The simplest way to get photos to your runners is to give them one link to an event page where they can search by selfie or bib number across every photographer who covered the race. It replaces the Facebook album that nobody can search, and it costs the organiser nothing to point to.
What goes wrong with albums
- A race produces thousands of photos. Runners scroll, give up, and message the page asking where their photo is.
- Photographers post in different places, so there is no single answer to "where are the photos?"
- Faces and bib numbers sit in public albums with no control over who downloads them.
What an event page gives you
On Fotto, each event has one public page:
- Every photographer's gallery in one place. Independent photographers who shot your race publish to the same event page.
- Search by selfie or bib number. One search covers all of them, and the runner confirms which photos are theirs.
- A link and QR code to share. Each event has a promotion kit for social posts and race-day material.
- A waiting list before photos are up. Runners can leave their bib number and email and get one email when matching photos appear.
Runners buy directly from the photographers, in ringgit, with no account.
What to do before race day
- Check whether your event already has a page in the events list. Photographers often create it.
- If you are the organiser, sign in and claim the event from its page. Fotto reviews each claim.
- Tell your photographers which event page to publish to.
- Put the event link or QR code in the runner guide and the post-race message.
What to tell runners
Keep it to one line in the post-race message: photos are at this link, search by selfie or bib number. Runners search the same evening, so send it with the results.
Ask runners to wear the bib flat on the chest. It is the single biggest factor in whether bib search finds them. See how bib-number search works.
Privacy questions you will get
Runners ask what happens to their selfie. On Fotto the selfie is deleted right after the search, face data used for matching is kept for up to 90 days, and search only runs with consent. The details are in selfie search and your face data.
Giving photos away for free
If your event wants guests to download photos at no charge, for example a corporate run or a private function, Fotto's private albums work differently from the marketplace: the host buys an album pack, guests open one QR code and find their own photos by selfie, and downloads are free for them.
Questions about your event? Use the contact page.