Celebrations
How to collect graduation photos in one album
Collect graduation photos in a shared QR code album. Plan the dates, guest uploads and who will save the collection for classmates and family.
Planning a graduation and expecting photos from classmates, friends and several family chats? Start by agreeing which celebrations you want to collect pictures from and who will download the collection. Then give participants one shared link. This avoids leaving someone to search every conversation for photos once the party is over.
Check the dates of the ceremony, dinner and class party
A graduation can include gatherings on different days. Write down the dates and decide which photos you want to collect: the ceremony with your parents, the family dinner, the class party or more than one of these occasions. This helps you choose the correct album date.
In Suas Memórias, each album has one celebration date. Uploads open three days before it and continue through 7 days afterward. If the ceremony is on Friday and the class party is on Saturday, for example, photos from both can be uploaded within the window of an album dated for the ceremony. Gatherings on different days do not automatically require a separate purchase for each one.
If the schedule stretches beyond that window, check which gatherings fall outside it before deciding how to collect those pictures. Review the date before activating the album, because it becomes fixed after activation and also sets the download deadline.
Choose who will look after the collection through delivery
For your own celebration, you or a relative can look after the album. For a class event, choose someone to create it in their account, keep an eye on uploads and save the files afterward. Another person can help distribute the invitation without signing in to that account.
Agree on who will receive a saved copy too. If you want a collection for the whole class, tell classmates where they will find the pictures and who will make the final download. Making that arrangement before the party is easier than discovering everyone expected someone else to save everything.
When you create the graduation album, choose a recognizable name, such as “Julia's graduation” or “Nursing class of 2026”, enter the chosen date and personalize the invitation using the preview. Once payment is confirmed, the album supplies the guest link and a framed QR code to save and print.
Share the invitation with family and classmates
Send the same link to the class and family chats. Guests open the page in their browsers, enter their names and upload photos, without installing an app or creating an account. Pictures reach the same album even when participants do not belong to any of the same groups.
At dinner or the class party, display the QR code on tables in a small holder that leaves the code visible. Test a printed sample and, once uploads are open, share a picture from a phone. Include a clickable link in digital invitations for anyone reading on their own device.
You could use this message:
Took a graduation photo with family or classmates? Share your favorites in our album using the link or the QR code on the tables.
Anyone with the guest link can view and download contributions. Share it among participants and ask the people pictured before posting photos on public profiles.
Capture moments the graduate might miss
Parents talking with teachers, friends who traveled from another city and classmates catching up at a table are part of the story too. Suggest these pictures to people nearby rather than asking only for another shot of the stage.
If someone important needs to leave early, arrange a picture together beforehand. For the rest of the party, a brief reminder from the host is enough to introduce the album. Guest photos complement professional coverage; during the ceremony, follow the event's guidance and leave room for the hired team to work.
Download the photos and give the class a copy
After the celebration, the person responsible can thank guests and send the same link to anyone who still has pictures on their phone. Then set aside time to save the collection within 3 calendar months after the date entered in the album. Files are deleted after that deadline.
Keep the downloads in a folder with the graduation's name and date, open the photos and, with Complete, play any uploaded videos to check your copy. Make a second backup and deliver the files as agreed with the class. Pick out family favorites too, so a picture with someone who supported you through your studies stays easy to find among the party photos.