Every year Priya's Halloween party had the same problem: people worked hard on their costumes, but the photos ended up scattered across thirty different phones and never seen again. This year she wanted the costumes to be the main event — and she wanted a winner.
Her solution was a photo challenge. She set up an album with a single prompt — "Show us your costume — full length, do your best pose" — and stuck QR codes on the drinks table and the bathroom mirror. Guests scanned, struck a pose, and uploaded. Within an hour she had a gallery of every costume in the room.
The big screen did the hyping for her
Priya pointed a TV at the dance floor and put the live slideshow on it. As each costume photo landed it rotated onto the screen, and the room started cheering for their favourites. The contest ran itself — no clipboard, no awkward catwalk. People just watched the screen and voted with their reactions.
“By the time we crowned the winner, everyone had already seen every costume on the big screen. The reveal was the loudest moment of the night.”
— Priya
How Priya ran it
- 1
Create a challenge album
She made an album with a clear costume prompt so guests knew exactly what to photograph.
- 2
Put QR codes where people gather
Codes on the drinks table, the mirror, and the door meant nobody had to be told twice how to join in.
- 3
Put the slideshow on the TV
Costumes rotated onto the big screen live as they were uploaded, turning the gallery into the party's centrepiece.
- 4
Let the room vote with its energy
Cheers and reactions on the dance floor did the judging — no formal catwalk required.
- 5
Share the highlight reel
After the party she generated a highlight reel of the best costumes and dropped it in the group chat the next morning.