A DIY photo booth is exactly what you need for your next party
In my personal experience, I’ve found that parties with photo booths are more fun than parties without photo booths. But if you’re hosting a big event or wedding, you’ll know that actually renting a company to come set up a booth can get really expensive.
But why pay someone to come set up a booth and run it for you when you can just put a really great one together yourself? Here’s how to do it.
Supplies
- A Raspberry Pi 3, or an older Raspberry Pi with a Wi-Fi adapter.
- A monitor with HDMI-in, to be the screen of the photo booth.
- A DLSR or other camera that can connect to the Pi over USB, along with whatever weird cable your camera needs to do it.
- A mouse and keyboard, which you’ll need to get things set up on the Pi.
- A tripod, i…
