Guides
Never lose another photo.
The photos of your event already exist. They are scattered across a hundred phones, and nobody ever quite gets round to sending them. That is not a failure of goodwill, it is a failure of the gesture being asked for.
Each of these guides takes one precise moment, from choosing a method to the last thing you send once the party is over. Written with weddings in mind, useful for every kind of celebration.
1. Choosing the method
How you are going to get the photos back, and what that asks of your guests. Including the methods that do not go through us at all.
Getting the wedding photos your guests took
The 6 methods compared honestly, from the USB stick to the QR code: before or after the day.
Collecting the photos your event's guests took
Birthday, seminar, christening, housewarming: the method that works whatever the event, and what changes with the audience.
The best wedding photo app: a comparison
Verifiable criteria, dated sources, a stated bias: the comparison that also tells you when a competitor does better.
A photo booth alternative: the QR code
A booth costs several hundred a night and only captures one corner of the room. An honest comparison, including what it does better.
2. Getting the day ready
What separates a QR code nobody scans from an album that fills itself: where to display it, what to write on it, and what to expect once people start.
The wedding photo QR code, explained
How it works, where to display it, how to get the collecting started: the complete guide.
QR code signs: templates and advice
Formats, the words that make people scan, where to print: getting the sign on the tables right.
How many photos does a wedding guest take?
A realistic order of magnitude, and how to get the most of your guests' photos back without losing any on the way.
3. During the party, and after
Projecting the photos as they arrive, collecting your guests' words, written, spoken or filmed, then sending the whole thing back to the people who were there.
A live wedding slideshow
Projecting your guests' photos on a big screen in real time: how it works, and what makes a good photo wall.
Photo and video wedding guest book
Beyond the photo QR code: gathering your guests' words, voices and videos, in the same album.
Original wedding guest book: 12 ideas
Fingerprint tree, vinyl, polaroid, QR code: the alternatives to the notebook, compared without indulgence.
Sharing the photos with your guests after the wedding
The event is over, the photos are scattered: how to gather them and send them back to everyone, with no account and no compression.
Where to start
If you have a quarter of an hour: read the six methods compared to settle on one, then the guide to the sign to prepare what goes on the tables. Organising something other than a wedding? The general guide says the same things without the white dress. Trying to collect words rather than photos? The guest book is over here. And if you are still weighing up the tools, the comparisons are next door.
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