Raspberry Pi Photobooth

I made the booth out of three-quarter inch PVC. All pieces of PVC were cut into 2 ft lengths. Makes packing it up EASY and there is no designated spot for any specific piece. My goal is to pick up some 1/4 bungee and string sections together for easy setup. All the parts were purchased at Lowe's, along with Home Depot, who now carry furniture grade parts in stock! I acquired some free Hospital sheets (don't ask how) and used one bottle of fabric dye to color them.

I used the http://rasterbator.net/ website to enlarge this photo for a Girl Scout dance with a rock and roll theme as the background. I printed the sheets on card stock, then cut them out and use my kids glue sticks to stitch it back together for the 4x6 panel.

I kept one of the hospital sheets white. I doubled it up and sewed it on the sides of the screen to diffuse the two lights. 1" elastic was sewn into the bottom of the hole for the screen so that it would hold snug.

Wood clamps hold the background up. Again, using card stock was the key to this working out.

A PAYING GIG!!!!!! Turns out I'm picking up a little cash to photobooth a girl scout event. This just means I need to buy and build more crap!

First up will be a base cabinet to hold the printer. I'm hoping to incorporate some wheels for easy moving. Looking to build a mount in the base for the printer that is on springs/shock absorbs so that I don't have to deal with flight cases. Last hitch is that it should carry the backdrop.

Speaking of backdrops.....So last summer I put together a bicycle wash made from pvc for my kids (Like this one: http://www.instructables.com/id/KidWash-2-PVC-Sprinkler-Water-Toy/). Of course I over purchased, I had plans to make a pvc lemonade stand. So this I'm pulling all the parts together to make a PVC backdrop to go with the booth. I'll post updates when its done.

So I bought a Sony UP-DR200 dye sub printer to go with this. I had a hell of a time getting the drivers installed. So, I found a great script and modified it so that it just installs Cups and Gutenprint. If you're stuck with getting print drivers installed, even if its not this one, check it out here: https://github.com/DoctorLar/raspberry-pi-Cups-Gutenprint.