Gala Studios Co.Gala StudiosCo.

Event Rentals — New Orleans

A real camera, studio lighting, and a dye-sublimation printer. Set up at your event across Greater New Orleans — and printing in about twelve seconds.

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  • Metairie, LA
  • Est. 2026
  • Insured
WeddingsQuinceañerasCorporateBirthdaysGraduationsAnniversariesChurch & CommunityHoliday Parties

The night, start to finish

A photo booth is a piece of logistics pretending to be a party favour. Here is exactly how ours runs, so nothing about the night is a surprise.

  1. 01

    We arrive early

    Ninety minutes before your first guest. The booth is built, the lighting is metered, a test strip is printed and checked, and our cases are out of sight before anyone walks in.

  2. 02

    Guests just shoot

    No app, no QR code, no waiting on someone to figure out the screen. Tap, pose, done. An attendant stays with the booth the entire time — resetting props, keeping the line moving, and handing prints to the right people.

  3. 03

    Prints in twelve seconds

    Lustre finish, thermally sealed the moment it leaves the printer. It is waterproof and fingerprint-proof, which matters more than it sounds at hour four of a reception.

  4. 04

    The gallery, next morning

    Every frame, colour-corrected and full resolution, in a private online gallery within 48 hours. Yours to download, print and post — no watermarks, no upsell.

Why this one

Or reach us directly

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01

A camera, not a tablet

Most booths at this price are an iPad behind a ring light. Ours is a Canon DSLR firing a studio strobe through a shoot-through umbrella. That is the entire reason our prints look like photographs and theirs look like selfies.

02

Bilingual, front of house

Our attendants work in English and Spanish. For a quinceañera or a family reception where the abuelos are the best guests in the room, that is the difference between a booth people use and a booth people walk past.

03

The price is on the page

You should not have to surrender your phone number to learn what something costs. Every package, every add-on and every travel fee is published below.

04

Insured and under contract

General liability coverage, a certificate of insurance for your venue on request, and a written agreement for every booking. Most venues require the first two. We have them ready.

8 FT — FOOTPRINT9 FT CLEARANCESTROBEDSLR + PRINTERBACKDROP

The equipment

One rig, built for one job: making a photograph good enough that someone puts it on a refrigerator. Here is every part of it, with nothing hidden.

Camera
Canon DSLR — 24.1 MP APS-C
Lighting
Studio strobe + shoot-through umbrella
Printer
DNP DS620A dye-sublimation
Print time
≈ 12 seconds per print
Print format
2×6 strip or 4×6 — 300 dpi
Finish
Lustre, thermally sealed — waterproof
Footprint
8 ft × 8 ft with backdrop
Power
One standard 110 V outlet
Coming soon

The 360 Booth

An overhead arm orbits the platform in slow motion while the music drops. Arriving later this year — join the list and we will hold you a date first.

Packages

Every package includes an attendant for the full rental, unlimited sessions, delivery, setup and teardown inside our 30-mile service area. No per-print charges. No booking fee.

Essential

2 hours of booth time

from$450

  • Attendant on site for the full rental
  • Unlimited sessions — no print cap
  • 2×6 strips or 4×6 prints, your choice
  • Custom print template designed for your event
  • Private online gallery within 48 hours
  • Backdrop from our standard collection
  • Curated prop set — no plastic novelty junk
  • Delivery, setup and teardown
  • Insured, with a COI for your venue on request
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Most booked

Signature

3 hours of booth time

from$600

  • Attendant on site for the full rental
  • Unlimited sessions — no print cap
  • 2×6 strips or 4×6 prints, your choice
  • Custom print template designed for your event
  • Private online gallery within 48 hours
  • Backdrop from the full collection, including premium
  • Curated prop set — no plastic novelty junk
  • Delivery, setup and teardown
  • Insured, with a COI for your venue on request
  • Dressed prop table with linen
  • First idle hour free — for dinner and speeches
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Grand

4 hours of booth time

from$750

  • Attendant on site for the full rental
  • Unlimited sessions — no print cap
  • 2×6 strips or 4×6 prints, your choice
  • Custom print template designed for your event
  • Private online gallery within 48 hours
  • Backdrop from the full collection, including premium
  • Curated prop set — no plastic novelty junk
  • Delivery, setup and teardown
  • Insured, with a COI for your venue on request
  • Dressed prop table with linen
  • First idle hour free — for dinner and speeches
  • Guest strip album, signed on the night
  • Duplicate prints, so every guest takes one
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A 30% retainer and a signed agreement hold your date. The balance is due 14 days before the event.

