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Case Study · Oakville
The photo booth at the Oakville Festivals of Film & Art
Opening night, on the cover.
June 20, 2026. The 13th annual festival, the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, and a full-length Magic Mirror putting every guest on the front of COUTURE Magazine: 75 sessions and 150+ prints before the program began. Documented by Rick Taylor, who ran it.
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75 sessions · just over an hour
Were You There?
Looking for your cover from opening night?
Every guest who stepped up to the mirror walked away holding a COUTURE cover with the festival name and date printed across the top. One guest's verdict: “This is amazing — never seen anything like it.”
Lost your print? Email hello@picbooth.ca with the night you attended and we'll look it up — we keep the event galleries.
The Brief
What an opening night at the Oakville Centre actually needs
The Oakville Festivals of Film & Art gathers Halton's arts community at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts. For the 13th edition, the job was to hand guests something worth holding before the opening night program started.
- Fit an arts crowd that dressed for the night — nothing that reads "kiosk"
- Give guests something they hadn't seen at a booth before
- 150+ prints into hands before doors, with no bottleneck
- Fit cleanly inside the venue's pre-show footprint, indoors
- Feel finished enough for people who notice craft and presentation
- Done before the curtain, not during it
What We Brought
A full-length mirror, and a magazine to put you on
We ran the Magic Mirror with our COUTURE Magazine Cover template. Guests stepped up, posed, and the mirror printed them as the cover star — festival name across the masthead, date in the corner. The editorial frame gave a dressed-up crowd permission to pose, and they did.
What just over an hour produced
- 75 sessions on the full-length mirror
- 150+ prints in guests' hands before the program began
- A line that kept moving — staffed by trained Pic Booth photographers, not kiosk operators
- An indoor setup that fit the Oakville Centre's pre-show space
What Guests Said
What the festival said after
Why Venues Call Us
A room like this takes having done it
The Credential
Official JUNO After Party booth
The JUNO Awards After Party in support of MusiCounts, March 2026, The Music Hall in Hamilton, 1,000+ guests. That one isn't a joke.
The Vines
Jackson-Triggs opening night
Opening night of the Jackson-Triggs Summer Concert Series in Niagara-on-the-Lake — same mirror, open-air amphitheatre, a different kind of pressure.
The Crew
25+ years behind cameras
Rick Taylor runs the events these case studies come from. Every staffed booth carries a trained photographer for the whole rental.
Oakville Events
Planning something in Oakville?
Do you provide photo booths for events in Oakville?
Yes. We ran the booth at the Oakville Festivals of Film & Art at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, and we serve Oakville weddings, corporate events and galas. We're based in St. Catharines and travel throughout Halton Region and the GTA, and travel is included on every quote.
What was the COUTURE magazine cover?
A cover template on the Magic Mirror. Each guest stepped up, posed, and the print came out as the front of COUTURE Magazine with the festival name and date on it. Instant print, handed over on the spot.
Is that the same thing as your Magazine Booth?
No. Oakville ran on the staffed Magic Mirror, which prints. The Magazine Booth is a separate, guest-run setup: guests shoot on their own phones, delivery is digital only with no prints, and it rents standalone from $1,000 for the day.
Can you handle a big pre-show or cocktail-hour rush?
That was the Oakville brief: 75 sessions and 150+ prints in just over an hour before the opening night program, and the line never stalled. Tell us your timeline and we'll plan the booth around it. Galas and activations start at the corporate page.
How far ahead should I book an Oakville photo booth?
We cap how many events we take each weekend. For Oakville, especially spring and fall gala season, book 6 to 12 months out. If your date is sooner, ask anyway; we'll tell you honestly what's open.
Same mirror, your venue.
The Magic Mirror we brought to the Oakville Centre is available across Oakville, Halton and the GTA.
Check Your Date
Oakville event? Tell us the room.
Send your date and the venue — we'll tell you what's open, what it costs, and which booth suits the room. If a different one fits better than the Mirror, we'll say so.
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