2023 Photo Challenge Bingo #1

Another year is upon us … and so we have another bingo card for our annual photo challenge: #2023picoftheweek … January, February, March, and April.

The photos are shared every Saturday during these months, beginning on January 7, 2023. Can’t wait to see your photos! Be sure to use #2023picoftheweek. Feel free to post here and on Twitter and Instagram. ⁠

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JANUARY / FEBRUARY / MARCH / APRIL

It’s Time For…
Close Up
Where is That?
Topsy Turvy
Travel 

My Gear
How Bizarre
Hearts
Kitchen View
Green

Earthy
Delicious
CHOOSE YOUR OWN
Gotcha!
Pick a Letter

Refreshing
Spotlight
Friends
Eye-catching
Celebrate Life

Run for the Hills
Dreaming
Funny Moment
Flowers
Your Sky

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THIS 2023 WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – Each Saturday I post a photo based on the list of prompts. (The order does NOT matter.) You now have four months to get a BINGO or two or three! Can you do it?

⁠Please join me in posting your own photos every Saturday with #2023picoftheweek

#2023picoftheweek / Reader’s Edition

If you’re not really into photography, but you’re a reader, you can also play the reader’s version. Just post a photo of a book you’re reading that has something to do with the prompt.

2021 Photography Challenge

It’s that time of year again. Time for me to post my 2021 Weekly Photo Challenge… with a whole new set of photo prompts for a new year!

Here are the rules: Each Saturday, starting in January, join me in posting a photo. The above list of the prompts is meant to help inspire us. The order does NOT matter. In other words, you don’t have to start at the top and move toward the end. For this challenge, you may pick any prompt on the list and start with that.

Bonus! If you count the number of prompts, you’ll find there are more prompts than necessary to complete the year. That’s because I find it a little easier to complete some prompts over others. So, if there’s one that’s really stumping you, no problem! You can skip it.

Want to join me? Please make sure to include the tag #2021picoftheweek so I can check out your posts! I’d love to see what kind of photos you come up with.

See you in the New Year! 🙂

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List of Photography Prompts for 2021:

In the Cold
Fill the Frame
Up Close
Comfort
Tasty
Within a Frame
This Side of Things
Footprints/Handprints
Spring is in the Air
Take Away
Wait Up
Bingo!
Follow Me
Doorway/Arch
Sunlight/Moonlight
Candid Shot
Fun Fact
Garden Bliss
Reunion
Hero Shot

Architecture
Small Creatures
Eureka!
Blue Hour
In the Shade
Sports
Focal Point
Pets/Wildlife
What’s the Buzz?
Piece by Piece
Glass/Mirror
Morning/Evening
Splash of Colour
Technology
In the Wild
New Ground
Take Two
Summer Warmth
Letting Go
Sweetness

True Beauty
Packed House
Seeing Red
Serendipity
Why Not?
Backlight
Yum!
Bookish
Wall/Tower
Something Wet
Très Chic
Loud/Quiet
Talk to Me
Pathway
Goodnight
Joy to the World
Fallen Leaves
Hopeful
Sparkle
Time Flies

2020 Photography Challenge

I’m posting my 2020 Weekly Photo Challenge… with a brand new set of prompts for the New Year!

Each Saturday, starting in January, join me in posting a photo. The above list of the prompts is meant to help inspire us. The order of the photos does NOT matter. In other words, you don’t have to start at the top and move toward the end. For this challenge, you may pick any prompt on the list and start with that.

Bonus! If you count the number of prompts, you’ll find there are more prompts than necessary to complete the year. That’s because I find it a little easier to complete some prompts over others. So, if there’s one that’s really stumping you, no problem! You can skip it.

Want to join me? Please make sure to include the tag #2020picoftheweek so I can check out your posts! I’d love to see what kind of photos you come up with.

See you in the New Year! 🙂

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UPDATE ON 2020 PHOTO CALENDAR GIVEAWAY!
We have two winners: Congrats to Laci and Patricia… (I will be contacting you!)

 

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List of Photography Prompts for 2020:

Peaceful
It’s Cold Out
Greenery
By the Book
It’s Time
Tucked Away
Monochrome
Blue Skies
Rustic
Weathered
Transportation
Details
On the Road
Treetops
Nature
Surrounded
Miniature
Movement
What a Sight
Priceless

Quality of Light
Bridge/Tunnel
Symmetry
Reflections
Magic Hour
Better Days
Animal/Plant
Up in the Sky
Bend in the Road
Read Me
Days Gone By
Happiness
All Fun and Games
Lucky Me
Heritage
Delicate
Framed
Majestic
Thankful
A Day in the Life

U Are Here
Water
Point of View
A Fine Mess
Under Construction
Far From It
Down the Road
Sooner or Later
Step by Step
Take Note
Wow!
Big Picture
This is It
Around Town
Shadows
Charming
Watch Me
By Candlelight
All is Calm
Something Old/New

Photo Challenge #1 / Leading Lines

“At End of the Pier” / Theme: Leading Lines

A little about this photo…

One of my first photos of 2019! Went down to the lake on January 1st and captured this shot. Among many others. I had a hard time figuring out which photo to use and which prompt to start the year off with! Well… this is the one I chose. The lighthouse at the end of the pier.

