WARNING! Next week’s theme has special rules. So make sure you read the words after the theme reveal!
HISTORY! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 1, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:
1-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week
2-Brandon Kahler – 1 week
3-Logan Kahler – 1 week
4-Kyle Sharp – 1 week
5-Becky Parmelee – 2 weeks
6-Johnathan Stensland – 2 weeks
7-Willy McAlpine – 4 weeks
8-Sara Lockner – 7 weeks
*9-Alexis Stensland – 8 weeks
10-Sarah Karber – 19 weeks
11-Deanna Peters – 23 weeks
12-Kio Dettman – 29 weeks
*13-Deb Powers – 92 weeks
14-Mike Vest – 106 weeks
15-Lowell Davis – 126 weeks
16-Scott Degeneffe – 145 weeks
*17-Sheri Fakhouri – 154 weeks
*18-Nathanial Brown – 157 weeks
19-Tamara Peterson – 168 weeks
*20-Mindi Terrell – 172 weeks
21-Linda Bennett – 201 weeks
*22-Sarah Toot – 202 weeks
23-Angie DeWaard – 205 weeks
24-Dawn Krause – 208 weeks
25-Kim Barker – 216 weeks
*26-Joe Duff – 217 weeks
*27-Teresa Kahler – 228 weeks
*28-Carla Stensland – 228 weeks
29-Micky Augustin – 230 weeks
30-Andy Sharp – 231 weeks
31-Bill Wentworth – 232 weeks
32-Cathie Morton – 235 weeks
*33-Elizabeth Nordeen – 237 weeks
34-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 239 weeks
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:
Adam Gordon (Florence, Mississippi) – 1 week
Adam Gordon (Jackson, Mississippi)
Alexis Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 9 weeks
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 232 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 206 weeks
Becky Parmelee (Saint Louis, Missouri) – 3 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 233 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 229 weeks
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 236 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Youngville, Iowa)
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 209 weeks
Deanna Peters (Saylorville Lake – Iowa) – 24 weeks
Deb Powers (Ames, Iowa) – 93 weeks
Deb Powers (Ames, Iowa)
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 238 weeks
Joe Duff (League City, Texas) – 218 weeks
Joe Duff (Dickinson, Texas)
Kim Barker (Story City, Iowa) – 217 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 30 weeks
Linda Bennett (Easton, Kansas) – 202 weeks
Logan Kahler (Urbandale, Iowa) – 2 weeks
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Lowell Davis (Boone, Iowa) – 127 weeks
Mary Green (Argyle, Texas) – 1 week
Mary Green (Argyle, Texas)
Micky Augustin (Page, Arizona) – 231 weeks
Mike Vest (Des Moines, Iowa) – 107 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa) – 173 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa)
Nathanial Brown (Skukuza Rest Camp, Kruger National Park, South Africa) – 158 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Cape Town, South Africa)
Sabas Hernandez (Fort Dodge, Iowa) – 2 weeks
Sara Lockner (Altoona, Iowa) – 8 weeks
Sarah Karber (Minneapolis, Minnesota) – 20 weeks
Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 203 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 146 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Summerset, Iowa) – 240 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 155 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Ankeny, Iowa) – 1 week
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 169 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 229 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Willy McAlpine (Youngville, Iowa) – 5 weeks
Submissions from 35 participants this week. A popular week! WooHoo!
We added a couple of places to the 2026 THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Submission Map. Adam’s submissions add Mississippi to the map. Nathanial’s submissions add South Africa to the map! In fact these are the first ever submissions from the continent of Africa. That means this year we have had submissions from North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the past we’ve had submissions from South America. Leaving only Antarctica (which I’m sure will never happen) and Australia as the only continents for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE to reach!
A huge thanks to everyone that included the location of their picture with their submission! And a huge thanks to everyone that submitted before Monday morning! Makes my job so much easier!
- Week 561 Submission Geography
- Arizona
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Minnesota
- Mississippi (New)
- Nebraska
- Pennsylvania
- South Africa (New)
- Texas
- Year 13 Submission Geography (1st Submitter)
- Arizona (Sara L.)
- Arkansas (Scott)
- California (Sabas)
- Colorado (Nathanial)
- Florida (Cathie)
- Illinois (Nathanial)
- Indiana (Nathanial)
- Iowa (Tamara)
- Kansas (Linda)
- Kentucky (Scott)
- Michigan (Mary)
- Minnesota (Sarah K.)
- Mississippi (Adam)
- Montana (Joe)
- Missouri (Scott)
- Nebraska (Bill)
- Nevada (Nathanial)
- New Jersey (Sarah T.)
- New York (Sarah T.)
- Ohio (Nathanial)
- Pennsylvania (Sarah T.)
- Texas (Joe)
- Utah (Nathanial)
- West Virginia (Nathanial)
- Wisconsin (Dawn)
- Wyoming (Nathanial)
- Dominican Republic (Scott)
- England (Nathanial)
- Japan (Sabas)
- South Africa (Nathanial)
That is 26 states! 4 foreign countries!
I’m definitely not tracking this, but I believe we had submissions from the following unique counties in Iowa this week: Benton, Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story, Warren, and Webster.
There were no milestones this week. And there were a bunch of streaks that went kaput! Kyle and Brandon couldn’t build on their submissions from last week. Their streaks are over before they begun. Johnathan’s streak is just a memory after 2 weeks. Sigh.
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:
SLICE OF LIFE – TRIBUTE TO MY DAD
SLICE OF LIFE! What a great theme for Year 13 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! Just be sure to follow the rules!
This is the one of the themes that isn’t randomly assigned every year. This theme always occurs the week of my Dad’s birthday. Which is on Wednesday.
This is also the theme that isn’t quite up to interpretation as the other themes are. It has certain directions. SLICE OF LIFE was the name of my Dad’s postcard company. His postcards were black and white and featured local interest. So you job this week is to take a picture that you could see being on a postcard. Extra points for taking the picture in black & white. Extra, extra points for throwing some words on it that make your picture look like a postcard.
Also, this is the one and only theme where if you include a description of your image, I will include it when I publish them next Monday.
Here are the Year 13 rules!
- YEAR 13 – THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE RULES
- 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!
- 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.
- 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. In fact, pictures being submitted by Sunday night are GREATLY APPRECIATED!
- 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.
- No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.
- Please include the location of where the picture was taken with your submission. PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME ASK YOU!
- Please submit images that are OVER 1000 pixels at their largest side. DON’T OVERCROP! Look at this page on a computer, if your images are considerably smaller than everyone else’s pictures, then you are sending too small of images!
- ABSOLUTELY NO USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE!!
- How to Submit
- Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
- Text your submission to my Google Pixel 10 Pro. I’m not putting my phone # here. If you know, you know.
I look forward to seeing your interpretation!
Until next Monday, may you run and not be weary. May your heart be filled with song. And may the love of God continue to give you hope and keep you strong.