2015 photography challenges

I bought a great book, Photocrafty, just after Christmas, and it gave me all sorts of ideas for photography challenges! So I've made a big list of things I'd like to try, some of them from Photocrafty, some of them from the A Beautiful Mess Photo Idea Book, some of them from elsewhere, and some that I dreamed up by myself. I'm sure I won't get anywhere near doing all of these this year, but it'll be fun to see how many I can do and tick them off!

They are not in any logical order, just the order that they occurred to me in! And I may add more as the year goes on.

I've already ticked off two on the list, to take self portraits holding my vintage suitcase and a vintage camera from my parents' collection. I used some Photoshop actions on the photos to make them look more vintage, and I love how it makes the shed door, my dress and the suitcase all look the same colour.

1. Self portrait with a cool mural

2. Bokeh shapes using black card

3. Self portrait in a vintage style holding old camera (done!)

4. Food photography inspired by the Istanbul cookbook I got Dad

5. Chiaroscuro style still-life

6. Shadows (of me or other things)

7. Shutter zoom

8. For a day, photograph items of one colour

9. Cut-paper silhouette from a profile photo

10. Flipped reflection

11. Collect photos of letters and numbers

12. Use a toy/disposable camera

13. Panning

14. 50 shots of one thing

15. Macro photos

16. Recreate a vintage family photo

17. Recreate a famous painting

18. Photograph an event

19. Shoot from the hip for a day

20. Use a large picture frame in self portraits

21. Photograph a landscape or townscape in a glass ball

22. Make a cool backdrop from paper or fabric

23. Vibration of liquid on an old speaker

24. Light sensitive paper

25. Use scanner to photograph items

26. Abstract photos

27. Hockney style montage

28. Pinhole photography

29. Make fish eye lens from door security viewer

30. Make and use a ring flash

31. Homemade stereoscope

32. Take photos through a vintage camera

33. Make a diffuser for pop-up flash

34. Use orange gel or sweet wrapper on flash to mimic the golden hour

35. Spirograph style photos of a torch

36. Photograph the scene of an old photo and merge the two

37. Self portrait with vintage suitcase (done!)

38. Pick up items on a walk and photograph them

39. Self portrait with battery xmas lights

40. Backlit self portrait

41. Jumping photos

42. Selective coloured photos

43. Self portraits for a month (hands, feet, details)

44. Diptychs/Triptychs

45. Use the A Beautiful Mess app to add fun elements to photos

46. Photo from above

47. Upside-down self portrait

48. Interesting costumes and makeup (inspired by Kevin Aucoin makeup book)

49. Black and white photos

50. Self portraits with silly string or coloured powders

51. Self portraits inspired by Little Paris Kitchen cookbook

52. Free lensing

53. Use a CD drive lens as a smartphone macro lens

54. Buy and use a Holga turret

55. Buy and use a selfie stick with phone

56. Buy and use some iphone lenses