The Art of Flight

Travis Rice, snowboarding's maverick superstar, features in a four page article in this month's Front Magazine (pictures courtesey of Boothnation). Our  Photostream was at the UK premier of 'The Art of Flight' at London's IMAX to record  snowboardings finest in 1940's aviator outfits. Images from the event were posted to Quicksilver's Facebook page.

Cosmopolitan's Ultimate Women Awards 2011

Cosmopolitan Magazine's January 2012 issue features a wonderful spread of images taken by Boothnation at the Ultimate Woman Awards at the Banqueting Hall in Whitehall. Among the luminaries to press the green button were Blondie,  Little Mix, Olly Mars, Kelly Rowland, Misha B, David Haye and Sophie Ellis-Baxtor. Congratulations to all the winners.

Christmas presence

A wildly busy and fun December at Boothnation with product launches and Christmas parties galore. Here are just a few of the clients we worked with over the last few weeks. Merry Christmas everybody!

Movember, discoballs and snowballs

During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in the UK and around the world. The aim of which is to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men. The Movember Gala parties, held at the end of November, are simply hilarious, thousands of hairy upper lips dancing the night away. Boothnation has been part of the celebration for the last three years, capturing thousands of magnificent mo's. This year we will be at Battersea Evolution in London and the Electric Circus in Edinburgh. If you are wondering who that chap in the photos is we can reveal it's Mike O'Brien, our dashing operations manager and self confessed geek. He is posing and raising valuable funds for Movember in our brand new 'Discobooth' and the ever popular 'Snowbooth'. Thanks Mike. Now, please shave!

Coach Party

Fashion Fois Gras, home to everything newsworthy in the fashion world, have teamed up with Coach to launch what must be a world's first; the bloggers tote, a luxury bag designed with the discerning blogger in mind. Boothnation provided a fully branded photobooth to grace the store's New Bond Street window. To read more about the launch in Emily Johnston's own words please click here.

Stephen Kenny's Art Booth

Stephen Kenny's lovingly crafted letterpress prints were the catalyst for a lively few days at The Affordable Art Fair in Hampstead where all comers interacted with the art. Stephen is with Islington's renowned fine art gallery Tag Fine Arts on whose stand all the fun happened. All the images can be seen on Tag's Facebook page. Enjoy.

Chanel Allure

Chanel's launch of it's Rouge Allure Velvet range of matt lipsticks called for some innovation from Boothnation. We designed a chic black booth with matt panels and produced matt prints to mirror the brand. Customers enjoyed our booths in Selfridges, Westfield and Harvey Nichols.

Seamus Update

Some recent work from Boothnation's director Seamus Ryan to look out for. The latest Listerine Zero campaign is noteworthy for it's facial gymnasics. James Caan is part of a series of portraits for The Catalyst Club, a wonderful fund raising initiative for Cancer Research UK. The Co-Operative Bank campaign is running throughout the country.

Pop Art at Tiffany

Vogue Fashion Night Out just gets better and better. Our Warhol inspired Pop Art Photobooth glittered all night amongst the diamonds in Tiffany's flagship Old Bond Street store. Live projection of all  the images added extra sparkle to the queues of fashionistas lining up for their 15 minutes of fame.

So much to say. So little time.

Boothnation and Pop Up Shoots have so wildly busy there has been little time for the blog. Here's a fleeting catch up on some of the fun we've been having.

Hard Rock Calling's 40th Birthday bash in Hyde Park in late June was brought to a close by headline act Rod Stewart who wowed the crowds with all his classic songs. Other acts on stage included The Killers and Bon Jovi. Boothnation had a busy time backstage entertaining those lucky enough to get passes.







Karl Largerfield's creative prowess  is beyond question. To help with the launch of his limited edition Coca Cola bottle designs Boothnation’s branded Photostream with candy-striped prints launched the product to thirst quenched crowds in Manchester’s Harvey Nichols store.

Vintage Royal Acadamy

Charm, elegance and all the sophistication of a bygone era was in evidence at last night's vintage themed evening at the Royal Academy. Boothnation's classic booth nestled amongst the Summer Exhibition fine art to record the spirited assembly. Keep calm and carry on!

Mind Le Gap

Two wonderful retail promotions for our much loved clients Gap in our fully branded giant booths this Summer. The first was the Gap Summer Suitcase which heralded the start of the sunny season in their Oxford Street flagship store. The 1969 shoots, which took place in Gap stores in Paris and Milan, seamlessly involved customers in Gap's current campaign using all sorts of photo trickery.

