Notes for whoever's hosting.
How to collect the photos everyone else took — at weddings, birthdays, trips and everything in between.
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The wedding photos your guests took — and how to get them all
Every guest at your wedding is carrying a camera. Most of what they shoot never reaches you. Here is why that happens, and how to fix it before the day rather than after.
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One photographer can't cover a whole wedding
This isn't a criticism of photographers. It's arithmetic. Here's which parts of the day fall outside any one person's reach, and who is already standing there.
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Birthday party photos that aren't forty near-identical selfies
Everyone photographs a birthday and nobody ends up with a good set. The problem isn't the phones — it's that nothing tells anyone what's worth shooting.
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How to get everyone's party photos into one album
The photos exist. They're just scattered across twenty phones, three group chats and a story that expired. Here's how to collect them without nagging anybody.
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Group trip photos: one album instead of five camera rolls
Everyone comes home from the same trip with a different version of it. Here's how to end up with one shared record rather than five private ones.
The end-of-trip photo swap, and why it never happens
Everyone agrees to share their photos on the last night. Almost nobody does. A look at why the swap fails and what to do instead of relying on goodwill.
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Team offsite photos without a shared drive nobody opens
Every company event produces a folder somebody made and nobody looks at. Here's how to get photos people actually want, from the people who were actually there.
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What to do with the photos from the company party
Work parties produce the most photographed and least shared events of the year. The reason is privacy — and it's solvable without giving up the photos.
Hand every guest a camera at your next event.