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Welcome back to the IDIQ podcast, Brock here, and today I am joined by the man, the myth, the legend, Mr. Derrick from Bright Boost. How you doing buddy? Let's go. Doing great, man. How are you? Good. You, you got your branded hat? You know what? I got my branded hat here too. Oh, I love that. Where'd you get yours?
Queensboro. Okay. So have you ever used sticker Mule? You know what Sticker Mule is? No. It's just a website. They make stickers obviously, but they make a lot of other things and they just started doing hats. God. So I got this to try and it turned out okay. And I like the fit of it on my head too, but they'll do, that's pretty like, they'll do these flash sell deals where you can get like 50 stickers for $19.
Uh, I got the hat for $19. They, they do sweatshirts now. They do t-shirts from time to time for nice, like 12 bucks. Sticker Mule, I'll stick sticker Mule. We're not brought to you by Sticker Mule, but we should be Just random. Random stickers, magnets, everything. Yeah. Got it. Cool. So for people who don't know who you are.
You own bright booths. Yeah. Tell us about it. Bright Booth. So we started in 2016, so this is our, it's been 10 years. Yeah, this is our 10th year Brock. What? I cannot believe it. Yeah. We started with one photo booth. I was in Michigan, moved back here and started the business here with the one inflatable bright booth, and we were the first one to have that in the area.
Yeah. If, if you've been to an event and you've seen the inflatable little. Kiosk, you? Mm-hmm. That's you. Yep. There's still nobody else is there? There could be some out there. I won't. But you're the main one. Yeah. We, we started that the og. Yeah. Which was really cool. You'd go in and you're like, what is that?
And you walk inside and it's a photo booth and people still love that tv. It years later to this day it is very, very cool. Yeah, of course we do a lot of other things now, but like that's still the signature booth that people book. So 10 years ago. You move here. Right? Move back. Move back. And what made you want to start a photo booth company?
You know, I was in Michigan. We were there for three years and everywhere we went, pretty much they had a photo booth, but. They were paying. People were lining up and they were paying by the photo, which I had never seen. What? I've never seen that we did that. I think it was like 10 or 15 bucks. You know?
For a photo. For a photo, yes. It's like being on the streets of Las Vegas. They got the 360 boost. Right. Which I know you have. And they charge you $20. Yeah. To get one. One video absolutely 20 bucks and they make a killing and they are not that great. So I was like, okay, I'm paying 10 to 15 bucks for this really cheesy kind of photo, photo booth.
Let me see what I could do. Yeah, so that was the origination of it. Maybe we, uh, get one of your 360, put it on the square in Bentonville or something, or on the, the roof at the ledger and start charging people. 20 bucks to get a picture. You gonna say Vegas? We could do like a Vegas trip and try it out.
Like, yo, we paid a guy 20 bucks on the Vegas trip and you have to use your own phone. Oh yeah. Mm-hmm. No music, right? No. Yep. It's a rip off. Yep. I didn't pay the guy I was with. It was like, oh, we should do this. I'm like. I'll just walk around in a circle and do it for free. Right. I'm guilty. I did it too, bro.
Hell yeah. I did it too. Absolutely. So you started in 2016? Yes. You got one booth? Yes. What was your trajectory like? How did it take off? You're like, I want to do this. 'cause I know you had another job as well. Yes. A day job. And now over the last year you're full time. Absolutely. We're hundred percent. So how'd you get there?
Yeah, great question. We started with one booth, my very first event. Was with the American Cancer Society. Yeah, yeah. And, and the Razorback. So we like our very first event from the beginning. We've got great support from the community. Yes. I just wanna say that this northwest Arkansas community has really supported us, and that, that's what I say is the key to how we got there.
We did that event the next year. Within two years we had three boots. Oh, wow. We had three booths and now we're up to around 12 or 13, a thousand who, who's counting right. A thousand booths. Right. So I love your title on your website. You put your yourself as the Chief Experience Officer. Yeah. You know what, I think that's me too.
