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Photo mission and photo challenge ideas for your guests

Forty ideas for each occasion, written by hand: wedding, birthday and party, seminar, club. Copy a list in one click to paste it into your event, or print it as cut-out cards for a photo game among your guests.

Mission or photo challenge: what is the difference?

The two words have a precise meaning in EventSlide. The ideas on this page work for both.

A mission is a standing instruction

You write it once, on the event page. It becomes a line of the tick-list every guest sees on their phone, and the wall shows it in a corner. A guest taps a mission, then sends their photo. A mission can be “By each guest” (everyone can tick it) or “Once for the event” (the first approved photo ticks it for everyone). A mission is 60 characters at most, and an event holds 12 at most: that keeps the list readable from ten metres away.

A photo challenge is a mission turned into a countdown

During the party you launch one of your missions as a challenge, for 1, 2, 5 or 10 minutes. A banner and a countdown appear on the wall and on every phone, then you see how many published photos took up the challenge. The “just for fun” and “all together” ideas suit it especially well.

See how missions work

How to use them

  1. Pick four or five ideas that sound like your guests. The shorter the list, the more it gets read.
  2. In EventSlide, add them one at a time on the event page (“Add the mission”). Every idea on this page fits the 60 characters allowed: copy it as it is, or change a word to make it yours.
  3. No EventSlide? Print the cards: each guest draws one on arrival, and the photo game runs by itself.

Missions are shown exactly as you write them, in the language of your party: the app never translates them.

Photo mission ideas for a wedding

A wedding puts people together who have never met. The best missions get them talking, laughing and squeezed into the same photo. None of them asks anyone to perform.

The couple and their people

  • A selfie with the happy couple
  • A selfie with someone you have just met
  • Two guests from different generations, together
  • Every cousin in the same photo
  • A hug across three generations
  • You and your oldest friend at the party
  • A note for the couple, written and photographed
  • A big thank you to the catering team, in a photo
  • A selfie with someone from another generation
  • A selfie with someone wearing blue

All together

  • Your whole table in the picture
  • A toast to the camera
  • A group portrait, everyone in profile
  • A silly face, all together
  • Hands up on the dance floor
  • A selfie on the dance floor
  • A group photo where nobody looks at the camera
  • A group photo with the same gesture for everyone
  • A group wink to the camera
  • A table in fits of laughter, caught live

Details and atmosphere

  • The decoration on your table
  • A detail of the venue that you love
  • The cake, before it disappears
  • The most beautiful bouquet at the party
  • The evening light on the venue
  • A lovely table detail, close up
  • The best pair of shoes of the night
  • The shoes abandoned at the end of the night
  • An unusual angle, with both feet on the ground
  • Your favourite memory of the day, in one photo

Moments to catch

  • The first dance, from where you are sitting
  • The biggest smile of the night
  • A knowing look, caught live
  • A dance move that was never rehearsed
  • A moment of emotion, taken with kindness
  • The moment the dance floor fills up
  • A speech, seen from the room
  • A hug that lasts
  • A tired but happy selfie, late in the night
  • The last dance

Photo ideas for a birthday or a party

For a birthday, a housewarming or a night in with friends: missions that get everyone moving and laughing, and that tell the story of the night better than a posed album.

Around the guest of honour

  • A selfie with the guest of honour
  • A memory with the guest of honour, in one photo
  • A toast to the guest of honour
  • A birthday hug
  • The candles at the moment of the wish
  • The cake, close up
  • The guest of honour with their oldest friends
  • Everyone who has known them forever
  • A note or a drawing for the guest of honour
  • A lovely portrait of the guest of honour

Among friends

  • A selfie with someone you have just met
  • The whole table in one frame
  • A trio, one frame, no posing
  • A toast to the camera
  • A group photo, everyone with the same expression
  • A selfie with a guest you admire
  • A selfie with the person sitting next to you
  • Two guests who met here tonight
  • A group fit of laughter
  • A group hug

Just for fun

  • A silly face, all together
  • A photo of your feet on the dance floor
  • Your best film star pose
  • A photo taken upside down
  • A selfie without looking at the camera
  • A statue pose, with others
  • Everyone from behind, like a film poster
  • A group photo in school-photo style
  • Your best dance move, frozen
  • The widest smile of the party

Atmosphere and details

  • The balloons, close up
  • The buffet before the rush
  • A decoration detail that you like
  • Raised glasses, very close up
  • The fairy lights or the bunting, close up
  • A corner of the party nobody has photographed
  • A plate that makes you hungry
  • The dance floor as it fills up
  • The pile of presents
  • The last dance of the night

Photo mission ideas for a seminar or a company event

Here the wall is in front of the whole company, management included, so these missions stay professional. They get departments to meet, show off the work and make nobody uncomfortable. None of them is about alcohol, bodies or jokes at a colleague’s expense.

