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# Use the Photo Share slide
> Photo Share lets your audience send photos from their phones straight onto the big screen — as a live tiled wall, a carousel, or a cinematic Ken Burns show.
Photo Share turns the big screen into a live photo wall that the whole room builds together. You pose a prompt, your audience takes or picks a photo on their phones, and each one appears on screen the moment it lands. It is an unscored media slide — no question, no timer, no points — so it stays up and keeps filling for as long as the room keeps sharing.
## Photo Share at a glance
| | |
| - | - |
| Type | Unscored media slide (no question, timer or points) |
| Find it | **New slide**, then **Photo Share** in the **Poll** tab of the slide type picker |
| Limits | Photos added by you: PNG, JPG, GIF, or WebP |
Participants join the usual way, with the join code or QR code, and need no app or login.
## Create a Photo Share slide
You can also add your own photos ahead of time from the editor — they play in the same slideshow as your audience's, so you can seed the wall before the room joins or run a slide entirely from photos you supply. As you set the slide up, the editor canvas previews the shape of your chosen display mode before any photo arrives, so you can compare the modes without a live submission.
In the editor, click **New slide** and choose **Photo Share** from the **Poll** tab of the slide type picker.
Give the slide a title — the prompt your audience answers with a photo. An optional description adds any extra instruction.
Pick how photos appear on screen under **Display mode** — **Tiled wall**, **Carousel**, or **Ken Burns** (see [Photo Share display modes](#photo-share-display-modes)). The editor canvas previews the shape of the mode you pick before any photo arrives, so you can compare them as you go.
Under **Your photos**, use **Add a photo** to upload your own — click to add one, or drop several files at once (PNG, JPG, GIF, or WebP). They join the same slideshow as your audience's uploads. Manage what you have added in the **Added photos** strip below: reorder the photos by dragging (the order is the play order) or remove any with the ✕.
Optionally let participants add a **caption** under their photo, and show each uploader's **name** beside it.
## Photo Share display modes
**Display mode** sets the rhythm of the wall. There are three:
### Tiled wall
Every photo stays on screen at once, and new arrivals pop in as they land — the classic live photo wall. Two extra controls shape it:
* **Photo layout** — how the tiles are arranged: Uniform grid, Mosaic (featured tiles), Masonry columns, or Polaroid collage. In Mosaic, AhaSlides picks which photos get the bigger tiles, and each photo keeps its size as new ones arrive.
* **Transition** — how the wall keeps moving between arrivals: Shuffle, Drift, Spotlight, Cascade wave, Flip, Zigzag, Tornado, Orbit, or Reveal one by one.
### Carousel
Shows one photo at a time and auto-advances, with a choice of **Transition** between photos: Zoom blur, Flip, Cube, Swirl, Slide across, Slide up, Fade, or a hard cut. Set **Seconds per photo** to control the pace.
### Ken Burns
Shows one photo at a time with a slow, cinematic pan-and-zoom across each image. Set **Seconds per photo** to control how long each one holds.
In **Carousel** and **Ken Burns** you can also step through photos yourself while presenting: click the arrows on the photo or the dots below it, or click into the slide and press the left and right arrow keys. Stepping by hand restarts the countdown, so the show keeps advancing on its own afterwards. In any mode, click a photo to open it full screen.
## Present a Photo Share slide
You give the slide a title — a prompt like *"Share a photo of your desk"* — and turn on audience joining. Every participant gets an upload screen on their phone where they take or choose a photo, add an optional caption, and tap **Share photo**. Photos stream onto the presenter screen live, and you choose how they are shown: a **Tiled wall** where every photo is visible at once, a **Carousel** that shows one photo at a time, or a **Ken Burns** show that pans and zooms slowly across each photo. If you leave audience submissions open, people can keep adding photos throughout.
Click **Preview** in the top header to check the presenter and participant views first. When you present, photos appear on the big screen as your audience shares them. To take a photo off the wall, hover over it and click **Remove**. Keep submissions open to let the wall keep growing, or close them once the room has shared enough.
After the session, you can download every photo the audience shared: open the [presentation report](/after-the-presentation/your-ahaslides-presentation-report), open the session from the **Sessions** tab, go to that session's **Slides** tab, find the Photo Share slide, and click **Download photos**. A slide with a lot of photos can take a while to download, so give it a moment.
## Ideas for using Photo Share
Photo Share fits any moment where a shared visual brings the room together.
### Events and socials
* **Live event wall** — collect photos from a party, conference, or meet-up and run them as a Tiled wall on the main screen.
