How to collect wedding photos with a QR code

What the QR is for (and what it is not)

It is not a replacement for your photographer. It is not a second Instagram. It is a bucket: guests scan once, dump the candids they already took, and go back to the party. Moments keeps those files at full resolution in a live gallery you can download as a ZIP. WhatsApp and a Google Photos album can collect images; they ask guests for accounts or they compress the files. See Moments vs WhatsApp and Moments vs Google Photos if you are choosing tools, not placements.

Where to put the code

1. Table cards first

   People sit. They unlock their phone. A small card at each table (or every other table at a huge room) is where most scans happen. One code per eight-top is enough.

2. Welcome sign and bar

   Cocktail hour guests have not found their table yet. The welcome sign and a card at the bar catch them. Bathrooms pick up the late-night photos nobody remembers to send on Sunday.

3. Skip the unused poster

   A foam board in a corridor that people walk past does almost nothing. If you only print three things, print table, welcome, bar.

What to write on the card

Keep it to one job. Guests should not need a paragraph. Something like: "Scan to add your photos — no app." If the gallery is password protected, put the password on the card; hiding it "for security" just means nobody uploads. The link is already unguessable.

Week-of checklist

1. Create the event the week before the wedding and download the QR.
2. Print it on table cards, the welcome sign, and one card at the bar.
3. Tell guests once — in the program or a short toast — that candids go in the gallery.
4. After the reception, download the ZIP of originals and keep it beside the photographer's gallery.

Paid events start at $5 with no subscription — see pricing. Create the event, print the cards, and let the room do the collecting.