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Introducing Our Weekly Photo Challenges

By Jason Polak 6 Comments
Last Updated On June 12, 2023

At Photography Life, we are introducing weekly photo challenges so you can practice your photography and editing! There are two types of challenges: a photography theme challenge and a Raw editing challenge.

In the photography theme challenge, we will set a theme each week, and you can submit a photo on that theme by posting it in the official thread on our forum. Meanwhile, for the post-processing challenge, we will provide a different raw sample photo for download each week, to be edited however you like!

We’ll be releasing new challenges every Friday, and you have until Wednesday to submit your results in the official threads on our forum. The following Friday, we will choose some of our favorites and discuss what we liked about them! Before long, we will be giving away prizes as well, so stay tuned.

Week 1 Photography Theme Challenge

Have you heard that you should compose your photos using the rule of thirds? Well, not today! The theme in our first photography challenge is central composition. Your photo should have a subject that is placed near the center of the composition.

Do you want to submit a photo for this theme? Submit it in this thread.

Week 1 Raw Editing Challenge

For this challenge, download the following raw file and edit it to your taste. Any type of processing is accepted, from conventional edits to something more unusual!

Nikon-D780-00004
NIKON D780 + Tamron 17-35mm f/2.8-4 @ 29mm, ISO 100, 1.3 seconds, f/7.1
Original Raw File

Done editing? Submit your edit in this thread.

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About Jason Polak

Jason Polak is a bird and wildlife photographer from Ottawa, Canada. He has been interested in photography ever since he received a disposable film camera as a small child. His career as a mathematician led him to move to Australia in 2016, where he started seeing colorful parrots. A few casual shots with a lens completely unsuitable for birds got him hooked, and now wildlife photography is his biggest passion. Jason loves to show the beauty of animals to the world through photography, and one of his lifelong goals is to photograph five thousand species of birds. You can see more of Jason's work on his website or on his YouTube channel.

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Juan Renta
Juan Renta
June 27, 2023 11:43 am

What is the name of this temple and where is it located, please? Thank you!

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nikos charp
nikos charp
June 13, 2023 6:39 pm

i cant be a member to post my edit

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whisky
whisky
June 11, 2023 11:48 am

i suspect it’s just a typo, but i’m not aware of a “17-35mm f/2.8-4E”.
probably meant AF-D. it was one of my favorite pieces of glass before the AF broke.

love the ‘pop’ in that photo Jason. JMO.

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Jason Polak
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Reply to  whisky
June 11, 2023 12:12 pm

Thanks! BTW, that image is great but I’m just helping organize the challenges — I believe Spencer took that photo!

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bg5931
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Reply to  whisky
June 12, 2023 12:20 am

I was wondering about that too. I cannot recall a Nikon 17-35/2.8-4 AF-D, only the 17-35/2.8 AF-S and the 18-35/3.5-4.5 AF-D. There’s a Tamron 17-35/2.8-4 for DSLRs though.

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Rich M
Rich M
June 9, 2023 10:31 pm

I love the idea !!

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