When you're working in event photography, delivering high-quality images to clients isn't just about uploading photos—it's about presentation, personalization, and speed. For Viyafilms, a professional photography company, I designed and developed a complete platform called Viyafilms Gallery that streamlines how they manage, organize, and share photos with clients.

What makes this platform stand out isn’t just its event and folder organization—it’s the AI-based facial recognition system that intelligently groups photos by person. Whether it’s a bride, groom, or guest, clients can instantly view all images where a specific face appears.

This system now powers Viyafilms’ entire photo-sharing workflow—from internal image curation to client delivery via web or mobile.

The Problem It Solves

Before this solution, the Viyafilms team had to rely on cloud folders or generic apps to share wedding photos with clients. This led to issues like:

• No branding or customer experience control
• Manual sorting of hundreds or thousands of images
• No easy way for guests to find their photos
• Inability to share events quickly at live venues

Viyafilms Gallery addresses all of this with a fully branded, AI-enhanced image delivery system designed specifically for event photographers.

Key Features

• Event Creation & Customer Sharing:Admins (Viyafilms team) can create private events for clients, each with its own custom URL or QR code.
• Folder-Based Image Organization:Albums can be organized into folders like Haldi, Mehendi, Wedding, Reception, etc., for intuitive browsing.
• QR Code Access for Guests:Events are shared via scannable QR codes for quick, direct mobile access.
• AI Face Recognition with RetinaFace:Automatically detects and clusters faces using RetinaFace to help users find all images where they appear.
• Cross-Platform Frontend:Clients can access via a responsive web app or a React Native mobile app for Android and iOS.

My Contributions

I led the development of both customer-facing and admin interfaces and built backend integrations for face recognition.

• Developed the React Native mobile app (Android/iOS)
• Built the Next.js web app for desktop access
• Created the admin dashboard for event and gallery management
• Integrated Python-based RetinaFace AI service for face recognition
• Built REST APIs with Node.js/Express for user and photo data
• Used MongoDB for storing users, images, face clusters, and event info
• Implemented QR code sharing and secure access permissions

AI-Powered Face Grouping: Behind the Scenes

Here’s how the face recognition pipeline works:

1. Image Upload: Images are uploaded in batches to the server.
2. Face Detection: RetinaFace scans each photo for visible faces and marks bounding boxes.
3. Feature Extraction: Faces are encoded into vectors for similarity clustering.
4. Image Indexing: Groups are tagged and stored for fast searching by person.
5. Customer Access: Users browse grouped faces to find all their photos instantly.

Technology Stack

• Frontend: Next.js (Web App), React Native (Mobile App), QR integration
• Backend: Node.js + Express, Python (AI services)
• AI: RetinaFace for facial recognition and clustering
• Database: MongoDB
• Media Handling: Cloud storage, secure access APIs

Business Impact

• Reduced delivery time by automating photo sorting
• Improved client experience with face-based browsing
• Allowed real-time QR sharing at events
• Established Viyafilms branding with a custom app
• Increased photographer efficiency by automating curation

Future Scope

• More accurate clustering with advanced face embeddings (e.g., ArcFace)
• Offline support in mobile apps
• Analytics for image views and downloads
• Integration with watermarking and printing services

Final Thoughts

Building Viyafilms Gallery gave me the opportunity to combine full-stack development with AI integration and mobile design. It’s a project that directly helps a real business grow while delivering an exceptional user experience.

From scanning a QR code at a wedding to instantly viewing all your personal moments—Viyafilms Gallery makes photo sharing intelligent, elegant, and seamless.

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