Earlier this month I submitted to the shoot and share contest. I didn’t realize how big of a turn out it would be, but we had over 180 countries, 320,000 submissions, and over 49 million votes (WOW!!!). This was my first year trying out for it, and it is such an honor to have my work make it to the top 3.5 % and be a finalist! Congratulations to all of my photographer friends as well, it was so much fun to see and vote for your images!