Social Event Photo Booth Rentals · Chico, California

CELEBRATEEVERY MOMENT,BIG OR SMALL

The people you love and the moments you’ll never forget captured with style, care, and a touch of fun that keeps guests coming back for more.

More than a photo booth rental

Made to bring people together

For us, social events are the personal celebrations hosted by individuals, families, and communities: birthdays, quinceañeras, graduations, anniversaries, showers, family reunions, retirement parties, school events, and cultural celebrations. The meaningful milestones.

We create an interactive guest experience that adds energy to the celebration, brings people together, and gives your guests lasting photographs and keepsakes to take home.

A photo booth should feel like part of the celebration itself, not just a camera in the corner, and that’s exactly what we deliver.

Two friends laughing in front of the Shutter Gold booth at a party
Guests raising a toast at the booth

Vintage-inspired booths · Open-air & enclosed

Take your pick

The Icon open-air booth at an event

No. 01

THE ICON

  • Modern open-air booth with a dedicated attendant
  • DSLR camera and studio lighting
  • Digital-only experience with instant sharing
  • Custom template and personalized guest screens
  • The full digital gallery after the event
Book The Icon →
Photo prints from the booth

No. 02

THE LEGENDARY

  • Everything in The Icon package
  • DSLR camera and studio lighting
  • Instant on-site 2×6 strips or 4×6 prints for guests
  • Full print copies for the host
  • Choice of curated backdrop
Book The Legendary →
The Classic Vintage enclosed booth

No. 03

CLASSIC VINTAGE ENCLOSED

  • Our refined revival of the classic enclosed booth
  • Rich wood details with behind-the-curtain privacy
  • DSLR camera and studio lighting
  • A nostalgic experience open-air booths can’t replicate
  • Guests step inside, let loose, and leave with instant prints
Book Classic Vintage →
Newest experience
A couple photographed in the editorial portrait lounge

No. 04

EDITORIAL PORTRAIT LOUNGE

  • Professional photographer
  • DSLR camera & softbox lighting
  • Styling & posing guidance
  • Curated luxury backdrop (painted, drapery, flower wall)
  • Individual, couples & group portraits
  • 4×6 photo templates, printed on site
  • 2 hours of coverage
  • Can be added on to The Legendary or Classic Vintage
Book The Lounge →

Every rental includes

  • Early set up & tear down
  • Unlimited studio-quality portraits
  • Premium backdrop from our collection
  • On-site host & hype professional
  • Instant sharing via text, email, or AirDrop
  • Online gallery, delivered within 24 to 72 hours

Custom photo templates

Prints and strips alike

Your photo template and both interactive guest screens are designed in-house around your event colors, theme, and wording, so every print feels completely on theme and unmistakably yours.

A custom 4x6 photo template from a Valentine's gala A custom 4x6 photo template from a community festival A custom 4x6 photo template from an anniversary gala A colorful custom 2x6 strip template from a birthday celebration A custom 2x6 strip template from a Christmas party
Your colors, matched

4×6 prints · 2×6 strips

INQUIRE ABOUT YOUR EVENT →

Social events · The add-on list

Popular enhancements

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Hands holding three keepsake photo keychains from the booth
KEEPSAKE KEYCHAINSTake-home favor

Guests can turn their favorite booth photo into a personalized keepsake to take home that evening. Choose from leather keychains in a variety of colors, including a pearl option, with multiple photo sizes available.

Wooden photo album guestbook cover engraved with the couple's names, laid out with flowers and a pen
PHOTO-ALBUM GUESTBOOKLegendary & Classic

Guests fill the pages with extra booth prints and personal messages, a keepsake already filled with memories.

A white-gloved hand holding the black vintage rotary phone of the audio guestbook
AUDIO GUESTBOOKThe Tellie Booth

Guests pick up a vintage phone and leave stories, advice, and well wishes in their own voices.

The video guestbook setup: a microphone on a stand beside the booth and a vase of flowers
VIDEO GUESTBOOKIcon & Legendary

Press record and let your guests take it from there, heartfelt messages to completely unfiltered moments.

A smoky black marbled backdrop
PREMIUM BACKDROPS30+ options

Set the scene, from soft ivory blooms to dramatic smoke. We carry more than 30 backdrops in all.

Emerald velvet drapes framing a misty forest backdrop
DRAPERY STYLE BACKDROPSIcon & Legendary

Painted backdrop accented with crushed velvet draping for an elevated, layered look. Fully draped backdrops are also available, with a variety of drape colors to choose from.

A white silk flower wall backdrop
FLOWER WALLSSignature

Our flower walls are made with fully dimensional silk florals for a lush, realistic look. Choose from four designs, featuring mostly creamy white blooms accented with greenery for an elegant, timeless backdrop.

A couple holding a custom Los Avalos name sign in front of the white flower wall
CUSTOM PROPSMade for you

Custom signs and props cut for your names, your date, and your inside jokes, alongside our curated sets.

