The Lens-Artists Challenges

A graphic showcasing six photography categories: architecture, macro, wildlife, street, and monochrome, set against a twilight background with cameras and a water body.


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:

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

  • Room on the Island

    Room on the Island

    Lens-Artists Challenge #414: Looking Back at #44–Harmony This week Ann-Christine revisits the Lens-Artists Challenge #44: Harmony. She’s given us more freedom to explore harmony beyond the color-harmony concept. Please see her post and photos for her take on the topic.…

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  • Bridges on Two Wheels

    Bridges on Two Wheels

    Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #413: Bridges Those who read my posts regularly know how much I enjoy riding my bicycles. Whether on the gravel bike or the mountain bike, the breeze on my face and the scenery around me give me…

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  • A Canyon Born In Three Days

    A Canyon Born In Three Days

    Lens-Artists Challenge #412: Places Shaped by Water What are the odds of hiking through a canyon that is younger than you are? I don’t know how often that chance comes along, but in the Texas Hill Country it does. Canyon…

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  • Everyday Objects, Uncommon Views

    Everyday Objects, Uncommon Views

    Lens-Artists Challenge #411: What Is It? I took Sofia’s lead for this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge and stayed very close to home. In her post, she wrote, “The only thing you need to do is find photos that will leave us…

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  • One Photo, Two Edits

    One Photo, Two Edits

    Lens-Artists Challenge #410: One Photo Edited Looking Back at Lens-Artists Challenge #154 — One Photo Two Ways Sometimes, when I’m composing an image, I can’t be completely sure which way to go. Sometimes it’s whether the scene will be more…

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  • Best Ever: Nineteen Years Behind the Lens

    Best Ever: Nineteen Years Behind the Lens

    Lens-Artists Challenge #409: Best Ever Images This week, our guest host for the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge is Steve Hyde, of Steve Hyde Photography Blog. Celebrating World Photography Day on August 19th, Steve thought this would be a perfect opportunity for…

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  • Lens-Artists Challenge #408: Over the Top

    Lens-Artists Challenge #408: Over the Top

    At one point or another, we all come across things that simply don’t fit our personal definition of regular and common. We look, pause, and say, “Whoa, that is over the top!” A common definition of over the top includes…

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  • Burning with Tradition

    Burning with Tradition

    Lens-Artists Challenge #407: Celebrations Around the World This week Patti hosts our Lens-Artists Challenge with Celebrations Around the World. In her post, she writes: “Show us joyful, solemn, traditional, or avant-garde festivals, parades, feasts, holidays… to name a few.” Although…

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  • Summer Daze, Mountain Mornings

    Summer Daze, Mountain Mornings

    Lens-Artists Challenge #406: Summer Daze Anne sets up this week‘s Lens-Artists Challenge with a fact the whole country (and the world?) seems to be experiencing. She wrote, “My goodness it’s triple digits Fahrenheit… Heat waves come and go during the…

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  • Aleijadinho’s Masterwork — A Pilgrimage to Congonhas

    Aleijadinho’s Masterwork — A Pilgrimage to Congonhas

    Lens-Artists Challenge #405: Adventures Welcome back from the Lens-Artists short break! This week, Ann-Christine has asked us to share adventures we have experienced “from long ago or lately.” I wholeheartedly agree with her that “every day is an adventure.” Take…

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