Is this meant for the child, or for the family?

Both. The child is the centre of the day, but the wall is really for the family gathered around, godparents and grandparents included, adding what each of them catches over the church and the lunch.

Do we need a professional photographer as well?

Not necessarily, and the wall works well either alongside one or on its own. Many families use it simply as the place every relative's own photographs end up, whether or not a photographer is also booked.

Can godparents who travel in for the day add photographs?

Yes. Anyone with the QR code or the guest link can add to the wall, whether they are at the church, the lunch, or both.

How do we get the photographs afterwards?

The whole album downloads as one file, in full resolution, from the dashboard, ready to keep or send on to grandparents and godparents.

Will older relatives manage this without help?

Scanning only needs the phone's own camera, and the guest page is two buttons. Anyone who prefers can type the short address under the code instead.

A live photo wall for a first communion

A first communion is a child's day, but the room afterwards fills with the whole extended family, grandparents on both sides, godparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, gathered for a lunch that often runs longer than the church part did. One QR code lets every relative add photographs of the child, the outfit, the church and the table, to a single album that the family keeps once the day is over.

Create a wall for the day How it works

Free to try with 50 photographs. One payment of $49 per event when you are ready.

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First communion

12 June

Live on the wall

214 photographs

First communion

A child's day, a family's afternoon

The church part of a first communion is brief; the lunch afterwards, with grandparents on both sides, godparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, is usually where the day actually happens. A shared wall suits that shift well: the same album carries on from the church steps through to the last course of lunch, without needing to be set up twice.

The outfit, the church, the cake

A first communion has its own set of moments families want kept: the child in the outfit before leaving the house, the walk into the church, the cake or the gifts afterwards. No single relative can be behind the camera for all of it, but whoever is closest at each moment can add what they caught to the same wall, and it appears alongside everyone else's photographs within seconds.

Grandparents on both sides

A first communion lunch often seats two sets of grandparents who do not otherwise see much of each other, along with godparents and cousins who may only meet at occasions like this one. A wall in the room gives that mixed table something to look at together, which suits the afternoon better than photographs staying scattered across a dozen separate phones.

Easy for every generation at the table

No app: the phone's own camera reads the code.
No account: nobody is asked for a name or an email.
Two buttons on the guest page: take a photograph, or choose one from the gallery.
Works as well for a great-grandparent as for a teenage cousin.

Updated September 17, 2026

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How it works

A minute to set up. A lifetime to look back on.

Create.
Give the evening a name and a look. No account needed to begin.
Print.
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Watch.
Put the wall on a screen. Your guests do the rest.

Questions

Is this meant for the child, or for the family?: Both. The child is the centre of the day, but the wall is really for the family gathered around, godparents and grandparents included, adding what each of them catches over the church and the lunch.
Do we need a professional photographer as well?: Not necessarily, and the wall works well either alongside one or on its own. Many families use it simply as the place every relative's own photographs end up, whether or not a photographer is also booked.
Can godparents who travel in for the day add photographs?: Yes. Anyone with the QR code or the guest link can add to the wall, whether they are at the church, the lunch, or both.
How do we get the photographs afterwards?: The whole album downloads as one file, in full resolution, from the dashboard, ready to keep or send on to grandparents and godparents.
Will older relatives manage this without help?: Scanning only needs the phone's own camera, and the guest page is two buttons. Anyone who prefers can type the short address under the code instead.