Pictured: Adam Marusiak, of Easy Party Booth.com, celebrates the firm's recent first birthday with popular financial blogger 'Miss Thrifty' at October's Cosmopolitan Blog Awards ceremony in London

A West Midlands company is celebrating a successful first year in business since launching its ground-breaking new photo booths, which have already proved popular at prestigious events like the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards and are set to feature at the upcoming National Marketing Awards.

Easy Party Booth.com (www.easypartybooth.com) designed and created the photo booth to capture still photographs as well as digital video messages and typed text, making it a real talking point for events and functions, as well as a useful feedback-gathering tactic for corporations and businesses nationwide.

"The early successes of the business have surpassed even our expectations" explained Adam Marusiak from Easy Party Booth.com. "We have written the software and designed the machines from the ground up, so every element has been carefully considered, and the end result is something very special indeed."

"Once visitors or guests at the event, function, or store have left their photos, messages or videos, they can then be uploaded to the internet for sharing on a company's website, Facebook or other social media sites. From a business perspective this is a great way of generating more e-footfall and online traffic, and it's also a way for companies to expand the interest of an event or function. Some large companies are also looking to purchase booths to capture customer feedback and to complete surveys in-store, and trials of this have already proved really successful."

"Of course there's also a huge market in weddings, launch events, and corporate parties, so we really are seeing an explosion of interest, which is why we're celebrating our first birthday with the sale of units to people looking to start their own business."

The systems themselves have been developed to be portable and easy to assemble, with the latest model collapsing down into a small case that can be shipped in a car as small as a Vauxhall Corsa, and operated by one person.

"The units cost from just £8995 and can rent from £375 to £675 per overnight event, so some of our early adopters have already seen significant return on their initial investment" explained Adam.

Tim Warrington was one of the first to see the business potential and has recently purchased his fourth machine to keep up with demand. Tim commented: "I'm working on an event with Leona Lewis later this month and have been all over the UK at high profile events and exhibitions. I also run several video guest books for weddings and functions, and love the fact that this is a business you can start with little or no experience. Many of the bookings are over the weekends too, so it could be a useful second income."

"When Conrad Bernitt of Hamburg launched the Bosco, the first ever coin-operated automatic photographic booth in 1889, little would he have guessed the successes 122 years on" added Adam. "It's certainly a picture-perfect business opportunity and one that we're excited to be part of".