Most people choose the backdrop last, after the booth and the date and the hours are settled. That’s the wrong way round, because the booth is the part that never changes and the backdrop is the part that does. Six booths are published and eleven backdrop options are published against them, which tells you where the variety in a Corner Brook booking actually lives. We watched this land the hard way at an anniversary there, where the couple had picked a gold sequin backdrop months earlier and then chosen a room with a stone feature wall they loved. The backdrop went up in front of the wall. Halfway through the evening somebody moved it, and every photograph after that was better.
The Corner Brook Backdrop Against Your Own Wall
So here’s the head to head, and it isn’t the one most people expect.
On one side, the photo booth backdrops we bring with the open air booth: eleven published options, consistent, portable and yours to choose months in advance. On the other, whatever your room already has, which costs nothing and which you can’t pick from a page. Lux Booth’s backdrops for photo booths page sets out the same sorts of options elsewhere, laid out a little differently.
The honest difference is this: a brought backdrop guarantees the photograph and a good venue wall can beat it. Neither is better in the abstract. What decides the answer is whether your room has a wall worth standing in front of, and most rooms don’t, which is why we bring one by default.
What the Eleven Published Options Actually Are
Worth knowing before you decide, because the range is wider than the two colours everybody names.
Six sequin: gold, silver, rose gold, red, blue and purple. Two velvet: black and white. Three vinyl: sparkler, wood and marble. Gold and rose gold sequin are the standard pair that comes with the booking, and anything outside that pair is published as a custom colour charge.
That vinyl group is the one people overlook. Wood and marble aren’t trying to sparkle, they’re trying to look like a surface, and in a room that already has character they sit far better than sequin does.
Sequin, Velvet and Vinyl in a Bright Room
The material question is really a light question, and Corner Brook halls are brighter than people expect.
Sequin throws back whatever hits it. In a room with big windows and afternoon light that’s lively and good. In a room washed with coloured uplighting it’s a problem, because gold under amber stops being gold and nobody chose the colour that comes out.
Velvet absorbs instead of reflecting, so it holds its colour under almost anything and photographs as a clean field behind the guests. It’s the safe answer and we suggest it whenever a venue has a lighting package.
Vinyl sits between the two. Wood and marble give you texture instead of colour, which makes them the forgiving option in a room whose own walls are busy.
Why the Backdrop Is What Changes in Corner Brook
Back to that anniversary, because the second half is the useful half.
When the backdrop moved, it went to the short wall by the windows, and the stone was suddenly behind every group instead of hidden behind a sheet of gold. The pictures got depth. The booth hadn’t changed at all, the hours hadn’t changed, and the only thing anybody did was carry a stand nine feet to the left.
That’s the argument for treating a Corner Brook backdrop as a live decision instead of a form field. It’s the one element of a booking you can still change in the room, and on the island it’s also the one that travels furthest to get there.
Gander and Grand Falls-Windsor Rooms
The same question, different answers, because the rooms differ.
Gander bookings tend to come from newer function rooms with painted walls and even light, which is exactly the case for bringing a backdrop, since there’s nothing behind you doing any work. Grand Falls-Windsor gives us more older halls with wood panelling and awkward corners, where a vinyl wood backdrop can end up fighting the actual wood on the wall.
Either way the answer comes from a photograph of the room rather than from a preference, which is why we ask for one before we ask what colour you like.
Backdrop Questions from Corner Brook
These come up once the booth is booked.
Do photo booth backdrops in Corner Brook come with the booking?
Yes, one does. A backdrop and its stand are listed with the open air booth, and the pod publishes a choice of backdrop with the rental too. What varies is which one: gold and rose gold sequin are the standard pair, and the other nine published options are available with a custom colour charge. Tell us your palette and we’ll say which of the three materials suits your room best.
Which backdrop material works in a bright Corner Brook hall?
Velvet, most of the time, because it holds its colour under any light and photographs as a clean field. Sequin is livelier and is genuinely better in a room with plain daylight, but it takes on whatever coloured lighting is in the room and that catches people out. If your venue has a lighting package booked, we’d steer you to velvet without much hesitation.
Can we use our venue’s own wall instead of a backdrop?
Sometimes, and it’s a real option worth asking about rather than a way to save money, since a backdrop comes with the booking anyway. A stone, brick or panelled wall with even light on it can beat anything we carry. A plain painted wall almost never does. Send us a photograph taken from where the booth would stand and we’ll tell you honestly which way to go.
How far ahead should a Gander booking settle the backdrop?
Later than you’d think, and that’s the point of this article. The booth and the date want locking in early because the calendar fills, but the backdrop can wait until you’ve seen the room with your own lighting plan in it. If you want a colour outside the standard pair we’d like a few weeks, so tell us when you know rather than guessing at the time of booking.
Is a vinyl backdrop a good idea in a Grand Falls-Windsor hall?
It depends on the wall it’s standing against. Wood and marble vinyl work beautifully in a plain room because they add texture that isn’t there. In an older hall with real panelling they can compete with what’s already behind them and the photograph ends up busy. Send us a picture of the room and we’ll say which of the eleven suits it.
What happens if we change our minds on the night?
Very little, happily, because moving a backdrop is a two-minute job for the attendant and it’s the one element of the setup that isn’t fixed. Changing the material is a different matter, since we only bring what was booked. If you think you might want to reposition it, say so when you book and we’ll leave the stand somewhere it can move from.
Send Us a Photo of the Wall
One photograph settles the whole thing.
Take it from where the booth would stand in your Corner Brook room, with the normal lighting on, and send it with your date. That tells us more than any description of a colour scheme, because it shows both the wall and the light at once. If your room has something worth standing in front of we’ll say so, and if it doesn’t we’ll bring one of the eleven and tell you which. The Corner Brook photo booth services page has all six booths on it. The Flower Arches flower walls page is worth a look too, if the answer turns out to be that your Corner Brook room wants something with more presence than fabric.