Wedding photo sharing with a QR code
Your photographer covers the big moments. Your guests capture everything else: getting ready, the view from table nine, the dance floor after midnight. A QR code puts all of those photos in one private gallery instead of a hundred phones and group chats.
Why couples use a guest photo QR code
After most weddings, the guest photos are scattered. Some arrive in a group chat, some get posted to social media, and many are never shared at all because nobody remembers to ask. A shared gallery that guests can reach in two seconds fixes the "asking" problem: the QR code does it for you, all evening long.
With Snap9, guests point their phone camera at the code, tap the link and choose photos from their camera roll. There is nothing to install and nobody needs to create an account or remember a password, which matters when your guest list spans from teenagers to grandparents.
How it works on the day
- Create the event. Enter your names and the date. It takes about a minute and the free trial needs no card.
- Print the QR code. Download it as a crisp SVG file from your host dashboard and add it to table cards, the menu, the order of service or a sign at the entrance. See our guide to the wedding QR code table sign for wording and placement ideas.
- Guests upload. They can add their name if they want, then pick one or many photos (and videos on Standard and Plus).
- Relive it together. On Standard and Plus you can open a full-screen slideshow on a TV or projector during the reception. Afterwards, download every file as one zip.
Tips for getting more photos
- Put the code where people pause: at each table, at the bar and next to the guest book.
- Ask your host or MC to mention it once after dinner. A single reminder usually helps more than extra signs.
- Choose a plan with enough room. A wedding can produce far more than 20 uploads, so the free trial is best for testing the flow before the day.
- Keep uploads open for a few weeks. Many guests only sort through their camera roll the day after. Standard keeps uploads open for 30 days, Plus for 90.
More ideas are collected in how to collect photos from wedding guests.
Snap9 compared to other options
There are several reasonable ways to gather wedding photos, and they suit different couples:
- Shared albums in Google Photos or iCloud work well if everyone uses the same ecosystem. Contributing usually requires guests to sign in, and mixed iPhone/Android groups can find it fiddly.
- A group chat is easy to start, but photos are often compressed, the chat fills with other messages and someone still has to save everything at the end.
- A social media hashtag only collects photos that guests choose to post publicly, and you cannot download them in bulk.
- Disposable cameras are fun and nostalgic, but you pay per camera and for developing, and you only see the results later.
Snap9 is a good fit when you want one private place, full-quality files, no sign-ups for guests and a simple download at the end. It does not replace a professional photographer; it complements one.
Privacy and control
Your gallery is reachable only through its unique link and is marked so search engines do not index it. As the host you can delete any photo or the whole event at any time, and guests can report a photo if they appear in it and want it removed. Galleries are deleted automatically when the storage period ends (180 days on Standard, 365 on Plus), so remember to download your zip.
The free trial covers up to 20 photos (no video) with uploads open for 7 days. Standard costs 249 SEK per event for up to 500 photos and videos, and Plus costs 499 SEK for up to 2000. Both are one-time payments, not subscriptions.