A real studio at your event.
In their inbox before
they leave.
A volunteer with a real camera, one QR sign at the front of the line, and every guest's photos are emailed to them about a minute after the photo is taken. Nothing to sort, send or match afterwards.
No credit card. 15 guests on us.
No editing, no sorting, no sending afterwards. Here's the whole loop.
One sign, one scan, one button. No album link to the whole guest list, no shared folder, no evening spent matching photos to people, each guest's photos go straight to them.
One sign at the front of the queue
Print it once. Every guest scans the same QR, no per-person cards, nothing to keep in sync, nothing to run out of.
Before doors open · 10 minutesThey join the queue while they wait
Name and email on their own phone, in the queue time you already have. They get a five-character code and a QR. Their place in the line, and their photos, tied together.
In the queue · 20 secondsScan, greet them by name, shoot
Their name comes up huge on the laptop. Every frame binds to the right person automatically, no numbers to write down, no matching afterwards.
At the camera · about 15 secondsPhotos develop themselves
Your look and your logo go on every photo automatically. Brightness and white balance are set once at setup. Nobody edits anything on the night.
Automatic · a second or twoIt's in their inbox before they leave
A link to their own photo page: full-size downloads, and a delete button that actually deletes. Nothing for you to send afterwards.
About a minute after the photo is takenThe full walkthrough, including what happens when things go wrong →
Open a real delivery
The photo page these landed on, and the email that carried them, are real and live, open them, download the photos, press the delete button.
The days people will actually frame
A few of the ways it gets used. The setup is the same every time, a sign, a camera, a laptop, so any day can be a photo day.
School ball & formal
Red carpet photos in their inbox before the first dance. No gallery to wait three weeks for.
Mother's Day & Father's Day
The family photo she has been asking for, taken in two minutes, without her organising it.
Santa photos & Christmas events
The queue everyone already joins, without the concession company taking a cut of every print.
Market days & community fairs
High volume, rotating volunteers, and wifi nobody trusts. Built for exactly that.
Who runs PopStudio?
The same setup every time. What changes is the occasion and who is holding the camera.
Schools
Ball committees and PTAs. Red carpet photos before the first dance, prizegivings, grandparents' day.
Churches
Volunteer-run family photos on the days that matter, with nothing left to do afterwards.
Community events
Markets, fairs, clubs and Santa photos. High volume, rotating volunteers, and halls with no wifi.
Photographers
Run a paid stand with the camera you own. Charge per session, deliver instantly, edit nothing.
Built for volunteers, with nothing left to do the next day
If they can scan and press one button, they can run it
Whoever's rostered on. The guest's name comes up huge on the laptop, the camera does what it always does, and everything else is automatic.
- No face scanning, nothing biometric to sign off on
- Keeps working when the hall wifi doesn't
- One flat price, approved once
The admin simply isn't there
No album link emailed to the whole guest list. No shared folder to sort. No matching photos to people. That work doesn't get faster. It stops existing.
- Each guest gets their photos and only theirs
- Sent to the address they typed themselves when they joined the queue
- Nothing left for anyone to send, upload or chase
Pay when you shoot
No subscription for a product you use four times a year. Try it free, pay per event, or go unlimited once you're running more than a handful.
Up to 400 guests. Most school balls, church nights and market days.
See what's includedUp to 2000 guests. Carols, fairs and community nights.
See what's includedPrices in US dollars. No tax is added to this price. Full pricing →
The four questions everyone has
Do I need special hardware?
A camera you already own, a laptop, and a USB cable. PopStudio tethers to Canon, Nikon and Sony bodies. See the camera guides for your brand. There is no machine to hire, ship or store.
What if the venue wifi is bad?
The app keeps working. Frames are captured, developed and queued on the laptop; uploads and emails send themselves when the connection returns. Church halls and market sheds were the reason we built it that way.
Do you use face recognition?
No, and we never will. Guests are matched to their photos by the five-character code they chose to join the queue with. We collect no biometric data of any kind. Here's the full position.
What happens to the photos afterwards?
They're stored securely and delete themselves automatically after your retention window (30 days by default). Guests can delete their own photos any time from the link in their email. You keep your originals.
Try it for free
Run the whole loop with your own team. Camera, queue, delivery, before you pay for a real night.