Teams and introductions

  • A selfie with a colleague from another department
  • A selfie with someone you did not know before
  • Your whole team in the frame
  • A team photo with a shared gesture
  • A handshake between two departments
  • Your project team together for once
  • Three departments around one table
  • A new joiner and a veteran, together
  • A photo with a colleague from another site
  • A team photo, everyone in motion

Workshops and highlights

  • Your workshop room, ready to welcome the group
  • A moment of good humour during the workshop
  • The moment the idea appeared, caught live
  • Your group in the middle of a workshop
  • The coffee break, up close
  • A gesture that sums up your team, in a photo
  • A moment of careful listening
  • The room at the moment of a good laugh
  • A break that does you good, in a photo
  • A thank you in a photo to the organising team

The venue

  • The venue from its best angle
  • The view from your meeting room window
  • A detail of the venue that you noticed
  • The buffet, nicely laid out
  • The end-of-day light on the venue
  • A relaxing corner, up close
  • A selfie in front of the event sign
  • The plenary room seen from your seat
  • Today’s programme, in a photo
  • A photo that makes you want to come back next year

Team spirit

  • A photo that sums up the day at a glance
  • A toast to the year ahead, with the drink of your choice
  • Your team taking on a challenge
  • A well done to a colleague, in a photo
  • Colleagues lending a hand, caught live
  • A selfie with a colleague you are glad to see again
  • A moment of shared joy
  • The energy of the room in one photo
  • A neat, smiling team portrait
  • A word about the seminar, written then photographed

Photo mission ideas for a club, a charity or a society

A club party lives on its volunteers and its members. These missions put the people who keep the day running in the picture, help old hands and newcomers cross paths, and bring in good photos for the newsletter.

The volunteers

  • All the volunteers together, everyone in the frame
  • A big thank you to a volunteer, in a photo
  • Behind the scenes: the team at work
  • A selfie with someone from another committee
  • The longest-standing and newest member, together
  • The set-up crew, before opening
  • A helping hand, caught live
  • A gesture of the club that you love
  • A photo with a committee member
  • The tidy-up, as a team

The event

  • The entrance or the poster of the event
  • A stall you loved
  • The bar or the buffet in full swing
  • A highlight of the day, caught live
  • The club’s equipment, shown at its best
  • The raffle at the moment of the draw
  • A homemade decoration detail
  • A banner or a sign that you like
  • An activity enjoyed by all ages
  • The hall or the field, seen from afar

The people who came

  • A selfie with someone you have just met
  • A family photo or a gang of friends
  • A long-standing member and a newcomer
  • A smile of the day
  • Three generations together
  • Two neighbours, together
  • A moment of sharing around a table
  • A group fit of laughter
  • A photo of a team from a game or a tournament
  • All together, arms in the air

Memories and sharing

  • A photo you will want to look at in ten years
  • The best moment of the day, in one photo
  • A thank you to partners and neighbours, in a photo
  • A volunteer at work, with their permission
  • A photo for the club newsletter
  • The day as seen from your favourite spot
  • The end of the day, when everything calms down
  • A well done to the whole team, to the camera
  • The smile of the last person to arrive
  • Your word about the day, written then photographed

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Frequently asked questions

How many missions should I set?

Four or five are plenty. The app takes 12 at most per event, because the list shares a corner of the wall with the photos and has to stay readable from ten metres. Pick from each family of ideas rather than keeping them all.

Do I need EventSlide to use these ideas?

No. The ideas work on paper: print them as cards and let each guest draw one. EventSlide adds the tick-list on the phone and the display on the wall.

Can I launch a mission as a photo challenge?

Yes: from the event page or from the wall’s panel, you launch one of your missions for 1, 2, 5 or 10 minutes. The details are on the How it works page.

Are the ideas translated in the app?

No. A mission is content: it is shown as you wrote it, in the language of your party. The words around it (“Missions”, “Done”) follow each guest’s own language.

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