Do you think that when Apple used the slogan, “There's An App For Everything,” that they thought about some of the apps that have been developed today? Who could believe how the range of apps available has developed? It’s doubtful that even the great visionary and father of the smartphone, Steve Jobs, the, could have believed the way that his “baby” would grow up.
So as well as the millions of the gaming and educational apps, there are apps to handle most any need - including apps that have been developed for sharing photos designed specifically with weddings in mind.
In the “old days,” there were some smart couples who provided guests with disposable cameras so that they could photograph the big day and provide the perspective from the eyes of “insiders” – guests who know the married couple and their special relationships; something that the professional photographer hired for the day, does not. These photo-sharing apps, available for iPhone and Android operating systems, are the disposable cameras of the 21st century…on steroids.
Welcome to the 21st Century
The photo-sharing apps enable your guests to use their ever-present smartphones to take wedding photos and share them online in a virtual wedding album. These photos can be downloaded, shared on social media platforms such as Facebook, and even displayed in real-time at the wedding. Some of these apps are free and the most expensive app costs $249; however, when compared with the cost of disposable cameras, this is still cheap – and you can’t compare what they offer.
The apps offer different features such as:
- Providing the ability to send group texts and post information directly from your email account
- Automatic upload to your online album
- Copying of photos to a Facebook album
- The ability to design a wedding album
- Retouching of photos by a professional photographer
- Photos being added to an online album in real-time that can be projected on a big screen during your wedding
Some of the better known wedding-specific photo-sharing apps include Wedding Snap, GuestShots, WedPics, Capsule, PhotoOpp, WedSocial, Wedding Party, Snapable, and Cake Face. Check them out and see which of them best suit your purposes and go for it.
Photo-sharing apps will definitely provide a perspective that your professional photographer will not and may even tempt you to not even hire a professional photographer. Now that would lead to a really substantial saving.
