How to collect wedding photos from your guests.
Collect them during the night, not after it. Once the party's over, the photos stay in camera rolls and the asking falls to you. Here are six ways to do it, and what each one is good at.
Ask after the wedding
Text or email your guests and ask them to send what they took. It's free and there's nothing to set up.
The catch: by then the night is a week old, and you get what people remember to send.
A hashtag
Put a hashtag on the tables and look it up afterwards. It's free, and guests already know how it works.
You only see what guests post publicly. Private accounts and photos nobody posts never show up.
A shared album
Google Photos and Dropbox let guests add to one album. It's free, and the photos come in full size.
Guests usually need an account, and they have to remember to upload. Everyone sees every photo as it comes in, and the morning after you have a folder.
A wedding app or upload site
Guests scan a code and upload from their phones. Many add extras, like a slideshow on a screen or a guestbook.
Some need guests to download an app first. A photo arrives only when its upload finishes, and everyone sees the photos as they come in.
Disposable cameras on the tables
The real film look, and nobody sees a shot until the film is developed.
You buy a camera for each table, gather them at the end of the night and pay to develop the film. A camera that goes home in a guest's bag is gone.
A camera on every table
This is what we make. Every table gets a card with a code. Guests scan it and get a camera with 27 shots. No app, no sign-up, and it works on iPhone and Android.
Like film, there are no previews and no retakes. Shots save before the next song, and if the signal drops they wait on the phone and send themselves when it's back.
Nobody sees a shot until the roll develops, at 9:00 AM the morning after unless you pick another time. Then you see every shot, from every guest, in one place.
It's $59 per wedding, tax included, with a full refund until the first shot. US weddings only.
Which one to pick
If a few favorite photos are enough, ask afterwards or use a hashtag. Both are free.
If you want the night from every guest, pick something they use during the party without installing anything, and that keeps the photos in one place.