This isn't a photo booth.
It's a portrait studio.
A real photographer, professional studio lighting and a live retoucher — set up inside your event. A booth prints a quick strip for fun; the Portrait Station hands every guest a gallery-worthy black & white portrait, retouched and printed on the spot, ready to frame.
Same event. A completely different keepsake.
Both are a great time — but only one hands your guests a professional portrait they'll frame. Here's the honest difference.
Fast, fun & self-serve
- Guests press a button themselves
- A quick print strip or GIF
- Props, laughs and dance-floor energy
- One of a hundred photos in the camera roll
- Great for fun — not made to frame
Directed, retouched & professional
- A real photographer poses & lights every guest
- An on-site editor retouches each photo live
- A gallery-worthy black & white portrait
- Printed on the spot + the high-res digital file
- A keepsake for the wall — not lost in a feed
Smart move: book a Mirror Booth for the fun and a Portrait Station for the keepsake.
Looking for a glambot in Toronto? Here's the honest answer.
A true glambot is a high-speed robotic camera arm from a film rental house — a motion-control robot, a cinema camera, a technician to program the move and a post-production pass. It's quoted per production, not sold as an event package, which is why you see it on red carpets rather than at weddings. We don't rent one, and we won't quote you a number for one.
What hosts searching “glambot” almost always want is one of two things — and both are bookable in the GTA at real event prices.
The 360 video booth
A motorised arm orbits the platform your guests stand on, filming them in slow motion from every angle, then sends the finished, music-synced clip to their phone in seconds. It's the closest thing most events can actually book to that slow-motion glambot look — and it runs all night with a queue instead of one staged pass at a time.
See the 360 video booth in TorontoThe Portrait Station
The polished, editorial, shot-for-a-magazine look — a real photographer directing the pose and the light, an editor retouching on site, and a gallery-worthy black & white portrait in your guest's hand before they walk away. If the glambot result you're picturing is the look rather than the motion, this is the closer match.
From $1000 for 2 hours, everything included.
Full breakdown with real numbers: what a glambot costs in Toronto — and what GTA events book instead.
Studio portraits, made at your event.
Real guests, directed and retouched on the night — the kind of black & white portrait that ends up on a mantel.
A print in their hand before they walk away.
No “we'll email you later.” Every portrait is retouched live and printed on the spot from our professional dye-sublimation printer — the same lab-quality print you'd frame from a studio. Guests hold a finished black & white keepsake within minutes of stepping up.
- Studio-grade dye-sublimation prints
- Retouched before it prints — never a raw file
- Handed over at the station, not weeks later
What makes it feel expensive.
A real photographer, not a button
Every guest is posed, lit and directed by a professional — the difference between a snapshot and a portrait. No one has to know what to do with their hands.
An editor on site
Images are colour-corrected and retouched at the event, minutes after the shutter. Guests see a finished, polished portrait — not a raw file.
Studio-quality prints in hand
Professional dye-sublimation prints handed over on the spot, plus the high-resolution digital by text or email before they leave the station.
Individuals, couples & groups
Solo headshots, couples, families, whole teams — the setup handles all of it, and the photographer adapts the lighting for each.
Three steps, sixty seconds.
Step onto the mark
A guest steps up. The photographer sets the pose, the light and the moment — it takes seconds and feels effortless.
We retouch on the spot
The editor beside the station colour-corrects and retouches the frame live, while the next guest is already stepping up.
Print in hand, file on phone
A studio-quality print comes off the printer and the high-res file lands by text — a keepsake before they walk away.
The file to share. The frame for your wall.
Beyond the print you get on the night, every portrait comes as a full high-resolution digital file — and you can order a gallery-quality framed print of any shot, delivered ready to hang. A booth strip ends up in a drawer; this ends up on your wall.
High-res digital copy
The full-resolution file by text or email — share it, post it, keep it forever.
Framed for your wall
Order a gallery-quality framed print of any portrait, delivered ready to hang.
Made for the moments people keep.
Weddings & celebrations
Give guests a portrait worth framing instead of another candid. Pair it with the Heirloom Guest Book and your loved ones' portraits sit beside their handwritten notes in one keepsake album.
Corporate & conferences
Every attendee leaves with a professional LinkedIn-ready headshot on a clean backdrop, optionally framed with your company branding. One of the highest-perceived-value activations at any conference.
Galas, milestones & anniversaries
Black-and-white editorial portraits of guests in formalwear turn an evening into something people genuinely keep. Timeless, elegant and completely on-brand for a formal event.
A headshot station for your Toronto office.
