Help the photos make it out of the camera rolls.

Your Free album holds up to 100 photos in total and stays available for 14 days from its first successful upload. No payment card needed. Videos are not included.

Try the guest flow in a separate rehearsal album: scan the QR code, select a photo, let the upload finish and check that it appears. A test photo starts the hosting period, so use your event album only when you are ready for that countdown to begin.

• Choose a recognisable album name and make sure you can still get into the email inbox you used to create the album.
• Decide how guests will get in: the plain link, a password, or the full link of an encrypted album.
• Check the venue connection and print a QR sample at the intended size.
• Choose someone to explain the upload steps and someone to save the album before it expires.

“We’d love to see the moments you catch at [event]. Add a few photos to our album: [album link]. It works in your phone’s browser, no app needed. Just keep the page open until it says your photos are uploaded.”

Replace the brackets with your own details. If you use password protection, tell invited guests how to get the password. For an encrypted album, send the complete link exactly as copied. It contains the key that unlocks the photos.

Place the QR code beside a short request to share photos. Mention the album once when guests have a moment to listen, and send the link too.

Walk guests through each step: open the album, select photos from the phone’s picker, start the upload and wait for confirmation. Guests do not need a FotoDrop account or an app.

• Keep printed codes clear of glare, folds and decorative backgrounds.
• Encourage guests to choose photos they are comfortable sharing with the album’s audience.
• If a connection is slow, leave the upload page open and check its progress.
• If an upload fails, follow the retry message and check which photos have already uploaded.

“Have a few photos from today? Scan the code on your table, pick the ones you’d like to share and keep the page open until they’re uploaded. Thank you!”

Keep it low-pressure and simple. The code just opens the album; nobody has to install anything.

Check the album’s remaining capacity and expiry date. If there is still room and time, send the same link with a contribution deadline that leaves you time to download.

Sample follow-up: “Thank you for celebrating with us. If you’d like to share a few favourite photos, add them here by [date]: [album link]. Keep the page open until they’re uploaded.”

On a Free album, the 14-day hosting period starts with the first successful upload, not the date of the event or your reminder. If you upgrade before anyone uploads, the paid period also starts with the first upload. If you upgrade after uploads have begun, the paid period runs from the day you buy it. If you need more time, you can buy a hosting extension from album management.

Download the photos you want to keep while the album is active. Open the saved files and check that you have the collection you expected before the album expires.

Photos are normally optimised to at most 4,000 pixels on the longest edge. Keep the camera originals separately if you need untouched files, larger prints or room for substantial cropping.

Need the full-size original of a particular shot? Ask the guest who took it. The album normally keeps optimised copies, not untouched camera files.

Guests open the album in their browser without installing an app or creating an account. By default, people with the shared link or QR code can view its photos while the album is active. A link can be forwarded, and recipients can save copies.

Tell guests who the album is for. A password or browser-side encryption changes what people need to get in. It doesn’t stop anyone who can see the photos from saving or forwarding them.