weekend so hopefully we are going to get to meet before the party so that he can iron out any problems we may have. Bring it on!

Party! Party! Party!

After pouring all our cash into getting the photobooth up and running, we have somewhat neglected the outside... and it's not looking too pretty. So we need your help. Come to our fundraiser on 1st November - £5 suggested donation, which includes as many booth strips as you like, and dancing to your favourite rock n' roll tunes. There will of course be a cheap bar to keep those creative juices flowing...

You will then be proud in the knowledge that you have had a part in tarting up one of the ONLY analogue photobooths in London!

We are very excited to announce that Frankie V and another guest DJ will be spinning your favourite rock 'n' roll tunes from 6pm. So why not make a day of it? Get down there early, take some pics, then dance the night away...

The Quest for the Perfect Strip

This month we have followed the quest for the perfect strip.
Aim: clean, black and white strips, centred image, black border, cut off at the correct place.
Result:
Due to some haphazard tinkering with the camera, the flash became intermittant, and wouldn't fire for certain frames. Scary!



















Then, some wierd border action... sometimes white, sometimes black, sometimes white in the middle and black on the outside...



















Now, we are left with a cleanish image, but the subject is too far to the right... but we're getting there!

1st strips! (finally)

It has taken a very long time, but we have finally got our first booth strips. After having tried once in the darkroom, and getting something that looked like what you see to the left here, we thought we would go the whole hog and try it in the booth. After seeking advice from our booth expert friends in the US, of course!

And, compared to our darkroom venture, we were fairly successful. It was so exciting waiting for that first strip to fall into the slot. But, as you can see, there are still problems to iron out. We suspect the dark smudges are due to the chemicals not being right, although funnily enough the shape of them is the same as that of the spider arm which holds the strip.



With these discoveries comes a whole new set of things to add to our To Do list. It kind of seems like it will never end...