A QR code works best when guests see it at a natural pause. Put it near moments where phones are already out, people are waiting, or someone can remind the room what it is for.
Guide
A phone-first capture flow for the photos and videos guests already take.
Guest camera
Tap photo
Hold for video
Private album
Sealed
By default, until the host sends
Export
ZIP
Download all visible files
Best placements
The best baseline is welcome table, reception tables, and bar. That covers arrival, dinner, and the casual parts of the night when candid photos happen.
Secondary placements
Programs, menus, hotel welcome cards, and itinerary inserts can carry the QR without adding clutter to the room.
Announcements
Ask the DJ, planner, officiant, or wedding party to say what the QR is for. A ten-second reminder can make the sign feel intentional instead of decorative.
Testing
Low light, glossy paper, and tiny codes can hurt scanning. Test the final print with a real phone before the event starts.
| How guests' photos get collected | Gooya | Group chat | Shared album | Pro photographer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guests need an app or account | No — just scan a QR | Yes (the chat app) | Yes (an account) | — |
| Captures everyone's angle | The whole crowd | Only people in the chat | Only who you invite | One photographer |
| Photo, video and voice | All three | Compressed photos/clips | Photos & video | Photos (video extra) |
| Full-resolution originals | Yes | No — compressed | Yes | Yes |
| You own & download it all | One-click ZIP | Screenshot the thread | Yes | Depends on contract |
| Typical cost | From $89 / event | Free but scattered | Ongoing storage fees | $1,500–$4,000+ |
| Ready | Same day | — | — | Weeks later |
No. Guests scan one QR code and nobody installs an app or makes an account. On an iPhone in Safari, Gooya's own camera opens without downloading any app, with a dial of cameras: Reaction, Faces, Reel, Video, Photo, Boom and Rewind. Android phones, older iPhones and in-app browsers use the web camera, into the same private album. Guests can also send from their own library.
Not by default. Guests see nothing until the host sends the album (the default); then they can view and react for 24 hours. At the event they send their own memory, see that it landed, and go back to it. The private album belongs to the host.
Yes. The host can download the visible memories in one ZIP, including the original photo and video files Gooya stores for the event.
“I cried when I saw my mom's reaction to the father-daughter dance — the dual camera caught the dance and her face in the same shot. I'd never have gotten that myself.”
“The best part was seeing real footage from real people, not just the photographer's version of the night.”
“It didn't dump hundreds of photos onto my phone and eat my storage — I got to pick exactly what I wanted to keep.”
Feature
Create a Gooya event QR code guests can scan from welcome signs, table cards, programs, and shared links.
Guide
Use these wedding QR code sign wording examples to help guests scan, take photos, record videos, and send memories.
Wedding QR code
A QR code for wedding photos: guests scan it and send photos and videos to your private album. No app download, no guest account.
Gooya is a private, no-app guest camera for weddings and events. Guests scan, shoot, and send. You keep the gallery.