How to find photos of yourself from an event
August 16, 2026
2 min read
The photographer disappeared before you could get their details. Here is how Cosnap finds that photo for you anyway.
You’re at a wedding, a concert or a race, and a professional photographer catches you at a good moment. They show you the preview on the back of the camera, you’re thrilled, and then they’re gone, off into the crowd to photograph the next thing. Now you’re left wondering if you’ll ever see that photo, or where to start looking.
You have no name and no contact details. Maybe you hope a link turns up, or ask friends if anyone knows “the guy in the black shirt with the camera.” Maybe you search for an album that never goes online.
Cosnap was built for this. Instead of you hunting for the photo, the photo is sent to you.
How to set it up
It takes about two minutes.
Get the iPhone app, or open users.cosnap.ai in any browser, and create a free account.
Add a reference photo: one clear photo with only you in it. Then switch face matching on. You need to be 18 or over, and matching only runs after you give consent.
Wait for the match. When a photographer publishes an event album on Cosnap, face matching finds the photos you're in and adds them to your account. You'll get a notification when they're ready.
The only other step is asking the photographer to use Cosnap when they take your picture.
What you get
You won’t need to scroll a five-hundred-photo gallery hoping to spot yourself, or rely on a link that has expired by the time you click it. A festival candid, a finish-line photo or a golden-hour moment at a wedding comes to you. Previews are free to browse, and if the photographer is selling, you can buy the full-resolution, watermark-free version of any photo worth keeping.
Every photographer you tell helps
The more photographers use Cosnap, the more of your future photos reach you. So it’s worth a quick word whenever someone points a camera at you: tell every photographer you meet to use Cosnap.
What changes for you
You stop asking around for links or trying to track down the photographer.
Your photos reach your account within minutes of the album going live.
Everything lives in one place, so you can find it later.
Next time a camera points your way, make sure the photo reaches you. Get the app, add your reference photo and switch face matching on.
Ready to try Cosnap?