Planning an event
How to collect all your party photos in one place
Collect guest photos in a shared Suas Memórias album without chasing files across WhatsApp groups. Learn how to prepare sharing before the party.
Planning a party and hoping to collect your guests' photos without spending the next few days chasing files on WhatsApp? Prepare an album in Suas Memórias and send everyone the same link. Their pictures reach one gallery, even when guests have never met or belong to different messaging groups.
Why photos get scattered across conversations
Your aunt takes pictures of the grandparents, a friend captures a table selfie and someone photographs the decorations before you arrive. Each person has a different part of the party on their phone. When you ask everyone to “send the photos to the group,” those pictures end up in family chats, friends' chats and private messages.
Some guests do not belong to those groups. Others send their pictures, but they get buried among thank-you messages and the next day's conversations. You have to work out who took each photo, request the files and search for the ones you already received.
An album gives the photos a home without requiring another group. Use your existing conversations to send the link; the pictures go somewhere dedicated, where you can find them together.
Give everyone one place to share
When you create your party album, enter the celebration's name and date and personalize the invitation. You can check the preview before paying. After payment is confirmed, copy the guest link and save the framed QR code, ready to print.
Guests open that link or scan the code, enter their names, choose photos and confirm the upload in their phone's browser. They do not need to install an app or create an account. Pictures from the family table, your coworkers and the dance floor all reach the same album.
Uploads open three days before the party date. Prepare the invitation ahead of time and, once that window opens, upload a test photo to try the steps your guests will follow.
Share access with the people attending: anyone who receives the guest link, including a forwarded copy, can view and download contributions. Before uploading a photo of someone else, consider whether they are comfortable with it being shared.
Make the invitation easy to find at the party
Include the clickable link in your digital invitation and display the framed QR code on tables or at the entrance. Guests reading on their own phones can tap the address; guests at the venue can find the code without searching an old conversation. Test one printed copy before making the rest.
A simple message explains the idea:
We are collecting party photos in this album. Took a picture of your table, your family or a get-together you want to remember? Share it with us using the link below.
After a group photo, a quick “Add that one to the album too” helps without interrupting the celebration. Guest photos show moments you may have missed and, when you have a photographer, complement their professional coverage.
Collect the photos still on guests' phones and save your copy
The next day, thank everyone for coming and send the same link. Guests who wanted to choose their photos at home will have the address handy. If an important picture is missing, ask the person who took it to upload it to the album so the collection stays together.
You have 3 calendar months after the celebration date to download the files; after that deadline, they are deleted from the album. From your account, you can download the whole album directly into a folder in a compatible browser, following its progress, or select just the photos and, with Complete, the videos you want to keep. Guests download individual files through the album link.
Open a few pictures and play the videos to check your copy. Keep the files in a folder with the party's name and date, and save a second backup in the storage you already use.
Optimized photos have reduced quality for viewing on a phone and sharing. To preserve detail for larger prints or editing later, choose Complete and enable originals before guests upload. You can download the received files in their original quality, separately from the optimized versions. Files on your guests' phones stay unchanged.