Staffed photo booths from $2,000 for up to 3 hours. Rated 4.9 out of 5. Call (800) 987-0290.
CEG Interactive is the photo booth rental San Francisco planners book for tech conferences, campus all-hands, gallery receptions and brand launches, at $2,000 for up to 3 hours with an attendant, setup, strike and instant sharing included. Each extra hour is $500, the rate is the same on any date, and the wait between setup and doors is not billed. The company has worked Bay Area events since 2013, from Salesforce’s Dreamforce studio on Howard Street to AI portrait booths in SoMa and roaming crews at Mountain View offices, and holds a 4.9-star rating.
PHOTO BOOTH EVENTS WE HAVE RUN IN THE BAY AREA
Three recent Bay Area photo booth events, each figure from the booth platform’s event report: an AI portrait booth for Splunk, a Cisco company, at 111 Minna Gallery in SoMa made 149 portraits, printed 157 photos and captured 124 contacts on March 24, 2026; a roaming photographer at Khan Academy’s Mountain View office sent 335 shares from 123 sessions at a 300-person onsite on May 1, 2025; and a roaming photographer with a pro camera logged 159 shares from 49 sessions for Leading Hotels of the World at Terra Gallery on March 10, 2026.
Splunk’s AI portraits, fire and ice among the looks, booked through an event agency: 149 portraits, 157 prints and 124 contacts at one event. See our AI photo booths.
A roaming photographer worked the office floor at Khan Academy’s spring onsite: 123 sessions, 335 shares and 194 contacts.
Leading Hotels of the World’s tour stop, with the hotel group’s logo on every photo. The tour has booked CEG at Terra Gallery in 2023, 2024 and 2026.
SAN FRANCISCO PHOTO BOOTH NUMBERS AT A GLANCE
CEG Interactive has run photo booths in the Bay Area since 2013, for clients including Apple, Bloomberg, Cisco, Facebook, Google, Intuit, Khan Academy, LinkedIn, Oracle, Salesforce and Splunk; most booths run about 60 guest sessions an hour depending on crowd flow and set up in 1 to 2 hours.
WHICH BAY AREA PHOTO BOOTH FITS THE EVENT
Corporate photo booth rentals in the Bay Area from CEG Interactive run $2,000 to $5,000 for up to 3 hours for most formats, LED dance floors run $25 per square foot, and the format follows the room. A Generative AI Photo Booth, $5,000, fits a conference show floor or a campus event; Intuit’s Mountain View booth made 90 AI portraits and 142 prints in May 2024. A roaming photographer, $2,000, fits an all-hands or a museum reception where guests keep moving. A green screen booth, $2,500, fits a hotel ballroom party. A 360 booth, $3,000, fits a summit or launch in 8 by 8 ft with no ceiling minimum. An LED dance floor fits a gala in a museum hall; the one CEG ran at the Palace of Fine Arts in November 2021 measured 32 by 48 ft.
| Bay Area Photo Booth Decision Fit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Situation | Best fit | Space and power | Rate | Tradeoff |
| Conference show floor or campus event | Generative AI Photo Booth | 8 × 8 ft | $5,000 | Portraits render in 1 to 2 minutes; AI prints add $1,000 |
| Office all-hands or offsite | Roaming photographer | No footprint; battery powered | $2,000; pro camera $2,500 | No backdrop, so the office is the background; a print station adds $1,000 and one 6 ft table by an outlet |
| Gallery or museum reception | Roaming photographer with a pro camera | No footprint; battery powered | $2,500 | Guests are photographed where they stand, not in front of the client’s own backdrop |
| Hotel ballroom party | Green screen booth, or Studio Booth with prints | 8 × 8 ft; one standard outlet | $2,500 / $2,000 + $500 prints | Needs a wall or backdrop spot; guests stand 3 to 4 ft in front of the green |
| Summit or product launch | 360 booth, Medium or XL | 8 × 8 / 10 × 10 ft; battery included | $3,000 / $4,000 | Video, no prints; backdrop and props not included |
| Gala in a museum hall | LED dance floor | Floor plus 2 ft each way; one 20 A circuit per 8 ft of floor width | $25 per sq ft | $5,000 order minimum |
Intuit’s AI booth in a Mountain View lounge, May 2024: 178 sessions, 90 AI portraits and 142 prints. See our AI photo booths.
