Photo sharing for birthdays, work events and celebrations of life
Collecting guests' photos at birthdays, parties, work events, reunions and funerals or celebrations of life.
Updated · 6 min read·By the DropSnaps team
Questions people ask
Can I use a photo-sharing page for a funeral or celebration of life?
Yes. Family and friends can share old photos and memories from wherever they are, and leave messages in the guestbook. Turning on approval lets the family check everything before it is shown.
Does DropSnaps work for work events?
Yes. Add a PIN if the event is internal, put the slideshow on a screen in the venue, and download everything afterwards for your newsletter or social channels.
Weddings get most of the attention, but every gathering has the same problem: lots of people take photos, and nobody ends up with all of them. A QR code photo-sharing page works just as well for a 40th birthday, a company summer party or a celebration of life. Here's how to adapt it.
How it works for any event
The basics don't change. You create the event, print or share the QR code, and guests upload photos and videos from their phone's browser, with no app or account. Everything appears on a live wall, can play as a slideshow on a screen, and you download it all afterwards.
What changes is the detail: the moment tags you suggest, how private it needs to be, and whether a screen makes sense. When you create an event on DropSnaps, you choose what kind of event it is, and it starts with moment tags to match.
Birthdays and parties
Moment tags to try: The cake, Blowing out the candles, Presents, Party games, The dance floor, Best dressed.
Put the slideshow on a TV. At a house party or a hired room, a slideshow on the TV becomes part of the entertainment.
Surprise parties: share the link with guests in advance so they can add old photos of the guest of honour. It makes a great slideshow when they walk in.
Parties work just like weddings: a QR code, a screen and everyone's photos in one place
Work events and conferences
Moment tags to try: Behind the scenes, The team, The speeches, The venue, Funny moments.
Add a PIN for internal events, so the photos stay with the people who were there.
Turn on approval if the slideshow is on a big screen in front of clients or senior colleagues.
Download everything afterwards for your newsletter, intranet or social channels, and ask people before posting photos of them publicly.
Reunions, christenings and anniversaries
Moment tags to try: Group photos, Your table, Memories, Favourite moment.
Ask for old photos too. A reunion or a big anniversary is the perfect excuse to gather photos from years ago alongside the new ones.
Guests who can't travel can still join in: send them the link, and they can see everything and leave a message in the guestbook.
Funerals and celebrations of life
Collecting photos of someone who has died is one of the kindest things people can do for a family. Friends and relatives often have photos the family has never seen: from school, from work, from holidays decades ago.
Moment tags to try: Old photos, Memories, Family, Friends, The service, The gathering. DropSnaps starts a funeral or memorial event with tags like these.
Invite people to share before the day. Send the link with the details of the service, so photos arrive in time to be shown.
Show them at the gathering. A slideshow of photos from across a whole life, shared by the people who were there, can mean a great deal at a wake or reception.
Use the guestbook for messages. Family members can read them later, at their own pace.
Turn on approval. It gives the family a gentle way to check everything before it appears.
Download everything so the family has a copy to keep.
A quick set-up checklist for any event
Create the event and choose its kind, so the moment tags fit.
Decide on privacy: a PIN, whether it can be found by name, and approval.
Share the link in advance if you'd like photos before the day.
Print the QR code for tables, the entrance or the screen.
Set up the slideshow if there's a TV or projector.
Send a reminder afterwards, and download everything.
