Perhaps you may remember that I often enter the Shoot and Share Photo Contest. It is the world’s largest photography contest! It is popular, fun, anonymous and completely about the photos. Voting goes on for around a month, and you only know how your photos are doing, or even if you’re still in the contest, if you see your own images while voting.
Voting is free and surprisingly addictive, you simply click on your favorite image of the four that appear on your screen. Once you click another four photos appear for you to again choose your favorite. Hundreds of thousands of photographs are submitted each year from photographers around the world. It’s exciting to see countless creative and beautiful shoots during the voting process. It’s easy to loose track of time while voting for your favorites.
For the past several years I have submitted 50 photos to the contest each year, in several different categories. My photos ranged from categories including: family, travel, animals, wedding, lifestyle/documentary, seniors, children, and share the joy. I even submitted a few photos that I look of my own children, like my kids enjoying being together on vacation in Positano, Italy!
My highest placed lifestyle image this year is also a personal favorites of mine. A couple of years ago, my kids and I took my mom out for a treat at one of our favorite places, the Milkshake Factory in downtown, Pittsburgh. I feel this image captures how easy it can be to bond as a family.
This year, my highest placing animal portrait is a handsome highland cow calf! Our family enjoys hopping in the car, driving past the Laurel Highlands to visit Yorkie Acres Farm in Maryland once or twice a year. Typically the highland cows are kept behind a fence, but during a special fall festival, Ronan, was out and about greeting many kids and families!
Be on the look out to view the beautiful images captured from international photographers next year and let me know if you find the voting process as addictive as I do!
