📸 Tips & Tricks
How to Collect 500+ Photos at Your Wedding with ZERO Apps
Every couple wants to see their wedding from their guests' perspective. The candid moments, the dance floor selfies, the cocktail hour laughs. But traditionally, collecting these photos has been a nightmare of hashtags, messy group chats, and "I'll send it to you later" promises that never happen.
The secret to getting 500+ photos isn't nagging your guests — it's removing friction. Here is the exact strategy to use.
Step 1: The "No-App" Rule
This is the most critical rule. If you ask guests to download an app (Sign up! Verify email! Allow notifications!), you've already lost 70% of them. People are tired of app fatigue.
The Solution: Use a browser-based upload tool like EventSnap. Guests scan a QR code, pick photos, and upload. That's it. It takes 15 seconds.
Step 2: Strategic QR Code Placement
Don't just put one sign at the entrance. Place your QR codes where people are sitting idle and looking at their phones.
- At every table setting: A small card with "Help us capture the love! Scan to share."
- The Bar: While waiting for drinks, people scroll. Give them a task!
- Bathrooms: Yes, really. Mirror selfies are guaranteed.
- The DJ Booth: Or on the screen if you have one.
Step 3: Gamify It (The Scavenger Hunt)
Give guests a reason to hunt for moments. Leave a "Photo Scavenger Hunt" card on each table with a list:
- Find someone laughing so hard they are crying
- The wildest dance move
- A selfie with the bride/groom
- Grandma on the dance floor
- The best cocktail
When guests have a mission, they take more photos.
Step 4: The "Next Morning" Reminder
The morning after is when everyone is scrolling through their camera roll. Send a quick text or email with the upload link: "We're heading to our honeymoon! Please upload your snaps from last night so we can see them on the plane!"
This single text can double your photo count.
Step 5: Organize Instantly with Google Drive
Collecting 500 photos is great, but not if they are stuck in a proprietary app platform that charges you to download them.
With EventSnap, every upload goes straight to a folder in your Google Drive. You can:
- Share the Google Drive link with family instantly.
- Backup everything automatically.
- Keep the full-resolution files forever without paying storage fees to a 3rd party.
Ready to capture every moment?
Don't let your wedding memories get stuck on your friends' camera rolls. Make it easy for them to share, and you'll treasure those 500+ candid moments forever.