weddingPick a wedding frame, snap a 3-shot strip with your webcam or your photos, and download it in seconds. No app, no sign-up, and nothing leaves your browser.
Start your camera to begin the virtual photo booth.
This browser booth is a preview. At a real wedding, guests scan one QR code, snap or upload their photo, and it lands in your private shared album instantly, no app required.
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A virtual photo booth is a photo booth that runs in a web browser. It uses your laptop or phone camera to take a few timed shots, puts them in a frame and hands you a photo strip file. This one takes 3 shots, adds your names and saves a PNG for free.
Watch a guest scan the table card QR code and add photos from the browser, no app and no account. Every candid from the reception lands in one album you keep.
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Example album
Every strip below is drawn with the same colors and filter settings the booth uses. Pick the frame that matches your wedding colors, then use the filter to fix the light in the room.
Bright and clean. Reads well printed on white photo paper.
Black and gold for evening, black tie and New Year's Eve weddings.
Soft pink for garden parties, bridal showers and spring dates.
High contrast. Pairs well with the Black and White filter.
OriginalColors straight from the camera.Black & WhiteClassic booth look, hides bad lighting.WarmGolden, film-like tone for evening light.Soft GlowLifts dim webcam shots a little.A rented booth is a real line item. WeddingWire puts the average wedding photo booth at about $650, and Check Cherry's 2026 guide shows a $886 median for weddings. Here is what each option costs and what you walk away with.
| Compare | Virtual booth | DIY booth | Rented booth | QR guest album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it costs | $0 | Gear you already own, plus a backdrop, props and lights | About $650 on average (WeddingWire); $886 median for weddings (Check Cherry) | Free for 20 guest uploads; one-time plans $49, $59 or $89 |
| Setup | None, it runs in the browser | Build a backdrop, mount a camera or tablet, test the light | The vendor sets up the booth for you | Print a QR sign and put it on the tables |
| Who takes the photos | Whoever sits at the laptop or phone | Guests, one group at a time | Guests, one group at a time | Every guest, from their own phone |
| What you end up with | One PNG strip per session, saved on that device | Whatever your app or camera saves | Prints and digital copies, depending on the package | Every guest photo and video in one shared album |
| Best for | Save-the-dates, showers, remote guests, trying frame styles | Couples who like building things and own a camera | Receptions where guests want a print to take home | Collecting the candids the photographer never sees |
Sources, checked October 2026: WeddingWire, wedding photo booth cost; Check Cherry, photo booth rental cost 2026 (median of roughly 118,000 rentals booked since January 2024). Pix Wedding prices from our own plans. Full breakdown on the photo booth rental cost page.
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Print one QR code for your tables. Guests scan it, snap photos and videos on their own phones and every shot lands in one shared album, no app and no account.
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The browser booth is built for one person or a couple at a time. That makes it great before and around the wedding, and a weak fit for a 150-guest reception.
Three shots of the two of you, your names on top, sent as a PNG by text or email.
Pass a laptop around the table and let each friend make a strip with the Gold Foil frame.
Send the link to family watching a livestream. They make a strip at home and send it back.
Try four frames and four filters before you pick a template with a rental company.
Print a strip and tuck it into the card, or put it on your wedding website.
A laptop on a side table works for a small party. Every strip stays on that laptop.
The booth asks your browser for the camera through the standard getUserMedia API. When the browser says no, the booth switches to Upload Photos on its own. These are the usual reasons and the fix for each.
| What you see | Why it happens | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| No permission prompt, the booth says camera access was not available | The page is not on HTTPS or the browser is too old. MDN notes the camera API only exists in secure contexts. | Open the page at https://www.pix.wedding, update the browser, or switch to Upload Photos. |
| You clicked Block by mistake | The browser saved your choice (MDN: NotAllowedError). | Click the icon left of the address bar, set Camera to Allow, reload and press Start Camera. |
| Laptop or desktop with no webcam | No camera matches the request (MDN: NotFoundError). | Plug in a USB webcam, open the page on your phone, or upload 3 photos. |
| Permission granted but the screen stays black | The device could not start (MDN: NotReadableError). A common cause is another app holding the camera. | Close Zoom, FaceTime or other video apps, then reload the page. |
| Your face looks flipped | The live preview is mirrored like a bathroom mirror. | Nothing to fix. The saved shots are mirrored the same way, so the strip matches what you saw. |
| Shots look dark or grainy | Webcams struggle in dim rooms. | Face a window or a lamp, and try the Soft Glow or Black & White filter. |
Error names and the secure-context rule are from MDN, MediaDevices.getUserMedia(), checked October 2026.
