How to Collect Wedding Photos from Guests with a QR Code
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The easiest way to collect wedding photos from your guests is one QR code that opens a shared gallery in the phone's browser. Guests scan it, add their photos and videos, and everything lands in one album, with no app, no account and no compression. Put the QR code on every table and at the entrance, have the MC mention it once, and you'll come home with hundreds of moments your photographer never saw.
Your options, compared
| Method | Guests need | Photo quality | Downside |
|---|---|---|---|
| WhatsApp group | Compressed unless sent as HD or a file | Messy chat, photos buried, everyone sees everyone's number | |
| iCloud shared album | An iPhone/Apple account | Reduced in size | Android guests left out |
| Google Photos shared album | Usually a Google account | Good | Not everyone signs in at a wedding |
| Instagram hashtag | Instagram, a public post | Compressed | Public, inconsistent, many guests don't post |
| Disposable cameras | Nothing | Film quality | Developing costs; half the shots are blurry |
| QR code gallery | Just a phone camera | Full resolution | Needs a gallery built for it |
How to set it up, step by step
- Create a private gallery for your wedding before the day.
- Get your QR code and test it on both an iPhone and an Android phone.
- Print it where guests are: a sign at the entrance, a small card on every table, and the bar or photo-booth area.
- Ask the MC or DJ to mention it once, right after dinner when phones come out.
- Show it live on the venue screen (optional): guests love seeing their photos appear.
- After the wedding, send one thank-you message with the gallery link so guests who left early can add theirs.
QR sign wording you can copy
English
Be our photographer! ๐ธ Scan to add your photos & videos to our wedding album
Share the love: scan, snap, upload. No app needed.
Arabic
ุดุงุฑูููุง ุตูุฑูู ! ๐ธ ุงู ุณุญูุง ุงูุฑู ุฒ ูุฃุถูููุง ุตูุฑูู ูููุฏูููุงุชูู ุฅูู ุฃูุจูู ุงูุนุฑุณ
ููููุง ู ุตููุฑููุง ุงููููุฉ: ุงู ุณุญูุง ุงูุฑู ุฒุ ุตููุฑูุงุ ูุดุงุฑููุง
Tips for getting more photos
- Place the QR at eye level on table cards, not only on one sign by the door.
- Give it a moment: "Scan the code on your table and share your best photo from tonight!"
- Show uploads on the big screen. Seeing photos appear live makes everyone want to add theirs.
- Keep it private. Guests share more freely when they know the album isn't public.
How guests find the photos they're in
The hardest part of 2,000 guest photos is finding yourself in them. With face search, a guest takes one selfie and instantly gets every photo they appear in. It's the feature guests talk about most afterwards.
The Cedar Invites live gallery
With the Cedar Invites live gallery, guests scan one QR code and upload photos and videos straight from their phone's browser, at full resolution. The album fills in real time, can play on the venue screen with the Live Wall, and stays private to your guests. With Find My Photos, every guest can pull out the photos they're in with a single selfie.
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