Private by default: what that actually means for your photos

For a few years the default way to “collect” event photos was a public hashtag. It worked, sort of — and it quietly asked every guest to broadcast your private celebration to the entire internet. For most events, that’s exactly backwards.

What a public feed really costs

A hashtag feed is open by design. Anyone can browse it, screenshot it, or scrape it, and you can’t take it back. It also only catches the photos guests chose to post publicly — usually the polished few, almost never the candid many. You get the worst of both worlds: less privacy and fewer pictures.

Private by default means private by default

A private canvas inverts that. The photos go to one place that only you and your guests can reach. There’s no public feed, no discoverability, no algorithm — just a shared space for the people who were actually there. Guests don’t need an account to add to it, and nothing they contribute is exposed to anyone outside the event.

Privacy by default isn’t a setting you have to remember to switch on. It’s the starting state, and you open things up only if and when you choose to.

You still own the originals

Because nothing is routed through a public platform, the full-resolution files stay yours — to download, keep and share on your terms. See how a private canvas works and give your guests a place to contribute without putting your event online.