Selfie Ring Photo Booth Hire

A compact stand-up photo booth with a studio-grade LED ring around the camera in place of a regular soft fill light. Same slim modern pod-tower form factor as the Selfie Pod, same touchscreen, same 2×6 dye-sub printer, same software experience library — but the ring light produces the even, shadow-free portrait lighting beauty photographers use for headshots. Most-booked option for hen parties, glam-themed weddings, beauty-industry events, brand activations and any event where image quality matters more than throughput.

Same chassis, same camera, same prints, same software — the lighting is what's different. The Selfie Pod uses a soft fill light next to the camera, which works fine for casual photos. The Selfie Ring swaps that fill light for a studio-grade LED ring directly around the camera, giving the same flattering portrait lighting beauty photographers use professionally. Pick the regular Selfie Pod for general use; pick the Selfie Ring when the photos themselves are the talking point.

It's our most-booked booth for them. Hen parties, beauty product launches, cosmetics and skincare brand activations, salon and aesthetic-clinic openings, glam-themed weddings — every one of those events has guests who've invested in hair, makeup and outfits and want the photos to show it. The ring light specifically prevents the flat / harsh look that kills contour, eyeshadow and brow work in a regular booth's print.

Different scale of experience. The Kardashian Glam Booth is the full celebrity-portrait studio — high-key glam lighting, black-and-white finish, the famous Kardashian-style output, takes a moment per shot. The Selfie Ring is the everyday version of that lighting principle — ring-light flattery on a stand-up pod, colour output, used the same way as a regular selfie booth. Glam Booth is the destination experience; Selfie Ring is portrait-quality selfies, fast. Both pair well: book the Selfie Ring for the general hire and layer the Kardashian Glam software on top for a stretch of the event if you want the best of both.

Different format entirely, despite both having a ring light. The Ring Roamer is a handheld rig our operator carries through your event — digital-first, no fixed footprint, no prints by default, always attended. The Selfie Ring is a fixed stand-up pod that sits in one spot — guests come to it, get 2×6 prints + digital sharing, runs every software experience, attended or unattended. Pick the Ring Roamer for "the booth comes to the guests"; pick the Selfie Ring for "the booth is the photo zone".

Yes — 2×6 photo strips (four shots stacked vertically) on a dye-sublimation printer, dispensed seconds after the capture. Dye-sub means dry, smudge-proof prints ready to handle straight out of the tray. The ring-lit photos look especially good in print because there are no harsh shadows for the printer to deal with.

Around 1m × 2m total — the pod itself takes about the same floor space as a standing adult, with the rest for guests to pose in front. No ceiling clearance issue. We fit pods into hotel hallways, marquee corners, salon launch floor space, brand-activation footprints and corporate reception areas regularly.

Yes — guests pick at the touchscreen. The standard mode is a still photo (which is what prints), but they can also pick GIF or boomerang for the digital share. GIFs and boomerangs are digital-only — the print is always a still.

Three ways at once. A 2×6 photo strip lands in the tray. Guests can scan a QR code on the screen to download the digital copy (plus the GIF or boomerang if they made one) to their phone, or share by email, SMS or AirDrop straight from the booth. After the event the host gets a branded online gallery of every shot from the night.

Either — your call. We run hires attended (a Surrey FaceBooth team member at the booth throughout, working the queue, handling props, helping with sharing) or unattended (self-service touchscreen; a team member is in the area for the duration of your hire so we can step in if needed). For hen parties and weddings, plenty of hires run unattended without issue; for high-traffic brand activations, beauty-industry launches with PR coverage, or corporate events where someone needs to manage the queue, attended is usually the right call. Tell us which you'd prefer at quote stage.

Yes — a branded overlay is included on every hire as standard. Send us your logo, wedding monogram, event name, brand artwork or hashtag at booking and it's applied to every photo strip and every digital share. Beauty brands, corporate activations and product launches often pair this with a custom backdrop and a fully-branded wrap around the pod itself (see the gallery shots — Specsavers, Digg, CloudIQo, Click Events all went this route).

Yes — full custom pod wrap is a popular add-on for brand activations, product launches and corporate events. The exterior of the pod is wrapped with artwork to your spec, turning the booth itself into a campaign asset alongside the prints and digital shares. Flag it at quote stage and we'll quote in the wrap design and production lead-time.

The full Surrey FaceBooth experience library — the Kardashian Glam Booth (high-glam black-and-white studio finish), the Newspaper & Magazine Cover Experience (guests on a custom front page), the AI Photo Booth, Elf Yourself AI, custom layouts and themed overlays all run on the same Selfie Ring hardware. The one experience that needs different kit is the Green Screen Dream Machine, which uses a dedicated booth.

Yes, in sheltered conditions. The pod is rated for indoor and covered-outdoor use on a solid level surface — a marquee, gazebo or building canopy is fine; bare grass or open-sky with weather risk is not. The electronics aren't weatherproof.

Usually 2–6 depending on how close they're willing to stand. Group capacity is set by the field of view of the built-in camera rather than a hard limit — bridal parties, hen-do groups, friendship circles and family piles all fit fine with a bit of shuffling. The ring light reaches everyone in frame evenly.

Yes — backdrops are a common add-on. Sequin walls (gold, silver, rose-gold), floral walls, custom-printed branded backdrops, and themed backdrops for seasonal events (we run circus, Christmas, Gatsby and a few others) are all available. Hen parties often go for floral or rose-gold sequin; beauty brand launches for a custom-printed brand wall. Flag the look you're after at quote stage and we'll match.

Yes — popular wedding and milestone-birthday combination. The Audio Guestbook sits next to the pod (or on the side table) and guests leave a voice message after they grab their print. One booking, one delivery.

Yes — twin-pod setups are routine at large weddings, corporate parties and busy brand activations. Two pods on the same hire doubles the throughput and halves the queue. Flag guest count at quote stage and we'll suggest whether one or two is the right call.

Yes — props are included as standard. The exact selection rotates depending on what's in the kit on the day. If you've got a specific theme in mind (hen-do glam, Gatsby, Christmas, branded props for an activation) flag it at quote stage and we'll do our best to match.

Yes — for corporate events, brand activations and product launches we can email-gate the digital download (guests enter their email before getting their photo) and send you a post-event report. Useful for lead generation at beauty-industry events and brand activations. Flag this at quote stage so we can configure the share screen accordingly.

It works fine for kids who can reach the screen comfortably, but it isn't optimised for them — the ring light is set at adult eye-level and the audience framing is glam and beauty-event-led. For dedicated kids' events the Kids Selfie Pod is a separate unit on a tilting head pre-set at delivery to suit younger guests.

Pricing depends on event type, distance from our Surrey base, hire duration, and any add-ons (backdrop, twin-pod, audio guestbook, custom pod wrap). Use the instant quote builder to get a tailored figure in under a minute — drop in your date, postcode and guest count and we'll come straight back. Corporate and brand-event pricing is on a separate tier to weddings and private parties.

As early as you can — peak Saturday wedding dates and December corporate parties book out furthest ahead. Weekday and off-peak dates are often available with much shorter notice. Send your date and postcode through the instant quote and we'll confirm availability straight away.