Weekly Photo Challenge: Choose Your Own & Get Snap-Happy!

Hello photographers! Welcome to this week’s photo challenge at dPS. The idea: you get to pick one of five prompts below and spend the week capturing images around it. At the end of the week you’ll have a fresh image (or several) to review, share and grow from. Whether you’re just starting out or looking for inspiration, this is your chance to explore, experiment and have fun.

? Your five options this week

Choose one of these to photograph during the week:

1. Reflection – Look for reflections in water, windows, mirrors or shiny surfaces. Think about symmetry, distortion, light and framing.
2. Texture in unexpected places – Find a texture you wouldn’t normally notice: cracked paint, peeling wallpaper, rusted metal, tree bark, street pavement. Make the texture your star.
3. A single colour dominating the frame – Pick one colour and fill (or nearly fill) your frame with it. It could be a red door, a yellow umbrella, a green field, a blue sky. How does that colour set the mood?
4. Silhouette or back-lit subject – Shoot a subject with strong back-lighting so that detail falls away into silhouette. It might be a person, tree, building or something else. Keep the shape strong and clear.
5. An everyday object — seen differently – Pick something ordinary you see regularly (a chair, a cup, a gate, a shoe) and photograph it as though it were extraordinary. Change angle, light, context; make us look again.

Why this challenge matters

Photography is as much about seeing as it is about shooting. By giving yourself a specific prompt, you train your eye and engage creatively. These prompts encourage you to step out of your “usual” photographic patterns and notice things you might normally ignore.
When you pick and commit to one prompt for the week, you’ll likely discover new possibilities in your surroundings and push your creative limits.

How to play and share

• Choose the prompt you’re drawn to.
• Go out (or stay in) and make a photo (or a few) that respond to that prompt.
• Reflect: what worked about your shot? What might you try differently next time (angle, light, crop, isolation)?
• At week’s end, share your image in the comments (if on dPS) or on your favourite platform, tagging us and using #dPSWeeklyChallenge so we can all find and enjoy the results.
• Bonus: If you want to push further, try two prompts from the list or revisit the same subject across days.

A little tip to boost your shot

• For reflections: stability helps, and watch for distracting background elements.
• For texture: get in close, fill the frame, think about lighting grazing across the surface.
• For colour: isolate the colour, simplify the scene, and ask “what emotion does this colour evoke?”
• For silhouette: expose for the bright part (back-light) so your subject falls dark, and keep the outline clean and recognisable.
• For everyday objects: change your viewpoint—shoot low, shoot high, try macro, move closer than usual. Make the familiar unfamiliar.

Enjoy the week, have fun with your camera, and we can’t wait to see what you create. Ready… set… shoot!

— The dPS Team