Salesforce’s SDGforce Studio on Howard Street at Dreamforce 2019: a photographer and a lit blue set inside a wood-framed studio, four days beside the Moscone Center.
A green screen booth set for a corporate party in a South Bay hotel ballroom, December 2016. See our green screen booths.
A 360 clip from Salesforce’s Futureforce Tech Equality Summit at SPIN San Francisco, July 2023: 35 sessions. See our 360 booths.
Bloomberg’s reception at the Legion of Honor, November 2022, booked through the caterer. See our roaming booths.
A 32 by 48 ft infinity-mirror floor at the Palace of Fine Arts, November 2021. See our LED dance floors.
SAN FRANCISCO PHOTO BOOTH VENUES WE HAVE WORKED
Moscone Center and Howard StreetEvery Bay Area venue loads in differently: depending on the space, the CEG Interactive crew comes in through a street door or by freight elevator, and the route is confirmed with the venue on each booking. Moscone Center load-ins run through a marshaling yard and an assigned dock time slot, with union labor on the show floor. Each venue also receives a certificate of insurance with the additional-insured wording it asks for.
111 Minna GallerySalesforce’s SDGforce Studio for the four days of Dreamforce, November 2019, plus exhibits for Game Developers Conference week in March 2017 and a trade show in October 2015.
Terra GallerySplunk’s AI portrait evening on March 24, 2026: 149 guest sessions and 157 prints.
SPIN San FranciscoLeading Hotels of the World’s tour stop in March 2023, March 2024 and March 2026, with prints in 2023 and 2024 and a roaming photographer in 2026.
Palace of Fine ArtsA 360 booth for Salesforce’s Futureforce Tech Equality Summit in July 2023, and a photo graffiti wall in November 2017.
SFMOMAA 32 by 48 ft LED dance floor in November 2021.
California Academy of SciencesA 16 by 16 ft infinity-mirror LED floor in April 2022.
Legion of Honor and the ExploratoriumAn LED dance floor in March 2023.
Asian Art MuseumRoaming photographers for Bloomberg in November and December 2022, and for Bloomberg’s Square Mile Relay at the James R. Herman Cruise Terminal in July 2023.
Mountain View officesA photo booth for Apple’s holiday party in December 2015.
Tiburon Peninsula ClubLinkedIn’s campus in July 2016, Intuit’s AI booth in May 2024 and Khan Academy’s spring onsite in May 2025.
The club’s events each October since 2023.
PHOTO BOOTH SETUPS AT BAY AREA VENUES
Two sets before doors: a Studio Booth and its printer on the Pier 27 cruise terminal for Bloomberg’s Square Mile Relay, July 2023, and Salesforce’s blue set the week before Dreamforce, November 2019, where a photographer shot guests holding their goal cards.
The Studio Booth, its ring light and the printer stand in front of Bloomberg’s step-and-repeat on Pier 27, set before the runners arrived: 56 sessions that day.
A photographer under a softbox and a curved blue backdrop, with a sharing tablet beside the set.
“… excellent in-person service for our 300-person org-wide event.”
Jessica T., Khan Academy, Mountain View
WHAT PLANNERS SAY ABOUT OUR SAN FRANCISCO PHOTO BOOTH CREW
CEG Interactive holds a 4.9 out of 5 rating from 187 post-event client surveys and 200+ five-star Google reviews. The company carries $2M/$4M general liability, workers’ compensation and commercial auto coverage, and issues venue certificates of insurance with additional-insured endorsements.
... The team went ABOVE AND BEYOND to ensure our end client was happy. They were accommodating with last minute changes. ...
CEG is always an amazing partner — already looking forward to the next event.
Always professional, accommodating and easy to work with. Thanks team CEG for another successful event!
SAN FRANCISCO PHOTO BOOTH PRICING
Most Bay Area photo booths start at $2,000 for up to 3 hours with digital sharing included. A green screen booth is $2,500, a 360 booth starts at $3,000, a Generative AI Photo Booth is $5,000, and LED dance floors run $25 per square foot including delivery and a light tech, with a $5,000 order minimum. Prints add $500 ($1,000 on AI booths and for a roaming print station). Extra hours are $500 each.
