Wedding QR code for photos: collect your guests' pictures

The short answer

Create an AnonShot album in drop mode, put its invitation QR code on a sign and on the tables, and let guests scan it with their phone camera. They add photos and videos from the browser, with no app and no account, and only you see the whole collection through the management link.

The day before: set up the album

It takes ten minutes, but a few choices matter later on.

• Create the album from an account: without one, each uploaded photo stops being viewable 30 days after it was added, which is short for a wedding.
• Tick drop mode if you'd rather guests add photos without seeing everyone else's; leave it off for a gallery everyone can browse.
• Add a password if the venue is also open to the public, and print it on the sign.
• Keep the management link to yourselves: it's the one that shows everything and lets you delete a photo.

The QR code sign: where to put it and what to write

Once the album is created, tap "Show the invitation QR code", take a screenshot of the code and add it to your sign or place cards. The code leads straight to the upload page.

Short wording works better than instructions: "Share your photos with us! Scan the QR code with your phone camera, pick your photos, done. No app, no signup." Add the password underneath if you set one.

• At the venue entrance or next to the guest book, where everyone walks past.
• On every table, in a small format, next to the menu or place card.
• By the photo booth or the bar, where guests already have their phones out.
• In the thank-you message sent after the party, for those who sort their photos the next day.

On the day

Each upload takes up to 20 files, with 50 MB per photo and 150 MB per short video. Guests can upload again as many times as they like, and an album holds up to 1,000 photos by default.

Ask a best man, a bridesmaid or the DJ to mention the QR code during dessert or the first dance: that's when phones come out. A second reminder at the end of the night catches the party photos.

After the wedding: collect and sort

Open the management link to see every uploaded photo, delete duplicates and misfires, then save the ones you keep from your browser. There is no bulk export, so set aside time to bring home the photos that matter.

Shared photos are converted to WebP and stripped of their EXIF metadata. Nobody can work out where a guest lives from a photo taken at home before the ceremony, but the capture time isn't kept either: ask amateur photographers to send you their originals if you want a chronological album.