Find Your Focus
Each week, our community celebrates photography across several core themes. These categories are meant to guide your creative process, whether you’re exploring the natural world, capturing the rhythm of city life, or experimenting with still life compositions. Choosing the right category helps you tell your story with intention and clarity, and ensures your submission is seen by members who share your interests.
We encourage photographers to challenge themselves by shooting outside their comfort zone. If you’ve never tried nature photography, look for new light in familiar places. If you’re usually drawn to quiet still life, try documenting people in motion. Each category offers its own challenges and rewards, helping you grow both technically and artistically.
Nature
Nature photography captures the raw beauty of our world; from vast landscapes to the delicate patterns of a single leaf. This category celebrates light, texture, and color in natural environments, showing how small details and grand vistas connect. You don’t need to travel far to find inspiration; sometimes the best image is found right in your backyard. Focus on composition and patience, the two most valuable tools in a nature photographer’s kit.
Street & Documentary
This category explores the human story. The rhythm of cities, gestures, moments, and fleeting expressions. Great street and documentary photography comes from awareness and anticipation. Whether you’re capturing motion, light, or emotion, aim to tell a story in a single frame. A simple look or reflection can reveal an entire narrative about culture, connection, and everyday life. Remember: your camera is not just a tool, but a witness.
Still Life & Food
Still life and food photography focus on light, texture, and deliberate composition. This category is about crafting beauty from the ordinary, turning simple subjects into powerful visual statements. It’s perfect for photographers who love design, precision, and the play between shadow and reflection. Pay attention to balance, negative space, and the emotion of color. What story can you tell through arrangement and light?