Yeah, absolutely. I am the CEO, the Chief Experience Officer. Yeah, because our slogan I don't know what your slogan is, but my slogan is, it's all about the experience. Absolutely. It is all about the experience. And to your point, the leadership should be focused on that. Yeah. It's not the executive, you know, being executive, it's about the guest experience.
Yeah. And that's what we definitely focus on as well. So what do you think separates your company? Bright Boost from just anybody in the industry who has some of the same equipment. Yeah, that's a great question because I think we're facing that now to say, yeah, there are other photo booth options out there today, and everyone knows that there are.
But the difference with us is like, again, back to the experience. Not to just keep saying that, but I think it's really when we are there and when our attendance are there. So totally different experience. Uhhuh and also the solutions that we bring, the technology, if you will, is very different, very cutting edge.
We're always. Chasing, if you want to say, looking for the next thing that really enhances that experience for the guests. Oh, 100%. And that was put on display recently at a wedding show when I went up to your boy, Noah. Yes. Yeah. And he goes, Hey, I want you to try this. I go, okay. I walk over there and he is like, you just take your picture.
You put your head in this little frame here. Yes. And then it, you pick out the sketch you want and it hand draws. A sketch. Yes. On a piece of photo paper. Yeah. So cool. Yeah. Thank you. Nobody else is doing that. Nobody's doing that. Thanks for trying that. Making that and the fact that like. A photo booth. I can take a picture.
I can get it sent to me. Sure. I can get it printed. Yeah. I'm not talking about it like I'm talking about this. Yeah. A week, two weeks, a month later. Absolutely. You know, something that lasts and the other cool part to that. See, I'm your biggest fan here. Yeah. I just tell people everything. Thank you. Not only did, did you get the sketch that you can hang up on your wall or whatever it emailed you.
A picture of that sketch and a gif of it. Creating that sketch. Yes. Which is super cool. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. So you get the digital form that you can post on social, but then you have the hand print and you're like, it's a drawing. Absolutely. Of you. I love it. And what you're describing, if you're thinking about a bride or anybody doing a nonprofit event or corporate event, that's what they want.
They want people to actually come and use, experience the photo or video experience, but take it away. They want them to think about it and think about a brand Uhhuh. They want them to think about their brand and that experience. If you think about a bride, there's like, we had the best wedding. Look at this thing we got.
Yeah, the tangible thing. That's the experience that they really, even though they may not say that, but that's what they really want. Like I hung mine up on our, uh, fridge. Yeah. And I don't do that with all my photos. I got a whole, uh, that's awesome. Whole area down here with just photos from events and weddings.
Yeah. I'm sure you really don't post those. Yeah. But the sketch one was so cool. I'm like, you gotta display this thing. Yeah. Just like the inflatable I talked about. We're the first to market with that. We're the first one in north this Arkansas uhhuh, I think even in this area to have it. But that's what we do.
We're looking for the next experience that we can offer for people to say, just like you just described it, for people to come to our event to say, yeah, we got this thing. It was the coolest event. Yeah. You know, experience. So you have a background in branding and experiential marketing. How do you think that, uh, background changes the way you approach, you know, a wedding or party compared to a traditional photo booth rental company?
Yeah, great question. I think it really starts from the beginning. So when you think about a brand and branding and everyone has a brand, I mean, you have a personal brand. When you have a wedding, there's a brand that you have uhhuh, what venue you choose, what DJ you choose, what photo booth is really gone up.
Paint the brand for the people that remember you for either your corporate event, like I said, or even like a wedding. Yeah, yeah. It's really about branding and all the elements of that, whether it's, you know, tone and voice or color, logo, things like that. Really. Paint the picture of that you want your brand to be for whatever event, right there he is.
Oh, and you've done so many cool events. You're not only in northwest Arkansas, but you go to Texas. You've been all over the country. Yes. So you did an event at Cowboy Stadium. Yeah. That was really cool. Tell us about that. Yeah, that was great. That was the first one we did. This is with an organization called All Pro Dad and shout out to all Pro Dad.
Yeah, but they travel around the country. I think we did seven locations last year, including Cowboys Stadium. We were at Panthers Stadium. Oh, that's cool. Tampa Bay Buccaneers And they just travel around. It's all about Dad. So it's sponsors a sponsored event by Sam's Club. Tyson. Yeah. Colgate. But yeah, we, we were able to go around and we had three sixties there, had dads with their children experiencing.
