You hire a crate of cameras for the weekend. Disposables, or instant ones. A deposit. Labels on each body. A list of who has which. Then at 1am you are collecting them from tables, coats, and the last taxi.
Some walk off. Some come back empty. The chemist envelope arrives on Tuesday, half of it thumbs and ceilings.
The part worth keeping is the honesty. A short roll. No retakes. You live with the frame you took. The hired object is the rest of the job: the crate, the deposit, the ones that left, the drive to get them developed.
Polajoy keeps the honesty and drops the crate.
Every guest gets a 30-shot roll on the phone already in a pocket. They open the app, type a join code, add their name. A quick email sign-in, no password. iPhone and Android. About ten seconds to keep a photo or bin it. If they keep it, they can scribble a short handwritten note. Initials go on the frame.
No retakes. That is the point.
Then the photo is sealed until the reveal the couple chose. Not a live album. Nobody sees the photos before unlock, including the couple. The night stays the night.
Ordinary guests stay on a single 30-shot roll. Nominated photographers can start extra free 30-shot rolls. That mix is how you get the snapshots and a few people who will keep shooting.
This is not a bag of cameras you bought. That note is a disposable camera wedding, without the disposable cameras. It is not a camera left on each table either. If that object is what you were planning, there is a note on a wedding table camera guests will actually use. This page is the hire: a crate for the weekend, then the collect.
If you wanted the peel-apart book, there is a note on a Polaroid guest book, without the Polaroids. If a planner is already writing the weekend, there is a note they can actually run.
The couple picks one of 12 film looks for everyone. After the reveal they can download everything free. A small wordmark sits on those downloads. £2.99 takes it off. If they want paper, they order it. Retroprints. A 12×12" layflat photo book. A wall frame with 16 or 25 apertures. Thank-you cards. Prints never have the wordmark.
Setup is free. Pay only if you want prints afterwards. Nothing auto-ships. 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.
We host a handful of weddings. 10% cash, or 15% store credit. Apply on the host page. We read every one.