Whether you’re planning a wedding, a stag do, or a birthday party, life events are the perfect places to capture photos, and memories, of those you love. Sharing other people’s images is a great way to see your event through their eyes, experience any moments you missed, and relive the details all over again.
But how do you get to see these images? Surely we’ve moved on from sharing a few grainy snaps with our friends via email? Luckily, we have! Here are some of the best ways to swap and share photos from any event:
Use a Photo Sharing App
Photo sharing apps such as Dropbox or google photos are incredibly popular and a great way to share event images after an event. A photo-sharing service is an efficient way to save and organise your images without using up space on your own computers. Many of these apps will also include editing software so that you can manipulate the images to best suit your needs.
There are some drawbacks to using photo-sharing apps for event photos, however. Because these apps work best when you are uploading a large number of images, they are often best used after an event to share photos, rather than used whilst an event is still taking place. This means that some attendees might forget to share their images, or it seems like way too much effort after the event. These apps also might not be the best option for events involving elderly family members, such as weddings, as individuals in this group are often frustrated by apps and find them difficult to use. Furthermore, if everyone is uploading photos to one place, this could create quite a bit of administrative work to manage.
Use a Hashtag
If you’re celebrating a special occasion with many people who love sharing photos on social media, then giving your event its own hashtag is a great way to keep the photos in one place. #lucysbirthdaybash or #thesmithwedding, for example, will immediately bring all your photos together. An event hashtag can help generate rich conversations among attendees, helping them to bond: this is particularly useful for groups that didn’t know each other before the event. It is also cheap and easy to implement.
But it is worth pointing out that your hashtag will be visible to other social media users, so you might want to be cautious about sharing personal images. Remember that anything you share online will be visible to potential employers, as well as your friends and family members.
Have an Event Specific QR Code Photo Album
The final option is to create an event-specific QR code via EventsAlbum. This is a handy tool that will allow everyone attending an event to simply scan the event-specific QR code (which you can put on your invitations, tickets, or on posters around the event) and then upload their photos. They won’t need to sign up or download an app, making it one of the easiest and most convenient ways to share event photos.
After the event you can download the full high-resolution photos your guests uploaded, meaning that the quality of the images you receive is never compromised. This often isn’t the case with social media images, which can be shrunk to fit the platform.
They say a picture paints a thousand words, and images capture moments that will last a lifetime. So, no matter how you choose to share your event photos, make sure you have a plan in place to keep as many of them as possible. You won’t want to forget any of the details of your special event! At EventsAlbum, we offer a single event photo management solution from £30 which will guarantee to have your special events user-generated photography totally in control and captured. Check out a demo to see how it works.