360 and, and capturing those members memories forever. So you're not only a dad, you're now a grandpa. Ah, now you're dad. And you look at you and you're like, there's no way this guy's old enough to be a grandpa. But you were 13 when you had your first kid, right? Yeah, I'm 14. Honest. You are a grandpa. Yeah.
What and what's that life like? Bro? It's the best thing ever. Yeah. I always heard about the stories, you know, with the grandkids. People would say, yeah, we are moving. To where the grandkids. I'm like, why would you ever do that? Yeah, I'm gonna be there. We're trying to get my parents to, to move back. They will.
Oh yeah. If you talk about the grandkids. Oh, they, they don't care about us. Nah, it's all the grandkids. It's like, yeah, we and my grandparents did the same thing when I was a certain age. They moved from four or five hours away. Yeah. To live closer. It was the best thing they could have done. Absolutely.
According to them. Mm-hmm. Because they got to see us play all our sports. Yes. I got to stay at my grandparents' house. I actually lived with them for a little while. Yeah. During college and got to spend those. Formative years with my grandma, my grandpa, which was great. I was raised by my grandparents from Okay.
Yeah. So that, so you know how important Absolutely. Grandparents are. Absolutely. Yes. Are you the cool granddad? Like, what do they call you? So she's not talking yet, but maybe, I think she said pop. I, I heard it. That was her first word. We can go on record and say pop was her first word. Pop. Yeah. What does your wife wanna be called?
She wants to be called. Oh, what's her? Uh, Lita. Okay, so like Aita? Yeah, so she's Mexican, so Aita, but that's sort of the old school, but just Lita. Okay. I like that. My, my parents are mom, pa. Yeah, because my daughter, who was the first grandkid, couldn't say grandma, grandpa, which is what I wanted them to be called, but Ma Paul.
And then my wife's parents are Pop, pop. And. Mama, I think. Yeah. PopPop. And then my daughter's other parents were Poppy and Mimi. Oh, I believe. I don't remember. So they had their own unique ones. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Good. You get Yeah, I've, I've heard so many random ones, but at first my mom was like, I don't wanna be a mall.
I'm too young to be a mall. Right. She's a ma. I'm too young to be grandpa too, so Yeah. Pop. Yeah. Yeah. That could go. What about Gramps? Not yet. Not, not yet. Yeah. You know, I have to say this too. I did a, a test and not, not a, a, we're not sponsored by Hume Scale, but I did the Hume Scale. Have you heard about that?
No. What is that? Yep. So it, it does like the metrics you can get on there, you hold it and it's doing a lot of biometrics. Uhhuh, it said, my. My actual agent, I'm happy to say this, my actual age is 53 Uhhuh, but my biological age is 39. Let's go. Yeah, bro. So wait, is it the one that you hold out to the side?
Yeah. And does your body composition too, right? Yeah, I have that. You got it? I don't, I don't know. Mine was younger as well. Yeah, of course. I think mine was in the thirties. Yeah. Yeah. So I think even the industry that we're in it, it's keeping us young man. It has to, it's keeping us healthy. That's why I had a kid at 42.
Right. So, so you would And he does keep me young that Yeah. It keeps me on my toes. That's too. Absolutely. You have an AI booth. Yes. Getting back to your photo booth. Yeah. It's super fascinating. It transforms your guests into like avatars or futuristic portraits, which is really cool. The AI feature Yeah.
Part of things these days. Yeah. Is super neat. Absolutely. I think in the age of ai, uhhuh, we are in the age of ai. That's what we really wanted to bring to the photo booth. Experience to say, yeah, you can kind of do that outside the photo booth, but you can do it in the photo booth as well. And it's really about that live, you know, making it personalized too.
You can put your name like certain things. Yeah. That you can actually customize it even for weddings or we can customize as whatever theme or brand that they have. But yeah, definitely the ai, I think, uh, you know, of course it's funny. AI is not perfect. It's still learning. Oh, yes. And there are, you know, there have been times where yes, go like, that doesn't look like me.
