I've just come across a reference to this challenge on another forum that I subscribe to and wondered who might be up for it.
Unlike most photography challenges which are just a simple list of ideas, this 52 week challenge is designed to push your photography to the next level. This list is going to be more challenging to complete than a simple 52 week photography challenge list. The idea is that by the end of it you will be a better photographer for it.
The challenge as set has a series of weekly challenges, which fall into three categories
Portraits,
Landscapes (which can include cityscapes & seascapes) &
Artistic Impression (where can interpret the assignment literally or figuratively to let you creativity shine)
Full details here
http://dogwood.photography/52weekchallenge.html
Personally, judging by the posts in the galleries here I think there is a big category missing -
Natural History (including captive animals & cultivated fauna & flora)
So here's my suggestion if anyone wants to have go
- Although it says you can start anywhere, I suggest that we run with Week 1 as starting 4th Jan
- This means we are effectively in Week 3 now, so we give ourselves until, say 8th Feb (start of Week 6) to back fill for weeks 1 & 2
- That I/We come up with a series of challenges under the broad heading of Natural History
- I will then update the challenge list to include one of these every 4 weeks & post our challenge list in this thread
- People undertaking the challenge, post their pictures in their own galley, but we start a new thread each week that we post our images in as well to keep them together
So here are all the weeks from the challenge as it stands: -
WEEK 1 04 / 10-Jan Portrait: Self Portrait --- Start things off right with a "selfie"! Explore the self timer setting on your camera.
WEEK 2 11 / 17-Jan Landscape: Traditional Landscape --- Shoot a beautiful landscape and share it with the world. Find a nice foreground and don't forget the sky.
WEEK 3 18 / 24-Jan Artistic: Red --- Shoot whatever inspires you. Red should be the focus of the image. Don't be afraid to be creative.
WEEK 4 25 / 31-Jan Portrait: Headshot --- You shot a selfie, now shoot a "selfie" of someone else!
WEEK 5 01 / 07-Feb Landscape: Black and White --- Look for a scene with great contrast that will make a great black and white.
WEEK 6 08 / 14-Feb Artistic: Candy --- Your artistic interpretation this week should be inspired by something sweet. A great chance to play with macro photography.
WEEK 7 15 / 21-Feb Portrait: Faceless --- Tell someone's story without showing their face.
WEEK 8 22 / 28-Feb Landscape: Wide Angle/Panorama --- This is a great opportunity to explore panorama stitching and create a wide sweeping landscape.
WEEK 9 29 / 06-Mar Artistic: Shadows --- The opposite of light is dark, the absence of light is shadow. Interpret this into a masterpiece.
WEEK 10 07 / 13-Mar Portrait: Environmental --- Show a subject in their natural habitat. Their place of work or hobby is a great start. Tell their story with the environment
WEEK 11 14 / 20-Mar Landscape: Reflection --- Find a way to show your landscape/natural beauty in reflection. The mirror world revealed.
WEEK 12 21 / 27-Mar Artistic: Transportation --- Our world is one defined by how we get around. Literal or interpretative, find inspiration in transportation.
WEEK 13 28 / 03-Apr Portrait: High Key --- Expose to the right and create a light, airy high key portrait.
WEEK 14 04 / 10-Apr Landscape: Zoomed in --- Most landscapes are wide sweeping images. Try an alternative and zoom in instead.
WEEK 15 11 / 17-Apr Artistic: Metal --- Cold, hard steel. Shiny Aluminum. Or even rusted and broken down. Find your inspiration in metal this week.
WEEK 16 18 / 24-Apr Portrait: Movement --- Most portraits are stationary, so this week explore adding some movement. Dancing, twirling, or even hair flips.
WEEK 17 25 / 01-May Landscape: Urbanscape --- Most Landscapes are wide open spaces of natural beauty... this week find the beauty of the urbanscape/cityscape.
WEEK 18 02 / 08-May Artistic: Texture --- The artistic inspiration this week is texture. You should almost be able to feel the image.
WEEK 19 09 / 15-May Portrait: Messy --- Take an amazing portrait of someone, make a mess while you are doing it.
WEEK 20 16 / 22-May Landscape: Nightowl --- A tripod is going to be handy this week... time to shoot a night landscape. Look for some light for the scene! Car lights, city lights, or maybe just moonlight.
WEEK 21 23 / 29-May Artistic: Fantasy --- Is this real life, or is this just fantasy... Your artistic inspiration this week is fantasy.
WEEK 22 30 / 05-Jun Portrait: Hands --- Usually the face is the strongest element in the frame; with the hands being second. Make the hands the most important element in your image this week.
