Thomas Praxedes is a retired Marine and the founder of Stay Golden Photo Booth, a Marine Corps Veteran and family owned company serving Southern California, including Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside, and San Diego. He helps couples, hosts, and event planners create premium photo booth moments for weddings, corporate events, brand activations, and private parties. With a focus on clean design and easy sharing, we deliver high-quality photos that feel true to your event. We design templates that match your brand or theme. Thomas is hands-on from planning to event day, so the experience feels smooth, fun, and well managed.

He has 9 years of photo booth industry experience and has supported everything from birthdays and holidays to expos, product launches, and high-volume corporate events. Stay Golden Photo Booth earned The Knot Best of Weddings 2025 and WeddingWire Couple’s Choice Awards 2025, and was listed as #1 in Yelp’s “The Best 10 Photo Booth Rentals in Los Angeles.” Our work is backed by 600+ Google reviews and 650+ Yelp reviews. Thomas is known for providing seamless experience, high-quality images with strong lighting, custom overlays and branding, fast setup, trained assistants, and reliable guest flow. He also sets up data capture for activations when you need leads.

As the blog author, he writes guides, tips, and planning how-tos that help you choose the right booth, layout, timing, and add-ons for your event. His advice is shaped by real events for brands like Ralph Lauren, Nike, Disney, Hulu, Warner Bros., Universal Studios, the Los Angeles Clippers, Snapchat, Target, and MLB. To verify claims, we start with real event results, confirm and update pricing with vendors each quarter, and check venue rules when details vary. He keeps language simple, based on what guests actually do at events onsite. There are no affiliate links or paid partners in his content.