Setting up an event booth?

[herderdog]

I have an upcoming shoot in about a month. I will be putting up a display booth (primarily just for display)
I was wondering if any one can share their insight, tips or tricks into putting up backdrops or panels to display mounted prints on. This display will be in a large event tent.
Maybe post some pics of your event booths!

[michael_]

ARE THE PHOTOS IN FRAME? opops caps, if so what colour frames? maybe a white backdrop with darker frames or visa versa so they stand out abit? and have them spread out and not uniform, thats just my idea.

[chtgrubbs]

I used panels covered in fabric. The prints were mounted borderless on Masonite, and were humg on blocks 1/2" thick, which made the prints look like they were floating in front of the panels. This was done for a commercial/business show, rather than portraits. For portraits and weddings I would have framed them with more formal, decorative frames.

[Gary_Evans]

What sort of event? - sports?, social event? inside or out? how much space have you got? do you have/need electricity?

Let me know.

[herderdog]

Thanks for your replies everyone!
I have a 10X10 space --this will be held in a big tent with other vendors outdoors. There will be electricity. This is a small trade show that is accompanying a dog (herding) show--and I am the "official" photographer and have been alloted a space in the vendors tent to put up a display of my work.
I plan to mount my prints (without frames) and hang them.
What I am looking for are suggestions for the panels to hang them on, and how to make them stand.

[ssim]

I setup a booth at a bridal fair once. The company that I worked for fulltime then had a number of these collapsible displays (similar to the attachement). It had a fabric backing instead of an image like this example shows. I was able to borrow it. I don't know if you can rent these things or not but it certainly does make for a professional looking display.

I hung some dry mounted images on it and handed out a small brochure and business cards. I also made a quantity of DVD's that I would give to people that I thought were genuinely interested. It had a collection of my images that were from previous weddings. Unforetuneately, I ran out of these a few hours before the show was over. I picked up enough jobs to justify the expense.

There were a number of companies, not just photographers, that put up a booth and then didn't bother to man it the whole time. They had information that you could pick up if you wanted. I would think it would be better to have a person there all the time.

I was shooting predominantly film at the time so I will see if I can find a picture of it that I took.

[bcap]

ssim - where can we get one of these collapsable displays?

[ssim]

ssim - where can we get one of these collapsible displays?

I just googled "Marketing display booth" to find an example image. I've seen a number of different manufacturers approach us when I was working. Some are relatively cheap, some not. They are all very portable though.

[SWPhotoImaging]

This link:
http://artshowphoto.com/contents.htm
has links to many resources for art show booth supplies.

[k2tkn]

I'm currently using a borrowed setup, I have been looking seriously at www.propanels.com. The configuration for 10x10 looks to be in the area of $1200, not sure how that fits your budget. They seem to have one of the more professional looking booths of the vendors I reviewed.