Prices shown are for events within 30 miles of Metairie. Beyond that, travel is billed at $1.50 per mile round trip and quoted before you sign. Louisiana sales tax applied where it is due.

Add-ons

Everything else

  • Additional hourAdded at booking or on the night, if we are still there.$125per hour
  • Guest strip albumGuests mount a second strip and write next to it. You leave with the book.$95flat
  • Duplicate printsTwo copies of every session — one for each side of the couple.$75flat
  • Premium backdropSequin, floral, greenery wall or custom colour.$75flat
  • Idle hourBooth covered and paused through dinner or speeches.$60per hour
  • Early setupWe build more than 90 minutes before guest arrival.$60flat

Where we work

Weddings & receptions

Cocktail hour through the last song. Duplicate prints so both families take one home.

Quinceañeras

Attendants who speak Spanish, a booth the whole family will actually use, and a print in every hand.

Corporate & holiday

Your logo on the template, a branded gallery, and an invoice your finance team will accept.

Birthdays & anniversaries

From a backyard in River Ridge to a ballroom on Veterans. Same rig either way.

Graduations

School colours on the strip, and a line that moves fast enough for two hundred people.

Church & community

Fundraisers, galas and parish events. Ask about weekday and non-profit rates.

Service area

Based in Metairie. Thirty miles of travel is included with every package, which covers all of Jefferson and Orleans Parish. We go further — the Northshore, the River Parishes, Baton Rouge — for a quoted travel fee.

  • Metairie
  • Kenner
  • New Orleans
  • Harahan
  • River Ridge
  • Gretna
  • Marrero
  • Westwego
  • Chalmette
  • Slidell
  • Covington
  • Mandeville
  • LaPlace
  • Destrehan

Before you ask

01How much space does the booth need?

Eight feet by eight feet with the backdrop up, and about six by six without. We need roughly nine feet of clearance to the ceiling for the lighting stand. If your venue is tight, send us the floor plan and we will tell you honestly whether it fits before you book.

02What power do you need?

One standard 110-volt outlet within about twenty-five feet of the booth. We bring our own extension and gaffer tape and we tape down every cable we run. If the only outlet is further, tell us in advance and we will plan for it.

03Can the booth go outside?

Yes, with two conditions: level ground and cover overhead. The printer and the camera cannot be rained on, and a dye-sublimation printer struggles in direct heat and heavy humidity. A tent, a porch or a pavilion is fine. An open lawn in August is not.

04How far do you travel?

Thirty miles from Metairie is included in every package — that covers all of Jefferson and Orleans Parish and most of the surrounding area. Beyond that we bill $1.50 per mile round trip, quoted in writing before you sign anything.

05How do we hold a date?

A signed agreement and a 30% retainer. The date is not held until both arrive — we do not reserve on a verbal, and we will tell you if someone else is asking about the same night. The balance is due fourteen days before the event.

06When do we get the digital files?

Within 48 hours, in a private online gallery at full resolution. Download them, print them, post them. No watermarks and no charge to unlock anything.

07What happens during dinner and speeches?

On the Signature and Grand packages the first idle hour is free — we cover the booth and pause the clock so your rental hours land during the part of the night people actually use it. Additional idle time is $60 an hour.

08Do you have insurance?

Yes. We carry general liability coverage and we will send a certificate of insurance naming your venue as an additional insured, usually the same day you ask. Most venues in this city require it, so ask us early rather than the week of.

09¿Hablan español?

Sí. Our attendants work in both languages, and the booth screen, the prints and the agreement can all be in Spanish. Just tell us when you book.

10What if something breaks?

We bring backups of everything that can fail — a second camera body, spare media, spare cables, a spare trigger. If the printer goes down mid-event and we cannot restore it, you are refunded the print portion of your package and the digital side keeps running.

Availability

Tell us the date and the venue. We will come back within a day with a straight yes or no on availability and a written quote — no sales sequence, no drip emails.