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QR code photo sharing: guests scan, upload, no app

A photo QR code from PicBee opens an upload gallery for your event, not a link to one picture. Guests scan it with the phone camera, the gallery opens in the browser, and they add their photos with no app and no account.

Their phone photos land in the same gallery as the photographer's set: both cameras, one gallery.

Create Free QR Code

Free to start: one free event holds up to 10 photos. Read about free QR code event photo sharing, or compare event photo plans.

How QR Code Photo Sharing Works

1

Create Your Event

Set up your event gallery in minutes, add your event name, and generate your unique QR code.

2

Display the QR Code

Print the code on table cards, posters, or wedding programs. Display on screens at your venue.

3

Guests Scan & Upload

Guests scan with their phone camera. The gallery opens in the phone browser, no app download. They select or take photos and upload.

4

Photos Appear Live

Guest uploads appear in your gallery straight away. Turn on approval if you want to check them first, or show them on a live slideshow.

Why QR Code Photo Sharing?

No App Download

Guests upload from the phone browser. Nothing to install.

Quick Access

Guests go from scanning to uploading without an install or a sign-up.

Works for Everyone

Any smartphone with a camera can scan and upload.

Multiple Upload Options

Take new photos or upload from camera roll.

Why guests need no app

The QR code opens your event gallery in the phone's web browser. Guests upload from there, so there is nothing to install and no account to create. On iPhone, POV camera and photo booth links can also open as an App Clip; regular uploads stay in the browser. Step by step: how guests upload photos.

Guests can upload JPEG, PNG and WebP photos. Video uploads are not supported.

Before you print the code, scan it with an iPhone and an Android phone and upload a test photo from each.

Planning a wedding? Read our guide to using a QR code for wedding pictures. After the event, guests on Premium, Ultimate and photographer plans can use our face recognition photo app to find the photos it matches to their face.

Where to Display Your QR Code

Wedding Tables

Print QR codes on table numbers or centerpiece cards.

Event Signage

Large posters at entrance or photo stations.

Conference Badges

Add QR codes to attendee name badges.

Digital Displays

Show on screens around the venue.

Invitations

Include in digital or printed invitations.

Photo Booth

Display next to your photo booth setup.

QR Code Photo Sharing FAQs

Most modern smartphones can scan QR codes directly from the camera app. Guests simply point their camera at the code, tap the notification that appears, and the gallery opens in the browser.
No. The QR code opens the gallery in the phone browser, so guests upload without installing anything. On iPhone, POV camera and photo booth links can also open as an App Clip.
Any smartphone with a camera and a web browser. The built-in camera app on iPhone and Android reads the QR code and opens the gallery.
No. PicBee does not offer custom QR code colors or a logo inside the code. It does provide printable table card and poster templates for your event QR code.
The gallery opens in the phone browser. Guests can take a new photo or upload from their camera roll. On Premium, Ultimate and photographer plans they can also use face search to find photos of themselves.
On a free PicBee gallery. The Free plan gives you 1 event that accepts guest uploads by QR code, up to 10 photos and 20 MB of storage. Essential ($29) raises that to 1,000 original-quality photos.
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