Happy New Year everyone! I hope you’ve all had a lovely holiday season.
The Capture52 Challenge is back again for another year. If you made it all the way through in 2024, well done! If you didn’t, well the good news is that there’s a brand new list of prompts for you, courtesy of our friends Justine and Alison, who run the Capture52 Group over on Facebook.
If you haven’t heard of the challenge before, it’s a friendly, year long challenge with a weekly prompt. The aim is to inspire your photography and nudge you to try new techniques and subjects. It’s not a competition and there are no winners at the end of each week; you don’t have to do every single prompt, and you take it at your own pace. If you’d like to be tagged for a reminder of the weekly prompt, leave me a comment below and I’ll add you to the list.
Once again, thanks to Alison Crea & Justine Solomano, who created the challenge and who continue to come up with these excellent prompts and welcome us to follow along here on 365. If you’re on Facebook, it’s well worth joining the Capture52 group – it’s a lively, positive group for all photography types and skill levels.
Week 1 (1Jan - 7 Jan) Geometric Photography
Show us the geometric lines, shapes, and patterns that exist in the world around you.
Week 2 (8 Jan - 14 Jan) Rust
Rust is everywhere, show us the beauty in the decay
Week 3 (15 Jan - 21 Jan) Symmetry
Create a compelling image using symmetry.
Week 4 (22 Jan - 28 Jan) Chaos
Embrace the chaos in your photography this week
Week 5 (29 Jan - 4 Feb) One Colour
Let one colour dominate
Week 6 (5 Feb - 11 Feb) Storytime
This week you must tell a story with your imagery.
Week 7 (12 Feb - 18 Feb) Halloween
No waiting until October this year, let’s celebrate now!
Week 8 (19 Feb - 25 Feb) Sun or the Moon
Use the sun or moon to create a compelling image
Week 9 (26 Feb - 4 Mar) Smartphone Photography
We all have one, let’s use them.
Week 10 (5 Mar - 11 Mar) A problem
Big or small, good or bad show us a problem.
Week 11 (12 Mar - 18 Mar) Hands
Your challenge this week is to capture a compelling image featuring hands.
Week 12 (19 Mar - 25 Mar) Comforting
Show us that which comforts.
Week 13 (26 Mar – 1 April) Numbers
Numbers are everywhere. Bring them to life.
Week 14 (2 April - 8 April) Her
Interpret as you wish.
Week 15 (9 April - 15 April) Half Empty or Half Full
Or twice as big as it needs to be?
Week 16 (16 April - 22 April) Reflections
Mirrors, water, windows, any reflective surface will do.
Week 17 (23 April - 29 April) Opposites
Come up with a captivating image using opposites.
Week 18 (30 April- 6 May) Dreamscapes
Reach into the deep recesses of your imagination this week.
Week 19 (7 May - 13 May) Movie Inspiration
Your images this week should be inspired by film.
Week 20 (14 May - 20 May) Adventures
Your inspiration this week comes from an exciting, unusual, or sometimes dangerous activity, trip, or experience.
Week 21 (21 May- 27 May) Doors
The entryway to another place. Be creative.
Week 22 (28 May - 3 Jun) Revenge
Interpret as you like.
Week 23 (4 Jun - 10 Jun) Wooden
Something wooden needs to feature this week.
Week 24 (11 Jun - 17 Jun) Texture
Textures are all around us. Capture visually something we can feel…
Week 25 (18 Jun – 24 Jun) Portrait
A classic photography staple.
Week 26 (25 Jun - 1 Jul) Ruins/Wrecked
Not everything lasts forever. Use this as your inspiration this week.
Week 27 (2 Jul - 8 Jul) Wet
Hopefully it rains this week.
Week 28 (9 Jul - 15 Jul) Still Life
Time to dust off that fruit bowl…
Week 29 (16 Jul - 22 Jul) Pets
Time for some cuteness overloads, cats, dogs, rabbits, turtles or something else, we want to see your pets in all their cute glory.
Week 30 (23 Jul - 29 Jul) Shot at F8
The subject is up to you, but you can only use F8.
Week 31 (30 Jul - 5 Aug) Night Photography
Once the sun goes all the way down, it’s time to get out there and bring the night to life.
Week 32 (6 Aug - 12 Aug) Simplicity
Time to utilise the KISS theory.
Week 33 (13 Aug - 19 Aug) Illusion
Show us something which is not all that it seems.
Week 34 (20 Aug - 26 Aug) Mostly Black
Black should dominate your images this week.
Week 35 (27 Aug – 2 Sept) Mostly White
As above, but this time with white.
Week 36 (3 Sept - 9 Sept) Jumping in the Air
Don’t just jump, make it interesting.
Week 37 (10 Sept - 16 Sept) Friendship
This week we want to celebrate friendship.
Week 38 (17 Sept - 23 Sept) Sound
Can you hear something visual? That’s the challenge this week.
Week 39 (24 Sept - 30 Sept) In the Garden
So many options.
Week 40 (1 Oct - 7 Oct) Front Porch
If you don’t have a front porch, capture someone else’s.
Week 41 (8 Oct - 14 Oct) Chocolate
Delicious.
Week 42 (15 Oct - 21 Oct) In the Street
Show us what’s in the street but please be respectful of others.
Week 43 (22 Oct – 28 Oct) Hundreds and Thousands Interpret as you like. IYKYK.
Week 44 (29 Oct - 4 Nov) Freedom
Tell a story with freedom at its centre.
Week 45 (5 Nov - 11 Nov) Colour Black and White
The challenge is to take a colourful black and white image this week.
Week 46 (12 Nov - 18 Nov) A Tree
A little easier this week. Feature a single tree.
Week 47 (19 Nov - 25 Nov) Industrial
This week we take inspiration from machinery, industry, grease, steam, smoke and fire.
Week 48 (26 Nov - 2 Dec) Scapes
Sea, land, street, mountain, cloud, water… the choice is all yours
Week 49 (3 Dec - 9 Dec) Minimalism
Minimalism is a style that emphasizes simplicity and the essential elements of a subject, often using clean lines, empty spaces, and limited colour.
Week 50 (10 Dec - 16 Dec) Combine 3
Your choice of any 3 themes from this year.
Week 51 (17 Dec - 23 Dec) Collections
From Stamps to garden gnomes, people enjoy collections of all kinds of things. Let’s see them all this week.
Week 52 (24 Dec - 31 Dec) Something New
Let’s bring in the New year by featuring something new in our images this week.
Thank you, Mel!
I did 35 last year, and took a few more than that which were not posted.
I will use your challenge to keep posted here on 365 - it just may be the only pic I take all week!
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I did 35 last year, and took a few more than that which were not posted.
I will use your challenge to keep posted here on 365 - it just may be the only pic I take all week!