A couple in formal wear toasting with cocktails in a studio portrait
BOOTH TIME & IDLE HOURSFlexible

Extend the booth’s open hours, or add idle hours to fit your event timeline.

Two guests holding up custom trading card prints of themselves
CUSTOM TRADING CARDSFully custom

From classic trading cards to VIP passes, designed to fit your event and personalized on-site.

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The Backdrop Collection
set the scene
Cloudy backdrop
No. 1Swirl

Standard Backdrops

Our core collection, more than 30 in all, from soft cream and champagne swirls to deep espresso and smoke. Elegant without competing for attention.

View the swirl →
Ivory flower wall backdrop
No. 2Bloom

Flower Wall

A full wall of ivory blooms that reads soft and romantic on camera, and turns the booth into the prettiest corner of the room.

See the blooms →
Draped backdrop framed in deep emerald velvet
No. 3Draped

Draped Backdrops

Painted backdrop accented with crushed velvet draping for an elevated, layered look. Fully draped backdrops are also available, with a variety of drape colors to choose from.

See the drapery →
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We carry more than 30 backdrops in all.

See our full backdrop inventory →
A guest using the Tellie Booth audio guestbook
The video guestbook station
The wooden-cover photo-album guestbook

No. 01

The Tellie Booth · Audio Guestbook

Keepsake photo keychains made at a celebration

The guest favorite

Keepsake photo keychains

Guests choose their favorite booth photo and keychain color, and our attendant assembles each one on the spot. It’s a personalized favor created from a real memory at your event, not a generic party favor, and guests take it home that evening.

It’s the take-home favor that will travel miles long after the party ends.

ASK ABOUT KEYCHAINS →
Guests holding their custom trading cards

A fresh take on the party favor

Custom trading cards

Our custom cards are a fun, unexpected way to give your guests something completely unique to your celebration. Designed front and back, they can take on almost any concept you can dream up, from a VIP pass or members-only card to a sports card, Pokémon-inspired card, or playful collectible featuring booth photos and custom details.

It’s a fresh little piece of the celebration your guests can collect, keep, and take home long after the night is over.

ASK ABOUT TRADING CARDS →
Portrait prints and a photo strip tucked into a white handbag beside a perfume bottle
Four photo booth prints fanned out on a wooden table
Two guests in satin dresses sipping drinks in front of a silver sequin backdrop
A guest tucking a strip of portrait prints into her handbag

Printed keepsakes

NO EXPIRATION DATE

No. 1

Physical Keepsakes

Digital images can easily become buried in a camera roll. Printed photos become physical keepsakes that do not depend on a phone, an app, a platform, a subscription, or a download link.

No. 2

Made to be Kept

A printed photo lives on a refrigerator, inside a wallet, on a desk, tucked into a mirror, or saved in a memory box for years.

No. 3

Tangible from Night One

Guests leave the celebration with something tangible that brings them back to it whenever they see it.

No. 4

A Lasting Collection

You receive a lasting collection of the faces, relationships, and memories that surrounded your celebration.

INQUIRE ABOUT YOUR EVENT →

More than 60 five-star Google reviews

Kind words 

“ALL OUR GUESTS COMMENTED IT WAS a HIGHLIGHT.”

Emily & Grant 

“THE QUALITY of THEIR EQUIPMENT IS FAR SUPERIOR to ANY OTHER PHOTO BOOTH COMPANY WE HAVE WORKED WITH.”

Jodi 

“IT WAS the EASIEST PART of OUR WEDDING.”

Eliza 

“HIRING THEM for OUR WEDDING WAS the BEST DECISION I MADE.”

Hailey 

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HOW IT WORKS

We aim to be the easiest vendor you hire, with simple planning questionnaires, familiarity with local venues, and personal communication at every step. Seven steps, first hello to final gallery.

01

Inquire

Check your date and tell us about your event.

02

Choose your experience

Your booth, your guestbooks, and your add-ons.

03

Select your backdrop

Standard, flower walls, or drapery, plus prop sets or customs.

04

Questionnaires

Sixty days out. This is when the custom template and interactive screen process starts. We design and send your templates within 30 days of your event.

05

Final details confirmed

Thirty days out, everything is locked in.

06

We show up, set up and celebrate

Early setup and teardown are always included, along with your on-site host and hype professional.

07

Your gallery is delivered

The day after your event, your online digital gallery with all of the photos.

CHECK YOUR DATE →

Let’s plan your celebration

YOU ARE NOT RENTING A BOOTH. YOU ARE GIVING YOUR GUESTS AN EXPERIENCE they can keep.

A custom 4x6 template from a celebration
A custom 2x6 photo strip from a party
A custom 4x6 template from a Valentine's gala

Tell us your date, venue, and what you are celebrating, and we will take it from there: booth, backdrop, templates, and keepsakes, designed around your event.

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