The Lens-Artists Challenges
To fill the void created with the end of the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge, four photographers — Tina, Patti, Ann-Christine, and Amy — started the Lens-Artists Challenge in 2018. The first challenge appeared on July 7 of that year.
The Lens-Artists team is a group of photographers from around the globe. We are dedicated to photography, both as an art and for fun. Weekly challenges appear on Saturdays at 12:00 noon EST (or UTC -05:00).
We encourage viewers to participate in our Lens-Artists Challenges, and it’s not difficult to do so. Each week, a team member posts a challenge. Viewers and followers can then respond with their challenge post, linking to the team member’s post and using the Lens-Artists tag. The original challenge and responses appear in the Lens-Artists section of the WordPress Reader. Leave a comment on the host’s original challenge post, and make sure to use the hashtag #lens-artists. We look forward to your joining our challenges.
The best way not to miss any posts from the Lens-Artists team is to follow each person’s blog directly. Here are the links to the current members’ websites:
- Tina of https://travelsandtrifles.wordpress.com
- Patti of https://pilotfishblog.com
- Ann-Christine of https://lagottocattleya.com (aka Leya)
- John of https://photobyjohnbo.wordpress.com
- Anne of https://annegeephoto.com (aka Slow Shutter Speed)
- Sofia of https://photographias.wordpress.com
- Egídio of Through Brazilian Eyes
- Ritva of https://sillarit.com (aka Ritva Sillanmäki Photography)
- Beth of Wandering Dawgs
I thank the Lens-Artists team for inviting me to join them starting January 2024. I also thank Tina, John, and Anne for their assistance in editing this page’s information.
My Recent Lens-Artists Posts
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Berlandier’s Beguiling Blooms
Lens-Artists Challenge #404: Subjects that begin with the letter B When Beth issued this week’s photo challenge, I went looking for a single subject that could carry the letter B. “Let’s have a little fun and feature subjects that begin with…
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Perspective, Depth, and Scale at the Santuário São Francisco de Assis
Lens-Artists Challenge #403: Tools of Photo Composition: Perspective, Depth, and Scale This week’s Lens-Artists Challenge is hosted by John. He continues his series of compositional tools in photography. Specifically, he wants us to focus our attention on the “tools that…
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One Hour, A World Apart
Lens-Artists Challenge #402: Looking Back at #1 – Wonder Most mornings, I meditate on the deck facing the pond behind our house. It’s become a quiet anchor to the day — the water, the light shifting through the trees, whatever…
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Guided by the Frame: Compositional Tools in Fortaleza
Lens-Artists Challenge #401: Focus on the Subject with These Essential Tips A photograph is more than the sum of its subject. The best images are built and constructed with intention before the shutter is ever pressed. As my followers are…
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If Two Is Company, Is Three Perfection?
Lens-Artists Challenge #400: Rule of Three Photography has so many rules that anyone trying to learn composition can feel overwhelmed. Others simply trust their intuition. This week, Tina covers a rule that not many people may have heard of: the…
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Lens-Artists Challenge #399: Stuck in Place
At one time or another, some of us feel a lack of inspiration or motivation to photograph new things. Some people address those times by going out with only one lens. Others force a change in perspective by switching to…
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A Different Green Every Spring
Lens-Artists Challenge #398: Choose a Color “Nature in her green, tranquil woods heals and soothes all afflictions.” — John Muir Ritva sets this week’s challenge: Choose a Color. In her post, she gives us plenty of beautiful examples and ample…
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Touched by Light: The Textures of Wild Bergamot
Lens-Artists Challenge #397: Texture For this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge, Anne has chosen a topic close to my heart: texture. As she puts it, texture “gives us the visual quality of a surface — how rough, smooth, gritty, or soft it…
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Where Words Meet Wings
Lens-Artists Challenge #396: Pick a Favourite Quote and Illustrate It. “Stillness is what creates love. Movement is what creates life.” — Rumi The Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) hunts using a remarkable technique called canopy feeding: it stretches its wings overhead and…
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Stillness on the Water: A Quartet of South Padre Herons
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #395: Looking Back to #155 On the Water Last week, I spent five days in the South Padre Island area with three friends who are photographers. Before reaching the island, I made a one-day stop at the…
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