Booth Mastermind Awards 2023
Lets celebrate our Winners
The photo booth industry has grown from strenght to strenght over the last 2 decades and we are still in our infancy, with so much opportunity for professional growth.
With this in mind we were delighted to launch the first Darkroom Booth Mastermind Awards to acknowledge the achievements of owner operators across the globe.
With over 100 entries for the first year, competition was tight across all 5 categories;
Darkroom Software Newcomer of the Year
Photo Booth Supply Co Best Use of Innovation
Props to You Best Wedding Output
Photo Booth Community Best Marketing Activation
Max Design Best Booth Team
There could only be one winner in each. Lets find out who took home the crystal…
DARKROOM NEWCOMER
OF THE YEAR
Winner
Patrick Moore, The Best Philly Photobooth, Philadelphiaand Steven Behen, Darkroom Software.
Shortlists
Ray & Cynthia Lavoie, Picture Us Mirror Photo Booth Experiences, Ontario, Canada.
Santiago Roldan, Event+, Phoenix, Arizona and Ursula McKinley, Photo Booth Marketing.
BEST USE OF INNOVATION
Winner
Zach Schiffman, Studio Z Photo Booths, New York and Catalina Blanch, Education Brand Ambassador for Photo Booth Supply Co
Shortlists
Tu Le, Fotopod Booth, Los Angeles and Catalina Blanch, Education Brand Ambassador for Photo Booth Supply Co
Albert Charpentier, Picture Mosaics, Pennsylvania
BEST MARKETING ACTIVATION
Winner
Andy Lin, The Self-Portrait Project, New York and Ursula McKinley Photo Booth Community
Shortlists
Justine Bugasto, Glam Cam, Edmonton, Canada and Ursula McKinley Photo Booth Community
Zach Schiffman, Studio Z Photo Booths, New York and Ursula Mckinley Photo Booth Community
BEST WEDDING OUTPUT
Winner
Jake Westerfield, Excellence Photo Booths, Tulsa, OK and Marc Summers, Props to You
Shortlists
Ursula McKinely Photo Booth Community and Lap Le, LX PIX, Los Angeles
Angela McFadden on behalf of Matthew Bernier, Flashbulb Memories Photo Booth, Arizona
Winner
Booth Mastermind Team of the Year, Sponored by Max Design Smash Booth, Las Vegas
Pictured Danny Max and Jason Whaley, Smash Booth.
Shortlists
Coral Howe, Alaska Photobooth Company, Alaska
Reginald Smart, SmartShot, Chesapeake, VA
BOOTH MASTERMIND LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 2023
Our industry has come a very long way over the last 2 decades, I don’t think I have ever worked in an industry which is so supportive to industry peers, works collectively and comes together to make the entire industry better, quite like the photo booth industry.
And there is so many people who have been at the foundations to creating this open, transparent and helpful path for the people coming up below them… We wanted recognise them!
Steve Behen, Darkroom Software and Ismail Humet took to the stage to present the 2023 Life Booth Mastermind Time Achievement Awards to: Sam Eitzen, SnapBar
Shelly Rangsiyakul, PopSocial
Nicholas Rhodes , Outsnapped
Thank you to our judges pictured Minh Nguyen, Photo Booth 3D; Cherie Irwin, photo booth talk and Tanya Vahrenkamp (who couldn’t be with us on the night, but we sent her something nice too!)
