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Event Photographers

Let every attendee find their own event photos, without you sorting a single one.

Conferences, corporate offsites, and large parties can put hundreds of faces in front of your camera in a single day. PixelPace uploads the full shoot from your desktop, matches every attendee who registers with a selfie, and delivers each of them a private gallery automatically, at any headcount, with no per-match fee.

Why event photographers use PixelPace

Built for headcount, not just headshots.

Attendees register at the door

A QR code at check-in or on a screen sends guests to a browser registration page — nothing to download before they can register.

One selfie unlocks their whole gallery

PixelPace matches that selfie against every photo from the event, so an attendee only ever sees photos they're actually in.

Headcount doesn't change the AI cost

There's no per-match credit system, so a 50-person offsite and a 2,000-person conference cost the same to match.

You approve before anyone sees anything

Matches sit in a review queue on your desktop. Nothing reaches an attendee until you approve their group.

How event guests find their photos

QR self-registration, no app required

Print the event QR code on signage, a check-in screen, or your event program. Attendees scan it, add one clear selfie in their phone's browser, and they're registered — no app store, no account creation.

Because registration happens in a browser, it works the same at a 40-person corporate offsite and a 2,000-person conference. You're not asking anyone to install anything before they'll bother finding their photo.

PixelPace Studio event screen showing a guest QR code for on-site self-registration alongside a Start Guest Match control

On-site QR registration inside PixelPace Studio

How matching scales with headcount

Every attendee grouped automatically, registered or not

PixelPace groups faces across the whole event automatically, whether or not someone registered. Registered guests appear with their name and matched photo count; everyone else shows up as a detected face you can label, merge, or leave unassigned.

This matters at scale, since a keynote audience or a large party produces far more faces than sign-ups. You're not blocked on 100% registration to start reviewing and approving matches.

PixelPace guest review screen listing registered guests already approved and unregistered detected faces still awaiting assignment, with an on-device matching badge

Registered and unregistered guest groups, reviewed on-device

Pricing that doesn't punish a big event
No per-match AI credits. Ever.

Matching runs locally on your desktop as part of every PixelPace plan. A 2,000-person conference doesn't cost more to match than a 40-person meetup — only your storage plan changes.

Delivery

Fast turnaround without a browser tab open all night

Event photography lives and dies on turnaround. PixelPace's desktop upload queue runs in the background and resumes automatically if your connection drops mid-event, so you can start uploading between sessions instead of waiting until you're back at a studio.

Because galleries are browser-based for attendees, there's nothing for you to build or export per person: approve a guest's matches once, and their private link is live.

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Frequently asked

Do attendees need to install an app to find their photos?

No. Registration and gallery viewing both happen in a mobile browser after scanning a QR code — there's nothing to install.

How does face-matching handle an event with hundreds of people?

Matching runs locally on the photographer's desktop and groups every detected face automatically, independent of how many people actually registered. Registered guests are matched by name; everyone else appears as a face you can review and label.

Is there a per-match or per-guest AI cost as headcount grows?

No. AI matching is included on every PixelPace plan with no credit system, so a larger event doesn't cost more to match than a small one.

Can I run this for a recurring event with multiple sessions or days?

Yes. An event can be structured with multiple sub-events inside one gallery, so a multi-day conference or a repeating series stays under a single client record.

What happens to people who don't register?

They still show up as detected faces in your review queue. You can label them manually, merge duplicate detections, or leave them unassigned if you'd rather only deliver to people who registered.

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Unlimited AI guest matching included on every plan, no credits.