Crowdsource photos from your festival or community event
Your volunteers can't be everywhere, but your visitors are. A QR code on your signs turns the crowd into your photographers, and gives you content for next year's promotion.
How it works
- Create your event. Give it a name and a date. It takes under a minute, and you don't need a password or a card.
- Share the QR code. Print the free table cards, add the code to your invitations, or drop the link in a group chat.
- Guests scan and upload. They open the page in their phone's browser and pick their photos. No app, no sign-up.
- See every photo in one place. Browse the album from your dashboard. Paid plans add videos, a ZIP of everything and a live slideshow.
Recommended setup
- Plan
- Big Event (€59 once) for 20 GB and a live slideshow screen. Plan on one album for each festival.
- Album setting
- Upload-only. With a public code, you'll want to check photos before anyone browses.
- Where to put the code
- The programme, the info tent, stage screens and the toilet queue, where people have time to spare.
- Before you start
- Add a short notice on how you'll use photos, and name a volunteer to check the album.
Wording you can copy for your sign
Love the festival? Share your photos, and they could feature in next year's programme. By uploading, you agree we can use them, with credit if you add your name.
A free album is deleted 7 days after you create it, so upgrade before printing anything ahead of time. Compare plans.
See what you and your guests get
A public code needs more care
A code on a poster can be scanned by anyone, so strangers can add anything. Keep the album upload-only, so nothing gets shown to other people without review, and check it regularly. If you use the live slideshow, remember that it shows new uploads as they arrive, because there's no approval step. That's fine in a staff area or at a private event. For a public stage screen, we'd suggest playing a slideshow you've checked instead, or keeping someone on hand to delete photos.
Get permission that's actually useful
If you want to use photos in promotion, you need the photographer's OK and should think about the people in them. Put a clear line on the sign, like the wording on this page, and read our event photo notice guide. Don't use close-ups of children in promotion without their parents' permission.
Plan for capacity
Mobile networks can get crowded at a busy event, so don't expect everyone to upload straight away. Tell visitors they can add photos later, from home, and share the link in your post-event email and social media. Big Event has 20 GB, so asking for short clips rather than whole sets will keep you well within that.
Questions
Could someone upload something inappropriate?
It's possible with any public code. Upload-only means other visitors can't see it, you can delete anything from the dashboard, and you can tell us about illegal content.
Is this suited to a very large ticketed festival?
It's best for local and community-sized events. Storage caps at 20 GB per album, so a very large commercial festival would need a bigger system.
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