A Gooya QR code gives wedding guests a direct path from their phone camera to your private album: they scan, and a camera opens in seconds — no app, no sign-up. At a recent wedding, 16 guests added 86 photos and videos in one night.
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Wedding QR code
A phone-first capture flow for the photos and videos guests already take.
Guest camera
Tap photo
Hold for video
Private gallery
Write-only
Host controls reveal
Export
ZIP
Download all visible files
Setup
Make the Gooya event, copy the guest link, download the QR, and test it on an actual phone. Then place the code into signs or stationery.
Wording
The sign should not say only 'scan me.' It should say what happens after the scan: add photos and videos to the couple's private album.
Privacy
With Gooya, guests contribute without browsing other uploads. That keeps the focus on the event and gives the couple control before anything is revealed or shared.
Follow-through
One sign is rarely enough. Use the QR at the welcome table, tables, and a DJ or emcee prompt. Guests scan more when they hear why it matters.
Placement
Guests meet the QR at three natural pauses: the entrance as they arrive, the bar or refreshment table where everyone stops, and the tables where the code stays visible through dinner and toasts. In a large venue, add a fourth sign near the dance floor. Do not make one tiny sign do all the work — print an 8x10 entrance sign, a 5x7 bar sign, and folded table tents, and test-scan each from a few feet away before guests arrive.
Prompts
Ask for 'photos' and guests assume someone else will do it. Ask for one specific thing and the task becomes easy. Spread a few different prompts across your signs and table tents so different moments of the night each get their invitation.
With your photographer
Your photographer creates the intentional record of the day — the ceremony, the portraits, the moments they are there to see. Your guests notice the look across the table, the cousin who flew in, and the dance floor from the middle of it. The QR gallery collects that second layer, so the two records sit side by side instead of competing.
Timing
Text or email the guest link one day before the wedding so the QR feels familiar when guests see it printed. A one-minute mention from the emcee in the first hour explains why it matters. Then keep the code visible through the reception — some of the best contributions come from the end of the night, and guests can add camera-roll shots after the fact too.
| 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. Gooya opens in the phone browser from one QR code. Guests can use the camera or their library without installing an app, making an account, or remembering a password.
No. Gooya is write-only for guests by default. They send their own memory, see that it landed, and return to the event. 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.
Yes. Gooya events have a QR code and a direct guest link. Print the QR for the room and text the link to people who ask later.
Send the guest link one day before the wedding, then place printed signs at the venue. A short announcement during the first hour helps, and keeping the code up through the reception catches the late-night moments.
Test the guest link at the venue with a real phone before the day, place your main signs where signal is strongest, and print the short link under the QR. Guests on cellular are usually fine, and anyone can add photos from their camera roll later once they have signal.
Yes. The QR gallery complements professional photography — your photographer makes the intentional record, and guests add the candid angles no one photographer can be present for.
“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.
Digital guestbook
Make a private digital wedding guestbook with guest photos, short videos and voice notes. One QR code, no guest app, one place to revisit the day.
Gooya is a private, no-app guest camera for weddings and events. Guests scan, shoot, and send. You keep the gallery.