About
Who runs Sparks Photo Booth Fun?
Sparks Photo Booth Fun is an owner-operated photo booth rental company based in Fairfield, CA, founded in 2017 by Tom Sparks. It has served more than 500 events across Northern California, from backyard birthdays to corporate galas for Accenture and Kaiser Permanente.
What makes an owner-operated booth different?
When you book Sparks Photo Booth Fun, you talk to Tom Sparks directly — not a sales team, and not a franchise dispatcher who hands your event to whoever is available. The same person who quotes your event designs your photo border and answers the phone the week of.
That matters most when something goes sideways: a venue moves the booth location an hour before doors, a power circuit turns out to be shared with catering, a timeline slips. Those calls get made by someone with a stake in the outcome.
Why the equipment choice matters
Most photo booth rentals are a tablet in a housing with a ring light. Sparks Photo Booth Fun uses 24-megapixel DSLR cameras with studio-grade continuous lighting — the same class of gear used for portrait work.
The difference is most obvious in a dim reception hall, where a tablet sensor produces noisy, flat images and a DSLR with proper lighting produces something people actually keep. It is also why the open-air setup can fit twenty-plus people in a frame and still hold focus across the group.
Who has booked the booth?
Corporate clients include Accenture, Kaiser Permanente, Palo Alto Networks, Berkshire Hathaway, Travis AFB, Fair Trade USA, and 8 others — alongside hundreds of weddings, quinceañeras, school events, and nonprofit galas across the region.