Short answerUse one gallery and one QR code for the whole wedding, with an album for each event: mehndi, sangeet, nikkah, reception, walima. Add each event to your programme with its date and time, and guests' photos and videos are sorted into the right album by when they were taken, even if they upload days later.
Why multi-day weddings lose the most photos
A wedding spread over three or four days has more guests, more outfits, more dancing and more phones than almost any other celebration. It also has the most ways for photos to get lost:
- Different crowds each night. Your mehndi friends aren't always your reception guests.
- Several group chats: one per side of the family, one for friends, one for cousins abroad. Photos scatter across all of them.
- Compressed copies. Everything sent through a chat arrives smaller and softer than the original.
- By day three, nobody remembers which photos came from which event.
One gallery, one album per event
The simplest setup is one private gallery for the whole wedding, with an album for each event. Guests only ever need one link and one QR code, and you get everything in one place.
| Event | Example programme entry |
|---|---|
| Mehndi | Thursday, 7 pm – 1 am |
| Nikkah | Friday, 4 pm – 6 pm |
| Reception | Saturday, 7 pm – 2 am |
| Walima | Sunday, 1 pm – 5 pm |
With FrameAmour, you add these to your programme in your account and confirm the wedding's timezone. Photos and videos that carry a capture time go into the album for that event. A mehndi video uploaded on Sunday still lands under Mehndi. Files without a usable time stay in Wedding day, and you can move anything yourself. Guests can also pick an album when they upload.
Setting up the programme: tips for each kind of event
Every family's wedding looks different, so name the albums the way your guests talk about the events. A few things to think about:
- Events on the same day. If the haldi is in the morning and the mehndi starts in the evening, add both with their own times. Photos from the afternoon in between stay in Wedding day, and you can move them later.
- Events that run past midnight. Use the real end time, such as 2 am on the next day, so late dancing photos stay with the right night.
- The baraat or the arrival. If it's a big moment for your family, give it its own entry rather than folding it into the nikkah or the reception. Guests film a lot of it.
- Smaller family events. A dholki at home or a family dinner can have an album too. Only guests who were there will add to it.
- Getting ready. Bridesmaids and cousins often take the most photos while everyone gets dressed. An album for it keeps those photos together.
Ask one person per event to remind guests
On a multi-day wedding, you can't announce everything yourself. Ask one cousin or friend at each event to do three things: put the cards out, mention the QR code once when everyone has arrived, and send the link to their own group chat at the end of the night. It takes them two minutes, and it reaches guests you might not have a number for.
Where to put the QR code at each event
- Mehndi and sangeet: by the henna artist, at the stage or dance floor, and on the food tables. Guests wait with their hands drying and phones out.
- Nikkah or ceremony: on the welcome sign and at the exit. Many families prefer phones away during the ceremony itself, so the card catches guests afterwards.
- Reception: one card on every table, plus the bar or refreshments and the photo backdrop.
- Walima or brunch: on the tables, with a reminder that photos from every day are welcome.
More placement ideas in where to put the QR code at your wedding.
What to write on the card
Mention that the same code works for every event, and that videos are welcome. Bilingual cards work well when families span languages.
One wedding, every moment 💛 Scan to add your photos and videos from the mehndi, nikkah and reception. No app needed.
Share the celebration Scan this code at any event this weekend. Your photos go straight into our wedding album.
Don't forget family abroad
Relatives who couldn't travel often follow along on video calls and screenshots, and family who did travel take photos on the way home. Post the gallery link in every family group chat the morning after each event: "Thank you for last night! Add your photos and videos here: [link]".
Videos: the part that matters most
The dholki songs, the baraat, the first dance, the speeches: multi-day weddings are full of moments that only make sense on video. Ask guests to share videos through the gallery rather than the group chat, so you get the original files. See how to get guest videos in full quality.
Mistakes that cost couples photos
- A different link for each event. Guests save the first one and use it all weekend. One link is easier for everyone.
- Cards only at the reception. The mehndi and sangeet are often the most relaxed, most photographed nights.
- Waiting until after the walima to ask. By then, the first night's photos are buried under three days of others. Ask the morning after each event.
- Collecting in the group chat. It feels easy in the moment, but you end up with compressed copies spread across dozens of chats.
After the wedding: sharing it back with family
Once everything is in, the gallery becomes something the whole family enjoys. Grandparents can look through the nikkah album, cousins can find themselves in the sangeet videos, and family abroad finally see the events they missed. Everyone uses the same link they used to upload.
When you're ready to keep the photos for good, download the originals and save them in two places. With FrameAmour, the gallery stays open until 12 months after the wedding and can be extended, and we send reminders before it expires.
A simple checklist
- Create the gallery and add every event to the programme, with dates, times and the timezone
- Print enough cards for every event (they can be the same card)
- Share the link in each family group chat
- Turn on review mode if you'd like to approve photos before they appear
- Send a morning-after reminder after each event
- Download the originals once everything is in
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