This is week 8 of your photo challenge and Inspiration for this week’s photos is Dark. We need light in photography so we can expose our photos. What if you were to limit the light, what would that do to your photos? One technique I like to do is limit the light source to only […]
Photo Challenge
These weekly photo challenges get you photographing more and procrastinating less.
The podcast will be released weekly on Friday giving you one topic to inspire you so you can start photographing more.
The challenges are designed to make you think and push you out of your comfort zone.
Simply plan your session, shoot it, edit and upload to social media using the hashtag #yop #yearofphotos
Week 7 – Strong
This is week 7 of your photo challenge and inspiration for this week’s photos is Strong. This can be interpreted in many ways such as someone with muscles or an object that represents strength like a chain. For this challenge it will be Some ideas of photos to get you started are: Hard objects Sports […]
Week 6 – Dirty
This is week 6 of your photo challenge and inspiration for this week’s photos is Dirty. If you have children, you know that young kids love to get messy. Use that as your inspiration for today. Photograph the mess, the grim and the utterly disgusting When you think about it a lot of the photos […]
Week 5 – Texture
This is week 5 of your photo challenge and inspiration for this week’s photos is Texture. To enhance a texture in a photo try using a light source from the side. The light coming from the side will create natural shadows enhancing the bumps and crevices. Some ideas of photos to get you started are: […]
Week 4 – Shadows
This is week 4 of your photo challenge and inspiration for this week’s photos is Shadows. To create shadows you need directional lighting, such as a light source from the side will create a light side and dark side. The intensity of the light and how close it is also plays a part in how […]
Week 3 – Shapes
This is week 3 of your photo challenge and inspiration for this week’s photos is Shapes. Find a shape and photograph it at different angles. Make sure to take note of how the light falls on the object. This is a great challenge in that it can be done indoors if you are short on […]
Week 2 – Window View
This is week 2 of your photo challenge and inspiration for this week’s photos is Window view. I like the idea of using a window to frame a scene because it draws the eye in and isolates the subject. You can use this technique in all sorts of photography, such as a day in the […]
Week 1 – Seasons
This is week 1 of your photo challenge and inspiration for this week’s photos is Seasons. What does the current season look like where you live? If the seasons are well defined where you live, it could be a fun project to photograph your town through the different seasons. You could use the photos from […]
Welcome to the photo challenge
Welcome to the year of photos podcast. I’m Mike and I’ll be guiding you through the weekly photography challenges. My background is 15 yrs as an event photographer, I write about photography workflow and host the Ask a photographer podcast. Why do a photography challenge? As you can understand doing anything for so long can […]