How to collect wedding photos from guests, and actually get them.
Six steps, most of them before the day.
- Create the event before the day
Set up the event a few weeks out. Add the venue, timings and dress code so the same link is useful before the wedding as well as during it.
- Download the QR code
Get it as PNG for quick prints or SVG for your stationer. Test it with your own phone before you print fifty.
- Put the code where people sit and arrive
Table cards, the order of service and a sign by the door. Three places is enough; guests only need to see it once.
- Have it mentioned once in the speeches
One sentence from whoever is speaking doubles uploads. Most guests will scan it there and then.
- Approve uploads in the evening
On Moment and above, open the queue on your phone and approve the good ones. It takes minutes and nothing appears that you have not seen.
- Share the gallery the morning after
The same link opens the album. Send it once, download the ZIP for yourselves, and let guests take what they like.
The usual methods, and why they leak.
- A wedding hashtag
Half your guests have private accounts, the other half forget the spelling, and the photos stay on Instagram.
- A shared Google Drive or Dropbox folder
Guests need an account, the link gets lost in a group chat, and someone always deletes something by accident.
- Disposable cameras on the tables
Twenty-four shots each, most of them blurry, and a fortnight before you see any of them.
- A WhatsApp group
Photos arrive compressed, out of order, and mixed in with two hundred messages.
Three steps. About four minutes.
Create the event
Name it, date it, pick a theme. The site is live at its own address straight away.
Put the code on the tables
Download the QR code as PNG or SVG and print it where people sit and arrive.
Watch the album fill up
Approve what you like. The same link opens the gallery for everyone the next morning.
Asked before they book.
When should I share the QR code with guests?
On the day, on the tables, plus once in the speeches. Sharing the link beforehand is fine but the table card is what people actually scan.
How do I get guests to actually upload?
Make it the path of least resistance: no app, no account, a code on every table, and one mention out loud. That combination gets most of the room.
What about guests who are not good with phones?
Their camera app reads the code and the page is one big button. Failing that, ask a younger relative at the table to add their photos for them, with their name attached.
Should I let photos appear without approval?
For a wedding, use approval. It takes minutes and it means the gallery only ever shows what you would want your grandmother to see.
How do I get all the photos at the end?
On Memory and Legacy, request a ZIP from your event page and we email you a link. Guests can download individual photos on every plan.
Set up takes about four minutes.
Create the event, pick a theme, print the code.
Create your event