Open water and swimming event photos found by cap number

In the water a swimmer is a cap and an arm. There is no bib, the face is half under water behind goggles, and every cap in a wave looks alike. Before and after the swim the athlete wears a bib or a body marking, but those photos are taken by different photographers in different places. Without recognition, nobody finds themselves in the water shots.

Choose Swimming when you create the event. Recognition reads the race numbers that belong to swimmers: printed on the swim cap, written on the skin as body marking on the arm, hand, shoulder or calf, or on a bib or race belt worn before or after the swim. Lane numbers, buoys, distance markers, timing displays, banners, and numbers on boats and buildings are ignored.

Add the list of valid numbers so that only participant numbers count. Selfie search works on the shots where the face is visible, typically at the start and the finish, and the timeline lets swimmers browse by the time of their wave.

Number reading on this page is for swimmers. Numbers on boats, kayaks and boards are not read. Kayak, SUP or rowing? Pick Other when you create the event: selfie search and the timeline find the photos, and you can tag a photo by hand where needed.

Photos come in from the browser, a cloud folder or straight from the camera over FTP, and are searchable minutes after upload. Embed the gallery on your own website or share a link. If you decide to sell photos, connect Stripe and payments go to your own account.