Projects are the focal point of Picture This. They are exciting opportunities for photographers of all backgrounds to give a personal response to an original brief and build a themed gallery of unique and interesting photos.
When you take part you'll get useful comments on your work.
Some projects are inspired by the series and others are suggestions from community members. Browse the galleries now, read the brief and upload a photo to join in.
Time
So much yet so little! No second or minute is the same and therefore time has been a major subject of religion, philosophy, and science.
78 submissions
Going for a Walk
The best way to experience landscape is to walk in it. Local park, city streets, beach, open countryside or mountains; however physically easy or demanding, the walk helps us tune in to the sensations of the landscape more deeply. The pace of the walk helps us take in detail, to stop and think, and to study what we choose to with our cameras.
148 submissions
Outdoor Portraiture
A portrait is a photograph of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person.
160 submissions
Beauty in the Banal
This project is all about objects that we do not necessarily take notice of. Banal photography is a fascination with the everyday object; it is an expression of using the ordinary instead of the extraordinary within an image. You could class it under many genres such as a certain shape, colour or a scene, or it could just be a certain thing that somebody could find an unfamiliar beauty in.
183 submissions
Architecture
"You employ stone, wood, and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces: that is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good. I am happy and I say: This is beautiful. That is Architecture." (20th century architect Le Corbusier)
237 submissions
Duos
Animals boarded Noah's Ark two by two. The number two is the smallest and first prime number, and the only even one. The Chinese say "Good things come in pairs".
219 submissions
Motion
Motion is everywhere; slow, fast, thick or thin; from human gestures and the crest of a wave to a motion carried.
274 submissions
Letting Go- the abstract World
By deliberately taking images out of focus, it is possible to get away from photographing a fixed object or scene and much more towards capturing pure light, colour and emotion.
279 submissions
Landscape
Ours is a world full of natural beauty which we share, yet only you can see the landscape as you see it, only you know how it makes you feel. Can you capture that moment and provoke the emotion in another? Can you take an image that makes the viewer think “Wow I've never seen that before” or “I know just what they mean”?
397 submissions
The Colour Red
"If one says 'Red' – the name of color – and there are fifty people listening, it can be expected that there will be fifty reds in their minds. And one can be sure that all these reds will be very different."
Josef Albers (German-born American Abstract Painter and Designer. 1888-1976.)
389 submissions
Contrast
Contrast can be striking or subtle. It can be surreal, unsettling or controversial. It can convey emotion, or a political message. Sometimes, there is nothing more powerful than the coming together of that which is opposite.
369 submissions
Communication: say something without words
Do your pictures shout or whisper?
Do you have something to say or are your images a mouthpiece for others?
437 submissions
I Love Music
What's the soundtrack to your life?
What brings on those forgotten memories, and gets you onto the dancefloor?
418 submissions
Liquids
Liquids are, of course, everywhere: flowing, ebbing, glittering, elemental. It holds endless possibilities for the photographer, weather you enjoy portraits,landscapes, food or reportage there's plenty of scope for creativity with such an universal subject.
622 submissions
Decay
Try to look at the world around you from the tiny to the massive, then see how decay affects everything around us. Is decay a natual, inevitable process or a powerful metaphor for a particular concept? Let your images explore descriptive and narrative ideas. You can be really creative with this project.
914 submissions
My Passion: A Personal Project
Do this one out of passion; this personal project is your chance to make us understand what’s important to you and why. To reach out through the lens and tell the story of the thing, the place, the person that inspires you, fires you up and matters to you most.
1633 submissions
Documentary
From the cruelty of war to intimate shots of our private lives, documentary photography captures life as it really is. In this project you’re challenged to document a slice of reality and not to be afraid to let your camera expose the truth.
2053 submissions
Self-Portrait
Think of an iconic portrait, an image that embodies the essence of a person, an idea or the spirit of the times.
Then think "What if that person was me?"
1628 submissions
