How do I make a QR code for wedding photos?

Create a private Event Capsule for your wedding, then print or display the QR code it generates. Guests scan it with their phone camera and are taken straight to your upload page — no app, no account.

Do guests need to download an app to upload photos?

No. Event Capsule works in the browser. Guests scan your QR code, enter their name, and start uploading photos.

Can we hide the photos until after the wedding?

Yes. You choose a reveal time when you create your capsule. Guests can upload during the event, but nobody sees the full gallery until the reveal.

Is the wedding gallery private?

Yes. Your gallery is only visible to people with the event link, and host controls require email verification.

Can we remove a photo before guests see the gallery?

Yes. Hosts can review and remove any photo before reveal from the host dashboard.

Where should we place the QR code at our wedding?

Print it on the welcome sign, table cards, menus, or the bar. Anywhere guests naturally pause is a great spot.

Can we download all the wedding photos afterwards?

Yes. After reveal, hosts can download the full gallery as a ZIP file from the dashboard.

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How to Use a QR Code to Collect Wedding Guest Photos

Your photographer captures the ceremony. Your guests capture everything else — the tears during the vows, the dance floor at midnight, the quiet moment between the newlyweds and the flower girl. A wedding photo QR code makes it effortless for everyone at your wedding to add their photos to one private, shared gallery.

One QR code. Every guest's photos. Zero apps.

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Set your reveal time, print the QR, and let the day unfold.

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The wedding guest photo problem

Every wedding has the same aftermath. Photos are scattered across two hundred phones, a group chat that quickly gets muddled, three different cloud folders, and DMs you'll forget to check. The candid moments — the ones no professional could catch — end up lost, blurry, or never shared at all.

A wedding photo QR code fixes this. One scan puts every guest into the same private capsule. No app to download, no account to make, no chasing people the week after your honeymoon.

What is a wedding photo QR code?

A wedding photo QR code is a printable code that opens a private upload page when a guest scans it with their phone camera. Instead of installing an app or texting photos individually, guests are taken straight to your wedding's private gallery, where they can upload the photos and short clips they captured during the day.

With Event Capsule, the QR code is generated the moment you create your event. You can print it on signage, menus, or place cards — anywhere guests will see it.

How it works with Event Capsule

1. Create your capsule

Name your wedding, set the upload window, and choose when the gallery reveals. Under a minute.

2. Print your QR code

Your capsule generates a QR code and short link. Add it to welcome signs, menus, or table cards.

3. Guests upload — no app

Guests scan, enter their name, and upload straight from their phone browser.

4. Reveal and relive it

At your chosen reveal time, the full gallery unlocks and a slideshow is ready to play.

Why delayed reveal makes it more fun

The magic of a wedding photo capsule isn't just that photos are in one place — it's that nobody sees them until you say so. During the day, guests keep contributing without getting distracted scrolling through what other people posted. When the reveal unlocks — that evening, the next morning, or a week later — you get one shared moment of watching the wedding from every angle at once.

Tip: schedule your reveal for the morning-after brunch. Guests wake up to a full gallery of the night — with their own photos in it.

Privacy and moderation for weddings

A wedding gallery is personal. Event Capsule keeps it that way.

Private by default

Only people with the event link can see the gallery. Host controls require email verification.

Moderate before reveal

Preview every uploaded photo and remove anything you don't want in the final gallery — all before guests see it.

Where to place your wedding QR code

Welcome sign — the first thing every guest reads.
Table cards or menus — guests have downtime between courses; perfect moment to scan.
The bar — people pause at the bar. Put a small card next to the drinks.
Photo booth or dance floor sign — exactly where the best candid photos happen.
Wedding website or invite — guests can bookmark the link before they arrive.

Tips for getting more guest uploads

1. Ask out loud. Have your MC or officiant mention the QR code once during the reception. That single announcement is the biggest driver of uploads.
2. Keep the sign simple. Big QR, one line of instruction: "Scan to share your photos."
3. Set a fun reveal. Tell guests when the gallery unlocks. Anticipation drives uploads.
4. Include the link. Some phones don't scan QRs well in low light. Print the short link underneath.
5. Follow up once. Share the reveal link in your thank-you note or group chat. Late uploads still count.

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Create your wedding photo QR code

Start a free Event Capsule, set your reveal time, and print your QR. Guests scan, upload, and the gallery unlocks when you're ready.

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