On-site photo printing for events

Not much. The printers sit happily in about 60cm x 60cm — roughly a small side table — and we only need one 13A socket nearby. If the venue can't give us a socket where we're setting up (think marquees, outdoor activations or a far corner of an exhibition hall), just tell us in advance and we'll bring our own silent power station.

It depends on the size. A standard 6x4 is out in under 10 seconds, a 6x9 takes around 18 seconds, and a larger 8x12 about 25 seconds. One printer comfortably handles roughly 350 prints an hour, and for busier events we add a second station so two queues run side by side.

Yes. We've an in-house graphic designer who builds a bespoke template for your event — send over your logo, colours and any text, and every photo comes out branded. It works brilliantly for corporate activations, product launches and conferences where you want the print working as a keepsake and a bit of marketing at the same time.

We print 6x4, 5x7, 6x8, 6x9, 6x6 square, 8x10 and 8x12. Prints can be handed over in strut mounts, slip-in folders or frames depending on the feel you're after — a slip-in folder for a quick gala giveaway, a frame for something a bit more premium.

They do. Alongside the printed photo, guests can have their image sent straight to their phone by text, email or QR code — no app to download — and you get a same-day private gallery for the full set. It keeps the photos circulating online while the event is still going on.

By face recognition, through gallery software we built ourselves rather than licensed in. A guest scans a QR code, takes a quick selfie, and every photo they appear in surfaces within seconds. No scrolling a two-thousand-image gallery, no emailing you to ask which pictures they're in. It's opt-in, so nobody is matched unless they choose to scan and take that selfie, and anyone who'd rather not appear in the shared gallery can tell us on the night or afterwards and we'll take their images down. Owning the software also means we can adapt how delivery works to suit your event, rather than fitting your event around a platform.

We don't offer dry hire — every setup comes staffed with our own photographer and operator. It isn't us being awkward: the prints only look right because someone is colour-managing them on the night, the branded template needs setting up and checking against your artwork, and when a queue builds it takes an operator to keep it moving. We also carry backup kit, which only helps if there's someone there who knows how to swap it in. If you need photography and printing together, that's exactly what we do.

One station handles roughly 350 prints an hour and suits most events up to around 350 guests. Above that we'd usually run two stations so two queues move at once, and for 1,000-plus we plan the setup around your running order. It depends less on the headcount than on how the evening flows — 500 guests arriving at once needs more capacity than 800 spread across a long reception. Send us the running order and we'll size it for you.

We arrive with backup equipment as standard, because you can't pause a live event to reschedule. If a printer plays up we swap it out and carry on — most of the time guests never notice. The same goes for cameras and lighting.

Yes — that's our roaming setup, and it's often the better choice at conferences and drinks receptions. The photographer works through the room instead of waiting at a stand, images travel wirelessly to the print station as they're shot, and finished prints are brought out to guests a few minutes later. It frees up floor space and tends to produce more natural photographs.