The P-52 Challenge

One photo each week under a different guideline. Use my ideas below or come up with your own challenges!
Most importantly have fun with it.

Week 1: Humble Beginnings
“The Starting Line
Week 2: Shadow as a Subject
“Lurk Behind You”
Week 3: Texture
“Raindrops”
Week 4: Silhouette
“Narcissus”
Week 5: Opposites Attract
“The Cloudbather”
Week 6: Worms-Eye View
“Cubenchism”
Week 7: Frame within a Frame
“Hanging Myself”
Week 8: Song Lyrics
“The sky is full of dreams, but you don’t know how to fly”
Week 9: Repetition
Week 10: Your Inner Child
“Looking Back”
Week 11: Shapes
“Cut it Out”
Week 12: Written Word
“Letters to Afar”
Week 13: Seasons – Spring
“Spring Cleaning”
Week 14: Voyeurism
Week 15: Light Painting
“Weeping Angel”
Week 16: Stop Motion
“These aren’t my glasses”
Week 17: One Light Source
“One Headlight”
Week 18: COLOR
“Flowerbed”
Week 19: B&W
“Black and White”
Week 20: Out of Character
“And Into Character”
Week 21: The Human Body
“Hard Knock Life”
Week 22: Captured Happiness
“If only it was my own”
Week 23: Abstraction
“Tin Foil Hat”
Week 24: Seeing Double
“Take a walk in my feet”
Week 25: Product Placement
“The Last Call”
Week 26: Halfway Gone
Week 27: Seasons – Summer
“Summer Showers”
Week 28: Motion Blur
“Canoodle”
Week 29: Translucence
Week 30: Shallow Depth of Field
Week 31: Extreme Close Up
“Pore Composition”
Week 32: Technologic
“Modern Zombies”
Week 33: Purity
“Leap of Faith”
Week 34: Period Piece
“Half Metal Jacket”
Week 35: Album Cover
“Aladdin Sane”
Week 36: Wordplay
“Shooting Stars”
Week 37: Invisibility
Week 38: Superheroes
“The Blue Slumber”
Week 39: Seasons – Fall
Week 40: Spirals
“Down the Rabbithole”
Week 41: Artist Inspiration
“Andy Goldsworthy”
Week 42: Relationships
“Long Distance Dinner Date”
Week 43: Mixed Media
“Sculpture”
Week 44: A Deadly Sin
“The grabbing hands grab all they can”

Time got away from me some weeks so in reality my P-52 ended up being more of a P-44. I was totally okay with this because it was all just for personal growth. If you can stick to it though, I’d love to suggest some more themes to finish out the year.

Week 45: Alternate Camera
Capture it with your phone or a different camera.

Week 46: Landscape
Try to still remain the main subject in a landscape.

Week 47: Editorial
Shoot like you’re doing the cover of a magazine.

Week 48: Lens Manipulation
Add an attachment, put vaseline on your lens, do something to physically change the way you capture.

Week 49: Out of Focus
Make an effective self-portrait where you are just a blur of shapes.

Week 50: Golden Hour
Really use those long shadows to your advantage whether it’s sunrise or sunset.

Week 51: Seasons – Winter
I tried to do an homage to a different season every 13 weeks, depending on when you do it yourself just change the season!

Week 52: Self-Portrait
Finish out the whole project with a final self-portrait using all you’ve learned.

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