A QR code for photos: what the link should open

A QR code for photos opens a page. Sometimes that page shows a picture you already picked. Sometimes it is there so guests can send their own, from the phones already in their pockets.

The black square does not choose for you. It holds an address. The phone opens it. After that, the page does the work.

Two requests that look the same

The first one is narrow. You have a photo, and you want a relative to see it without digging through your files. The QR leads to that image, or to a small album you filled yourself.

The second one is a wedding, a party, or a team night. The photos are not gathered yet. They are in the room. The QR needs to open a page where a guest picks images from the camera roll and sends them, with no account to create.

If you print the first kind of link and expect the second, people land on a page they cannot fill. The gallery stays empty, and you chase files the next day.

What the page needs to allow

1. It opens in the phone browser, with no app store in the way.
2. It accepts a photo or a short video from the camera roll, and from the camera.
3. The name stays optional. A required field stops people before they even pick a file.
4. The files stay available to you, in a gallery you can look at again.

The address should stay put once the cards are printed. A QR reprinted at the last minute with a new link leaves the old paper pointing nowhere.

How to set it up

1. Create the event and copy the public link.
2. Generate the QR from that link.
3. Open the page on an iPhone and on an Android. Send a test photo.
4. Print the square large enough, with a clear margin around it.
5. Plan more than one piece. A sign at the entrance and cards where people sit.

With Komos, the event QR opens the guest upload page. The free trial is there to check that path: 15 media, and a single guest who uploads. Unlocking the event is 85 CAD, once.

What not to do

1. Point the QR at a folder guests cannot add to.
2. Change the link after printing.
3. Shrink the square until the phone has to touch it.
4. Ask guests for an account or a password.
5. Rely on a single sheet, placed where nobody stops.

In summary

A QR code for photos is a printed link. For a party, pick the page that collects, test it on two phones, then print the square large enough to scan without a manual.

Read next

1. How to upload a photo with a QR code (for guests)
2. How to print a QR code for photos
3. Free QR code photo sharing: what you can test
4. An online photo gallery with a QR code
5. How to scan a photo QR code
6. A QR code for wedding photos
7. A QR code for party photos

Create an event to try it, or see pricing: 85 CAD, once.