When I open up photo booth, it just freezes and then lags. Need Help!!

Ever since I upgraded to Lion, my photobooth freezes upon opening. It's begining to really annoying. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

(1) First, restart your Mac and test again.  If the problem remains:
• Use the  > Software Update... menu command to be sure
    your Apple software is up to date.  Then test PB again. 
    If your Mac still does not work correctly, continue.
• Use Disk Utility to repair permissions and then
   download and apply the 10.7.2 Combo Update:
     http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1459
• Repair permissions again immediately following the system restart
   that completes the Combo update.
Properly applying the Combo version of updates sometimes
corrects strange problems.  If not, try (2) below.
(2) This takes longer, but it may be necessary to correct the problem.
Start here if you need help with this step: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
• First try using Lion Recovery to repair your disk.  Then test again. 
• If repair does not correct the trouble, your initial Lion install may have
  been faulty.  You will need to reinstall Lion to correct a faulty installation.
When the reinstall is complete, if your  > About this Mac menu command
does not show version 10.7.2, Mac apply the Combo update again as above.
After you have reinstalled and updated Lion, do NOT reinstall any third party
software, at least until you have tested PB and have it working properly. 
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