Built for the cake-cutting
Guests can shoot the candle moment from every angle, all into one shared roll you'll actually look at later.
For birthdays · Kunming, China
Kunming is a major China metro (3.0M residents), with budgets and vendor pricing in CNY (¥). Across weddings, corporate events, and milestone parties, a single QR-code guest camera is one of the few flows that works for every attendee without an app install. PicShots gives every guest a digital photo roll for birthdays, with one QR scan, no app install, and a host-controlled gallery you can reveal whenever the moment is right.
Kunming, China
Asian celebrations frequently combine traditional daytime ceremonies with high-energy evening receptions, sometimes across two or three venues.
Built for birthdays
What you get
Guests can shoot the candle moment from every angle, all into one shared roll you'll actually look at later.
Same flow whether it's a 6th birthday at a trampoline park or a 50th at a restaurant. Hosts who used disposable cameras finally have a digital version that works.
Most small birthdays stay on the free tier forever. Pay once only when the guest list goes bigger.
Your gallery stays put long after the party ends. Pull it up next year for a throwback or hand-pick prints for the wall.
Setup tips
Or tape it to the cake stand. Guests scan when they're already standing there, not when you remind them later.
Under 3 hours, a generous shot allowance works better than a tight one — there's no time for spam.
Live shared gallery while everyone's still in the room beats sending a link two days later that nobody opens.
When the day splits between a tea ceremony, lunch, and reception, the same QR keeps every candid in a single gallery instead of fragmenting them.
FAQ
Share one QR code or link. Guests in Kunming, China open it in their mobile browser, enter a display name, and start shooting — no app install and no guest account. Uploads land in your host-controlled gallery.
Asian celebrations frequently combine traditional daytime ceremonies with high-energy evening receptions, sometimes across two or three venues. Hosts commonly use PicShots at settings like Hotel ballroom receptions, Heritage and temple venues, Garden ceremony settings. As long as guests have a phone and a network connection, the flow works indoors and outdoors.
PicShots is priced per event, not per photo. China hosts typically plan in CNY (¥). Events up to 10 guests stay free; larger guest lists map to pay-once tiers up to 250 guests.
Yes — events with up to 10 guests are free forever. No card required to create or share the link.
Most do. They scan the QR with their phone camera, the link opens automatically, and they tap a big shutter button. No accounts, no app store, no settings to find.
Yes. You (the host) control everything; the kids just take photos like they would normally. You can delete anything you don't want kept.
Yes. Download the whole gallery as a ZIP, or save individual photos to your phone from the gallery view.
Set a per-guest shot limit when you create the event. Everyone gets a fair roll and the gallery stays manageable.
Other markets
Create one PicShots event, share the QR with your Kunming guest list, and bring every candid into a single shared gallery you control.