One QR code. Every photo from your wedding.

With Photobooth there is nothing to generate yourself: the QR code comes with the universe. The flow: the organiser creates the universe from the site's form (free on Discover, €29 on Soirée), it opens immediately, and the print-ready QR code is downloaded from the admin panel — a vector image (SVG) that stays sharp at any print size, pointing straight to the event's private gallery. All that remains is integrating it into the wedding stationery: table cards, entrance sign, menus. No external generator, no link shortener, no technical skill required. The QR code is permanent: it works before the wedding for rehearsals, on the day for the collection, and throughout the plan's retention period to chase latecomers. A full-scale test with two or three close friends, a week ahead, validates the whole journey.

No — neither to scan nor to upload photos. The native camera on iPhones and Androids has recognised QR codes for years: the guest opens the camera, points it at the code, and the gallery opens directly in the browser. They then pick a nickname and a personal 6-digit PIN — no account, no email, no download — and drop their photos in seconds. This total absence of friction is what drives participation: the least tech-comfortable guests, grandparents included, contribute as much as everyone else, since the only gesture required is the one they already use to read a restaurant menu. The more visible the QR code is, and the more places it appears in the room, the larger the share of guests who drop at least one photo.

The baseline rule: never smaller than 3 × 3 cm on a support within arm's reach, such as a table card or a menu — below that, phone cameras struggle to lock onto the code, especially in evening light. For an entrance sign or a board next to the guest book, go much larger: at least 10 × 10 cm on A4, more on A3, so the code scans from a metre away. Contrast matters as much as size: dark code on a light background, with no decorative pattern crossing the modules. The decisive test happens before the final print run: scan the code at arm's length, then from a metre, with two different phones. Formats per support and the common mistakes are detailed earlier on this page.

The QR code itself is included in every plan — it is never billed separately. The free Discover plan, with no credit card, lets you test the full journey with one universe, up to 100 photos and 30 days of retention. For the wedding itself, the Soirée plan at €29 one-time covers the whole event: unlimited photos with no per-guest cap, 6 months of retention, automatic Google Drive backup and a zip download sorted by person. There is no subscription, no renewal, no hidden cost. For comparison, renting a physical photo booth for one evening typically runs into the hundreds of euros, for a result limited to the shots taken in front of the booth — whereas the QR code captures photos from every phone in the room.

A single QR code covers the whole wedding, and it is the same on every support: table cards, entrance sign, ceremony program, menus. It contains the universe code and leads straight to your gallery's sign-in screen, so nobody has to type anything. The QR code does not identify the guest — the nickname they pick on their first scan does, protected by a 6-digit PIN. Every photo they drop is then attached to that nickname, which is what makes the per-person sorting and the zip download organised by guest possible. Generating one QR code per person would therefore add nothing and needlessly complicate printing: one code, repeated in several spots around the venue, is both simpler to produce and more effective. A guest who switches phones mid-evening gets their photos back with the same nickname and the same PIN.

Always print the text fallback: the universe code in plain text under the QR code, together with the address labo.gallery/app. A guest whose phone refuses to scan (scratched lens, older model, dim lighting) simply opens their browser, types the address, enters the universe code, then picks a nickname and PIN like everyone else. The result is exactly the same: their photos land in the same gallery, attached to their nickname. For the least tech-comfortable relatives, a bridesmaid or a parent can demonstrate once early in the evening; after that, the gesture spreads from table to table. One last option: share the universe's direct link, which you can copy from your admin panel, by text message or in the family group chat. The link leads to exactly the same place as the QR code, with nothing to type at all.

Yes. The QR code points to your universe and stays valid as long as the universe does: 6 months on the Soirée plan, 30 days on Discover. That matters, because many guests only sort through their photos once they are home and rested. Latecomers can drop their shots the following week, or later, by scanning the same code printed on a menu or a thank-you favour they took home. You can also nudge everyone a few days after the party with the universe's direct link, in a message or a thank-you note. New photos are added to the existing gallery, attached to each guest's nickname, and the Google Drive backup keeps copying them as they arrive. Once the collection feels complete, you download the final zip sorted by guest, in one go.