Photobooth DIY with Raspberry Pi for beginners
Tags: Photobooth, Beginner, Raspberry Pi, DIY, Tutorial

This project is available here (especially for source code): https://gitlab.com/Kerial/photobooth

For the french version, it’s here : https://medium.com/@kerialdract/photobooth-diy-avec-raspberry-pi-pour-d%C3%A9butants-972c033d191c

The project

I wanted to create a Photobooth and thus bought a Raspberry Pi 3B+.

I looked over the Internet and found some tutorials, but they were never for total beginners as I was. Finally, I found some base code, changed and improved it in my way and reached my goal.

The aim of this project is to explain step-by-step how to build a Photobooth with all details and pictures.

With this DIY photobooth, all is stored on Raspberry Pi and you can for now :

take a photo

see previous photos

print a specific photo

Furnitures

Electronics

A Raspberry Pi (I bought a 3B+, but this should work with lower, but I’m not an expert so, it’s at your risk).

Personally, I bought the starter kit there

81,95 €

Personally, I bought the starter kit there A Camera module.

I bought this one

16.63€

(If you want to take photo by night, you can find camera with night vision.)

I bought this one (If you want to take photo by night, you can find camera with night vision.) Jump wires + breadboard

3 female — male

2 male — male

It’s not expensive, you better buy some jump wires of different kind for future projects.

I bought jumper wires there

My advice: go over AliExpress and find a kit with breadboard + jump wires + some stuff for future projects, like this one

5€ and you have other stuff

3 female — male 2 male — male It’s not expensive, you better buy some jump wires of different kind for future projects. I bought jumper wires there My advice: go over AliExpress and find a kit with breadboard + jump wires + some stuff for future projects, like this one and you have other stuff A remote control

At the beginning, I bought this

Finally, I just use the remote control and not the receptor, so you should better find just a remote control with buttons (4 for me) in 315/433 MHz.

Like this one

2€

At the beginning, I bought this Finally, I just use the remote control and not the receptor, so you should better find just a remote control with buttons (4 for me) in 315/433 MHz. Like this one The 433 MHz receptor

For the receptor, I didn’t found what I was looking for on AliExpress, so I bought it on Amazon

You perhaps want to change frequency or use a remote control or receptor you already have. If so, you just have to get the good pair remote control / receptor to do the job.

7,99€

Others

A screen and its cables (power and HDMI (or VGA/DVI + adapter)).

Mine was of 44,7 cm (width) * 34,7 cm (height).

Its stand is 5 cm on front and sizes 20 cm in total.

See the picture ./assets/screen_dimensions.png for better understanding.

Mine was of 44,7 cm (width) * 34,7 cm (height). Its stand is 5 cm on front and sizes 20 cm in total. See the picture ./assets/screen_dimensions.png for better understanding. A wood plank

Mine was of 120 cm (width) * 60 cm (height) * 1,7cm (thickness)

12€

Mine was of 120 cm (width) * 60 cm (height) * 1,7cm (thickness) A printer

Mine is a Canon Selphy CP1300

Material

A jigsaw (easier for cutting the plank, but a regular saw could do the job)

A cylinder saw (and a screw-gun for the rotation)

Mine was of 22 mm of diameter

Mine was of 22 mm of diameter A hammer

Some nails

Total without Raspberry Pi : 44€

Total with Raspberry Pi : 126€

Realisation

As you can see on these pictures :