Chris Hampton started his own photography business when he was just 23.

Chris Hampton started his own photography business when he was just 23.

In the 17 years that followed, he dabbled in a variety of businesses including the Vaudeville Cafe in downtown Chattanooga, which he still owns. His latest project, Boogie Heads, is beginning to take off.

“Vaudeville Cafe is our main bread and butter,” he said. “I’m often doing these goofy things on the side, but this is the best goofy thing I’ve done.”

Mr. Hampton, 40, said Boogie Heads is an entertainment company that sells green-screen equipment that allows people to be filmed while their heads are superimposed on top of a pre-recorded backdrop of dancing bodies. The business owner said the venture is appropriately named for the dancing heads.

He said it is a big hit at almost any party.

Mr. Hampton will have a Boogie Heads rig on display today at the Chattanooga Convention Center for UniFest and in June at the Riverbend Festival.

Mr. Hampton said he has about $100,000 invested in the company and has sold more than 20 Boogie Head rigs at between $20,000 to $24,000 to customers worldwide, including Arizona, New Mexico, Indiana, Japan, Israel and France.

“Boogie heads has really taken the forefront with things,” he said, noting that Boogie Heads has been featured on MSNBC’s “The Big Idea” with Donny Deutsch.

Barbara Harrell, of Las Cruces, N.M., purchased a Boogie Heads rig from Mr. Hampton in 2007 with two friends and launched Take One Entertainment, which entertains at parties with the Boogie Heads.

“It’s going well, and it is a lot of fun,” she said, adding that they entertained children of the Dallas Cowboys football players at the team Christmas party.

Diane Kemp hired Mr. Hampton with his equipment to entertain at her husband’s 40th birthday party in April.

She said Boogie Heads was a big hit.

“I got more e-mails and notes from people who said they had so much fun,” she said. “It was just a crowd pleaser. It really got people out of their seats.”

Mr. Hampton said Boogie Heads appeals to almost any group.

“People who are otherwise shy can come out of their shells and sit down and do it,” he said. “It’s good for all ages.”