Open-Air Photo Booth Experiences

Starting at $660

Non-Wedding Open Air Photo Booth Experience Options

Digital Drop Off Photo Booth

Starting at $660

The Digital Drop-Off Photo Booth is a flexible photo booth experience option creating digital images deliverable to guests via email, text, upload to social media, and file downloading.

Digital Drop-Off Booth setups range from simple (just the kiosk with camera/lighting) to complete (kiosk, props, and professional backdrops).  

Images from the Digital Drop-Off Booth are uploaded to a live gallery for everyone at the event to see and for guests to share.

Roaming Photography

Beginning at $750

Roaming photography is event photography featuring a photographer or photographers roaming throughout a venue or event capturing candid, spontaneous moments as well as engaging with guests wanting to pose for photos.

Roaming photographers capture the natural feel, excitement, excitement, and energy of an event.

Our roaming photographers are different as they are able to instantly deliver photos to your guests giving them a cherished keepsake of their time at the event.

Classic Experience

Beginning at $500

  • Print Only – one 2″x6″ customized printed photo strip per person in the photo
  • Beginning rate is for 2 Hour Rental within 60 miles of Pleasant Hill or Cedar Falls, Iowa
  • Each additional Hour is $250
  • Includes choice of standard backdrop and colorful and fun selection of props
  • Travel fee of $1.25 per mile (in one direction) for rentals more than 60 miles from Pleasant Hill or Cedar Falls

Classic Plus Experience

Beginning at $610

  • Print – one 2″x6″ customized printed photo strip per person in the photo
  • Digital – Access, via QR Code, to Live Online Gallery from which guests can download, share to social media, email/text digital copies of the photo strip, individual photos, and an animated GIF
  • Beginning rate is for 2 Hour Rental within 100 miles of Pleasant Hill or Cedar Falls, Iowa
  • Each additional Hour is $305
  • Includes choice of standard backdrop and colorful and fun selection of props
  • Travel fee of $1.25 per mile (in one direction) for rentals more than 100 miles from Pleasant Hill or Cedar Falls

360 Degree Video Experiences

Beginning at $1300

Looking for a new way to add fun, smiles, laughter, and love to your event?

Look no further than our 360 Degree Video Experiences!

Chose from our Standard or Premium 360 Degree Video Experience then invite two or three of your friends to join you on the platform and show off your best moves while the camera rotates around you capturing the experience from every angle.

Let your personality shine through for everyone to see!

The end result is an 15-20 second curated video, set to music, showing you and your friends having the time of your lives.

Animated overlays, custom intros and outros (introductions and credits), audio-tracks, slow motion, and other special effects can be added to create an even more unique and amazing video.  Ask us how we can customize your experience!

Cartoon Art Photos

Looking for something new and different for your photo booth experience?

Try our new Cartoon Art Photos!

Take a normal photo against a Green Screen Backdrop and in just a minute or two you can have either a printed or digital (or both) Cartoon Art photo.

Printed on 4″x6″ Silver Metallic Paper the orange background in these photos comes out a brilliant gold color that really makes the photos pop!

Cartoon Art Photos are available as an upgrade to any Standard Open Air Photo Booth Experience such as the Classic or Classic Plus Experience.

Pencil Sketch Photos

Take a photo and in just a minute or two you will have either a digital or printed (or both) copy of your photo as a pencil sketch.

Printed on 4″x6″ Silver Metallic Paper the Pencil Sketch Photos look a little like old time tintype photos.

The images look great printed on 4″x6″ White Paper too.

Pencil Sketch Photos are available as an upgrade to any Standard Open Air Photo Booth Experience such as the Classic or Classic Plus Experience.

Watercolor Paint Photo Art

Turn your photo into a Watercolor Painting with our Watercolor Paint Filter.

Take a normal photo in the Photo Booth and after just a minute or two you will have a digital or print (or both) Watercolor Art Photo.

The colors really stand out on a 4″x6″ print on our standard white paper.

Watercolor Paint Photo Art photos are available as an upgrade to any Standard Open Air Photo Booth Experience such as the Classic or Classic Plus Experience.

