1,000 photos: 8 GB JPEG, 25 GB RAW
How many GB is 1,000 photos?
1,000 photos take about 8 GB as 8 MB JPEGs or 25 GB as 25 MB RAW files, so on shoots.page the set needs Pro with 100 GB rather than the free 2 GB. Real sizes depend on your camera and export settings, so upload the set as a draft and check its exact size before you publish.
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1,000 photos at example average sizes
| Average size | 1,000 photos | Free, 2 GB | Pro, 100 GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 MB JPEG | 3 GB | No, 1 GB over | Yes, 3% |
| 5 MB JPEG | 5 GB | No, 3 GB over | Yes, 5% |
| 8 MB JPEG | 8 GB | No | Yes, 8% |
| 12 MB JPEG | 12 GB | No | Yes, 12% |
| 25 MB RAW | 25 GB | No | Yes, 25% |
| 50 MB RAW | 50 GB | No | Yes, 50% |
How the estimate works
Multiply the photo count by the average file size: 1,000 x 8 MB = 8,000 MB = 8 GB. For RAW files, 1,000 x 25 MB = 25,000 MB = 25 GB. The sizes in the table are example averages, not camera specifications. Your own files can be smaller or larger, depending on resolution, detail and compression.
To find your real average, divide the size of a finished export folder by the number of photos in it. Then try it in the gallery size calculator, which starts from the same 8 MB and 25 MB presets.
Free plan or Pro
The free plan gives you 2 GB, which holds about 250 JPEGs at 8 MB or 80 RAW files at 25 MB. 1,000 photos fit only if they average 2 MB or less, so at the sizes in the table they need Pro.
Pro stores 100 GB for USD 9 a month or USD 90 a year before tax, or EUR 8 a month or EUR 80 a year in Europe with VAT included. 1,000 JPEGs at 8 MB use 8% of it and 1,000 RAW files at 25 MB use 25%, so Pro holds 12 full sets of 1,000 JPEGs, or 4 sets of 1,000 RAW files. Storage is per account and shared by all your galleries. Only the files you upload count: previews, thumbnails and the full-size JPEGs made from RAW files do not. See pricing.
Why your computer shows a different number
shoots.page counts storage in decimal units, where 1 GB is 1,000,000,000 bytes, the same way storage makers label their drives. Windows File Explorer counts in steps of 1,024 but still writes KB, MB and GB, so a size in GB looks about 7% smaller there. Your 8 GB set shows as about 7.45 GB in Windows, and 25 GB as about 23.3 GB. In the same terms, the free 2 GB is about 1.86 GB and Pro's 100 GB is about 93.1 GB.
Apple notes that some older systems, such as iOS 10 and earlier and OS X Leopard and earlier, report storage in binary too. When you compare a folder with your plan, compare decimal with decimal: the shoots.page app shows gallery sizes in decimal GB.
Delivering 1,000 photos
You send your client one gallery link. They need no account and never pay. At 60 photos per page, a 1,000-photo gallery runs to 17 pages, so splitting the set into a few galleries, by part of the day or by theme, makes it easier to browse. It uses exactly the same storage.
Clients save originals byte for byte, one at a time or the whole gallery as one ZIP, or take 2000 px JPEGs instead. RAW files reach them as full-size JPEGs unless you switch on RAW downloads for that gallery.
Uploads run in your browser and resume if you leave mid-upload. 8 GB takes about 53 minutes to 1 hour 9 minutes at 20 Mbps, or 11 to 14 minutes at 100 Mbps. 25 GB of RAW files takes 33 to 43 minutes at 100 Mbps. Check your own connection with the upload time calculator. A gallery is a delivery, not a backup, so keep your own archive of the shoot.
Common questions
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Why does Windows show my 8 GB of photos as 7.45 GB?
Can my client download all 1,000 photos at once?
Send 1,000 photos as one link
Upload the set as a draft, see its exact size, and publish one gallery link your client opens without an account.
Sources
Apple Support: How storage capacity is measured on Apple devices and About Apple ProRAW. Microsoft Learn: Windows support for hard disks that are larger than 2 TB. The Old New Thing, Microsoft: Why does Explorer use the term KB instead of KiB? Microsoft Q&A, May 2026: thread on bytes and GB in Windows. Totals and conversions are our own arithmetic from the example averages shown. Checked 29 October 2026.