In the summer, this place is packed with people. On a cold winter’s day, we had the place to ourselves. (This is Lake Ontario, by the way. If you look closely, you can see the city of Toronto off in the distance.)

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THIS WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is posted every Saturday. Please join me in posting your own photos with #2019picoftheweek

Photo Challenge #52 / From a Distance

“Celebration” / Theme: From a Distance

A little about this photo…

These are the fireworks over Niagara Falls. I took this photo back in November, but I thought it was appropriate to save for the time between Christmas and New Year’s.

Please note all the people taking video or whatever with their smart phones. It’s funny, but I always think to myself: Why don’t those people just relax and enjoy the firework display instead of trying to capture it in a picture? Then I look down at my big DSLR camera and shut my mouth!

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THIS WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is posted every Saturday. Please join me in posting your own photos with #2018picoftheweek

2019 Photography Challenge

A whole new year is coming up. And that means another photography challenge with a whole new set of prompts.

Come join me, each Saturday, in posting a photo. Above is a list of the prompts to help inspire us. The order of the photos won’t matter. In other words, you don’t have to start at the top and move toward the end. For this challenge, you may pick any prompt on the list and start with that.

Bonus! If you count the number of prompts, you’ll find there are more prompts than necessary to complete the year. That’s because I find it a little easier to complete some prompts over others. So, if there’s one that’s really stumping you, no worries! You can skip it.

Want to join me? Please make sure to include the tag #2019picoftheweek so I can check out your posts! I’d love to see what kind of photos you come up with.

See you in the new year! 🙂

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List of Photography Prompts for 2019:

Frozen
Wonder
Mist/Clouds
Here I Stand
Peek-a-boo
Rule of Thirds
Historical
Isn’t it Ironic?
All in a Row
Road Worthy
Solo/Duet
Under Water
Leading Lines
Take a Seat
Urban
Technology
Round/Square
Which Way?
Pick a Colour
A Long Time Ago

Sunshine
Flower
Feet/Hands
Hidden
In Good Time
Opposites Attract
All’s Well
Good as Gold
Rainy Day
Bridge
Decay
Hello!
It’s Hot
Sunrise/Sunset
Bokeh
A Small World
Three of a Kind
My Favourite Things
Silhouette
Macro

In Your Hand
Pop of Colour
Nighttime
Delightful
Home Sweet Home
Soft
More Please!
Natural Beauty
The Great Outdoors
Delicious
Authentic
Playtime
Legacy
Enigma
Serenity
Contrast
Up a Creek
In My Book
Celebrate
Into the Woods

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Photo Challenge #51 / It’s Pretty

“Tree Lights” / Theme: It’s Pretty

A little about this photo…

Magical Christmas trees made out of lights. The only thing that would make this photo prettier would be for there to be snow on the ground! (By the way, these are part of the Festival of Lights display in Niagara Falls.)

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THIS WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is posted every Saturday. Please join me in posting your own photos with #2018picoftheweek

Photo Challenge #50 / Black and White

“Bump, Bump, Bump” / Theme: Black and White

A little about this photo…

This shot was inspired by A.A. Milne. “Here is Edward Bear coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way… if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it!”

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THIS WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is posted every Saturday. Please join me in posting your own photos with #2018picoftheweek

Photo Challenge #49 / Warmth

“Fireside Chat” / Theme: Warmth

A little about this photo…

I saw this amazing fireplace in the lobby of a store. I just happened to have my camera with me, so I took a snap. I’ve been wanting to get a fireplace for my Warmth prompt, and it turns out that this is that photo. 🙂

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THIS WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is posted every Saturday. Please join me in posting your own photos with #2018picoftheweek

Photo Challenge #48 / Light

“Grampa’s Lamp” / Theme: Light

A little about this photo…

I love this light! It hangs in my grandmother’s home. My grandfather (apparently) put it together from a kit way-back-when. I love the pattern on the ceiling. And I like how you can just make out the photo in the background. (My grandmother and her sister when they were kids in their matching dresses and their bobbed hair! Grama’s the one on the right.)

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THIS WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is posted every Saturday. Please join me in posting your own photos with #2018picoftheweek