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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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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Blue Tiles and Baroque: Inside the Convent of St. Francis, Olinda
Lens-Artists Challenge #394: History Through the Lens John sets this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge. In his post, he shares one of my favorite pastimes when traveling. Like him, I also enjoy “photography and historic sites.” I’ve never encountered a church or
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Lucky Shots: Caught in the Act
Lens-Artists Challenge #393: Lucky Shot Patience is unlikely to be what one relies on for lucky shots. Rather, you need to be in the right place at the right time. All the shots here were unexpected captures. I’ll tell you
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Foreground to Horizon: Layered Nature Photography
Lens-Artists Challenge #392: Framing Your Shots: Exploring the Foreground, Middle Ground, and Background When Patti set the theme for this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge, I wanted to capture new photos that put her excellent guidance to the test. She wrote, “This
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From Saddle to Shutter: A Winter Ride Through Brushy Creek on the S23
Lens-Artists Challenge #391: Phone Photography So, this week, Tina leads the Lens-Artist challenge with a theme that should be lots of fun for everyone. As Tina says in her post, “phone photography … has come such a long way these
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Lens-Artists Challenge #390: Color in Black and White
In a world saturated with color, black-and-white photography commands a unique kind of attention. It forces us to look beyond the surface, to engage with form, texture, and light on a fundamental level. But the true magic lies not just
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Stone Cold Serenity: Finding Your Calm at Closed Canyon
Lens-Artists Challenge #389: Time to Relax For this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge, Anne wants to know what relaxes us. She writes: “What gets you away from the stresses of daily life. What’s your passion?” The short answer for me is nature.
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Where Canyons Touch the Sky
Lens-Artists Challenge #388: Your Journey in 5-10 Images Anne-Christine asked us to consider these questions for this week’s challenge about a trip we took: “What were the highlights, what are the memories that will stay with me forever? Maybe the big
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