Event photo guides

Wedding Time Capsule: Create a Keepsake to Open in Ten Years

What should you put in a wedding time capsule, how can you make it part of the ceremony, and how should you preserve it? A guide to choosing a box and keeping your photos safe.

Joy for a wedding in France: what to check before you choose

Is Joy right for a wedding in France? A careful look at language, addresses and RSVPs, plus a practical way to choose the right solution.

Wedding photographer: how late should they stay?

How late should your wedding photographer stay? Find the right cutoff, the moments worth capturing, and a way to cover the rest of the evening without extending the contract.

Charity gala: how to bring together everyone's photos

Charity gala or annual celebration: collect guests’ photos, display them on a projected photo wall and share the album, while respecting everyone’s consent to the use of their image.

Escort card, place card or seating chart: which should you choose?

Escort card or place card? Understand how each differs from a seating chart and choose what your meal really needs.

Class Reunions: Bring Your Class and Its Forgotten Photos Back Together

How to reconnect with your classmates, digitize class photos and organize a reunion without losing any of the memories from the big day.

Shared Album on iPhone and Android: Can All Your Guests Contribute?

Can Android guests add their photos to a shared iCloud album? Understand its limitations and choose a collection solution that works for everyone.

Retirement album: collect career memories

Learn how to gather photos from an entire career and create a keepsake album for a retirement celebration, online with Fotelya.

Family Reunion: The Guide to Organizing a Large Family Gathering

Date, venue, budget, activities, family photo directory and shared album: a practical guide to organizing a reunion that brings the whole family together.

Why WhatsApp ruins your event photo quality (and how to keep them in HD)

Understand why WhatsApp compresses your photos, how to limit quality loss, and keep your event memories in high definition.

No network in your wedding venue: how to still get your guests' photos

No Wi-Fi at the town hall or reception venue? Your guests' photos will still arrive. Discover simple and reliable solutions.

What to write on a wedding menu? 30 ready-to-copy formulations

30 ready-to-copy formulations for your wedding menus: classic, humorous, rustic. A guide to the 4 decisions couples really face.

Google Photos to collect wedding photos: 5 limits to know

Google account, quality, storage, moderation, rights: check the limits of a shared Google Photos album before offering it to your guests.

29 ideas for a family gathering that leaves more than just a meal

Twenty-nine ideas for a meal or family gathering: record the elders' stories, identify old photos, and the photo retaken every year.

58 ideas for a 40th, 50th, or 60th birthday that stands out

Fifty-eight ideas for a milestone birthday: decorate with your life rather than balloons, games inspired by your years, and the gift that fits in a box.

136 wedding ideas, sorted by what they really solve

One hundred thirty-six practical wedding ideas, sorted by problem: guest comfort, children, grandparents, seating plan, budget, photos.

39 ideas for a hen party without dares, costumes, or bad surprises

Thirty-nine ideas to organize a hen party the bride truly wants: the rule to set from the invitation, the budget announced upfront, and what to leave her at the end.

47 ideas for a christening tailored to the child, not the protocol

Forty-seven practical ideas to organize a christening tailored to the child's rhythm: timing, venue, games, and what won't be opened for twenty years.

43 ideas for a farewell party they'll remember

Forty-three practical ideas to organize a farewell party about the person, not the job: the venue, the words, the photos, what remains afterward.

WhatsApp group for wedding photos: good or bad idea?

Is a WhatsApp group enough for wedding photos? Quality, dispersion, prints, and QR code album without an account: the honest comparison.

Wedding seating plan on Excel: free template and next steps

A free Excel template for your wedding seating plan: guest list, RSVP tracking, dietary requirements, headcount per table. No sign-up. And how to print the plan afterward.

Divorced parents, blended family: create a drama-free wedding seating plan

Separated parents, blended family: four peaceful seating plans, the words to announce them, and the pitfalls to avoid during the wedding.

Wedding seating plan: who to seat next to whom?

Couples, singles, children, colleagues, estranged families: 10 practical rules to create a wedding seating plan without upsetting your guests.

15 ready-to-copy texts to ask your guests for their photos

Copy one of these 15 messages to collect your wedding photos from guests, before the party or in your follow-ups.

Your guests never sent you their wedding photos: how to get them

Your guests have hundreds of wedding photos, but you've received almost none. A practical plan to get them, even months later.