The $2,000 published rate buys a staffed booth, listed in the table below and priced from the published rate sheet.
| Published Rates, Up to 3 Hours | ||
|---|---|---|
| Booth | What it is | Rate |
| Social Booth | Photos, GIFs and boomerangs; 8 ft backdrop; attendant | $2,000 |
| Studio Booth | DSLR and studio lighting; 8 ft backdrop; prints add $500 | $2,000 |
| Roaming Photo Booth | Battery-powered crew in the room; pro-camera tier $2,500; print station $1,000 | $2,000 |
| Green Screen Photo Booth | Any background behind the guests; prints add $500 | $2,500 |
| 360 Photo Booth | Medium (4 guests) $3,000; XL (7) $4,000; battery included | from $3,000 |
| Generative AI Photo Booth | Themed portraits in 1 to 2 minutes; AI prints add $1,000; with AI video $7,000 | $5,000 |
| Digital Photo Mosaic Wall | Guest photos build one branded image live on a 42, 60 or 80 in screen | from $5,000 |
| LED dance floor | With delivery and a light tech; 12 × 12 is $3,600; $5,000 order minimum | $25 per sq ft |
| CHECK AVAILABILITY | ||
Most services in most metro areas are available at little or no travel or delivery cost; anything beyond that is quoted all-in in the first reply. There is no idle-hour charge: setup and the wait before doors are included, not billed. One rate applies on any date, with no weekend or seasonal surcharge. An LED floor order carries a $5,000 order minimum, and adding any $2,000 booth to a 12 by 12 floor clears it. Contact capture and the analytics report add $500 per booth.
Events with a physical takeaway such as prints are taxable; digital-only events are not, subject to state exemptions.
What Every Bay Area Booking Includes
- An attendant at each booth
- Delivery, setup and strike
- An 8 ft backdrop on most booths
- The client’s logo on every photo
- Text, email and QR sharing, queued when the venue is offline
- An online gallery, link sent 24 hours before doors
- An event report of sessions and shares
Your signed agreement lists exactly what your event includes.
HOW A PHOTO BOOTH BOOKING WORKS IN SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco photo booth bookings from CEG Interactive are priced per booth at the published rate for a 3-hour event with an attendant, instant sharing, the client’s branding and an online gallery, and crews work San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, San Jose and the South Bay, and Oakland and the East Bay.
Booking takes:
- A date, 4 to 6 weeks ahead
- The venue, the room and its load-in route
- A booth from the rate table
What does a Moscone Center show floor need from us?
The dock time slot, a stop at the marshaling yard, the show’s union labor rules, the certificate of insurance and the booth’s footprint; the crew plans the load-in around the slot.
How long does setup take at a SoMa gallery or a campus?
1 to 2 hours for most booths, with the crew on site before doors; the wait before doors is not billed.
How far ahead should a Bay Area event book?
4 to 6 weeks for a standard photobooth; custom branding and AI themes need more lead time.
What happens if the event runs long?
Extra hours booked in advance are $500 each; a longer stay decided on the night is quoted on site.
SAN FRANCISCO PHOTO BOOTH IDEAS WITH A LOCAL THEME
San Francisco photo booth rental with a local theme from CEG Interactive comes in three options for tech and brand events: an infinity-mirror LED floor in a museum hall, as CEG laid at SFMOMA in April 2022; an AI portrait booth that turns guests into famous inventors, as LangChain ran at a San Francisco event in September 2026; and printed San Francisco sign props beside a Studio Booth, as Bloomberg’s Square Mile Relay runners held at the Pier 27 cruise terminal in July 2023.
The 16 by 16 ft mirror floor at SFMOMA: at $25 per sq ft with delivery and a light tech, a floor that size is $6,400.
LangChain’s guests became Newton under the apple tree, Franklin with his kite or Einstein at the chalkboard; a Generative AI Photo Booth is $5,000 for up to 3 hours.
Bloomberg’s runners posed with “Left my dust in San Francisco” and “Run SF. Hella fast.” signs; a Studio Booth is $2,000 for up to 3 hours, and prints add $500.
