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Everything about photos at your wedding

Practical guides on collecting guest photos, asking your guests the right way, and a guest book that actually gets filled.

Collecting guest photos

A guest holding the QR table card and scanning it with her phone

QR code wedding photo album: how does it work?

With a QR code photo album your wedding guests upload all their photos to one place, no app needed. How it works, what it costs, what to look for.

4 min read

Guests laughing together at the photos on one phone

7 ways to collect wedding photos from your guests

WhatsApp, shared album, WeTransfer, disposable camera or QR album? The 7 ways to collect wedding photos from your guests, honestly compared.

5 min read

Yellow disposable cameras on the reception table between the wine glasses and flowers

Disposable cameras at your wedding: charming or a false economy?

Disposable cameras on the tables: nostalgic, but expensive and unpredictable. The real costs, the pitfalls and the digital alternative.

3 min read

The bride reading the little card at her place setting

How to ask guests to share their photos

Wording that actually works: what to put on your invitation, table cards, in the speech and in the thank you message after the wedding.

4 min read

Gran and granddaughter laughing at a phone together at the wedding party

Digital wedding guest book: how it works

A digital guest book collects photos, videos and messages from every guest in one place. How it works, what it costs, and how it compares to a polaroid book.

4 min read

The couple walking out while guests throw confetti and take photos

The most popular wedding day? Almost everyone picks the same moment

More than 8 in 10 weddings fall on a Friday or Saturday, and the last weekend of August is the busiest of the summer. Real album data, plus what it means for you.

5 min read

Children dancing with the bride on the dance floor

Kids at your wedding: yes or no, and how to say it nicely

Inviting kids to your wedding or keeping it adults-only? The honest trade-offs, polite wording examples for your invitations, and how kids can make your day.

3 min read

The bride hugging a guest who arrives with her partner

Wedding plus-one etiquette: the unwritten rules

Who gets a plus-one at your wedding and who doesn't? The rules that prevent hurt feelings, the hidden pitfall, and wording examples for your invitations.

3 min read

An engaged couple on the sofa with a laptop, planning their wedding

Is a wedding website worth it? The honest answer

Do guests actually open your wedding website? The honest answer, what to put on it (and skip), and which digital wedding tools guests really use.

3 min read

A phone on a tripod filming the couple's first dance

No wedding videographer? Here is how you still miss nothing

The #1 wedding regret is that nobody recorded the vows and speeches. How to capture them without a videographer, for a fraction of the cost.

4 min read

Guests on white chairs at an outdoor ceremony watching the couple, no phones in sight

An unplugged wedding ceremony: how to ask for it (and why your guests will thank you)

Want a phone-free ceremony without guests missing out on photos? Polite sign wording, why photographers beg for it, and the plan where nobody misses a thing.

3 min read

A friend of the couple photographing the laughing newlyweds with a DSLR at a backyard wedding

A friend is photographing your wedding: here is how to make it bulletproof

No budget for a wedding photographer and a friend is stepping in? How to make it bulletproof: agreements, a shot list, backups, and the safety net.

3 min read

A small wedding party throwing confetti over the couple on the steps of city hall

City hall wedding photos: the plan for micro weddings and elopements

Eloping or having a micro wedding? Photography packages start at thousands for a 90-minute day. Here is the three-layer plan for beautiful photos anyway.

2 min read

The groom laughing with his groomsmen as one pins on his boutonniere on the wedding morning

The groom's wedding day checklist

Most wedding advice is written for brides. This is the groom's list: what to handle on the day, which moments to claim, and the one thing that runs itself.

2 min read

A guest films the best man's speech on a phone during dinner

Videographer or no videographer? What couples regret, and the third option

The most asked wedding question on Reddit, answered honestly: who regrets skipping the videographer, who does not, and the third option most couples miss.

6 min read

The newlyweds look at photos on a phone together the morning after the wedding

How to share your wedding photos with guests (without sending 1,000 photos)

One link, not 1,000 attachments. How to share wedding photos with guests after the day: what they want, three ways compared, who gets what, five messages.

6 min read

Guests laughing at the dinner table, a phone lying face down next to a glass

Asking guests not to post wedding photos before you do: wording that works

Is it rude to ask guests not to post wedding photos before you do? Not if you ask kindly and early. 8 wordings to copy, and what to do if someone posts.

5 min read

The wedding photographer captures the couple's first dance in the evening

How many hours do you need a wedding photographer? A timeline that answers it

6, 8 or 10 hours? For most weddings 8: from getting ready to the first dance. Build your number from the timeline and see what you lose when you cut.

5 min read

The bride's mother does up the buttons of the wedding dress by the window

Getting-ready photos: do you need them, and who takes them?

Often the favourite part of the wedding gallery, but they cost photographer hours. What getting-ready photos capture, who takes them, and how to get them.

5 min read

Friends and the newlyweds at a long outdoor brunch table the day after the wedding

Collecting photos from the whole wedding weekend: welcome dinner, wedding day, after-party and brunch

Welcome dinner, wedding day, after-party, brunch: one album or several? The rule, a table, the QR code on day two and wording for guests from abroad.

6 min read

Printed wedding photos being sorted at the kitchen table next to an external hard drive

How to download, sort and keep your wedding photos: one archive for guest photos and the photographer's gallery

Download the originals, keep two copies, sort by capture time and pick a selection from thousands of wedding photos. Plus what to do with guest photos.

6 min read

A QR code table card between the plates and flowers on a wedding table

Wedding photo QR code signs and table cards: wording, sizes and how to test them

Where to put wedding photo QR code signs, which sizes work, 8 lines of wording to copy, print rules, how to test the code, and whether it expires.

5 min read

Wedding guests point and laugh at a guest photo on the big screen

Live wedding photo slideshow: setup, screen and pre-approval

Run a live wedding photo slideshow: what you need, where to show it, pre-approving uploads, screen and network setup, speech pauses and a checklist.

6 min read

A playful selfie with the family at the wedding dinner table

Wedding photo challenges your guests will actually do (30 ideas, all optional)

30 wedding photo challenges for guests, grouped by moment and all optional: at the table, on the dance floor, with the couple, for kids and older guests.

5 min read

A wedding guest takes a flash photo of friends dancing, using a phone

Disposable-camera apps for weddings: how they work, what to check, and when an album fits better

Lense and POV give guest photos a disposable-camera look and a reveal afterwards. How they work, what to check, and when an album fits better.

6 min read