Shoot And Share Photo Contest – 2018 Results

If you’ve been around for a while, you might remember reading a post last spring, a post the spring before, & one the spring before that about me entering the Shoot & Share Photo Contest for the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th years in a row.

Well, this year was year #5 for me entering – wow. It’s crazy that this contest has been going on so long! It seems like just yesterday that I heard about it & decided, on a whim, to enter a few images!

In a nutshell, here is how the Shoot & Share Photo Contest works:
When submissions open, photographers are able to enter up to 50 images into 25 different categories. The categories range from wedding to pets to families to travel. Once the submission period closes, the contest opens for 12 rounds. With each round, a percentage of images are taken away as the contest whittles down to the best of the best. How are these “best” images chosen? The contest is completely free & fair – meaning anyone can get on and vote. You are presented with a category & then 4 random images from that category. You simply pick your favorite out of those 4 and then the page refreshes to present you with a new category & 4 new images. Every image is completely anonymous and every image is shown an equal amount of times within each round (so it’s given a completely fair chance). Obviously, there are prizes for the winners of each category & also an overall grand winner is chosen.

Here’s a little example of how this contest has grown in just 5 short years. The first year I entered, there were 890 images total entered into the “Details: Ring Shot” category. The second year, there were 3,170 images entered into the same category. The third year, there were 6,514 images entered into the same category. The fourth year, there were 8,304 images entered into the same category. This year? They simply called the category “Wedding Details” and it had a whopping 16,755 images!

Those numbers are INSANE.

It just goes to prove how absolutely enormous this contest is & how it just keeps growing!

Want some more stats? Last year, approximately 333,000 images were submitted and just shy of 60 million votes were cast! Those numbers are staggering, but they are nothing compared to this year’s stats! This year, approximately 413,000 images were submitted & 81 million votes were cast!! In other words, in total, people spent a total of 14,312 days (or 39 years) voting during the contest. UNREAL.

Over the past few years, I’ve had images place in the top 30%, top 20%, and top 10%. The top 30% may not sound super prestigious, but when you take into consideration the above stats, it truly is something to be proud of! This year, I had 12 images make it into the top 30% (last year, I had 8, and the year before I only had 6).

Here are my images that placed in the top 30% of the contest! I already cannot wait for next year!

Place: 499 out of 16,755 | FINALIST | Wedding Details Category