Online Nature Center Photography Challenge

Some reasons to do a photo challenge:

A way to direct your outside time and give meaning to it each day
Encourage kids to look at and explore familiar landscapes in a new way
Work on developing an artistic eye through repetitive practice
Try something new!
Practice considering your own interpretation of an idea zTry photography as an art form
Challenge yourself to stick with a goal and complete it

How to do this activity:

Use any device with a camera- do you have old cameras that are unused? Or can you sketch, draw or paint each day?
Choose a week/ month/ the whole list of topics to tackle. Set a goal that seems doable for you.
Each day, head outside and take a photo that you think matches the topic. There are no right or wrong answers!
No need to go far- many of these things can be found in your backyard, on your balcony or in your neighborhood!
When you’re ready, create a collage or collection, or simply share your photos together. Which do you like best? Which are things you never noticed before? How did your photos change as time went by? Can you see seasonal change in your pictures?

Rules for this challenge:

Each day, take a photo of...

General Focus

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4
Day 1	Something alive	Something growing	Something that used to be alive	Something that was never alive
Day 2	Something close up	Something far away	Something that looks different up close	An interesting cloud
Day 3	A color you like	A color you hate	A color you’ve never seen before	Something you arranged in a meaningful way
Day 4	A corner	A flat surface	Something round	An interesting texture
Day 5	Something ugly	Something you’ve grown to love	Something with legs	Something scary
Day 6	A line of some sort	Something that moves	Something that looks like something else	Something that reflects light
Day 7	Something that has changed this week	Something on the ground	Something funny	Something in motion

Focus on Plants

	Week 5: Trees	Week 6: Things on the Ground	Week 7: Flowers	Week 8: Leaves
Day 1	The bark of a tree	A hole where an animal might live	A flower in the sun	A leaf with holes in it
Day 2	An interestingly shaped branch	Decaying leaves	A bud (a flower that hasn’t opened yet)	The best green you can find
Day 3	The way light falls on a tree	An interesting patch of soil	A flower that is in the shade	Leaves that are doing something besides growing
Day 4	The smallest tree you can find	A dead log	A flower that is dying	A leaf in motion
Day 5	The oldest tree you can find	A creature that lives under dead things	Seeds where a flower used to be	A leaf with funny lines on it
Day 6	A tree with a weird bump on it	A seed or nut	A flower you found living among grass	A leaf you’ve turned into something else
Day 7	A nest in a tree	Exposed roots	A close-up on a flower	A leaf with an interesting shape