Welcome to the 365 Challenge for 2011. For detailed information check out the introductory post at Elements Village. Listed below is our list of themes for 2011. Photos should relate to one of the given themes, but we’ve included an extra 52 “free-theme” options too. Use the free themes as a “wild-card” – you can substitute any theme of your own or repeat a theme from the list.
Keep your eyes open to the world around you and let your creativity flow. Feel free to stretch a theme and use free interpretation of the words on the list, but most importantly, have fun!
| 1 | Abstract |
| 2 | Action Shot |
| 3 | Airborne |
| 4 | Alive |
| 5 | Amazing |
| 6 | Animal |
| 7 | Aqua |
| 8 | Architecture |
| 9 | Arranged |
| 10 | Art |
| 11 | Asymmetrical |
| 12 | Athletic |
| 13 | Autumn |
| 14 | Barns |
| 15 | Barren |
| 16 | Bathtime |
| 17 | Bed Time |
| 18 | Beneath |
| 19 | Best Friend |
| 20 | Beverages |
| 21 | Black |
| 22 | Black and White Image |
| 23 | Bliss |
| 24 | Bloom |
| 25 | Blue |
| 26 | Blurred |
| 27 | Body Parts |
| 28 | Bold |
| 29 | Bread |
| 30 | Breakfast |
| 31 | Broken |
| 32 | Burgundy |
| 33 | Busy |
| 34 | Calm |
| 35 | Candles |
| 36 | Candy |
| 37 | Car Parts |
| 38 | Casual |
| 39 | Celebration |
| 40 | Cement |
| 41 | Center of Interest |
| 42 | Chairs or Benches |
| 43 | Challenge / Challenging |
| 44 | Cheese |
| 45 | Childhood |
| 46 | Children |
| 47 | Chimneys |
| 48 | Chocolate |
| 49 | Chores |
| 50 | Circular |
| 51 | City or Town |
| 52 | Cleanliness |
| 53 | Coiled |
| 54 | Cold |
| 55 | Comfort Foods |
| 56 | Comfy & Cozy |
| 57 | Compact |
| 58 | Contempary |
| 59 | Cooking |
| 60 | Costume |
| 61 | Creative |
| 62 | Creepy |
| 63 | Critters |
| 64 | Crooked |
| 65 | Cupcakes |
| 66 | Curves |
| 67 | Dairy |
| 68 | Damaged |
| 69 | Dark |
| 70 | Daybreak |
| 71 | Debris |
| 72 | Depth of Field |
| 73 | Dessert |
| 74 | Disorder |
| 75 | Distant |
| 76 | Domestic |
| 77 | Door |
| 78 | Drink |
| 79 | Dusk |
| 80 | Earth-tones |
| 81 | Edible |
| 82 | Eight |
| 83 | Elegant |
| 84 | Emotions |
| 85 | Empty |
| 86 | Endearing |
| 87 | Entrance |
| 88 | Every Day Sights |
| 89 | Evolution |
| 90 | Exercise |
| 91 | Exhibit |
| 92 | Eyes |
| 93 | Faceless Portraits |
| 94 | Faces |
| 95 | Fairytale |
| 96 | Family |
| 97 | Fashion |
| 98 | Fast |
| 99 | Fast Food |
| 100 | Fasteners |
| 101 | Favorite Food |
| 102 | Fear |
| 103 | Fences |
| 104 | Fish |
| 105 | Fitness |
| 106 | Five |
| 107 | Flat |
| 108 | Flight |
| 109 | Floor |
| 110 | Fluffy |
| 111 | Fly |
| 112 | Footwear |
| 113 | Four |
| 114 | Fragile |
| 115 | Freeze Frame |
| 116 | Friendships |
| 117 | Frilly |
| 118 | From My Past |
| 119 | Front Doors |
| 120 | Frosted |
| 121 | Fruit |
| 122 | Furniture |
| 123 | Fuzzy |
| 124 | Games |
| 125 | Garbage |
| 126 | Garden |
| 127 | Gates |
| 128 | Generous |
| 129 | Glass |
| 130 | Glowing |
| 131 | Gold |
| 132 | Green |
| 133 | Groceries |
| 134 | Group or groupings |
| 135 | Hair |
| 136 | Handbag |
| 137 | Hands |
| 138 | Hanging |
| 139 | Health |
| 140 | Hearts |
| 141 | Heartwarming |
| 142 | Heavy |
| 143 | Hero |
| 144 | Hiding |
| 145 | High Contrast Shot |
