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Running guest photo sharing at an event
What I have learned setting these nights up. The advice works whatever you use — GuestCam gets a mention only where it genuinely changes the answer.
Wedding photo sharing apps compared: GuestCam, Kululu, WedShoots, Waldo, Joy and POV
Six ways to get the photos your guests take at your wedding into one place, side by side, in each company's own words.
What to put on a school program for photo sharing
The wording, the placement and the size that get families scanning rather than squinting.
How to run a photo wall without a TV
Most function centres have a projector and no television. Here is the setup that works, and the settings that ruin it.
Getting guests to actually share their photos
The difference between eight people sharing and fifty is not the app. It is five small things on the night.
How to collect photos from your wedding guests
Every way couples try to gather their guests’ photos, what each one is good at, and where each one quietly falls over.
Wedding QR code photo sharing: what to print and where
How big to print the code, what the card should say, and the five places guests actually scan it.
School formal photo sharing: a checklist for P&Cs and year advisers
Consent, moderation, who sees what and when photos are deleted: what to settle before the night.
How to get everyone’s photos after a party (without chasing)
Why asking for photos afterwards never works, and what to do on the night instead.
How to choose a photo sharing app for your event: 10 questions to ask
Their home pages all sound the same. These are the questions that separate them.
Disposable cameras at a wedding or party: the pros, the cons and the alternative
What actually comes back from the lab, and how guests’ own phones compare.
How to share a wedding or party live with family who can’t be there
Grandparents overseas, a friend in hospital: the ways to let them watch as it happens.
How to run a live photo slideshow at your wedding reception
TV or projector, where to put it, when to start and pause it, and whether to approve photos first.
Google Photos or iCloud shared album vs a QR code: which is better for event photos?
An honest side-by-side: where a shared album wins, and where it quietly falls over at a wedding or party.
Birthday party photo sharing: how to collect everyone’s photos, from 18th to 50th
One place for every guest’s photos, where to put the QR code, and what changes with the age of the crowd.
How to collect attendee photos at a conference or company event
Consent, lanyards, approval and marketing use: collecting attendees’ photos the right way.
Work Christmas party photo sharing: collect the good ones, keep out the awkward ones
Approval, consent and where to put the code, for the one night everyone from work is in the same photos.
How to make a QR code that collects photos (a party cam for any event)
Where the code should lead, static or dynamic, how to print it so it scans, and how to test it before the night.
How photographers can offer guest photo sharing under their own brand
Why couples want guests’ photos too, how to package it, what to brand, and who looks after privacy.
How to turn your guests’ photos into a short film of your wedding
Picking the best, telling the day in order, music you are allowed to use, and a version for phones.