Wedding Hashtags Are Over: There’s a Better Way to Get All Your Guest Photos
If you’ve been wedding planning for more than five minutes, you’ve probably already thought about your wedding hashtag.
Maybe you’ve spent hours scrolling Pinterest boards of wedding hashtag ideas, or you’ve played around with a wedding hashtag generator to come up with something punny.
But here’s the thing no one tells you: they’re not actually a reliable way to collecting photos from your guests.
Why Wedding Hashtags Aren’t the Photo Solution You Think They Are
On the surface, a wedding hashtag seems like the perfect way to gather photos from your guests. You make a cute pun, print it on a sign, and tell everyone to tag their posts. Easy, right?
Not quite.
For a hashtag to actually work as your photo collection method, every single guest would need to:
Remember to use it. By the time the dance floor opens, most people are thinking about refilling their drink, not remembering your hashtag.
Spell it correctly. One little typo and that photo won’t show up in your search at all.
Post every photo publicly. And that’s assuming they even post them. Many guests keep their favorite shots on their camera roll, share them privately in group chats, or post them to Stories that vanish after 24 hours.
What you end up with is usually just a tiny fraction of what was actually captured. Maybe a few Instagram posts over the next week. The rest? Hundreds of moments gone into the black hole of people’s phones.
If you love the idea of a hashtag, keep it. Just don’t expect it to be the ultimate way to see everything your guests photographed. If you want the full picture, you’ll need something more reliable than a hashtag alone.
A Better Way to Get Guest Photos
We built POV to solve this issue. We wanted a way for couples to collect every single moment without chasing their friends and family down afterwards. Guests have fun using POV too.
Here’s how it works:
You print a QR code (POV will generate it to you), set it out on tables, signs, or even at the bar. Guests scan it with their phone camera and, instantly, they’re in your event’s POV camera. No app to download. No “oh wait, what’s the hashtag again?”.
From there, they just do what they’d do anyway -- take photos. Except now, every single photo goes straight into your private, shared gallery. The second they snap it, you have it.
Guests love it because it’s ridiculously easy and feels like a game. People end up trying to outdo each other for the funniest, most creative, or most touching shot.
You’ll love it because you won’t miss a thing. No chasing people for uploads. No “Can you AirDrop me that later?” No lost memories hiding on someone’s camera roll.
We’ve seen couples collect thousands of photos they never would have seen otherwise. Your wedding photographer can only capture one perspective!
So go ahead, keep your hashtag for fun. But if you really want every photo, it’s time to close those tabs labeled “wedding hashtag generator” and “wedding hashtag ideas.”
Use POV instead.
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