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A big night.
A lasting feeling.

A San Jose photo booth business built on a photographer’s eye, from brand and website to an operations system that handles the real work.

Founder / Brand / Web / Operations
Thoughtfully made. Happily remembered.

Stella Booth

A portrait-minded approach to the photo booth.

01

What it is

Stella Booth is an open-air photo booth rental for weddings, milestone parties, and brand activations across San Jose and the Bay Area. Every booking is fully hosted, with unlimited sessions, custom-designed prints, and same-day galleries. Guests leave holding a piece of the night.

It is the event-revenue counterpart to my portrait practice, built and operated by the same person making the brand, website, and system decisions.

02

The mentality

Design-led, accessible price

The experience sits between budget booths that race to the bottom and four-figure glam booths: editorial sensibility without the luxury markup.

Hosted, never a kiosk

I am on site for the full event, reading the room and making sure the booth becomes part of the night. The host is part of the product.

Add value, do not discount

Pricing holds. More time or a custom print treatment can add value without training the brand to negotiate against itself.

03

The packages

Spark$450

Hosted booth, unlimited sessions, printed strips, and a digital gallery.

Lumière$850

Extended coverage, premium print design, and the editorial look dialed all the way up.

SignatureFrom $1,295

Corporate events and brand activations with a tailored production.

04

A real business needs a real system

I designed and built stellabooth.com, then expanded the operation into a custom CRM with MFA, a unified inbox, real email send and receive, e-signature contracts, quotes, invoices, a books ledger, inventory tracking, calendar sync, and printable PDF exports.

The public inquiry flow is server-validated and rate-limited. The system uses Supabase row-level security and an immutable audit log. The goal is not a concept dashboard. It is a working operating system for bookings.

Check your date on stellabooth.com
Stella Booth homepage
01 / Brand and service positioning.
Stella Booth rates page
02 / Transparent package structure.
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