Document Your Day to Day

Learn to take better photos of the people you love and document your everyday life, including a 2020 weekly photography challenge.
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52 Week Photography Challenge
Improve your photography skills with a new challenge every week, starting whenever you want. The themes alternate over four week sets of the following categories: subject/moment, lighting, composition, and technical. The technical prompts might be a little more challenging if you’re just using a cell phone camera, but there will be workarounds for that in the emails/blogs. Click the link to sign up for weekly emails.
52 week photography challenge
Come join our 52 week photography challenge to improve your lighting, composition, technical skills, and ability to capture all the best moments. Visit the link for the full list and to sign up for weekly emails.
Weekly Photography Challenge
A weekly photography challenge to improve your photography and document your day to day life. I’ve alternated the themes over four week sets of the following categories: subject/moment, lighting, composition, and technical. The technical prompts might be a little more challenging if you’re just using a cell phone camera, but I’ll offer some workarounds for that each week.
Free ebook on people photography
Learn to take better photos of your family and the people you love without having to learn manual mode. Free book and mini email course.
online photography course for beginners
Camera Basics course on how to master the technical parts of your DSLR or other advanced camera including exposure, white balance, focus, background blur, and basic flash.
Photography Challenge - Week 8 - Black and White
Removing colour leaves you with composition, lighting, and focus to control where the eye goes.
Photography Challenge - Week 16 - Blurry Background
When and how to create a blurry background in your photos, especially for portraits and candids.
Photography Challenge - Week 14 - Backlight
How to take photos with backlight. Backlight is when the light is behind your subject. When it comes to photos of people, backlight is my go-to for even, flattering light.
Photography Challenge - Week 12 - Night Photography
Night photography can be done using a video light or flash, but also with existing light sources like streetlights, windows, etc.
Photography Challenge - Week 10 - Hard Light
Hard light creates sharp, hard-edged shadows and tends to have a lot of contrast. It's created by small light source.
Photography Challenge - Week 13 - Hands and Feet
Hands and feet are a good way to capture emotion without showing faces and, in my opinion, count as a portrait. They can show relationships and personality.
Photography Challenge - Week 9 - Meaningful Location
Location can play a role in documenting your subject by capturing their memories and personality.
Photography Challenge - Week 15 - High Angle
A high angle, meaning that your camera will be higher than your subject, is very effective for candid photos. It gives the feeling of peeking in on a scene.
Photography Challenge - Week 11 - Symmetry in Composition
Symmetry is one compositional tool you can use in photography to create a more interesting and pleasing image.
Photography Challenge - Week 7 - Get Close
Getting close allows you to focus on emotion when people are involved and get a different perspective on things.