First of all let me thank every one who up voted Your Story Contest and helped crowd funding the contest prize, frankly I did not expect it to generate this much prize money. The idea of the contest was to primarily support Steemit users with great content with not much success yet , but contest was open to everyone !
Secondly I thank you everyone who participated with your amazing stories ! It was not a easy decision , going through all the stores and also looking at your profile content !
Theme of the Story was How you got into photography as a student/hobbyist/professional
Here are the best 5 stories and winners in no particular order ! I am adding some quotes from the story and my favorite image from their profile , I would recommend reading the full story by clicking the link.
Winners !!
by @axeman
![bescouted_photo.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/http://transformed-source.bescouted.com.s3.amazonaws.com/user-photo/source/o2R7c9qGJbBt5BpRwOzF5nWuTfuy1eS5qO1fvUTCsFqd0q97MXERdcasduYAvf2W.jpg?fit=clip&w=1920&h=1080)
by @outrayjust
![photo](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmVbUfBNGEjfuf22JzAwZN127edg47LyNBzSERqwoZBVzV/2003CA39-E896-43DD-8B69-928E187D63B1.jpeg)
by @narchuk
![photo](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4596/24685326847_f83a85d0f4_o.jpg)
How I got into photography
by @isabellemonisse
by @rimicane
![photo](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://s9.postimg.org/tyyrnrl9b/DSC5873.jpg)
Congratulations All Winners !!
Additionally I have decided to add 3 sbd's from my side to appreciate/reward below great profiles with amazing photography who also participated!
![photo](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmed8LsYWRrotAmHKXLswazct2sZJd4z6VcFKngaC9Z277/macro.jpg)
![photo](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://www.mibreit-photo.com/galleries/steem/oceania/New-Zealand-North-Island/Whangarei.jpg)
![photo](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://img.esteem.ws/mx5m70j7gk.jpg)
Steemians - Appreciate if you could show some love & support by visiting these profiles !
One again thank you every one for participating, sharing your real life story and making this a success. I will try to arrange more such contest in the interest of community and to support the Underdogs, if I may call !
You can see all the contest entries here
Payouts !
As I mentioned in my original post all of the author rewards would go to winners, that is 6+ SBDs each based on below payout crowd funded from original post
6.334 SBDs Each
@outrayjust
@narchuk
@isabellemonisse
@rimicane
@axeman
1 SBD each
@lozt
@mibreit-photo
@peachfizzle
Cheers!
My Steepshot Photography Gallery
@ashwinrajt
My Recent Blog:First Motorcycle Riding Experience in USA
Many thanks, @ashwinrajt! Some wonderful photography and stories here! I am honored to be included🙏🏻
Thanks a lot for the support @ashwinrajt, it’s much appreciated :)
Thank you for including me! And thanks to @axeman for resteem! It was fun to learn about the community a bit more! 👏
Thanks for including a photo of mine here! cheers
Thank you, @ashwinrajt! It means a lot to me! I will check the other great authors and their stories!
Thanks @ashwinrajt, all nice stories all around here :)
Congrats to all winners!