QR code photo sharing: guests scan and add theirs

A QR code is just a link drawn as squares. Yours points at the group album's page, not at any photo. That is why the same printed card works from the first guest to the last, keeps working after people add hundreds of photos, and still opens the album a year later for anyone who joined.

• ·The code only stops working if you delete the album. Turning uploads off or closing adding on a date keeps the album open for viewing.
• ·Anyone who gets the code can ask to join while joining is on. Pause joining from the album's Manage panel once everyone you expect is in.
• ·Someone you remove loses access at once and cannot join again with the same account. You choose whether their photos stay or go.

Most QR failures happen at the printer, not on the phone. A few rules cover nearly all of them.

• ·Size it to the scan distance, about 1 to 10. A table card read from 30 cm needs a code around 3 cm wide; a sign at the entrance read from 3 metres needs about 30 cm.
• ·Keep a blank margin around the code and print it dark on light. A code pressed against a border or printed on a photo fails on many phones.
• ·Test the real print, at its real size, in the room's light, with one iPhone and one Android, before you print fifty.
• ·Print the short link under the code for people who never scan anything, and tell them in one line what happens: scan, sign in with Google, add your photos.

Put it where people already have their phones out and a free moment. Table tents on every table work best at dinners and parties. A sign at the entrance or by the photo corner catches people as they arrive. At a talk, show it on the last slide. For people who were not there, send the same link in the WhatsApp group or with the thank-you message.

Every photo and video is safety-checked when it is added. If one is held for review, only the guest who added it and you see an "in review" placeholder until it is cleared. Members can filter the album by person, photos, videos or favorites, play a slideshow, and select several photos to download as one ZIP. You get an email when guests add photos, and you can delete anything; a guest can delete only what they added.