Wedding photos gone wrong: what to do

Disappointed with your wedding photos? A practical guide to talking to the photographer, exploring retouching, and collecting guests' photos.

Bachelorette and bachelor party photo challenges: the list, and what to leave out

Ready-to-copy photo challenges for a bachelorette or bachelor party, a genuinely fun version that actually works, and the safety rule nobody ever writes down

Birthday photo challenges: the lists that get your guests involved

Six ready-to-copy photo challenges for an adult birthday or a child’s party, what changes at 18, 30, 40 or 50, and where to display them so they’re actually read

How to share wedding photos with your guests

The five methods to collect your guests’ photos, compared without bias: image quality preserved, effort required, and what each one makes you lose

Wedding photo challenges: the list to give your guests

Six ready-to-use wedding photo challenges for your guests, what makes a challenge effective, and the 34 challenges tailored for other types of events

Wedding entertainment: what really works

Which wedding entertainment actually works, when to schedule it, what it costs and what it leaves behind after the party. A complete guide, without endless lists

Host a corporate evening without anyone sighing

What entertainment works for a corporate evening, seminar or end-of-year party, how to avoid forced team building, and how to collect photos without putting the company at risk

Free wedding photo QR code: what’s really possible

Create a wedding photo album via QR code for free: what a free plan truly allows, its honest limitations, and when a paid option becomes useful

Alternative to a photo booth for a wedding: the QR code photo wall

Renting a photo booth or setting up a collaborative photo wall via QR code: cost, installation, guest participation. An honest comparison of both approaches

Photo wall for your wedding: your guests’ images, projected live

Set up a photo wall at your wedding: your guests’ photos and videos projected live on the venue screen, with a simple QR code. No equipment to rent

Live wedding slideshow: the slideshow that builds itself

The next-gen wedding slideshow: it builds itself with the photos your guests share during the evening. Zero editing, zero USB stick

Digital wedding guestbook: your guests’ words, and even their voices

A wedding guestbook your guests fill from their phones: written messages for everyone, 60-second voice messages, exported with your album

Photo sharing for corporate events: seminars, evenings, trade shows

Collect photos from a seminar, annual party or trade show: no app for participants, with moderation, brand image and GDPR compliance. The complete guide

Where are your event photos stored? A guide to EU hosting and GDPR

Where are your wedding or corporate event photos stored, which laws apply, and how can you check where a photo-sharing service keeps your data? A guide and checklist.

Event QR poster: the complete guide, with free templates

Create the perfect QR poster for your wedding or event: what to write on it, where to place it, how to print it properly, and a free generator of elegant, ready-to-print templates

Wedding QR code: the complete guide to gathering all your guests’ photos

Everything about the wedding QR code: how it works, how to create it, where to place it on the big day, what it costs, and how to choose a service that truly protects your photos

QR code for wedding photo album: the complete guide

How a wedding photo album via QR code works, where to place the code, and how guests participate with one scan, no app needed

Sharing event photos without an app: why and how

Why app-free photo sharing is gaining ground for events, and how to gather everyone’s memories from a simple browser

Live photo wall: the complete guide to animating your event in real time

What a live photo wall is, how to project it on a TV or projector (HDMI, Chromecast, AirPlay), why it boosts guest participation, and how to pull it off on the day

Event photo album and GDPR: where your memories are and who has access

Where your event photos really go, who has access, and how to choose a GDPR-compliant album, hosted in the European Union

Child’s birthday party: collect photos taken by other parents

At a child’s birthday party, the best photos of your child are taken by other parents, and you never see them. Here’s how to gather them

Bachelorette and bachelor parties: gather the whole weekend in one album and turn it into a gift

Bachelorette or bachelor weekends are lived in fragments, scattered across phones. Here’s how to bring it all together and turn it into a gift.

Christening and communion: the family album the child will revisit as an adult

At a christening or communion, important photos are taken everywhere at once and remain scattered across the family. Here’s how to build the album that will last.

Corporate seminars and parties: capture the true life of the event

The official photographer only captures part of a seminar or corporate party. The real energy lives in the team’s phones. Here’s how to collect it, with consent.

New Year’s Eve and year-end parties: capture the memories before they fade

New Year’s Eve photos end up blurry in expiring stories, and January doesn’t leave time to gather them. Here’s how to capture everything during the party.