And I go, well that's good because we don't have the copyrights to you. 'cause you are unique. There you go. God made you, oh, there you go. You did not recreate you. There you go. So you also have the glam bot. Yes. What's the glam bot for people who are like, what's a glam bot? Yeah, it, it's pretty unique.
Brought, brought the first one to this area as well. So if you think about the Oscars and the red carpet experience, it's really that when they go there and you, you probably seen the guy with the hair. I don't uhhuh, I don't have any hair. I'll take no hair off. But, uh, that's why you're wearing the hat. No hair.
But he's the, he's the glam B guy. But we have that experience where you're essentially doing a lot of moves and actions and slowing you down with a very. High quality lighting for a nice video that you can share. It's really cool the experience that it, it comes with when it's done. Yeah. How many of those do you book?
Do you book quite a few or are still, are people still getting into, oh, what is this? We gotta have this. Yeah. So learning about it, just like a lot of trends, this is probably on the beginning side of a trend, if you will. Yeah. And, and making it really accessible. I think that's the thing. The Oscars, like that whole thing that's, that's way up there.
I'm not, I'm not talking price, but that's way up there. But you know, I wanted to bring that same experience and make it affordable and accessible. Yeah. People are now knowing God, we can have that experience now. We're gonna do it. Um, so we we're seeing, um, that sort of ramp up, you know, just like the 360 booths that, you know, are really hot and it still is hot.
Glam bot is on the beginning of that. Yeah. Yep. And what's really cool about your industry is you get a digital side of it as well, so people can share it on social. Tag you or your logo's already on it. And then when people see it, they're like, that is so cool. Oh, that came from Bright Boost. Yeah, we got an event coming up.
We gotta hire them. Absolutely. I love to take, so it's a built in social part. Yeah, I think it absolutely is. That social piece that is incorporated and I think that's really important for people and even for when you think, you mentioned branding, like that piece of it that says, yeah, this is user generated content that they then get.
Digitally and they share it. So if you're a brand, like they're sharing that organically. Oh yeah. You are Like others, you know, you want to say, we had the best wedding, we had the best event. And you're, that's all right there in the digital aspects of it. So you, do you think people are moving away from the physical copies?
Photo booths and stuff and more to the digital or what are you seeing? You know, what I'm seeing is coming back. The, the physical stuff. Yeah, the physical, the tangible things. People want that now, and we kind of seen a lot still with the physical prints, but even extending now to say we want key chains and we'll be offering the key chains.
Oh, wow. But you know, back in the day you had the button buttons. Yeah. You know your picture on that. But we, we can take it another level to say, let's make it. Personalized, like with your name. Oh, wow. With your photo. People want that tangible thing again. Now, that's the, there was a, a, a lady at the, the, the, um, wedding show we recently did together.
Yes. Did she give you a magnet? Had the magnet, yeah. Yeah. And I love that she came up and she gave me a branded, my logo, branded magnet. Your logo. And I'm like, yeah, I didn't know who she was. Yeah. But she. Saw all the vendors, got all the logos and create. I'm like, this is cool. So we put it on our fridge and my son will take it down and go, dad, you, dad you.
I'm like, that's so cool. That is me. Yeah, definitely the market. My son knows my marketing. Yes, it worked. So my youngest daughter or my daughter, my only daughter, when she was three, I got a video of us laying in bed. I'm like, what's your daddy's full name? And she goes. Brock Entertainment, sir. They're like, not necessarily.
You got the first part, right? Well, that's your middle name entertainment, right? Yeah. Short. Short. There you go. So now my son just knows the logo and he is like, dad, you, you, yes, son. Yeah. I think that's, but marketing's working, marketing is working. It's that tangible piece that Yeah. That, you know, you, you see it after the event.
Yeah. Yeah. It's great to have it. Digitally, but it's on your phone forever and you may not ever true pull it out or email. Like yeah, that's great too. But like the physical piece is definitely coming back. So in the last year or so you've rebranded. Yes. You got a new logo, everything. Yeah. I think the biggest piece is what you just said.