| 146 | Holidays |
| 147 | Homemade |
| 148 | Hope |
| 149 | House/Home |
| 150 | Humor |
| 151 | I Love… |
| 152 | In Shadow |
| 153 | In the City |
| 154 | In the Details |
| 155 | In the Distance |
| 156 | In your House |
| 157 | Insects |
| 158 | Interaction |
| 159 | Interior |
| 160 | Isolation |
| 161 | Itsy-Bitsy Teeny Weeny |
| 162 | Joy |
| 163 | Kitchen Utensils |
| 164 | Landscape |
| 165 | Large |
| 166 | Laundry |
| 167 | Leading Lines |
| 168 | Letters in Architecture |
| 169 | Letters in Nature |
| 170 | Lightness |
| 171 | Liquid |
| 172 | Literature |
| 173 | Lots & Lots & Lots |
| 174 | Lunchtime |
| 175 | Macro Shot |
| 176 | Matched Pair |
| 177 | Metallic |
| 178 | Metals |
| 179 | Minimalism |
| 180 | Misty / Foggy |
| 181 | Mood |
| 182 | Morning Routine |
| 183 | Motion |
| 184 | Motion Blur |
| 185 | Motionless |
| 186 | Motorized |
| 187 | Mouth Watering |
| 188 | Movement |
| 189 | Multicolored |
| 190 | Multiples |
| 191 | Music |
| 192 | Musical |
| 193 | Natural Framing |
| 194 | Nature |
| 195 | Nautical |
| 196 | Negative Space |
| 197 | Neglected |
| 198 | Night shot |
| 199 | Nightlife |
| 200 | Nine |
| 201 | Noisy |
| 202 | Nuts |
| 203 | Obligations |
| 204 | Oddity |
| 205 | On a Farm |
| 206 | One |
| 207 | One-Two-Three |
| 208 | Orange |
| 209 | Orbs |
| 210 | Ordinary |
| 211 | Ornament/Ornamental |
| 212 | Overcast |
| 213 | Packaging |
| 214 | Pampered |
| 215 | Panning (motion) shot |
| 216 | Passion |
| 217 | Pasta |
| 218 | Pastel |
| 219 | Patriotic |
| 220 | Pipes |
| 221 | Plants |
| 222 | Plastics |
| 223 | Playful |
| 224 | Pleasure |
| 225 | Point/Pointed |
| 226 | Portrait |
| 227 | Powerful |
| 228 | Precious |
| 229 | Prickly |
| 230 | Primary Colors |
| 231 | Purple |
| 232 | Raindrops keep falling |
| 233 | Reaching Up |
| 234 | Recreation |
| 235 | Red |
| 236 | Reflect |
| 237 | Refreshing |
| 238 | Relationship |
| 239 | Relaxation |
| 240 | Religion |
| 241 | Remembrance |
| 242 | Renewal |
| 243 | Repeating Patterns |
| 244 | Restful |
| 245 | Retro |
| 246 | Roadside |
| 247 | Rough |
| 248 | Round |
| 249 | Rule of Thirds |
| 250 | Rural |
| 251 | Sandy |
| 252 | Scattered |
| 253 | School |
| 254 | Seafood |
| 255 | Seaside |
| 256 | Seeds |
| 257 | Self-Portrait |
| 258 | Seven |
| 259 | Shades of Grey |
| 260 | Shapes in Nature |
| 261 | Sharp |
| 262 | Shiny |
| 263 | Silhouette |
| 264 | Simple / Minimalism |
| 265 | Six |
| 266 | Sizzling Hot |
| 267 | Sky-High |
| 268 | Slam on the Brakes |
| 269 | Slick |
| 270 | Slow |
| 271 | Slowly |
| 272 | Small |
| 273 | Smells |
| 274 | Smooth |
| 275 | Snack or Treat |
| 276 | Softness |
| 277 | Something about you |
| 278 | Soothing |
| 279 | Spic and Span |
| 280 | Spiral |
| 281 | Sports |
| 282 | Spring |
| 283 | Square |
| 284 | Statue |
| 285 | Still Life |
| 286 | Store Fronts |
| 287 | Stripes |
| 288 | Strong |
| 289 | Stuffed Animals |
| 290 | Summer Fun |
| 291 | Sunshine |
| 292 | Surfaces |
| 293 | Sweet |
| 294 | Symbols |
| 295 | Symmetrical |
| 296 | Tables |
| 297 | Tasty |
| 298 | Team |
| 299 | Ten |
| 300 | Textured |
| 301 | The Arts |
| 302 | The Letter A |