Same studio, different job. We set up a clean backdrop and professional lighting at your office, conference or networking evening, and every attendee steps up for a directed, retouched, LinkedIn-ready headshot — with your logo on the digital frame if you want it. Because the editor works on site, people leave with the finished file the same day instead of waiting weeks on a gallery.
It's the rare conference activation with a genuinely useful outcome: a whole team's profile photos refreshed in one afternoon, or every attendee walking out with something they'll actually use. We run headshot stations across Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, Mississauga, Markham and Vaughan.
- Directed by a photographer — no one has to pose themselves
- Retouched on site, delivered the same day
- Clean corporate backdrop, your branding on the digital frame
- Hundreds of people through in a single event
Simple, all-inclusive.
Photographer, on-site editor, studio lighting, unlimited sessions, prints and digital delivery — all included.
Each additional 30 minutes is $300. Add-ons like the Heirloom Guest Book quoted per event.
Questions, answered.
What is a Portrait Station?+
A Portrait Station is a professional portrait studio set up inside your event. Unlike a self-serve photo booth, a real photographer directs each guest — posing, lighting and expression — while an on-site editor retouches the images in minutes. Guests walk away with a studio-quality portrait, printed on the spot and delivered digitally, rather than a quick snapshot.
How is the Portrait Station different from a photo booth?+
A photo booth is fast, playful and self-directed — guests press a button and get fun prints. The Portrait Station is the opposite end of the spectrum: professional lighting, a photographer guiding every shot, and real editing before the print comes out. Photo booths are about volume and laughs; the Portrait Station is about a portrait people frame. Many clients book a Mirror Booth for the fun and a Portrait Station for the keepsake.
How much does the Portrait Station cost in Toronto?+
The Portrait Station starts at $1000 for 2 hours and $1250 for 3 hours, and each additional 30 minutes is $300. That includes the photographer, the on-site editor, studio lighting, unlimited sessions during your booked hours, retouched digital delivery and a private online gallery. Additional hours and add-ons like the Heirloom Guest Book are quoted per event.
Do guests get prints or just digital files?+
Both. Every guest receives a retouched print on the spot from our professional dye-sublimation printer, plus the high-resolution digital file by text or email. After the event you receive a private gallery with every edited portrait in full resolution to keep or share.
Is the Portrait Station good for corporate headshots?+
It's one of the most requested corporate activations we run. Conferences, networking evenings and staff appreciation events use it to give every attendee a polished LinkedIn-ready headshot on a clean backdrop, with your logo on the digital frame. It doubles as a genuinely useful perk rather than a giveaway that ends up in a drawer.
How much space and setup time does it need?+
We need roughly 10 x 10 feet with about 8 feet of ceiling height for the backdrop and lighting, plus one standard 120V outlet. Setup takes about an hour and teardown 30 minutes, both outside your booked hours. We can work with a smaller footprint if your venue is tight — just tell us the space when you book.
Do you rent a glambot in Toronto?+
Not a true glambot, and we'd rather be straight with you about why. A real glambot is a high-speed robotic camera arm from a film rental house — a motion-control robot, a cinema camera, a technician to program the move and a post-production pass, quoted per production rather than sold as an event package. For a wedding or a corporate party the economics almost never work. What hosts searching for a glambot usually want is one of two things: the spin, or the glam. The spin is our 360 video booth, which orbits guests in slow motion and sends the finished clip to their phone in seconds. The glam is the Portrait Station — the editorial, magazine-looking portrait. Both are bookable at real event prices.
Is the Portrait Station the same as a glambot?+
No. A glambot moves a camera past you at several hundred frames per second to create a slow-motion video clip. The Portrait Station is a still-photography studio: a photographer directs the pose and lighting, an editor retouches the frame on site, and you walk away with a printed black & white portrait plus the high-resolution file. If the glambot look you're picturing is the polished, editorial result rather than the motion, the Portrait Station is the closer match — and it's the one guests actually frame.
Can you run a corporate headshot station at our Toronto office or conference?+
Yes — a headshot station is one of the most requested ways we run this. We set up a clean backdrop with professional lighting at your office, conference or networking evening, and every attendee steps up for a directed, retouched, LinkedIn-ready headshot with your logo on the digital frame. Because the editor works on site, people leave with the finished file the same day rather than waiting on a gallery. It works as a staff perk, a conference activation or a way to refresh a whole team's profile photos in a single afternoon.
Which areas do you serve?+
The Portrait Station travels across Toronto and the GTA — including Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, Mississauga, Markham, Vaughan, Brampton, Richmond Hill, Oakville, and Durham Region cities like Ajax, Pickering and Whitby. Travel is included across most of the GTA; if your venue is further out, tell us the address and we'll confirm when you book.
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