We’re bringing a little more Hip to the West Coast.
Hip Image is excited to announce the launch of our Vancouver division, expanding our signature photo experiences into one of Canada’s most dynamic event markets.
For more than a decade, Hip Image has worked with organizations to turn photos into experiences—creating customized activations that engage guests, bring brands to life and give people something they actually want to share and keep. Now, we’re bringing that same creativity, quality and hands-on approach to corporate, campus and community events across Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.
“We’ve had Vancouver on our radar for a long time, so we’re incredibly excited to finally make this expansion happen,” says Hip Image co-owner Jo Williams. “There are so many great brands, organizations, universities and events in Vancouver, and we see a huge opportunity to bring the kind of creative, highly customized photo experiences Hip Image is known for to a whole new market.”
As an Indigenous-owned business, we’re also proud that our Vancouver expansion will reflect an important part of who we are. We’ll be building our Vancouver presence with Indigenous staff as part of our local team and look forward to creating new relationships and opportunities in the region.
“We’re really proud of how Hip Image has grown and especially excited to expand our Indigenous-owned business into Vancouver,” says Williams. “We’re not just bringing our equipment to a new city—we’re building a local team, creating opportunities and developing relationships. That’s a really exciting part of this next chapter for us.”
Our Vancouver division will launch with our Photo Booth experiences, but if you know Hip Image, you know that “photo booth” can mean a lot more than standing in front of a backdrop and smiling for the camera.
Every activation can be customized to the event, audience and brand—from the look and feel of the experience to branded photo overlays, backdrops, props and creative concepts.
Vancouver clients will have access to a range of options, including:
And because Hip Image has always been about the experience as much as the technology, our Vancouver activations will come with the same attention to detail, creative direction and guest engagement our clients have come to expect.
“Expanding into Vancouver feels like a natural next step for Hip Image,” says co-owner Monique de St. Croix. “We’ve spent years refining not only our technology, but how we create an experience around it. We’re incredibly excited about the team we’re building in Vancouver and the opportunity to introduce Hip Image to new clients, communities and partners.”
Our focus has always been on creating photo experiences that do more than document an event.
A great activation draws people in. It starts conversations. It gives guests a reason to participate. It reinforces a brand or theme without feeling like advertising. And, when it’s done well, the photos continue to live long after the event itself—on social feeds, in offices, on fridges and, yes, sometimes even framed on desks.
That’s the sweet spot Hip Image has built its business around.
Whether you’re organizing a corporate event, conference, campus celebration, community event or brand activation, we’d love to hear what you’re planning and explore how Hip Image can be part of it.
Get in touch with the Hip Image team to book your Vancouver photo activation or start creating something completely customized for your event.