| 303 | The Letter B |
| 304 | The Letter C |
| 305 | The Letter D |
| 306 | The Letter E |
| 307 | The Letter F |
| 308 | The Letter G |
| 309 | The Letter H |
| 310 | The Letter I |
| 311 | The Letter J |
| 312 | The Letter K |
| 313 | The Letter L |
| 314 | The Letter M |
| 315 | The Letter N |
| 316 | The Letter O |
| 317 | The Letter P |
| 318 | The Letter Q |
| 319 | The Letter R |
| 320 | The Letter S |
| 321 | The Letter T |
| 322 | The Letter U |
| 323 | The Letter V |
| 324 | The Letter W |
| 325 | The Letter X |
| 326 | The Letter Y |
| 327 | The Letter Z |
| 328 | The Office |
| 329 | The Weekend |
| 330 | Three |
| 331 | Thriving |
| 332 | Through a Window |
| 333 | Together |
| 334 | Tools |
| 335 | Tractors |
| 336 | Traditional |
| 337 | Translucent |
| 338 | Tri colors |
| 339 | Two |
| 340 | Ultimate Thrill |
| 341 | Under Water |
| 342 | Unfinished |
| 343 | Unforgettable |
| 344 | Union |
| 345 | Unique Camera Angle |
| 346 | Vacation |
| 347 | Valentine’s Day |
| 348 | Vegetable |
| 349 | Vehicle |
| 350 | Vivid |
| 351 | Warm |
| 352 | Warped |
| 353 | Water |
| 354 | Wealth |
| 355 | Weathered |
| 356 | Wet |
| 357 | What is That |
| 358 | Wheels |
| 359 | White |
| 360 | Wild |
| 361 | Window |
| 362 | Wine |
| 363 | Winter |
| 364 | Yard Work |
| 365 | Yellow |
| 1 | Free Theme |
| 2 | Free Theme |
| 3 | Free Theme |
| 4 | Free Theme |
| 5 | Free Theme |
| 6 | Free Theme |
| 7 | Free Theme |
| 8 | Free Theme |
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| 28 | Free Theme |
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| 30 | Free Theme |
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| 32 | Free Theme |
| 33 | Free Theme |
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| 35 | Free Theme |
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| 38 | Free Theme |
| 39 | Free Theme |
| 40 | Free Theme |
| 41 | Free Theme |
| 42 | Free Theme |
| 43 | Free Theme |
| 44 | Free Theme |
| 45 | Free Theme |
| 46 | Free Theme |
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| 49 | Free Theme |
| 50 | Free Theme |
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Thanks for all these! It must have taken ages to think of them all.
Have put them on my blog…wish I knew to get them to my phone!
Thanks for putting up the list. Looks interesting.
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I am amazed by the work you put in to this. I wonder how you work with the list, do you search for a suitable theme when you got a nice photo to show or do you decide that “this team is what I’m going to work with now”? As I cannot have 365 themes in my head
Ijust wonder…
Maybe this is a think I should try to discuss in elements but I’m not famailiar with that …….
OK so I am going to try and be very active in this project. I know in the past I have pretty much stuck in my own stuff which I will continue to do but I can use the discipline ADD and dyslexia is so wonderful.
I’m going to keep an eye on your blog. Love your photos. Three modes of transportation is unique, and nature scenes a personal favourite.
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