January - Food Plating - Due Jan 6
Show us your capture of foods. It could be a rib-eye steak from Duke's, a Big Mac, or something you've cooked up. Make your Whopper look tasty.

February - Long Exposure - Due Feb 3
Use that manual setting to capture an exposure over time for dramatic effects.

March - Photographing of Hands - Due Mar 3
Hands could be old or young or working with a tool of some sort. Maybe a romantic gesture or a pose or playing a sport. Could be a show of compassion or stoking a campfire in the dark or playing a musical instrument, etc. The photo should evoke some sort of emotion as displayed through the artistic expression of the hands.

April - It's a "Winter Wonderland" - Due Apr 7
Show us your idea of a winter wonderland.

May - Horses: Wild or Domestic - Due May 5

June - Flowers / Plants / Gardens - Due Jun 2

July - Planes, Trains, Automobiles - Due Jul 7
Photo of any vehicle for transportation.

August - Patriotic: Fourth of July Celebrations - Due Aug 4

September - Photo of Asymmetry: Using the "Dutch Angle" - Due Sep 1
Take a photo like the Mission Bell Tower that Alfred Hitchcock used in "Vertigo" or a photo like the house that Tim Burton used in "Beetlejuice".

October - An Act of Compassion or Service - Due Oct 6
Ideas like a fireman working a fire, a waiter or waitress with an arm full of dishes to be delivered to a table, someone pushing a person in a wheelchair, someone working in an animal shelter with abandoned animals, a group of older people playing a card came at a rest home, ... you get the idea.

November - Patterns or Textures with Fall Colors - Due Nov 3

December - Best of 2026
Bring you best picture of the year to our last meeting of the year on Dec 8. Print at maximum size of 11"x14", no frames. First prize is $75, second prize is $50, and third prize is $25.