Photographer Mode allows you to tether a Canon camera to your device (eg: an iPhone) and shoot as normal without interacting with Breeze Booth. You retain full control over camera settings (exposure, aperture, ISO etc) from the camera itself, and you can take photos in quick succession in both landscape or portrait orientation. Captured images can be instantly branded, shared and printed.
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Connecting Camera
Make sure Photographer mode is selected in the Camera Settings window. This will allow the photographer to adjust the exposure settings using the camera controls instead of the app.
How it works
Normally a photo booth works by having a start button and a 3, 2, 1… style countdown before taking the photo. When an external camera is used with Breeze Booth the photographer can take a photo instantly by pressing the shutter button on the camera.
The normal countdown is skipped and the photo is downloaded and displayed in the app ready for sharing almost instantly.
Shooting Scenarios
The event can be set up in a number of different ways to suit the shooting style for the event:
- Taking one or more photos and then viewing them in a gallery for sharing
To do this disable the preview after each photo, disable the print confirmation, disable sharing by text or email and enable the gallery.
- For sharing on the spot you want it to go straight to the sharing screen.
To do this disable the preview after each photo, disable the print confirmation screen and enable sharing by text or email.
- For sharing on the spot with the option to accept or reject the photos.
To do this use similar settings to the first scenario but enable the preview after each photo or the print confirmation screen to give guests or the photographer the option to accept or reject the photo.
- For photos to be displayed in an online gallery.
To do this disable the preview after each photo, disable the print confirmation screen and disable the sharing options so that the app quickly returns to the ready screen ready for the next shot.
Shooting Landscape and Portrait Images
Photos can be taken in either landscape or portrait orientation and different print layouts can be used for each.
This allows a roaming photographer to frame a photo vertically (e.g. for individual guests or couples) or horizontally (e.g. for headshots or larger groups).
To enable the automatic selection of the print layout using the camera orientation create an event with profiles for both landscape and portrait orientations.
- Design the print layout for the landscape profile to print landscape orientation photos.
- Design the print layout for the portrait profile to print portrait photos.
Then in the camera settings select Photographer mode and enable the orientation lock on the iPad or iPhone.
When a photo is to be printed the app will use the orientation information stored in the EXIF shooting data to determine whether it was shot in landscape or portrait orientation. If it was shot in landscape orientation it will use the print layout from the landscape profile. If the photo was shot in portrait orientation it will use the print layout from the portrait profile.
Adapting existing events
Any normal photo event can be used for roaming photography with little or no modification. The easiest events to use are ones with a single photo where the iPhone/iPad orientation is the same as the camera (e.g. landscape orientation iPhone or iPad and camera in landscape orientation).
If the iPhone/iPad orientation differs from the camera (e.g. portrait orientation iPhone or iPad and camera in landscape orientation), the print layout will need to be edited to display the photos without cropping.
Supporting multiple photos in one print layout
Taking a photo when the ready screen is displayed automatically skips the countdown. When an event has more than one photo it will display the countdown for the second photo after the first one has been taken.
With roaming photography we want to disable the countdown and have the app wait until the photographer takes the next photo or they choose to abandon the set of photos.
The countdown can be disabled by doing the following:
- Check the screens folder and remove any GIF, MP4 or MOV animations for countdowns e.g.
countdown.mov
1.gif
2.gif
3.gif
4.gif
p.
* In the *Photo Settings* tab set the *Countdown remaining photos (secs)* to 600 seconds so that the app waits up to 5 minutes for the photographer to take the next photo.
* Either set the countdown text to an empty string or edit it to provide a message to the photographer e.g.
Take photo photoboothImage of photoboothNumImages
p.
* To allow the photographer to abandon a set of images create an overlay screen for the countdown e.g.
2.png
p.
Edit this to include the graphics for a cancel button. Then use the touchscreen editor to add a *cancelCountdown* touchscreen action.
Sample event
The roaming sample events are designed for taking photos in landscape or portrait orientation and are designed to run on a small iPhone (e.g. iPhone SE) connected directly to a Canon camera. The phone can be fixed to the camera in either portrait or landscape orientation.
For best results enable the orientation lock on the phone.
There are two versions of the roaming event:
- roaming (mirrorless) – use this event if you have a mirrorless camera such as the Canon EOS R6, Canon EOS R100 or Canon EOS M50 Mark II
- roaming (DSLR) – use this event if you have DSLR camera such as the Canon Rebel T8i/EOS 850D, Canon Rebel T7/EOS 2000D or Canon Rebel T6/EOS 1300D
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