Standard Video Experience

Starting at $999

For the first time, other than our 360 Degree Video Experiences, Smiling Dog Entertainment is offering a Video Photo Booth Experience.

For our Standard Video Experience we can shoot your videos against any of our Standard backdrops or against a Green Screen backdrop and drop in a static digital backdrop of your choice.

The video you see here was shot in front of a Green Screen backdrop with a simple Black digital backdrop dropped in.

Our Standard Video Experience also comes with a fun and funky musical track added to give the video a little more life.

We also bring a fun and colorful selection of props for you and your friends to wear in your video.

Our Standard Video Experience starts at $999 using a standard backdrop and $1199 using a digital backdrop.

Premium Video Experience

Starting at $1399

With our Premium Video Experience we shoot your video against a Green Screen backdrop then replace that backdrop with an Animated Video Backdrop such as the White Starburst video backdrop in the video below.

Just as we do with our Standard Video Experience we add a fun and funky soundtrack to your video to give it even more life.

A wide variety of fun and colorful props helps set every video apart from the rest. 

Dancing isn’t required in your video, you and your friends can do whatever you’d like to produce an action packed video perfect for sharing to your TikTok account or other social media pages.

Scroll down the page and you’ll see that we can even create a custom overlay for your video.

We have a number of Animated Video Backdrop and musical track options to choose from to customize your Premium Video Experience.

Our Premium Video Experience starts at $1399.

Premium Video Experience with Custom Overlay

Our Premium Video Experiences are a lot of fun with the Animated Video Backgrounds and fun, vibrant musical tracks, but adding a unique overlay makes our videos even more amazing.

Want your friends and family to see you dancing on tv?  How about on a Billboard high above the city or on top of a taxi cab?  Or better yet, in a picture frame hanging on the living room wall?

We can do that.

Hosting a Black Tie event and want your video overlay to be something elegant and chic?

We can do that too.

We’ll work with you to create a Video that matches the theme of your event, that guests will be dying to share to social media, and that will have people talking about your event long after it’s over.

All customized for you!

Green Screen without the Green Screen

Digital, Print, and Video - Beginning at $999

Looking for a photo booth experience with a custom backdrop, but don’t want to pay to have one printed?

Try a Digital Backdrop instead!

With today’s technology almost any backdrop can be removed from a photo and replaced with a digital backdrop.

No more standing in front of an ugly Green Screen backdrop.

The photo below is from a Corporate Holiday Party where guests had the choice of 4 unique Holiday Backdrops for their photos. 

So, You Want to Be A Rockstar!

Beginning at $1999

Imagine your and your friends standing “on stage” in front of our custom album cover wall strumming a guitar or bass, playing the drums or keyboard, or lip-syncing the words to your favorite song with the stage lights bearing down on you as we record your concert debut.

We’ll set up the stage and lighting and bring the instruments, speakers, microphone and everything else needed for you to get your 15 seconds of fame on the concert stage.

You’ll walk away with an amazing video of your concert experience complete with a smoky overlay (think small smoke-filled music venue), and a funky soundtrack.

There’s nothing else like it or our amazing record album backdrop around.

When you’re looking for unique, this is it!

Six Station Selfie Tour

Six Photo Booth Experiences in One

The Six Station Selfie Tour is a unique photo booth experience consisting of six themed “stations” at which guests either capture a selfie (or group photo) on their own phone or iPad or where guest’s photos or videos will be captured using one of our photo or video booth experiences. 

At least one station will be a photo booth experience where each guest in the photo receives a printed 4″x6″ postcard style photo strip of their session.

If a video station is included guests will receive a copy of their recorded video via email or text.

At other stations guests will take photos using their own phones receiving digital copies of their images.

With our new photo and video experiences we’ve expanded the number of options available for the six stations to include a wider variety of experiences.

The Six Station Selfie Tour is perfect for Proms/After Proms or larger all-day or multi-day events.

We can create an experience to meet almost any theme imaginable. 

Slow Motion Video

Using bright and fun props, including – where/when allowed – confetti, bubbles, and silly string and playful movements and expressions from guests, the Slow Motion Video Experience is a high-energy experience that creates a FUN and candid 40 second video from a 4 second recorded video clip.