Festive Spirit

Forget the recession, it's music festival season. Boothnation will be at Glastonbury this week with the wonderful Wateraid and at Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park with the Hard Rock Cafe.  Just can't wait!

Viva Model Agency London Launch

VIVA London, sister agency to the well established VIVA Paris, had it's launch in Shoreditch last night.  Photographer Scott Trindle exhibited his 'Untouched' shots of, among others, Natalia Vodianova, Raquel Zimmermann and Edie Campbell in a packed party at Rochelle School. Boothnation created a special 'model card' photobooth to capture all the pouts and poses.

Starry starry night!

Boothnation had a wonderful night assisting with the festivities at the Philips British Academy Television Awards. Among the glittering attendants were Steve Coogan, Brenda Blethyn,The Misfits, and Miranda. This was our first time as an official partner of BAFTA. Firstly, I would like to thank............

Rupert Grint White Magic

Boothnation's director Seamus Ryan's shoot with Harry Potter star Rupert Grint has just gone live and can now be seen on buses all over Britain. Rupert also created a memorable  set of shots in our booth at the Empire Film Awards.

Calvin Klein's Pop Up Shoot

Boothnation had a wonderful time helping out at Calvin Klein's  International Training Event  with a pop up fashion shoot. Held in Brick Lane's Truman Brewery, the three day event immersed staff in all aspects of the CK brand in a fun and interactive setting.

Chanel Rouge Coco Shine UK Launch

Boothnation are half way through a nationwide tour helping to launch Chanel's Rouge Coco Shine lipstick range. Customers are invited to have a mini makeover before trying one of the 18 new shades of lipstick and recording the moment forever in our special Chanel booth. So far we've been to Liverpool, Sheffield, Southampton, Glasgow and London. Here are the remaining tour dates:

Fenwicks, Newcastle-       April 2nd
Selfridges,  Birmingham-  April 2nd
Slfridges, Manchester-      April 9th

Madonna, Miu Miu and Boothnation.....

Along with models Ginta Lapina, Lindsey Wixson, Siri Tollerod and Daphne Groeneveld, Boothnation played a starring role in Madonna's directorial debut for the Miu Miu Winter ad campaign. According to legend Madonna had stopped by the set to meet photographers Mert Atlas and Marcus Pigott for dinner, and, as model Ginta  recalls, "We were supposed to shoot a video, so Madonna said she wanted to direct it. They said she could do it but they weren't going to pay her and she started laughing. She put on her iPod and taught us moves and we shot the video for two hours."

And another BAFTA goes to....

Boothnation were delighted and, once more, star struck to be part of the BAFTA's Awards after party in Grosvenor House. We had a busy night entertaining the spirited winners (mostly 'The Kings Speech") and near winners of the coveted awards. Soho House, Grey Goose Vodka and Orange laid on a lavish party which carried on into the wee hours.  Due to our  committed devotion to client discretion we are sadly unable to display any images from the night. And finally, I would like to thank...............................

KISS IT BETTER

KISS IT BETTER is a wonderful initiative which raises funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital's research into the causes of childhood cancer. In their fourth year of partnering Clinique created a special New Limited Edition Smoothie Kisses Lip Gloss Set to be sold exclusively at House of Fraser. £4s from each set is donated to Kiss It Better.   In our 'Kiss It Better' photobooth guests showed their support by blowing a kiss. XXX

The Love Booth

Selfridges 'Nice Pair' Valentines promotion which runs until February 14th includes free photos in the Boothnation Photostream. Fany dress and two sparingly attired young men are on hand to add to the fun. The booth is on the ground floor in the Duke Street entrance.

Erin O'Conner's Booth shoot

Supermodel Erin O'Conner and stylist to the stars Kate Halfpenny have joined forces to create 'SHE DIED OF BEAUTY, an ethically produced range of t shirts and bags each bearing a tongue in cheek fashion statement. Erin and Kate had a fun day playing in a Boothnation photobooth at our studio to create a wonderful series of cute and quirky shots for their new website. Click here to see the results.

Boys and Girls

Boothnation helped launch new children's clothing brand Boys & Girls at their recent shoot with Seamus Ryan. When not on set the kids enjoyed creating their own images in one of our booths. The resulting images perfectly captured the fun and relaxed tone of the new brand.

Dita Von Teese- The Cointreau Pop Up Shoot

Boothnation enjoyed a fun and elegant soiree hosted by Dita Von Teese at  the launch of My Private Cointreau Coffret in Selfridges Personal Shopping  this week. At the event, organised by Inca Productions, Boothnation created a pop up shoot in the Cointreau set for all the guests to enjoy. Instant colour accented and branded black and white photographs were presented to all those who took part. An evening to remember.