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For photographers · By Khushi Goyal, Founder · Updated

How does face recognition photo sharing work at a wedding?

The photographer uploads the wedding photos to one gallery. A guest opens the gallery link, takes one selfie, and face recognition matches it against the photos of that wedding only. The guest then sees every photo they are in, and photos uploaded later reach them on their own, without another selfie.

Face recognition photo sharing is a way of delivering event photos where a guest's selfie is matched against the event's photos, so each guest sees only the photos they appear in.

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Step by step

Face recognition photo sharing, step by step

  1. Photos are uploaded. From your laptop or straight off the camera. Guest shots from the Photo Booth camera wait for your OK.
  2. The guest takes one selfie. From the gallery link on WhatsApp or the QR at the venue, in the phone's browser.
  3. Matching runs on that wedding only. The selfie is compared only with the photos of that wedding, never with any other.
  4. Their photos appear, and keep coming. They see the photos they are in once that function's photos open: live, after the function or at 9 the next morning, as you choose. New photos with their face keep arriving; on Pro, for 30 days after the last function, with one "new photos of you" message a day.

On ShaadiMode

How ShaadiMode helps with face recognition photo sharing

  • Family albums from the same faces. "Photos with mummy" and family albums come in one tap once the faces are known.
  • Stage photos sent by family name. On Pro, with the family list, each family's photo with the couple on stage is found by face and sent to that family the same night.
  • Privacy built in. Guests see only their own photos plus what you or the couple make public. Face data stays in that wedding and can be deleted any time.
  • When the selfie misses a photo. Face search can miss side faces, the backs of heads and dark stage shots. A guest can tap "Missing some photos of me?" and the couple sends them the ones they find.

Avoid

Common mistakes with face recognition photo sharing

  • Asking guests to tag themselves: nobody does it for 3,000 photos.
  • Making every photo public: some families do not want their photos seen by everyone.
  • Using a tool that needs an app install at the wedding: many guests never open it.

Key facts

ShaadiMode for photographers: the numbers

ShaadiMode for photographers, as of 24 October 2026. Prices in INR.
First weddingFree, up to 5,000 photos
Starter plan₹2,999 a year or ₹1,069 a quarter, 25,000 photos a year, 25 free invite credits
Pro plan₹6,999 a year or ₹2,499 a quarter, 1,00,000 photos a year, 100 free invite credits
Studio plan₹13,999 a year or ₹4,999 a quarter, 2,50,000 photos a year, 250 free invite credits
Pro addsYour own WhatsApp, watermark on downloads, leads, live camera upload, family links
Studio addsTeam logins, album designer, your own brand on guest pages
Photos kept1 year after each wedding's last function
More photos₹999 for 10,000
Guest HD photoCounts as 2 photos; every other photo counts once
Guest reel20 seconds, vertical, ends with your studio's name
Guest camera (default)25 shots per guest per function, 100 across the wedding
Sneak peekUp to 20 of your photos per function, open to guests the same day
When guests see photosLive, after the function, or 9 AM the next morning (the default); set per wedding
New-photo messages (Pro)At most one a day per guest, for 30 days after the last function
Cost to the couple₹0 for the photos

Questions

Questions about face recognition photo sharing

Is guests' face data safe?

A guest's selfie is used only to find their photos in that one wedding. Guests see only the photos they are in plus the ones you or the couple make public, and their face data can be deleted any time.

Can the couple turn face search off?

Yes. With face search off, guests see only the photos made public.

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