Live at your event · Berlin & Brandenburg
From photo to artwork.
In 4 seconds.
Caricature, oil painting, watercolour - or a whole new world. Your guests pick a style, the booth paints and prints. The computer that does it sits right inside the wooden box. No upload, no cloud.
New: guests become painted tabletop miniatures - as seen at Berlin Con.
The difference
The magic happens inside the booth.
Not in the cloud.
Almost every AI photo booth sends your pictures to someone else's servers for processing. Ours doesn't: a full-grown computer sits inside the wooden box, running software we developed ourselves - just like we built the booth itself. Whatever is photographed at your event stays in your room.
Stays on site
The AI computes entirely on the spot - no picture ever has to leave the booth, nothing goes to third parties. GDPR-friendly, no asterisks.
Fast enough for a live event
Background swap on its own: about 1 second. A style on its own: about 4. Even both combined: around 5. Your guests never wait - they line up for the next round in a different look.
No internet needed
A barn, a vaulted cellar, a tent in a field: the booth delivers even without Wi-Fi. Cloud-based providers are left empty-handed there.
What it does
Three tricks, one print
Before: the photo
After: "Cowboy" style
Drag to compare - a single style brings outfit, scenery and look all at once.
≈ 4 seconds per picture
Style transformation
The photo becomes a piece of art - not a cheap phone filter. Every style is tuned by hand and tested by our team until it works. Only the best make it into the catalogue; custom corporate looks can be built on top.
From delicate watercolour to a cowboy with a whole western town: the same two people, reinvented again and again - see the gallery below for what one tap does to a single photo.
Before: grey wall
After: party night
Drag to compare - only the backdrop changes, the photo stays a photo.
≈ 1 second · no green screen
Background swap - no green screen
The booth detects people in front of any background - no green screen required - and swaps the scenery: party night, beach, skyline or your company motif, with up to 12 backdrops to choose from on the touchscreen.
The special part: you stay real. No style, no distortion - the same photo, just in a better place.
Before: grey wall
After: logo wall + style
Drag to compare - sponsor wall as the backdrop, oil painting style on top: branded artwork.
≈ 5 seconds · backdrop + style
Custom worlds
The masterclass: backdrop first, then a style on top - predefined and finished in around 5 seconds. The booth snapshot becomes a motif that exists only at your event.
This one is from a corporate event: the booth replaces the grey wall with the sponsors' logo wall and layers an oil painting style on top. Your wedding theme, trade fair scenery or Christmas world works just the same.
A photo booth full of surprises
The best moment isn't the photo. It's the second the result appears on the screen - and everyone at the booth bursts out laughing.
We see it at every event since the AI moved into the booth: someone taps a style, the booth hums - and then something appears on the screen that nobody expected. The boss as a cowboy. The maid of honour as an oil painting. The whole team as miniature figures. First astonishment, then laughter, then the queue lines up for another round. And the second moment belongs to the print - when someone carries it across the room to show it around. With the slideshow on the projector, the whole hall joins in. These are the moments we build for.
The booth behind it
Handcrafted from wine crates, on the road since 2018
The AI doesn't live in some plastic tower: our photo booth is a handcrafted wooden box built from reclaimed wine crates - each one unique, made in our own workshop. DSLR camera, touchscreen, studio flash, instant printing - and, most recently, the computer that paints. Since 2018 it has been standing at weddings, corporate events and trade fairs across Berlin and Brandenburg.
The same booth is also available classic, without AI - packages, prices and dates at fotobox.berlin, where booking runs as well.
What nobody else does
People as painted tabletop miniatures
At Berlin Con we turned guests in front of the booth into miniature game figures on painted bases - straight to the heart of an audience of board game and tabletop fans. Exactly the kind of style we can tailor for your event.
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"As seen at Hunter & Friends - board games (77,500 subscribers), at Berlin Con."
Got your own idea - superhero, anime, 1920s, your mascot? We tune the style until it works. For a small surcharge we build your very own look.
Request a custom styleWho it's for
A highlight - for every occasion
Companies & public sector
Data privacy as a selling point
Pictures that never leave the room - for everyone who can't have guest photos sitting in someone's cloud.
- Fully on-site processing
- Corporate style matching your branding
- Christmas party: dedicated Christmas collection
- Formal quotes & invoices
Weddings
Romantic to ridiculous
From a delicate watercolour to take home to a caricature everyone laughs about - every picture one of a kind.
- Watercolour, oil painting, caricature
- Print in hand within seconds
- Perfect for the guest book
Party · Gaming · Trade fair
The wow for fans
Cyberpunk neon, a wild west world or the tabletop miniature from Berlin Con - the eye-catcher people still talk about the next day.
- Miniature figure & cyberpunk
- Stands out at tech & fan events
- Direct download via QR code
Style options
Curated catalogue or your own look
We have developed over 250 looks - but only around 80 have passed our internal testing and made it into the catalogue, and counting. That includes seasonal collections: over ten Christmas styles for the company party, from the North Pole village to the snow globe. Up to 12 styles are offered on the touchscreen per event - curated rather than overwhelming.
