Magazine Box Photo Booth Rental in Los Angeles

The Magazine Box is a life-size, light-up magazine cover your guests step into. It's simple to explain and easy to misunderstand, so before you book a magazine box photo booth rental in Los Angeles and Orange County, here are three things people often assume, and what's actually true.

Three common assumptions, and what's true

1. "It's a camera booth." It isn't. The Magazine Box is a styled, lit frame with your custom cover. Guests take photos on their own phones. The lighting kit is what makes those phone photos look like a print edition. If you want prints or instant sharing too, you can add a booth next to it.
2. "It's priced by the hour." It's not. The Magazine Box is $850 for the whole day, from setup until the event ends.
3. "You have to pay for delivery." You have two choices. We bring it and set it up for a $175 travel fee, or you pick it up and drop it off yourself.

Magazine box photo booth rental in Los Angeles: what's included

For $850 all day, you get:

• The life-size magazine box
• Standard customization of the cover
• A lighting kit

The cover is where the fun is. You pick the cover title, your names, the date and the headlines, and you can choose your design after you book. A wedding might run a "Wedding Edition" title. A 50th birthday cover can carry the guest of honor's name and a few inside jokes as headlines.

Sales tax in the Los Angeles metro is 9.5%, so the Magazine Box on its own comes to $930.75 with tax. Card payments add a 5% processing fee. A 35% deposit holds your date, and the balance is due 7 days before the event if we bring it, or at pickup.

Building a bigger setup

The box works on its own. These add-ons turn it into a full photo area:

• Printer photo booth: $550, a booth next to the box that prints for every guest
• 4x6 prints: $250, bigger prints from the printer booth (needs the printer booth)
• Digital photo booth: $450, photos, GIFs and boomerangs sent to guests' phones
• Photographer: $750, stationed with the Magazine Box
• Flower frame: $550, florals around the cover
• Balloon garland: $450, styled around the box
• Red carpet and ropes: $200
• Audio phone booth: $299, guests leave you a voice message
• Attendant: $50 an hour, for 2 to 10 hours

The photographer is worth a look for weddings and galas. Phone photos are fun, but a photographer gets every guest on the cover with the right framing.

Events where a cover makes sense

The Magazine Box suits events where guests dress up and want to be the headline. Around this metro, that means:

• Weddings. The Ebell of Los Angeles in Hancock Park, with its historic halls and courtyards, is a natural setting for a Wedding Edition cover with a flower frame.
• Galas and fundraisers. The grand ballrooms at The Biltmore Los Angeles in Downtown LA have room for the box and a red carpet leading up to it. A cover with the event name gives every guest a photo worth posting.
• Milestone birthdays. A 40th or 50th in Beverly Hills, Pasadena or Malibu, where the cover can roast or celebrate the guest of honor.
• Bridal parties and showers. Showers in Irvine, Anaheim or Santa Monica, where the whole bridal party can fill the frame together.

Three sample setups before tax:

1. Bridal shower in Irvine: Magazine Box ($850), balloon garland ($450), picked up and dropped off by you. Total $1,300.
2. Gala downtown: Magazine Box ($850), photographer ($750), red carpet and ropes ($200) and the travel fee ($175). Total $1,975.
3. Wedding in Hancock Park: Magazine Box ($850), printer photo booth ($550), audio phone booth ($299) and the travel fee ($175). Total $1,874.

Questions people ask

Do guests need their own phones?

Yes. Guests snap their photos on their own phones. Add the printer photo booth ($550) or the digital photo booth ($450) if you want prints or instant sharing as well.

Can we change the cover after we book?

You pick your design after you book. The cover title, your names, the date and the headlines are all part of the standard customization.

How does the travel fee work in Orange County?

The $175 travel fee covers us bringing the box and setting it up. If you'd rather save it, pick it up and drop it off yourself.

Can someone stay with the box during the event?

Yes. Add an attendant at $50 an hour for 2 to 10 hours, or a photographer for $750.

For our full lineup of booths in the area, visit the Los Angeles photo booth rental page. When you've picked your extras, book online or get a free quote.