You are putting Polaroid cameras on the tables.
One on each cloth. A pack of film beside it. A white square for a note. That is the Polaroid camera wedding people mean. Cameras as objects. The peel in the room.
The real night is different. Packs run empty before the first dance. One camera walks off in a coat. The peel happens while dinner is still going, and that was not the plan. You have a handful of squares and no set you can send. The rest of the day dies in hundreds of mixed guest phone photos in a chat, if anyone sends them at all.
The part worth keeping is the honesty. One take. A short note. Prints later, when you want them. Not a same-day peel on the dancefloor.
Polajoy is that constraint, on the phone already in a pocket.
You set the wedding up. Free. One event code. A card on the table, or a line in the invite. Guests open the app, type the code, and join with an account. After the wedding, everyone who attended can be sent the photos. iPhone and Android.
Each person shoots on a 30-shot roll. Ordinary guests hard-stop at 0. No second roll. If you nominate a photographer, the friend with the good eye, they can start another free 30-shot roll. Ordinary guests do not.
After each shot, ten seconds to Accept or Void. Timeout or a screenshot voids it. A void does not spend a frame. A short handwritten note is optional, up to 34 characters. Initials always go on the frame. Then it seals, and nobody sees it until the reveal you chose. Not even you.
One reveal. End of the night, the next morning, a week later, or a time you pick. Then the shop is there if you want paper. Nothing auto-ships. Free downloads carry a small wordmark. £2.99 takes it off. Prints never have it.
You do not buy Polaroid cameras for every table. You do not chase a camera that left in a pocket. You do not watch a peel while dinner is still going. The film is already on the phone, and it waits.
This is not Polaroid versus a guest camera. That note is wedding Polaroid vs a guest camera. It is not the peel-apart book on a table. If that object is what you were planning, there is a note on a Polaroid guest book, without the Polaroids. It is not the instant camera itself. That note is an instant camera wedding, without the instant cameras. If the camera you meant was Instax Mini, not Polaroid, there is a note on an Instax wedding, without the Instax cameras.
It is not a bag of disposables either. That note is a disposable camera wedding, without the disposable cameras. If you were shopping the cameras themselves, there is a note on disposable cameras for a wedding, without the bag of cameras. You do not leave a camera on every cloth. If that object is the plan, there is a note on a wedding table camera guests will actually use.
Setup is free. Pay only if you want prints afterwards. Retroprints, a 12×12" layflat photo book, a wall frame with 16 or 25 apertures, thank-you cards. The complete guide walks through looks, table cards, and the reveal. These notes are written by Richard Lovatt, with Kitty. The rest live with the other articles.
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