I. Our logo actually had the bright booth in it, which might make you think that's all that we do. True. Yeah. Actually I was, I had a conversation. I'm gonna meet with her. Shout out to Amanda Re, she was like, I didn't know you had the glam bar. Like all these things, because the branding might indicate Yeah, we just do the inflatable booth and so we took the service or the physical part off to say, yeah, we're bright boosting.
We do more than just that. Absolutely. So when you meet with Amanda. Your first question should be, Hey, why don't you co-host, I do IQ with Brock anymore? And then she'd be like, oh, did he ask you to say that? And you say, well, I was just, I listen and I just was wondering and then say, and. On the Brock issue, why won't you message him back?
Okay, I will. I'll do it. I'll let you know how that turns out. I messaged her several times. Amanda, I'm calling you out. I've messaged her several times over the last month like questions too. Yeah, she will not message me back. She's busy, bro. I thought she was mad. I said, I wanna give you a million dollars.
Do you want a million dollars? No message. I think it's maybe going to her spam. Yeah, I think that's, or she's got me blocked. This is spam issue, Brock in spa folder. But she was the first person to co-host this. Yeah. Like it was her and I together. I remember that. And then she got busy and she just got too cool for me.
We love her. And now I'm just, she still loves you, bro. She's like, Brock, who I, I don't. Never seen, never met this guy. She's still your girl. Oh my gosh. Come on, Amanda. You do a lot of corporate activations. Yes. Which the corporate side is a lot of fun. Yes. Uh, what's the most creative way a company has used your boost to capture and to brand their messages?
What do you think? What do you like? That is a really good question. I will say the most creative way. So far, and it's, it's, it was a sponsored event, so I will say that's corporate and, and a nonprofit is the trading cards. Oh, yes, I did see that. Yeah. And even the AI trading card, that is super cool. I think that's the most creative so far.
The trading card is cool. Actually, I take that back. Walmart did a trading card for their Associates week as well, so they were, you know, yeah. They bring the best and brightest to Northwest Arkansas. We called it for shareholders. For shareholders, yeah. Yeah. And uh, we called it the. We had a creative name for it too, but they loved it.
I mean, people were, that is really, really cool. They were like, you know they do the bus tour? Yeah. And you got like maybe two minutes per place. Uhhuh. They were saying, you can, you can take the bus 'cause I want to do this. I walk, you know, it was a big hit. Yeah. How many of those did you have to print? So we did about 2200 of those.
Woo. And what do they print on? So they print on the regular. Paper, but then we actually cut it and put it in a trading card. Like a real, you know, back in the day. Like it's a card. Yeah. Like trading card, card stock Yeah. Type thing. That is really neat. Physical. Oh, I love that. I'm sorry. The physical case.
Yeah, the trading card. Oh, that's cool. Yeah, absolutely. That is a unique experience that they'll remember forever. Forever. Yep. Coming from northeast Arkansas in Bentonville. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Speaking of your design process, I, I read a review where a bride admitted she was your most particular bride yet. Oh, yeah.
Regarding the design of her, her photo strip. Mm-hmm. So how. Does that process work, the design work, all that kind of stuff? Yeah. And that's the part we love and I think, you know, sets us apart because yeah, we have many, many templates to start with Uhhuh. Okay. Probably way too many. Right. But then once they select one, we really customize it to their liking and we can do multiple iterations of that just to make sure they're happy and, uh, you know.
I don't remember exactly that she was the most particular, but yeah, they're all particular. Absolutely. We want like, we want this color, we want that, we want this change. It, absolutely. Yeah. We used to offer, uh, when they would have them, I don't think you can do 'em anymore. Snapchat filters, all filters. Yep.
Yep. Four weddings. It was an add-on feature and we design 'em. If you remember how they work, everybody listening, you get like 4, 5, 6, 7 hours and you put their parameter around where the event is, and then when you're using Snapchat and you're scrolling through. Their template would come up and you could use it.
Yeah. So it was cool, but I think they stopped offering that. Gotcha. Because we don't Yeah. Upsell that anymore. But yeah, it's a cool feature. We really like the customization that said, this is personal. Yeah. Personalized. It's not like the other wedding, just this happened, you know, two weeks at this same event.
