Week
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Weekly
challenge
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Details
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1
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A Selfie with
attitude!
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Take a selfie of
yourself showing a strong emotion.
Advanced: Take your selfie in
silhouette – but we still need to know it’s you!
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2
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Tiny
(Macro).
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Take a
picture of a small object as close as you can and fill the frame so it looks
massive.
Advanced: The
ability to capture the finest detail is essential in your photo.
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3
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Lighted match.
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Lighting a match has
drama; ignition, flare and the settle. Capture this and publish your best
photo.
Advanced: Three photos capturing each
dramatic point.
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4
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Water.
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Water moves,
boils, steams, freezes… in your picture interpret ‘Water in Action’.
Advanced: Two
photos that represent different ‘states’ of water.
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5
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An egg.
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Whether a food project
or a work of art – we want your best photo of an egg!
Advanced: Show some movement in your
egg photo.
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6
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Rule of
thirds
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Learn and
then demonstrate in a photograph the rule of thirds.
Advanced:
Your photo should use the rule to build drama and interest.
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7
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Black & white.
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Black & white
week. If
you can, turn your camera to black and white only this week. Anything goes!
Advanced: Your shot should show high
contrast.
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8
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Eye.
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Focus on the
eye or eyes – show us what you see!
Advanced: We
want to see detail and highlights!
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9
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Bubbles.
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Bubbles. Pay attention to what you
can see inside the bubbles.
Advanced: Water bubbles may be a bit
easier – so only lighter-than-air blown bubbles in your photo please!
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10
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Mirrors
and reflections.
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Mirrors
and reflections. Be observant, notice and record something and its
reflection.
Advanced: What
is real? What is reflection? Can you fool the viewer!?
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11
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Light bulb moment.
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Light bulb
moment. As
a main subject, we want to see a light bulb in your photograph.
Advanced: Go vintage! We want to see
the light bulb filaments glowing.
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12
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Frame
within a frame.
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A
compositional tool is to frame your subject using a frame within the image.
Advanced: Use
this technique to tell a story!
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13
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Portrait.
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Portrait: Take a portrait shot – but
tell a story with it too.
Advanced: Try a faceless portrait.
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14
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Triptych.
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Triptych: Show
us three photos of the same scene. One to set the scene. One as the main
subject. And one to highlight something we may have missed!
Advanced: We
want the three photos in the same frame.
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15
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Patterns.
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Patterns. Find some interesting
patterns in the local landscape or architecture.
Advanced: Repeating patterns.
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16
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Panning.
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Take a
picture of a moving subject whilst moving the camera so that you blur the
background to show movement. Shutter speed and handling your camera is
crucial here.
Advanced: Your
subject should be crystal clear and your background a spectacular blur!
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17
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Abandoned.
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The theme is
abandoned. Your photo might depict something forgotten?
Advanced: Convey a message in your
photo – a call to action, perhaps.
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18
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Landscape.
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Use a tripod
(or another way to avoid camera shake) and correct aperture and settings to
capture immaculate detail in a scene.
Advanced: Same
as above. But capture some movement in the composition..
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19
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One shot only!
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You’ve got one shot
only – no
chances for a second shot! Think of this challenge when you next take a shot.
Show us this, your first shot (even if you do sneak off a few more).
Advanced: We mean it! Your first, one and
only shot!
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20
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Leading
lines.
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‘Leading
lines’ is composition technique where lines in your image lead the viewer’s
eyes into the main subject of the photograph. Discover such lines in the
natural environment or urban landscape.
Advanced: Your
lines should demonstrate how they add depth and perspective to an image.
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21
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SOOC.
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Straight out of the
camera (sooc).
Take a great shot and publish straight from the camera. No editing allowed.
Use RAW? Just auto convert to a simple JPEG.
Advanced: Leave the sooc image
alone! But tell us in the comments how you would improve it.
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22
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Levitation
effect.
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Very much a
camera trick and editing illusion, but make us believe in levitation.
Advanced: Think
about props, accessories and expressions that will make us really believe
that your subject is defying gravity!
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23
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Sugar and spice.
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Artistic. Interpret
how you like.
Advanced: A still life.
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24
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Random
bird.
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Your
challenge this week is to get a good picture of the first wild bird you see
while out with your camera. See a wood pigeon? That’s your bird – go get the
shot!
Advanced: A
bird in flight.
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25
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Make a splash.
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Take a close up of a
droplet splashing into water. It’s an old favourite photography project but
lots to learn every time you do it.
Advanced: Use liquids other than
water!
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26
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Celebrate
your personal learning!
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We’re
half-way through this challenge year. Make an image that shows us what you
feel you have learned so far.
Advanced: Use
the photo only. Use no text to describe your photo. It should be obvious from
the image what you are celebrating. You can answer questions in the comments.
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27
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Explosion of
colour!
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Your photo should
assail the senses with vibrant colour. Any saturation of the colours in editing
software should be avoided.