WEEK 23 06 / 12-Jun Landscape: Weather --- This week should be as unpredictable as the weather! Feature the weather in this week's landscape.
WEEK 24 13 / 19-Jun Artistic: Sparkle! --- Shoot what inspires you this week, just make sure it sparkles.
WEEK 25 20 / 26-Jun Portrait: Silhouette --- Expose for the background and let your subject fall into shadow. Shape is important this week.
WEEK 26 27 / 03-Jul Landscape: Simplify --- Simply the scene to make your primary subject stand out.
WEEK 27 04 / 10-Jul Artistic: Blue --- You were inspired by the fiery red earlier, now be inspired by calming blue.
WEEK 28 11 / 17-Jul Portrait: Family --- Whether it's the family you are born with or the one you choose, show the world what family is to you.
WEEK 29 18 / 24-Jul Landscape: Waterscape --- Ocean, lake, river, pond, or puddle. Make water the primary subject of this landscape.
WEEK 30 25 / 31-Jul Artistic: Patterns --- Get inspired by the rhythm that patterns bring to your images.
WEEK 31 01 / 07-Aug Portrait: Street Candid --- Candids on the street, show us life in your town through the lens.
WEEK 32 08 / 14-Aug Landscape: Colorful --- Shoot a landscape that packs as much color as you can find into the scene.
WEEK 33 15 / 21-Aug Artistic: Collaboration --- Doesn't matter what you shoot, just do with another artist. Share vision and ideas. Collaborate.
WEEK 34 22 / 28-Aug Portrait: Child --- Candid or posed, capture an image of a child. Try getting down on their level for a unique perspective.
WEEK 35 29 / 04-Sep Landscape: Nature up Close --- Get up close and personal with nature in this natural beauty shot. Flowers, bees, bugs and spiders might all make great shots
WEEK 36 05 / 11-Sep Artistic: Food --- Take your food photography to the next level. Its not lunch, its art.
WEEK 37 12 / 18-Sep Portrait: Fashion --- Avant-garde to commercial to traditional, and everything in between. The focus is the clothes this week.
WEEK 38 19 / 25-Sep Landscape: Get Low --- Time to look at the world from a different angle. Shoot a landscape from a low point of view.
WEEK 39 26 / 02-Oct Art: Handmade --- Your artistic interpretation should be inspired by another artisan's handmade work. Literal or interpreted.
WEEK 40 03 / 09-Oct Portrait: Sitting in a Chair --- Either a formal sitting portrait or a re-interpretation of this classic. Photography your subject sitting in a chair.
WEEK 41 10 / 16-Oct Landscape: Get High --- Everything looks different when you are high. Find a high perspective to shoot this landscape.
WEEK 42 17 / 23-Oct Artistic: Minimalist --- Isolate your subject using the minimalist approach. Inspire someone with your art.
WEEK 43 24 / 30-Oct Portrait: The Elderly --- Tell the story of an elderly person through the power of your camera. Capture the lines of their life.
WEEK 44 31 / 06-Nov Landscape: A Tree --- Some of the most famous landscapes in the world feature a tree. Time to see what you can do.
WEEK 45 07 / 13-Nov Artistic: Nostalgic --- Use nostalgic as your inspiration this week. Long for the moments we want recapture. The good times.
WEEK 46 14 / 20-Nov Portrait: Backlit --- The sun makes a great back light, as well as a flash. Don't forget the fill light. A flash or reflector can be used to fill in the subject.
WEEK 47 21 / 27-Nov Landscape: Abandoned --- Capture an image of that which others have forgotten. It may be the last image before its gone from us forever.
WEEK 48 28 / 04-Dec Artistic: Bokeh --- A shallow depth of field is often used to isolate the subject. Create an artistic interpretation using shallow depth of field.
WEEK 49 05 / 11-Dec Portrait: Dancing --- Whether it's a professional dancer, or just some kids in the street. Try experimenting with slow and fast shutter speed to both blur and freeze the subject.
WEEK 50 12 / 18-Dec Landscape: Symmetrical --- Often considered one of the hardest compositions to pull off, Symmetry. Challenge yourself this week by shooting a symmetrical landscape/urbanscape.
WEEK 51 19 / 25-Dec Artistic: Art --- It is time to really challenge yourself. Your artistic interpretation should be art, about art. So meta.
WEEK 52 26 / 01-Jan Portrait: Another Self Portrait --- For your final challenge, we end where we started. Take one last self-portrait, and be amazed at how far you have come in a year.
Who's in?