I'm the owner of 32North Events — a San Diego business built on two things I love: creating photo booth experiences that feel personal to your celebration, and helping families protect the photographs and home movies that hold their history.
32North started when my best friend was having a baby shower and we thought it would be fun to create a photo booth for the celebration.
What began as one fun idea turned into years of weddings, birthdays, showers, corporate events and celebrations across San Diego. I still love making each booth feel like it belongs at your event — from the backdrop and props to a custom print design your guests actually want to take home.
Memory digitization started closer to home — with my own family. I began scanning and preserving our printed photographs, going as far back as 1910.
Watching my family's eyes light up when they get to see relatives they haven't thought about in years — reliving their childhoods, laughing at old outfits, hearing stories they'd almost forgotten — that's when I understood what this work is really about. It's not just making a digital file. It's watching a memory come back to life.
I want to bring that same joy to other families. Whether it's a shoebox of prints, a stack of negatives, or reels of 8mm film, every collection deserves to be handled with care — because these aren't just images. They're the people and moments that shaped a life.
Photo booths and memory digitization might seem like different worlds — but for me, they're connected by the same idea: giving people something meaningful to hold onto. A print strip from the best night of your life. A digital file of your grandparents on their wedding day. Both are worth keeping.