Why guest photos go missing
Every wedding produces hundreds of guest photos and almost nobody ends up with them. They sit in camera rolls. A few appear in a group chat for a day. A hashtag catches the guests who post publicly, which in practice is a fraction of the room. Six months later the couple has the professional gallery and about nine phone photos from their sister.
The reason is friction, not goodwill. Asking someone at a wedding to download an app, make an account, or remember to send you something on Monday is asking for more than a guest holding a drink is going to do. A QR code they scan while they are sitting at the table is the only version of this that works.
How ForeverAfter's guest photo sharing works
You generate one QR code and one short link for your wedding. Put the code wherever guests will be sitting or standing — table cards, the order of service, a framed sign by the bar or the photo booth.
A guest points their camera at it and lands on your upload page. They see the welcome message you wrote, pick photos and videos from their camera roll, and upload. There is no account, no download, and nothing to install. If you have asked for names, they can type theirs so you know whose photos are whose.
On your side, everything appears in one gallery in the app. You can mark favourites, delete anything you don't want, and download the entire album as a zip of the original files whenever you like.
What guests can upload
| Type | Formats | Size limit |
|---|---|---|
| Photos | JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC/HEIF (the iPhone default) | 25MB per photo |
| Videos | MP4, MOV, WebM | 200MB per clip — roughly 75 seconds of 1080p |
HEIC matters more than it sounds. It is what an iPhone records by default, and plenty of sharing tools either reject it or hand you files that won't open on a Windows laptop. We convert a copy for display and keep the original for your download.
Where to put the QR code
- Table cards — the highest-return spot by a distance. Guests are seated, phones are out, and there is a lull between courses.
- Order of service — catches the ceremony, which table cards miss entirely.
- A framed sign by the bar — the queue is dead time and people scan things in queues.
- The photo booth or props table — guests are already taking pictures there.
- Your wedding website — the link works on its own, so guests who forgot on the day can still upload the next morning.
How long we keep the album
Three months from your wedding day, then it is deleted. Premium is a one-time payment rather than a storage subscription, so we hold the files long enough for every guest to upload and for you to save everything — and we tell you inside the app well before the album goes. Download the zip and the originals are yours permanently.
What it costs
Guest photo and video sharing is part of ForeverAfter Premium, a one-time payment of £19.99 for your wedding. Dedicated photo-sharing apps typically charge $29–49 per event for this feature on its own. The same payment also unlocks QR code RSVPs, the seating chart builder, AI invoice scanning, PDF exports and unlimited contributors — and there is a 14-day refund window if it isn't what you wanted.