WPC – WEEK 528 – #INSTAGOOD

REMINDER! This is it! One of 2 weeks where you can make suggestions for Year 13 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THIS BY (AND ONLY BY) LEAVING YOUR SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS ON THIS POST AND NEXT WEEK’S POST. NO EMAILS. NO TEXTS. NO PHONE CALLS NO SNAPS. NO CARRIER PIGEON. NO MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE. ONLY AND ONLY BY LEAVING A COMMENT IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST ON THE WEBSITE.

ALSO, DON’T WORRY ABOUT SUGGESTING THE FOLLOWING THEMES. THEY ARE BAKED IN AND WILL BE A THEME EVERY YEAR UNTIL THIS THING COMES TO AN END:

• BLACK & WHITE
• STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
• SLICE OF LIFE
• #INSTAGOOD
• FLOWER
• ROAD TRIP

EVERYTHING OTHER WEEK IS UP FOR GRABS THOUGH!

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#INSTAGOOD! A great theme! But did enough people find their best a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, October 20, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:

1-Sara Lockner – 1 week
2-Mary Green – 3 weeks
3-Becky Parmelee – 3 weeks
*4-Suzie Brannen – 6 weeks
5-Willy McAlpine – 8 weeks
6-Monica Jennings – 12 weeks
7-Alexis Stensland – 28 weeks
8-Deanna McClain – 41 weeks
*9-Deb Powers – 60 weeks
10-Mike Vest – 73 weeks
11-Lowell Davis – 94 weeks
12-Scott Degeneffe – 112 weeks
*13-Sheri Fakhouri – 121 weeks
*14-Logan Kahler – 124 weeks
15-Nathanial Brown – 125 weeks
16-Tamara Peterson – 136 weeks
*17-Mindi Terrell – 140 weeks
18-Linda Bennett – 169 weeks
*19-Sarah Toot – 170 weeks
20-Angie DeWaard – 173 weeks
21-Dawn Krause – 176 weeks
22-Kim Barker – 183 weeks
*23-Joe Duff – 185 weeks
*24-Teresa Kahler – 196 weeks
*25-Carla Stensland – 196 weeks
26-Micky Augustin – 198 weeks
27-Andy Sharp – 199 weeks
28-Bill Wentworth – 200 weeks
29-Cathie Morton – 203 weeks
30-Elizabeth Nordeen – 205 weeks
31-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 207 weeks
32-Kio Dettman – 209 weeks

Here is the list of rules for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

1. The picture must be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch and take pictures challenge!

2. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme. If you send me more than 2, I will use the first 2 that you submit. If you submit 2 pictures, make sure they are of different subjects.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM Central Time the following Monday. But that is a deadline. Pictures can be submitted as soon as you take them.
4. To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one that clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.
6. Please include the location of where the picture was taken with your submission.

There are still 2 ways to submit:

1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks or the rules of the challenge or how to submit. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:

Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week

Megan Foster (Paria Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness – Arizona) – 1 week

Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 1 week

Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 1 week

Brandon Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week

Sarah Karber (Minnesota) – 1 week

Sara Lockner (Omaha, Nebraska) – 2 weeks

Becky Parmelee (Tulsa, Oklahoma) – 4 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 7 weeks

Willy McAlpine (Ledges State Park – Iowa) – 9 weeks

Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 13 weeks

Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 29 weeks

Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 43 weeks

Deb Powers (Polk City, Iowa) – 61 weeks

Mike Vest (Des Moines, Iowa) – 75 weeks

Lowell Davis (Iowa Falls, Iowa) – 95 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Glenwood, Iowa) – 114 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Tybee Island, Georgia) – 124 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 125 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Scranton, Iowa) – 126 weeks

Tamara Peterson (Ames, Iowa) – 137 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa) – 141 weeks

Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 170 weeks

Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 171 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 174 weeks

Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 177 weeks

Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 185 weeks

Joe Duff (Anaheim, California) – 186 weeks

Carla Stensland (Arnold’s Park, Iowa) – 197 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 197 weeks

Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 199 weeks

Andy Sharp (Glenwood, Iowa) – 200 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 201 weeks

Cathie Morton (Des Moines, Iowa) – 205 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Over Illinois) – 206 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Altoona, Iowa) – 208 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 210 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (Iowa State Center – Iowa) – 632 weeks

Submissions from 38 participants this week. That is a very popular week! I believe it to be the most popular week of Year 12!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

• *Arizona
• California
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Nebraska
• Pennsylvania
• Oklahoma

Thanks to the first ever submission from Megan, we added Arizona to the Year 12 Photography Submission Map! WooHoo! Here is the Year 12 list of places where submissions have been taken:

• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Maryland
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Washington
• Washington D.C.
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming
• Argentina
• Chile
• Dominican Republic
• England
• Ireland
• Mexico
• Northern Ireland
• Spain

That is 36 states, 1 district, and 8 foreign countries!

The big milestone this week was Andy reaching the 200 Week Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! And then Shannon went and did a thing! She joined the 4 Year Streak Club!!!! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! But it wasn’t all fun, games, rainbows, and unicorns that aren’t the type featured in the movie DEATH OF A UNICORN. Mary’s streak is nothing but a memory after 3 weeks!

Enough dwelling on the past! Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:

SPOOKY – SUGGESTED BY JOE DUFF

SPOOKY! What a great theme for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

This is the fist time that SPOOKY has been a theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. But way back in Year 5 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE SCARY was a theme. Not a popular theme. There were only two submissions. But check them out and maybe you will find some inspiration from them:

Kim Barker – Week 119

Christopher D. Bennett – Week 119

I look forward to seeing your interpretation!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your image in this place that doesn’t spook to easy next Monday.