* **Icebreakers** — "show us your view right now" or "your pet" warms up a room in seconds.
### Meetings and workplace
* **Team check-ins** — a photo of everyone's desk, lunch, or workspace for a remote or hybrid team.
* **Celebrations** — gather snapshots from a project, trip, or milestone into one Ken Burns reel.
### Education
* **Field or project work** — students submit a photo of their result, experiment, or sketch to a shared wall.
* **Show and tell** — a fast, visual way for a class to contribute at once.
## Photo Share vs. Interactive Image
Both build on photos, but they work in opposite directions. With **[Interactive Image](/using-slide-types/using-the-interactive-image-slide)** *you* upload one picture and the audience taps hotspots to read it. With Photo Share the **audience** supplies the pictures and they gather live on screen — it collects photos rather than presenting one.
## Frequently asked questions
### How do people add a photo?
They join your presentation on their phone, then take or choose a photo and tap **Share photo**. No app or login is needed.
### Can I add my own photos?
Yes. In the **Your photos** section of the slide's settings, use **Add a photo** to upload your own — one at a time, or several dropped in at once. Your photos play in the same slideshow as your audience's, so you can pre-load the wall before the room joins. Reorder or remove them any time in the **Added photos** strip.
### Can I see how it will look before anyone uploads?
Yes. As you set the slide up, the editor canvas shows a preview of your chosen display mode — placeholder tiles arranged the way real photos will be — so you can compare **Tiled wall**, **Carousel**, and **Ken Burns** without waiting for a live submission.
### Can I stop unwanted photos from appearing?
Not in advance: Photo Share has no approval step, so each photo appears as soon as it is shared. While you present, hover over any photo and click **Remove** to take it off the wall.
### Is there a limit to how many photos a slide can collect?
No. A Photo Share slide has no set limit on photos. Each participant shares one photo unless you allow multiple submissions; then they can add as many as they like.
### Can each person share more than one photo?
Yes, when you allow multiple submissions — the phone shows *"Add as many photos as you like"* and people can keep contributing.
### Can participants add a caption or their name?
Yes. **Captions** and **Participant names** are optional toggles in the slide's settings.
### Is Photo Share scored?
No. It is an unscored media slide — there is no timer, no points, and no leaderboard.
### Which display mode should I use?
Use **Tiled wall** to keep every photo visible as the room shares, **Carousel** or **Ken Burns** to spotlight one photo at a time as a rolling show.
**Have a question?**
Contact our support team — if you're logged in, use the chat bubble in the bottom-right of your dashboard; otherwise [contact us here](https://ahaslides.com/contact-us/) or email [hi@ahaslides.com](mailto:hi@ahaslides.com).
Want to connect with other users? Join the [AhaSlides community](https://community.ahaslides.com/) to share tips, request features, and see how others engage their audiences.
This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.
Photo Share turns the big screen into a live photo wall that the whole room builds together. You pose a prompt, your audience takes or picks a photo on their phones, and each one appears on screen the moment it lands. It is an unscored media slide — no question, no timer, no points — so it stays up and keeps filling for as long as the room keeps sharing.
## Photo Share at a glance
| | |
| - | - |
| Type | Unscored media slide (no question, timer or points) |
| Find it | **New slide**, then **Photo Share** in the **Poll** tab of the slide type picker |
| Limits | Photos added by you: PNG, JPG, GIF, or WebP |
Participants join the usual way, with the join code or QR code, and need no app or login.
## Create a Photo Share slide
You can also add your own photos ahead of time from the editor — they play in the same slideshow as your audience's, so you can seed the wall before the room joins or run a slide entirely from photos you supply. As you set the slide up, the editor canvas previews the shape of your chosen display mode before any photo arrives, so you can compare the modes without a live submission.
## Photo Share display modes
**Display mode** sets the rhythm of the wall. There are three:
### Tiled wall
Every photo stays on screen at once, and new arrivals pop in as they land — the classic live photo wall. Two extra controls shape it:
* **Photo layout** — how the tiles are arranged: Uniform grid, Mosaic (featured tiles), Masonry columns, or Polaroid collage. In Mosaic, AhaSlides picks which photos get the bigger tiles, and each photo keeps its size as new ones arrive.
* **Transition** — how the wall keeps moving between arrivals: Shuffle, Drift, Spotlight, Cascade wave, Flip, Zigzag, Tornado, Orbit, or Reveal one by one.
### Carousel
Shows one photo at a time and auto-advances, with a choice of **Transition** between photos: Zoom blur, Flip, Cube, Swirl, Slide across, Slide up, Fade, or a hard cut. Set **Seconds per photo** to control the pace.