Guests can immediately download the video and share via text, email and posts to social media accounts.

The fun of the slow motion booth is limited only by the imagination and energy of the users.

As the image below suggests, sample video coming soon!

Wedding Open Air Photo Booth Experience Options

Wedding photo booth experiences are priced to reflect the unique requirements of working at a wedding reception, such as early arrival to avoid interfering with the ceremony or other aspects of the setup of the reception as well as special options like a Memory Album,  Retro Audio Guest Book, or Vintage Furniture.

The Elopement

$700

Digital Drop Off Photo Experience

Includes:

  • Digital Images
  • Text, Email, Download
  • Professional Camera and Lighting (High Quality Images)
  • With or Without Backdrop or Props
  • Unattended Drop-Off Booth
 

Your Special Day

$1499

Standard Wedding Photo Experience

Includes:

  • 10 Hours of Time on Site from Start of Setup to end of Teardown (allows for early setup)
  • Up to 6 Hours of Time for Guest Photos
  • One Printed Copy of the Customized 2×6 or 4×6 Photo Strip for Every Guest
  • One Printed Copy of the Customized Photo Strip for the Couple
  • Live Online Gallery for Guest Download and Sharing
  • Unlimited Sessions
  • Choice of any Standard Professional Backdrop
 

Recommended Add-Ons

The Black Tie Affair

$1899

GLAM Photo Experience

Includes:

  • Everything in the Your Special Day Experience
  • 12 Hours of On-Site Time
  • High Contrast, Modern, Classy, Black and White Photos
  • Proprietary Skin Smoothing Software
  • Slideshow of Photo Booth Images
 

Recommended Add-On

The Vintage

$2049

A Step Above!

Includes:

  • Everything in the Your Special Day Experience
  • 12 Hours of On-Site Time
  • Choice of Premium Backdrop such as Red or White Barn Wood Wall
  • Vintage or Modern Furniture Choices
  • Slideshow of Photo Booth Images
 
Recommended Add-Ons
Boxwood Hexagon Vintage Couch

Whimsical

$2349

360 Degree Video Experience

Includes:

  • 15 Second Curated Video with Multiple Added Effects such as Slow Motion
  • Custom Animated Overlays, Audio Tracks, Introductions, and Outros
  • Choice of Professional Backdrops
  • Red Carpet, Ropes, and Stanchions
  • Slideshow of Videos
  • 12 Hours of On-Site Time
 
Recommended Add-Ons

Build Your Own Experience

Starting at $1499

Have it Your Way on Your Special Day!

Includes:

  • Start with the Your Special Day Experience
  • Choose Any Add-On(s)
 
Available Wedding Photo Experience Add-Ons
  • Retro Audio Guest Book – $250
  • Handheld Roaming Photo Booth (Digital Images) – $100
  • Memory Album – $225
  • Custom Premium Memory Album – $300
  • Slideshow of Images – $100 (on 32″ TV screen)
  • Enclosed Photo Booth – $100
  • Outdoor Rental – $200
  • Premium Backdrop – Starts at $249
  • Couch, Love Seat, Chairs – Prices Vary depending on style and quantity of furniture selected
  • Neon Sign – $100 (in stock signs only)
  • Custom Silk Floral Backdrop Swag – $200
  • Printed Photo Mosaic – Price Varies based on size
  • Red Carpet, Ropes, and Stanchions – $150
  • Custom Backdrop – $300 (8’x8′ backdrop)
  • Green Screen – Digital Backdrops – $300
  • Choice of 5″x7″, 5″x5″, or 3.5″x5″ Photo Strips – $150
  • Oversized Prints – 4″x8″ – $200
  • Glam Filter – $400

 

Click here to learn more about our available wedding photo experience add-ons/upgrades.

