Five Years of Fun! - Flashworks Photobooth

What sets Flashworks apart?
Thanks for your considerdation!
Thank-you for the invitation and consideration to be included
investigating this corner of the market. We would be honoured
in your Little Black Book. I know that in wedding related indus-
to be listed alongside your other esteemed vendors as you de-
tries, the sheer numbers of vendors in any given field seem lim-
velop relationships with quality service providers in Canada.
•Our custom built photobooths are unique and one of a kind, just like
our clients’ events
•All we do is photobooths. We are not DJs, photographers, or
videographers (although having skills in some of those areas helps).
itless and we greatly appreciate your time in researching and
We are a specialized service and masters of our craft.
Biographical Sketch
•We have made the decision to “limit” our operations to 4 active
photobooths in order to maintain our high quality and superb levels
of customer service. An exemplary service and reputation at a fair
Please permit me to introduce myself. My name is Stephan
price is more important to us than the largest margin possible.
Bodnar and I am the owner and Director of Flashworks Photo-
•We are highly flexible and customizable. We love learning our client’s
booth Inc. I’m am a husband and proud father of three: one
vision for their events. Although we don’t necessarily list every option
daughter and two sons.
or possibility on our website, we’re happy to work with our clients to
For me personally, Flashworks is the perfect union of my skills.
make their vision a reality.
With a Bachelor of Design degree from the University of Al-
•We’re not afraid to go outside our comfort zone. Want a booth
berta, this 4 year program honed my eye and understanding
in Northern Alberta, BC, Saskatchewan or Yellowknife (NWT)? We
in terms of composition, colour theory, imagery and typogra-
made it happen. Want your guests to see live photos from the booth
phy and put it into practice via print and web design, pho-
on an outdoor jumbotron? We’ll look into it for you!
tography and industrial design. And being as comfortable
•We’ve never missed or cancelled a booking. When we commit to
with words as with Photoshop, I tried to paint a picture of our
services on our website, along with vivid illustrations of choice
selections of events that clients have invited us to. From the
start, I created Flashworks Photobooth to be a unique service
something, we always carry through. And if we can’t do it right,
Fond Memories
we’d rather not do it at all.
that respected the vision of each client and that didn’t ap-
We have been to a lot of events over the last 5 years but to date, our most mem-
ply a cookie cutter to their event. This starts with our one-of-
orable event has been Kelly and Brian’s wedding in Calgary’s Spruce Meadows.
a-kind booths, each of which I’ve personally built with style
and elegance in mind to compliment modern venues and décor. This “unique”
approach continues through the design of the custom event graphic (not template driven) for the prints, and the header and online gallery graphics.
Examples of our custom
designed print graphics
No expense was spared for this extraordinary event. As the bride’s mother,
Nancy Southern is the ATCO CEO and owner of Spruce Meadows, the décor, lighting, and AV began its assemblage
a week before the actual event. The DJ was flown in
Although our first event was on August 15th, 2009 for my sister in law’s wedding,
from Toronto while the nine members of Kevin Costner’s
it wasn’t until the winter that we really launched ourselves into the world at our first
band, Modern West, were also flown in from each of the
bridal show. As a unique and innovative service in Alberta at the time, our only
states they resided in.
booth rapidly booked up and within half a year I was building a second booth
and hiring our first part-time staff. In 2011, I relinquished a full time senior design
position to dedicate my time exclusively to Flashworks and haven’t looked back
since. The construction of a third booth soon followed, with a fouth in 2012. More
recently, we’ve just wrapped up a successful Christmas season and have plans
for a fresh booth and a new website in the first quarter of 2015. We’ve also just become accredited by the Better Business Bureau for central and northern Alberta.
As you can imagine, the décor was absolutely fantastic
with no one table having the same style, yet they all fit together into the theme beautifully. The four course meal was
another high point, the most memorable portion of which
was the 400+ individual equestrian-style ice sculpture champagne sorbet palate cleansers, each with an LED light embedded within.
Flashworks Photobooth was privileged to be asked to provide two
booths for the reception; a standard booth and a green-screen with
Just wanted to send out a huge THANK YOU to all of you for helping out
background images from a variety of locations where the young couple
with the good times at our wedding…The photobooth was a hit, to say the
had traveled. Needless to say, it was high praise to be included in an event
least! I would highly recommend your service to anyone! Thanks for your reg-
where any company in Canada could have been brought in. We were told in
ular communication prior to the event, and your professionalism throughout!
confidence later by the event coordinator that we were the best photobooth
~ Jennifer M ~
service that she had seen.
Five Years of Fun!
Thank-you once again for your consideration. Please enjoy the following spread
with a selection of images depicting the fun we’ve had over the last five years.
“Speedy” striking a pose at
the 2014 Calgary Pet Expo
Our 3rd year at the Canadian
Country Music Awards
Flashworks’ branded USB flashdrive and debossed pouch
Guests posed at the booth trying
to emulate the marketing posters
Elegant leather album with event
specific, custom designed graphic
Our set-up at the 2014 Bridal
Fantasy tradeshow
An Edmonton “Wintercity” event
featuring our green-screen and
social media upload station
Rental at the Banff Springs
Hotel for an upscale wedding