The camera feed is drawn onto a canvas inside your browser, and the PNG is built and saved on your own device. No photo is sent to our server. The camera switches off when you switch to Upload Photos or leave the page.
We count anonymous events, like a strip being created or downloaded, so we can see which frames people pick. The photos themselves never leave your browser.
The download is 528 by 1382 pixels: a 120 px header, three 480 by 360 shots with 16 px gaps and a 150 px footer. Printed 2 inches wide it comes out about 5.2 inches tall, close to the classic 2 by 6 booth strip.
Two strips fit side by side on a standard 4 by 6 photo print. Trim down the middle and you have one for each of you.
Math: 528 px / 2 in = 264 DPI, and 1382 px / 264 DPI = 5.23 in. Your print shop's upload rules win.
Three shots is a tiny story: a setup, a turn and a punch line. Plan the third shot before you press the button.
The classic three. Hold the first one serious for the full countdown.
Hand to the lens, ring in focus, then both of you grinning behind it.
Hold up 3, 2, then 1 finger. The strip reads like a tiny story.
Switch sides every shot. People love spotting it later.
Write SAVE / THE / DATE on three sheets and hold one per shot.
Sit an older relative between you for one strip. These end up framed.
Shot one is you two, shot two adds the dog, shot three is only the dog.
Each partner makes a strip in a different city and you print them side by side.
If you want a physical booth at the reception, Renovation Dan walks through the DIY wedding photo booth he built. Zola's DIY photo booth guide covers backdrops and lighting.
Watch on YouTube (9 min)The photo strip is almost a hundred years old. The first automatic booth in New York drew crowds for a strip that took eight minutes to develop. Yours takes about ten seconds.
Photomaton Inc. files the US patent for Anatol Josepho's automatic photo machine.
The Photomaton opens at 1659 Broadway in Manhattan: 25 cents for a strip of 8 photos, developed in 8 minutes.
Time magazine puts the customer count at about 280,000. Within a couple of years Josepho sells the rights for $1,000,000.
Browsers can open a webcam through the getUserMedia API, so a strip can be drawn on your own device in seconds.
Sources, checked October 2026: Wikipedia, Anatol Josepho; MDN, getUserMedia.
Guests scan one QR code and add photos and videos from the phone browser, no app and no account. The toasts, the dance floor and the sparkler exit land in one place you keep.
Scan to join the album
No app, no account
UPLOADING
THE ALBUM
June 21, 2026
647 photos · 95 guests
Four day destination wedding for both our families. One album collecting the rehearsal dinner, welcome party, ceremony and farewell brunch, each in its own sub-album. We never could of organized that ourselves
We had a wedding hashtag and asked people to post on Instagram. Maybe 30 people did. Put Pix QR codes on the tables a week before and the difference was night and day. Hashtags are dead fr
Three functions over two days and both families uploading from everywhere. My cousins in London were watching the album fill up in real time. That part got me more than i expected
What people ask before they press the button: price, phones, privacy and how it compares to a rented booth.
Yes. The booth is free with no sign-up and no app. You can make as many strips as you like and download each one as a PNG. The strip carries a small pix.wedding line in the footer.
Click Start Camera and allow access, pick a frame and a filter, type your names, then press Take 3 Photos. The booth counts down 3-2-1 before each shot and builds the strip when the third one is done. If you have no camera, switch to Upload Photos and add 3 pictures instead.
Yes, in a mobile browser. It asks for the front camera, so you can take selfie shots. If the browser blocks the camera or you would rather use photos from your camera roll, switch to Upload Photos.
No. The shots are drawn on a canvas inside your browser and the PNG is saved straight to your device. Nothing is sent to a server, and the camera turns off when you switch to Upload Photos or leave the page.
For a small party, yes: set a laptop on a side table and guests take turns. Every strip stays on that laptop, though, and nobody gets a print. To collect photos from every guest's phone, use a QR code album like Pix Wedding instead.
WeddingWire puts the average wedding photo booth at about $650, with most couples spending $425 to $1,000. Check Cherry's 2026 guide, based on roughly 118,000 rentals, shows a $886 median for weddings. The virtual booth on this page costs nothing.