Always the same source photo, always the same two people - the rest is a style choice on the touchscreen. By the way: every sample picture on this page shows us. Your guests' photos don't belong on marketing pages - that's data privacy, too.
Style catalogue
Pick from the curated catalogue
- Around 80 approved, team-tested styles
- Caricature, oil painting, watercolour, cyberpunk, Christmas, fantasy & more
- Ready to go, no lead time
- Up to 12 styles per event
Signature styles
Custom styles, built for your event
- Your own look based on theme, branding or idea
- Corporate colours, mascot or themed style (e.g. tabletop miniature)
- Also as a complete world: backdrop + style predefined
- We develop, test and fine-tune until it works
- Needs some lead time - ask early
Finishing touches
Your event, down to the detail
Print template, your way
Pick a ready-made layout or have us design one to match your stationery and branding - with logos, date and artwork.
Digital
QR direct download with overlay
Guests download their pictures straight to their phone via QR code - both the original and the edited version. Every session gets its own code; only its own pictures are uploaded. Optionally with an overlay such as a logo or event lettering.
Backdrops
Your own backgrounds
We pick suitable backdrop motifs - or you supply your own. Up to 12 motifs are available on the touchscreen. And when backdrop and style are combined, we store them as ready-made pairs - your guests only tap once.
Live on the big screen
Projector slideshow for the whole hall
You get an access code, one computer at the projector is enough: every freshly taken picture appears live on the big screen - and the whole hall laughs along. It even works across multiple venues, all showing the same pictures. Requires internet as an add-on; the pictures run through our own server, not a third-party provider.
How it works at the event
Three steps, four seconds
Pick a style
On the touchscreen, guests tap their look - or just the plain photo.
Strike a pose
DSLR click, the booth computes right on the spot - and shows the result big on the screen. This is where the laughing happens.
In your hand
Print comes out - and off to the others: "Look what the booth made of me."
Trust
Why customers come back
He even adapted the photo strip layout to match the rest of our stationery - always reachable and solving every special request.
You can tell right away that customer satisfaction is close to his heart - thoroughly reliable and committed.
Quick questions
Frequently asked about the AI
Does the AI really run entirely on site?
Yes. The software runs on the computer inside the booth, right at your event. Nothing is uploaded for the AI and no third party processes your images - they stay with you. The only exceptions: the optional QR direct download and projector slideshow extras, see below.
Which styles are available?
Caricature, oil painting, watercolour, cyberpunk, knitted wool figures, the tabletop miniature and more - a curated catalogue of around 80 styles and counting, including over ten Christmas styles for the company party. Custom corporate or theme styles are available for a small surcharge.
How long does one picture take?
Background swap about 1 second, a full style transformation about 4, both combined around 5. That's no accident but fine-tuning: we deliberately trimmed the software for speed, because nothing matters more at an event than the buzz in front of the booth - fast enough for a live event, good enough for the wow.
What makes you different from other AI photo booths?
Two things. First, the approach: many providers send pictures to the cloud for processing, or rely on face-swapping, where a face is montaged into a ready-made motif. With us, your real photo stays the basis - and it is transformed entirely inside the booth, no internet involved. Second, the pace: about 4 seconds all in. With upload and download added, online services are usually noticeably slower. And your guests get both versions straight to their phone via QR code: the original and the artwork.
Can background and style be combined?
Yes - the booth swaps the backdrop first, then layers the style on top. We define the combinations together in advance; at the event the whole thing takes about 5 seconds per picture. That's how complete worlds come about, from the Wild West to outer space.
Do guests get their pictures digitally?
Yes, via QR code right on the picture - twice over: the untouched original and the AI version. And: every photo session gets its own QR code that only ever serves the pictures of that session - nobody gets at anyone else's photos (GDPR-friendly). Optionally with a logo or event overlay on the single picture.
Can all guests see the pictures live?
Yes, with our slideshow extension: you get an access code, enter it on a computer with internet at the projector - and every picture taken appears live on the big screen. It even works across several venues at once, all showing the same pictures. The transfer runs through our own server, not a third-party provider.
Can we bring our own backgrounds?
Gladly - supply your own motifs, or let us pick suitable ones; you'll get the technical details from us as a one-pager. Up to 12 motifs are available on the touchscreen. For combinations, backdrop and style are firmly paired so your guests only have to tap once.
Does it work without internet?
Yes. The AI needs no connection because it computes inside the booth. Venue without Wi-Fi? No problem - only the optional QR download and projector slideshow extras need a connection.
Is it compliant for companies and public authorities?
The on-site approach is built exactly for that: no data transfer to the outside, no third-party providers. Formal quotes and invoices are standard, of course.
Limited availability
Want the booth that paints?
Tell us your date and occasion - we'll check availability of the AI booth and get back to you. Booking runs through fotobox.berlin as usual; we're happy to correspond in English.
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