### Ken Burns
Shows one photo at a time with a slow, cinematic pan-and-zoom across each image. Set **Seconds per photo** to control how long each one holds.
In **Carousel** and **Ken Burns** you can also step through photos yourself while presenting: click the arrows on the photo or the dots below it, or click into the slide and press the left and right arrow keys. Stepping by hand restarts the countdown, so the show keeps advancing on its own afterwards. In any mode, click a photo to open it full screen.
## Present a Photo Share slide
You give the slide a title — a prompt like *"Share a photo of your desk"* — and turn on audience joining. Every participant gets an upload screen on their phone where they take or choose a photo, add an optional caption, and tap **Share photo**. Photos stream onto the presenter screen live, and you choose how they are shown: a **Tiled wall** where every photo is visible at once, a **Carousel** that shows one photo at a time, or a **Ken Burns** show that pans and zooms slowly across each photo. If you leave audience submissions open, people can keep adding photos throughout.
Click **Preview** in the top header to check the presenter and participant views first. When you present, photos appear on the big screen as your audience shares them. To take a photo off the wall, hover over it and click **Remove**. Keep submissions open to let the wall keep growing, or close them once the room has shared enough.
After the session, you can download every photo the audience shared: open the [presentation report](/after-the-presentation/your-ahaslides-presentation-report), open the session from the **Sessions** tab, go to that session's **Slides** tab, find the Photo Share slide, and click **Download photos**. A slide with a lot of photos can take a while to download, so give it a moment.
## Ideas for using Photo Share
Photo Share fits any moment where a shared visual brings the room together.
### Events and socials
* **Live event wall** — collect photos from a party, conference, or meet-up and run them as a Tiled wall on the main screen.
* **Icebreakers** — "show us your view right now" or "your pet" warms up a room in seconds.
### Meetings and workplace
* **Team check-ins** — a photo of everyone's desk, lunch, or workspace for a remote or hybrid team.
* **Celebrations** — gather snapshots from a project, trip, or milestone into one Ken Burns reel.
### Education
* **Field or project work** — students submit a photo of their result, experiment, or sketch to a shared wall.
* **Show and tell** — a fast, visual way for a class to contribute at once.
## Photo Share vs. Interactive Image
Both build on photos, but they work in opposite directions. With **[Interactive Image](/using-slide-types/using-the-interactive-image-slide)** *you* upload one picture and the audience taps hotspots to read it. With Photo Share the **audience** supplies the pictures and they gather live on screen — it collects photos rather than presenting one.
## Frequently asked questions
### How do people add a photo?
They join your presentation on their phone, then take or choose a photo and tap **Share photo**. No app or login is needed.
### Can I add my own photos?
Yes. In the **Your photos** section of the slide's settings, use **Add a photo** to upload your own — one at a time, or several dropped in at once. Your photos play in the same slideshow as your audience's, so you can pre-load the wall before the room joins. Reorder or remove them any time in the **Added photos** strip.
### Can I see how it will look before anyone uploads?
Yes. As you set the slide up, the editor canvas shows a preview of your chosen display mode — placeholder tiles arranged the way real photos will be — so you can compare **Tiled wall**, **Carousel**, and **Ken Burns** without waiting for a live submission.
### Can I stop unwanted photos from appearing?
Not in advance: Photo Share has no approval step, so each photo appears as soon as it is shared. While you present, hover over any photo and click **Remove** to take it off the wall.
### Is there a limit to how many photos a slide can collect?
No. A Photo Share slide has no set limit on photos. Each participant shares one photo unless you allow multiple submissions; then they can add as many as they like.
### Can each person share more than one photo?
Yes, when you allow multiple submissions — the phone shows *"Add as many photos as you like"* and people can keep contributing.
### Can participants add a caption or their name?
Yes. **Captions** and **Participant names** are optional toggles in the slide's settings.
### Is Photo Share scored?
No. It is an unscored media slide — there is no timer, no points, and no leaderboard.
### Which display mode should I use?
Use **Tiled wall** to keep every photo visible as the room shares, **Carousel** or **Ken Burns** to spotlight one photo at a time as a rolling show.
**Have a question?**
Contact our support team — if you're logged in, use the chat bubble in the bottom-right of your dashboard; otherwise [contact us here](https://ahaslides.com/contact-us/) or email [hi@ahaslides.com](mailto:hi@ahaslides.com).
Want to connect with other users? Join the [AhaSlides community](https://community.ahaslides.com/) to share tips, request features, and see how others engage their audiences.
This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.