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Wedding guest photo upload

Wedding guest photo upload: how your guests send their photos.

Guests scan your QR code or tap your link, then upload photos and videos in the phone’s browser, with no app and no account. Every upload waits in your private review queue until you approve it.

Free to start. No card.

US$35 per wedding when you need more photos or videos. You pay once.

A wedding guest photo upload page on a phone, with buttons to take a photo or choose from the library

Step by step

How wedding guests upload photos, step by step

  1. 01

    Scan the code or tap the link

    Guests point the phone camera at your QR sign, or tap the link you sent in a text or an email. Your upload page opens in the browser. Need the code first? Make a QR code for wedding pictures.

  2. 02

    Type a name

    Guests type their name. It is shown next to their uploads, so you know who to thank. They also see a privacy and consent notice before they upload.

  3. 03

    Take or choose photos and videos

    Guests take a photo or video on the spot, or choose ones they already took from their library.

  4. 04

    Get a confirmation

    A “Photo sent!” message confirms the upload. Guests can add another one at once or come back later.

    The confirmation a wedding guest sees after a photo upload

Tell guests what to do with the wording on the guest instructions page, and print the code with the free QR code sign template.

Videos

Uploading wedding videos

Guests upload videos the same way as photos, with the same QR code or link. Ask for the moments they film anyway:

  • The entrance and the exit, from where the guests stand.
  • The speeches and the vows.
  • The first dance.
  • The dance floor late at night.
  • Each video can be up to 20 seconds long.
  • Social is US$35 per wedding for 200 uploads, up to 60 of them videos. Plus is US$69 for 500 uploads, up to 150 of them videos.
  • Videos need Social or Plus. The Free plan takes photos only.
  • Videos wait in the same private review queue as photos.

After the upload

What happens after a guest uploads

Nothing is public yet. Each upload waits in your private review queue. You approve the ones you want, and only those appear in the shared album. Then you share the album with one link, and you can download all the photos and videos.

Guest uploads waiting in the couple’s private review queue
The shared album on a phone after the couple approves the guest uploads

After the wedding

Late uploads after the wedding day

Many guest photos stay in camera rolls until the next day. The upload link stays open after the wedding, so guests can still send photos from home. Put the link on your wedding website too.

  • Send the link again in a thank-you text the day after.
  • Ask the MC or a friend to remind guests during the evening.
  • Free galleries expire 30 days after the wedding ends. Paid albums stay until you delete them.

Cost

What guest photo upload costs

Guests never pay. Start free with no card; videos need Social or Plus. You pay once per wedding. Prices are in US dollars; checkout shows your local currency.

PlanPrice per weddingUploads (photos and videos)Of which videosAlbum kept
FreeUS$050030 days after the wedding
SocialUS$3520060Until you delete them
PlusUS$69500150Until you delete them

See the full pricing, or how the wedding photo sharing app works for guests.

Questions about wedding guest photo uploads

How do wedding guests upload photos?

Guests scan your QR code with the phone camera or tap your link, and the upload page opens in the browser. They type their name, then take or choose photos and videos and send them. They need no app and no account.

Is there an app where wedding guests can upload photos?

Yes, and guests do not have to download it. Candid Cam works in the phone’s browser: guests scan a QR code and upload photos and videos, with no app and no account.

How do I create a QR code for wedding guests to upload photos for free?

Create a free Candid Cam wedding album and you get a QR code at once. Free covers your first 50 photos, with no card. Print the code on a sign or on table cards.

Can guests upload videos?

Yes, on Social and Plus. Each video can be up to 20 seconds long. The Free plan takes photos only.

Can guests upload photos after the wedding?

Yes. The upload link stays open after the wedding, so guests can send photos from home. Send it again in a thank-you text the day after.

Can guests see each other’s photos?

Not before you approve them. Uploads wait in your private review queue. Guests see only the photos and videos that you put in the shared album.

Give guests one upload page they can finish fast.

It takes a few minutes and costs nothing to start.

Create guest upload page