Can't Find Your Race Photos? Where to Look

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You finished, you know a photographer saw you, and now you can't find the photos anywhere. It happens to almost everyone. Race photos live in different places depending on who took them, so here is where to look, in the order most likely to work.

1. The race's own website and emails

Start with the race. Its website usually has a Photos or Results page naming the official photographer, and many races email the photo link to every participant after the event. Search your inbox for the race name plus "photos", and check your spam folder too.

2. The official photo company

Bigger races hire a race photo company. FinisherPix, MarathonFoto and Sportograf are a few names you'll see in Canada and abroad (Sportograf, for example, photographs official HYROX races). Each one works a little differently:

• By bib number: the most common. Enter your bib and the event.
• By name: some match photos to the results list.
• By selfie: more and more use face search, sometimes after you confirm your email.

Photos usually appear within a few days of the race, not on race day. If yours aren't there yet, give it time before you assume you were missed.

3. Independent photographers

Many community races, gym events and HYROX-style simulations are covered by local photographers rather than a company. Look at the race's Instagram, the tagged posts on the event's location, and the photographers credited in those posts. Many of them publish full galleries on RaceCapture.

4. Search every RaceCapture gallery at once

If your race was photographed by someone who publishes on RaceCapture, you don't need to know who it was. Find photos of me takes one selfie, your email and the race date, checks every gallery in that window, and builds a personal gallery for each event you appear in, photos and videos included. You can also browse every event on the galleries page.

Why can't I find my race photos?

• Your bib was hidden by a jacket, a hydration vest or your arm, so a bib search missed you. A selfie search can still find you; here's how bib search works.
• Your face was turned away or behind someone. Browse the photos taken around your finish time, or search with a second, clearer selfie.
• It is still early. Big races can take a few days to process.
• You're looking in the wrong place. A race can have an official photo company and independent photographers at the same time. Check both.

Questions runners ask

Are race photos free?

Sometimes. Some races include photos in your entry; many sell them. On RaceCapture, many galleries are free, and on paid ones you see every photo of you first and pay only if you want to keep them. Free vs paid race photos explains the difference.

How long do race photos take?

For race photo companies, usually a few days. On RaceCapture, photos are searchable as soon as the photographer uploads them. For HYROX, here's when HYROX photos come out.

Can I get videos of my race too?

On RaceCapture, yes: the same selfie search finds the video clips you appear in.

What happens to my selfie?

On RaceCapture it is used only to find your photos and is deleted within 30 days. The plain-words version.