How to Set Up a Photo Booth Sharing Station
One device can't record spins and serve downloads at the same time without creating a bottleneck. A Sharing Station splits the job: the booth captures, the iPad delivers.
Quick answer: Run BoothLab's Sharing Station on an iPad near the booth exit. Finished videos flow to it automatically (Dropbox and Google Drive are supported), and guests browse the gallery and scan QR codes there — while the booth iPhone stays free to record.
Why you want a separate station
- Throughput: the #1 complaint at busy events is the line. Moving delivery off the capture device can double how many groups you serve per hour.
- Experience: guests take their time finding their clip, replaying it, and downloading — without twenty people waiting behind them.
- Upsell: a Sharing Station is a natural Premium-package line item (see pricing guide).
Set it up with BoothLab
- Install BoothLab on an iPad and enable Sharing Station in settings.
- Connect your cloud storage — Dropbox or Google Drive both work with Sharing Station, with QR codes generated for uploaded videos.
- Place the iPad on a stand near the booth exit with a "Get your video here" sign.
- Guests browse the gallery, find their spin, and scan its QR code to download. AirPlay support also lets you stream the gallery to an Apple TV — a live highlight reel on the venue's screens.
Practical tips
- Lock the iPad into the app with iOS Guided Access (triple-click the side button) so guests can't wander out of the gallery.
- Keep the iPad on a charger — screen-on kiosk duty drains batteries in a few hours.
- Both devices need internet for uploads; a single hotspot can serve booth and station.
- At the end of the night, the same cloud folder doubles as the client's full-event gallery — deliverable before you've packed the spinner.
Turn a spare iPad into your delivery desk
Sharing Station, Dropbox, Google Drive, and AirPlay galleries are all built into BoothLab. Download free.