Advanced: This is really advanced…
depict a really colourful scene… in black & white!
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28
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A bug’s
life.
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Get in the
garden and take a photograph a butterfly, insect or bug. Whether a close up,
or you show its environment, it is up to you.
Advanced: Try
Macro or a moving/flying subject.
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29
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Candid camera!
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Street Photography. Show us a slice of life in
your neighbourhood, village,town or city centre.
Advanced: Candid means candid – try not to
get noticed!
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30
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Cool down.
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A glass. Ice.
A drink. Create an image that will cool us down on a hot summer’s day!
Advanced: Ice
creating a splash or a drink being poured into a glass offers such artistic
scope, Explore and enjoy!
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31
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Wheels.
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Whatever the vehicle
or subject, capture the patterns and motions. Use different shutter speeds to
blur or freeze the action.
Advanced: Look for something
different…
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32
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Startled
portrait.
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Take a
portrait shot that captures an expression of alarm, surprise or concern. This
challenge should bring out the Director in you.
Advanced: Include
a wider angle shot that shows the cause.
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33
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Stormy or sunny?
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Whatever the weather,
record its drama, mood and effects this week.
Advanced: As an enthusiast, shoot
your picture at the dawn or dusk.
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34
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Filters.
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This is
filter week. Whether it’s a coloured sweet wrapper over your lens, a big
stopper or something else – use a new or borrowed filter to create effect.
Advanced: Should
still be a filter you have not used or seldom-used.
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35
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Mono flower.
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Record the beauty of a
flower in black and white.
Advanced: Do it studio style, even
if on your tabletop. Think about composition, lighting and sharp focus where
it counts.
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36
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Faces in
places.
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Take a
picture of something you discover that unintentionally resembles a face. No
people allowed.
Advanced: As
above.
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37
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Make us laugh!
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Capture or create a
scene that depicts humour or one that will actually make us laugh!
Advanced: You really
need to make us laugh!
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38
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Bokeh.
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Google
‘bokeh’. Create an image with shallow depth of field with beautiful bokeh.
Advanced: Create
shaped bokeh.
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39
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Toy Story!
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Tell a story with toys
or about toys.
Advanced: Create a ’tilt-shift’
effect for that ‘toytown’ look.
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40
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Minimalist.
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Keep things
simple. Make an image where there is one strong element. Keep other
components of the picture down to a minimum. Remember the saying ‘Less is
more!’.
Advanced: Be
aware of other composition rules and the use of complementary tones/colours.
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41
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Isolate and blur.
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Open up your aperture
(low number, say F/2.8, F/4) to isolate your subject and create an attractive
blur effect in the background.
Advanced: Isolate and make your
subject pop, yes!… but that ‘bokeh’ should be pretty dramatic too!
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42
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Decay.
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Make an image
that shows something coming to the end of its life.
Advanced: Use
texture to demonstrate the detail of the decay.
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43
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Red and/or orange.
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Anything goes as
long as it is red and/or orange!
Advanced: Red AND
orange, please.
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44
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Golden
hour portrait.
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The sun at sunrise
or sunset makes a great backlight for a portrait. Use some fill-in flash.
Advanced: Use
three light sources for that perfect back-lit outside portrait.
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45
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Intentional camera
movement.
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Not an excuse for
camera shake, but a deliberate movement to create an artistic effect.
Advanced: Try an ICM and a double
exposure to create a work of art!
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46
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Light in
the night.
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Night time
photography with a tripod and very slow shutter speeds. Try light painting.
Catching light trails from traffic. Creating ghostly effects.
Advanced: Try
creating light orbs.
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47
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Window.
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Include a window in
your photograph as a prominent feature that helps tell a story.
Advanced: A ‘through the window’
scene, or reflection in the window? You decide how to convey the story.
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48
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Guess the
film?
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Create a
scene and publish an image that depicts a film.
Advanced: Film
noir, low key image. The film should be easy to identify, perhaps with a few
clues!
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49
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White.
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Is it snowing or
frosty yet? Whatever the weather your theme is white!
Advanced: Time to create a
‘high-key’ image.
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50
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A pic of
two halves.
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Show us a
photograph with half the image in monochrome and half in colour.
Advanced: Diagonal
to diagonal. Photo should depict ‘opposites’ or subjects or a theme of high
contrast.
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51
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Seasonal Jolly
Food.
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This should be your
best festive photograph of the week – with a food theme.
Advanced: A Christmas still life.
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52
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Selfie
update.
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WEEK 52: How
have you changed over the year since your ‘selfie’ in Week 1 of this
challenge? Update or take a new ‘selfie’ in a way that reveals your
photographic improvements 🙂
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Thursday, 2 January 2020
52 Week Photography Challenge
The challenge has been borrowed from another photography club but I'm using it to improve my photography this year. Hopefully over the course of the year there will be an improvement in my photography skills with the final challenge being to repeat the first and show the improvement.
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