The Royal Treatment

Starting at $3500

A Premium, Unique, Custom Photo Experience

Initial Consultation to Create the Vision for Your Custom Wedding Photo Experience

Options Include:

  • Custom Designed and Built Backdrop
  • Horizontal or Vertical Photo Orientation
  • Post Event Printed Photo Mosaic created using each captured Image
  • Projected Slideshow of Photo Experience Images
  • Custom Props
  • Vintage or Modern Furniture
  • Custom Decor to Create a Set to Match the Theme of Your Wedding or to Delivery Your Photo Set Vision
  • Choice of Any Photo Strip Size
  • Standard or Custom Premium Memory Album
  • Wedding Magazine Photo Box
  • Red Carpet, Ropes, and Stanchion
  • Professional Photography Lighting
  • Up to 6 Hours of Photography Time for Guests

 

The Options are limited only by your imagination and creativity.

Enhance Your Photo Booth Experience with these Optional Upgrades

Memory Album

Premium Memory Album Samples

Premium Custom Memory Album

White Barn Wood Wall and Silk Floral Swag

Premium Backdrop or Furniture

This photo showcases a close-up view of a face created using a mosaic of many differently colored squares, A mosaic made of miniature images representing bits of data on a NAS, AI Generated

Digital or Printed Photo Mosaic

Standard Open-Air Photo Booth Backdrops

Pillow Case Backdrops

01 - Gold Sparkle

Silver Sequin Backdrop

02 - Silver Sequin

03 - Graffiti Wall

04 - Red Velvet

Grey Portrait Backdrop

05 - Grey Portrait

06 - Blue Portrait

Live Laugh Love Words Backdrop

07 - Live Laugh Love

08 - 3D White Heart

09 - Light Wood

10 - White

Green Screen Photo BoothBackdrop

11 - Green Screen - Only Available with Green Screen Photo Booth

12 - Light Blue

13 - Colorful Confetti

High School After Prom Photo Booth

14 - Black

15 - Super Hero

16 - Champagne

Red Sequin Backdrop

17 - Red Sequin

18 - Grunge

Pastel Backdrop

19 - Pastel

20 - Pink Floral Heart

21 - Victorian Wall

Rustic Barnwood Open Air Photo Booth Backdrop

22 - Rustic Chic Barnwood

23 - Hedge with Love

Throw Your Caps Open Air Photo Booth Backdrop

24 - Throw Your Cap

High School After Prom Photo Booth

25 - Lavender

26 - Pink

27 - Party Balloons and Streamers

28 – White Barn Wood

29 - State Fair Roller Coaster

30 - State Fair Giant Slide

31 - Black with Gold Geometric Design

Dark Barn Wood Backdrop

32 – Dark Barn Wood

80's Backdrop

33 - 80's Backdrop

Black with Gold Lights

34 - Black with Gold Lights

35 - Colorful Floral Wall

Black with Gold Buttons

36 – Black with Gold Buttons

Pink Bocah

37 - Pink Bokah

Dark Barn Wood with Hanging Lights

38 - Dark Barn Wood with Hanging Lights

Color Grid

39 - Color Grid

Boxwood Hedge Wall with Ivy

40 – Boxwood Hedge Wall with Ivy

Alphabet Soup

41 - Alphabet Soup

Casino

42 - Casino

Barn Wood with Round Hanging Lights

43 - Barn Wood with Round Hanging Lights

Boxwood Hedge Wall

44 – Boxwood Hedge Wall

Grey Grunge

45 - Grey Grunge

46 – Rudolph’s Christmas Tree

47 – Welcome to Las Vegas

48 – Everyone Loves Hollywood

49 - Vogue Booth

50 – Red Rose Wall

51 – Colorful Swirls

Our Premium Photo Booth Backdrop Choices

These backdrops are available as an upgrade to any photo booth experience or can be rented alone as a backdrop for a photo station, dessert table, or head table.

200 - Boxwood Hedge Wall

201 - White Floral Wall

202 - Travel Wall

203 - Dark Brown Arch with Vintage Doors

204 - Hexagon Arch with Neon Sign

205 - Black or White Pipe and Drape

206 – Medium Wood Arch with Floral Swag

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207 – Medium Wood Arch with Neon Sign

208 - Red Barn Wood Wall

209 – White Barn Wood Wall

210 – Album Cover Wall

211 – White Square Frame

212 - Shear White Draping with Custom Silk Floral Swag