Wedding Photo Memories
Wedding Photo Sharing via QR Code —
Every Guest's Photos, All in One Place.
Print your Seatly QR code on the tables. Guests scan and upload their photos instantly — no app, no account. Every shot goes straight to your Google Drive wedding album.
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Your photographer captures 500 photos. Your 150 guests take thousands more — and most of them disappear.
The official photographer is brilliant at the ceremony, the portraits, the first dance. But they can't be everywhere. The moment the groom's elderly uncle dances for the first time in 20 years — that's captured on a cousin's phone in the corner of the room. The bride laughing so hard she cries at the best man's speech — the photographer was getting a drink of water. The kids building a fort out of chair covers at midnight — no one staged that shot.
Those candid moments, those real human seconds, end up scattered across 12 different WhatsApp groups. Some guests mean to send their best shots but forget within a week. Others upload to Instagram with filters. Some photos are shared in a WhatsApp group that half the family isn't in. The couple spends weeks after the wedding chasing photos through messages, and they still never get everything. Seatly's guest photo upload feature solves this entirely.
A wedding QR code that turns every guest's phone into a photographer
Seatly generates a unique QR code for your wedding. You print it — on tables, on a sign at the entrance, on the back of place cards, on the bar menu, anywhere guests will see it. Every time a guest scans it, they get a simple upload page where they can choose photos from their camera roll or take new ones right there. No app to download. No account to create. No password to remember after two glasses of wine. The photos land directly in a Google Drive folder that belongs to you.
- ✓Unique QR code per wedding — generated automatically when you set up your wedding in Seatly. Download a high-res PNG to print at any size.
- ✓Zero friction for guests — scan with any phone camera, no app download, no Google account, no password. Works on iPhone and Android.
- ✓Photos go directly to your Google Drive — not to a third-party server, not to a temporary link that expires. Your photos, in your storage, under your control.
- ✓Works from any smartphone — no special hardware or setup needed at the venue. If guests have a phone, they can contribute photos.
- ✓Upload counter in real time — see how many photos have been contributed as the evening progresses. Watch the album grow.
How wedding photo sharing via QR code works — step by step
- 1Seatly generates your unique wedding QR code
As soon as you create your wedding in Seatly and connect your Google Drive, the system generates a unique QR code. It links directly to your personal upload page — no one else has this code.
- 2Print it anywhere guests will see it
Download the high-res PNG and place it wherever you like — table cards, a framed sign at the entrance, the bar menu, the back of the order of service, or a poster in the photobooth area. The more places it appears, the more photos you collect.
- 3Guests scan with their phone camera — that's it
No app download. No login page. Guests point their phone camera at the QR code and tap the notification. They land on a simple upload page in their browser and choose photos to share.
- 4Photos go directly to your Google Drive folder
Each upload lands in the Google Drive folder you connected during setup. Photos appear there immediately. You can browse them from any device with your Google account.
- 5Download everything at once after the wedding
When you're ready to review all guest photos, select the entire folder in Google Drive and download in one go. You'll have your official photographer's gallery plus hundreds of candid shots from every angle.
What guests see when they scan
Sophie Mitchell & James Mitchell
James and Sophie Mitchell
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Your photo will be saved in the wedding gallery
QR photo sharing vs "just use WhatsApp"
Most couples assume WhatsApp will handle guest photo sharing. Here's how that comparison actually plays out:
| Feature | 12 WhatsApp groups | Seatly QR code |
|---|---|---|
| One central album | ✗ | ✓ |
| Guests need no app or account | — | ✓ |
| Automatic collection | ✗ | ✓ |
| QR code sharing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Google Drive integration | ✗ | ✓ |
| Photos yours forever | Disappear after 1 year | ✓ |
| Works without signal at upload time | ✗ | Queued & sent later |
The Memories feature works best when your guests are already set up in Seatly. If you haven't already, check out the guest list and RSVP feature to manage your invitations and responses in the same place. See pricing to find the right plan for your wedding size.
Don't lose a single guest photo.
Set up your wedding QR code today. Guests scan, upload, and you get every candid shot automatically in Google Drive. No chasing, no WhatsApp chaos.
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