Booth Placement & What's Left

You Pick
the Corner.

We load in, set up, run the booth all night, and pack it out — you never staff it, move it, or think about it. There's exactly one thing we can't decide from here, and that's the square of floor it lives on.

Two minutes on the floor plan is the difference between a booth with a line all night and a booth nobody found.

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  1. Pick the booth's spot Yours · the big one

    The one decision only you can make — you know your room and your crowd. The placement guide is below ↓

    • An 8 × 8 foot square marked on the reception floor plan
    • Standard outlet within about 25 feet of that square
    • Venue has okayed the spot — some have strong opinions, better to ask now
    • Floor plan (or a photo of the room with an X on it) sent to us
  2. Pick your overlay template Yours

    The overlay is the branding that rides home on every guest's phone — it matters more than the backdrop. This is usually the last thing couples get to, so consider this the nudge.

    • Template picked from the ones we sent over
    • Names, event, and date exactly as you want them printed
    • Colors — or a monogram or logo if you have one (PNG or vector)
    • Backdrop decided: our clean black or white, or a custom one we coordinate to your budget (keep it after, or we will)
  3. Tell us who to call — and who to bill Yours

    On the day you'll be busy getting married. We need someone else's phone number.

    • Wedding or venue coordinator's name, phone, and email — they're our day-of contact, not you
    • A backup name in case the coordinator is unreachable
    • Who's paying, and their contact if it isn't you (a parent or friend gifting the booth is common and lovely — we just need to know who gets the invoice)
    • Billing settled before event week, so nobody's chasing payments near a dance floor
  4. Props and prints, if you want them Yours · optional

    Both are add-ons and both are genuinely optional — the booth is great without either. Decide ahead rather than day-of.

    • Props: our basic sets, or we coordinate a set matched to your theme and budget (yours to keep after, or ours)
    • If we're buying: ordered early enough to arrive and get quality-checked
    • Prints: digital sharing is included — on-site printing is the add-on
  5. Send us the reception timeline Yours

    Booths peak during cocktail hour and after dinner, and go completely quiet during toasts. Give us the running order and we'll match the booth's hours to it.

    • Reception running order shared — cocktail hour, dinner, speeches, first dance
    • Load-in time and which door, confirmed with the venue
    • Venue Wi-Fi details — or tell us to bring our own hotspot
    • Your most extroverted friend told the booth exists (it finds its ambassador faster with a nudge)
  6. Load-in, setup, teardown Ours · handled

    We arrive before doors, build in about 30 minutes in the corner you picked, and pack out after the last dance. You will not lift anything.

  7. Running the booth all night Ours · handled

    Attendant-less and monitored remotely — no stranger hovering in your reception photos, and no gap if something needs a nudge.

  8. Photos in guests' hands Ours · handled

    Guests share instantly from the booth, so they leave with the photos already on their phones. That's the whole idea.

The Only Decision That's Really Yours

Where the Booth
Should Live.

A photo booth is a social object. Put it where people already are and it runs a line all night; put it somewhere sensible and out of the way and it sits there looking expensive. Visibility beats convenience every time.

Here's a typical reception layout with the spots that work and the ones that don't.

Sample wedding reception floor plan with photo booth placement A reception room showing the head table, dance floor, bar, DJ, buffet and guest tables. The recommended booth position is on the wall between the bar and the dance floor. Positions marked as poor are down the entry hallway, directly behind the DJ speakers, and in front of the buffet line. Head Table DJ Speakers Dance Floor Bar Buffet Entry Hallway BOOTH 8×8 ✓ Best spot ✗ Out of sight ✗ Too loud ✗ Blocks the line

Your room won't look like this — the principle travels anyway

A Treat Your Selfie booth set up in a reception room: the open-air booth stands on a rug a few feet in front of a greenery wall backdrop with a neon Mr and Mrs sign and white roses, leaving clear floor between the booth and the backdrop for a group to stand in.
The same idea in a real room. Booth set back from the backdrop, with floor left over in between — that gap is where eight friends end up standing.
Put it here
  • Between the bar and the dance floor. The single best spot there is. People are already holding a drink with ninety seconds to spare, and everyone waiting to order watches them do it.
  • Against a wall with a clear view of the dance floor. The booth recruits its own line — guests need to see other guests having fun in it.
  • Wherever cocktail hour happens, if that's the same room. That's the booth's first and busiest window.
  • On the natural path to the restrooms. Everyone walks it, repeatedly, all night.
Not here
  • Down a hallway, or in a side room. The classic mistake, and the one we see most. Out of sight is out of mind — it will go unused and you'll have paid for furniture.
  • Directly beside the DJ or a speaker stack. Guests can't hear the booth prompt them, and they won't stand there long enough to find out.
  • In front of the buffet or the cake table. Two queues, one aisle. The venue will end up moving somebody, and it won't be the food.
  • Blocking an exit or a fire lane. Non-negotiable for the venue, so it's non-negotiable for us.
  • Backed against a big window, for a daytime or early-evening reception. Strong backlight fights the booth's lighting.

What the 8 × 8 Actually Holds

People hear "photo booth" and picture a phone box. It's an open-air setup, and the square is mostly for your guests, not our gear.

  • The backdrop spans about 8 feet across the back of the square.
  • The booth itself stands a few feet in front of it — a slim stand, not a booth you climb into.
  • The rest is room for the group. That's the part people forget: eight friends piling in is the shot you actually want, and they need floor to pile onto.
  • About 8 feet of ceiling. Watch for low beams, chandeliers, and pipe-and-drape crossbars.
  • A flat, level floor — not the edge of a riser or a stage step.
  • One standard outlet within about 25 feet. Ideally not the same circuit as the DJ rig or the catering warmers, which is how breakers trip.

How to Send Us the Spot

Any of these works. Genuinely — a photo of a napkin sketch has done the job before.

  • Your venue's floor plan with a square drawn on it, marked "booth."
  • A photo of the empty room with an X where you want it.
  • A sentence, if the room is simple: "along the west wall, between the bar and the dance floor."
  • Or hand us your coordinator's number and we'll sort it with them directly — plenty of couples do exactly that.

Not sure between two spots? Send both. We've set up in a lot of rooms and we'll tell you which one we'd pick.

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