Right. This venue. So there's a lot of. Technical stuff that goes into your business. Mm-hmm. Have you ever had any like crazy meltdowns or crazy technical glitches that you're like, ah, what do I do? Yes. And how do you handle those? Yes, I've seen it all and I tell people that Start with us new. If it's gonna, if it's technology, it's gonna break.
It's not a failure, but it's all about how you respond to your, to your question, I'm a technology person by heart, even by education. I'm a com computer nerd, if you wanna say computer science. So I get technology. And so I get the basic aspects of, you know, the layers of technology and where they might break and we've seen it.
I will say the biggest one, and, and I'll, I'll shout out to my, my friend bro j Candler out there. I was at an event in Springdale football game. We were there. One thing that sometimes trips you up is the internet access. Yes. And software sometimes doesn't behave properly if it doesn't have the internet access.
Right. And so basically I had a booth, it was a cheer like pro I'm sorry, what do you call it? Fundraiser. Oh, okay. So they were like, have people line up to make money. The booth software could not get his license. Oh, so it was, it was doing the pictures, but it was saying, you know, this is not authorized.
Like it was bad. And so I literally, and it, it didn't have the access. I had to have my friend bring a physical other booth that was validated with the software license to the event. Oh man. The worst. A physical software breakdown because of the lack of internet to get the proper access to the software.
Yeah. Internet can be, can be bad. Yeah. That's why DJing wise, we'll get that question sometimes. Hey, if you don't have internet, are you okay? I am like, yeah, we have everything saved offline. We have all the music. We do not rely on the internet. For our music until you haven't done this, I'm sure, but I've seen it.
It's the worst. It tries to do Windows update. Oh, oh man. You turn off those auto updates auto in the middle, your screen goes black and you're like, what happened? Updating could take 20 minutes. You're like, no, this bad. No. You see thousands of guests interacting with your tech every month. What is one trend?
That is timeless in that one trend that could be on its way out, that you think? Mm, that's a good question. I think the timeless, and maybe it's the technology too, is the black and white glam, you know? Oh, that is nice. Kardashian glam. I think that definitely is one, uh, that people are, and it's, I think it's timeless, you know?
Yeah. Black and white, you know, they can look at that years from now and it's gonna be timeless. I would say that. Probably, maybe the duck lips are kind of going out. Going out the kiss duck lip. Yeah, I hope, hope so. I hope so. That was never a good trend, please. Ugh. All right. For a couple or a wedding planner working with the tight budget, which of your experiences gives the biggest bang for the buck?
In terms of guest engagement, I love that question because we do, one of, part of our mission is to serve as many people as possible. Yes. Meaning from the most economically budgeted bride to the, you know, the biggest. Budget that you might have from a corporate event, Uhhuh, anything in between, we wanna serve people.
So to answer that, I would say we have a drop off service. We call it our bright light solo. And it's key because it affords us to be able to drop that off and lower the cost for people. So you still get that experience, you still get the experience. Now you can add on things like prints, but the digital is the start.
Yeah. But maybe that's all they can, you know, kind of, if you wanna say. Afford or able to pay for. But they get a great experience. And in fact, to your point about the biggest bang for the buck, we probably see more people using that than anything. 'cause you can imagine me, you know, standing there kind of as a security guard and people may not want to come over there a little bit hesitant.
But if it's just a open booth and they can do whatever they want to do, people probably use that more than the attended booth. And we'll take more pictures. Oh, I didn't like that one. Let's do it again. Yeah. And they don't feel pressured by the security guard over here. You know, it, it sometimes it, the is a built in babysitter, you know, for kids to come over and they can use it all day.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just don't take a picture at the photo booth. That's cool. Yeah. Yeah. I, I definitely am one of those guys. Yeah. I go absolute wide open. Nobody's over there. Wow. And you take it until you're satisfied. That's like, Nope, that wasn't a good picture. Take. Do it again. Do it again. All right. I got some rapid fire questions for you real fast.
Okay. What is the most popular prop in your inventory right now, bro? Bruh. Bruh that the bra prop. Okay. You're just holding up a sign that says, bruh? Yeah, that and thicker than a snicker. Oh, really? Yeah. Okay. All right. Hey, if you could run a glam bot experience for any celebrity or historical figure, who would it be and why?
Anybody. You can't say Jesus Christ. That doesn't, that doesn't count. Don't say Jesus. Yeah. That's the given. That's a good one. Mm. I would say the rock. 'cause people tell me the rock me. Yeah. He, he, you know, big dude and you guys are related, right? We look a little bit, I think he in Blood, you know, somebody like that.
Okay. Yeah, that would be fun. Yeah. That'd be a fun experience. What's the one song that when it plays at a reception, you know, the photo booth line is going to get long. Is there a song or one that you would choose? Oh, that's an interesting question because. If it's a good song, they are gonna be on the dance floor.
That's true. You want to be brought the where the party's attainment with the party, so it's probably the worst song. Yeah. Well, it's the worst song that could be played. Maybe a slow song. A slow song. Slow song. Yeah. You know, you got the party going and you got the people on the dance floor. Yeah. Not you.
And then you put that slow song in there because somebody requests, or the bride wants it. Yeah. They come to the photo booth. Yeah. Yep. It's, that's it. Like, all right, now it's time to refill your drinks and get a picture at the photo booth. That's right. And what is your favorite filter to use on yourself?
Myself. Yeah. Mm. I like there's one, like a, almost like your screen, like a multicolored hue, uhhuh. My, I have a profile picture like that. Oh, nice. Yeah. Mm-hmm. That would be it. Okay. Do you ever use the, uh, AI filters on yourself? All the time. Does it make you look like yourself or does it skew it? I kinda wanted to skew it, you know, a little bit to enhance a little bit.
I wanna look more like the rock. I look that good. I've done some pictures on AI using like Gemini or chat, GBT, Uhhuh, and you look at it, you're like, that's not me at all. That doesn't even close to me. Close. I've done another one where I, I took all the photos of my family and I said, Hey, all right. Create a family photo.
Yeah. And it created one. Some of the family looked similar, but I'm sitting on a couch. My wife's standing behind me and next to me is some random lady. Oh yeah, girl. And my wife has her hand on her shoulder and then my other family's there and whatever. And my wife goes, who's the girl? I'm like, it's the ghost.
I have no idea. Interesting. That's the fun part about, yeah, you just gotta roll with that. Like, that's hilarious. She wasn't even supposed to be in the picture. But she is, I have no idea who she is. Yeah. I don't know. I love her. It doesn't matter. Maybe she's somebody we'll meet. I don't know. It is fun. Yeah, absolutely.
Ah, so weddings are your thing. Corporate are your thing. What's the plan for Bright Boost in the next 10 years? Yeah, I think it's really thinking about the future of where the photo and video industry is going, Uhhuh and really helping to. Lead that in northwest Arkansas because Yeah, definitely when we think about the services we offer today, in 10 years, they may be there, but there's gonna be something that we can't even imagine.
Right? And that's what's so exciting about what I do and technology. I think that's really s. In 10 years, staying ahead of technology and really bringing those things to this area so we can experience them. Yeah. Even since you started, there's been the 360 boosts that have come up. Yeah, the glam bots, the AI stuff, so yeah, in the next 10 years.
You might not even have to be at the event to get the pictures, you know, just, just imagine It's done, it's done right. And my biological age will be about 50, so maybe that's when I'll really be done. You'll still, yeah. I gotta look at my biological age like. You might look 40, but you're actually 70. Oh Lord, your body's a 70-year-old.
Like, oh geez. Time to retire. Well, Derek, where can we find you? How can we book you all the stuff? Yeah, definitely find us on our website, bright boots.com, Instagram bright boots, photo boost, all of that, and definitely would love the book for any type of event. When you think about photos or videos. We got you.
Yeah. If you're looking to take your event to the next level and you've hired Brock Entertainment and you have that piece and you got the best wedding planner and you got the best venue, you need the best photo booth. Absolutely. And Bright Boost will take care of you. Stay tuned some things to come with Brock Entertainment in place.
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