Other Open Themes

These themes aren't scheduled for an issue yet (so no voting), but they may be in the future. Your participation will help us pick which themes to publish.

Story Challenge: My Precious

Open Through July 21st

Photo Challenge: Summer

Open Through July 14th

Photo Challenge: Nature Conquers Man

Open through July 7th

Ripple Effect

Textures in water

Anticipation

Visualize an emotion

Member-inspired: Shoot Your Pet!

By popular request!

Bloom

Spring has sprung!

Juxtaposition

Compare & contrast

Member-inspired: Lemon Heads!

By popular request!

Family Portraits

Wrangle up the relatives!

Day 1/365

Start your own daily visual diary

Feature: The Ones We Love

Six Photos of Your Most Cherished

Feature: Gadgets Galore

Review your technology faves

Great Outdoors

Your photos of Mother Nature's best

Fabulous

Marvelous, Dahling

Ant's Eye View

Your photos from the ground

Heroes

Photos of the ones you look up to

Title Me!

Name That Untitled Photo.

Recurring Theme: Book Report

Books for visual people

Recurring Theme: Items We Carry

What do you take with you?

Frenzy

Photos of the fury

Growing Up

Growing up at any age.

Paradise

What it means to you

Inspired by a JPG Member

Shoot a JPG Tribute Shot

Recurring Theme: JPG Events and Meet-Ups

JPG Meet-Ups, Events, etc.

Prank

Give us your practical joke photos.

Nostalgia

Reminiscent of the past.

Recurring Theme: WTF

Whaaaa?

Transportation

How we get around.

Where I'm At

Document the place you live.

Fluid

Liquid and changeable.

Teeny Tiny

Get small!

Danger

Look out for that tree!

Reflections

Something reflected in something shiny.

Meta

Photos of people taking photos.

Loneliness

When do you feel alone?

Photo Challenge: The Rasterbator

Photos of your Rasterbated photos.

Through the Window

Photos taken out windows.

Zoom

Motion blur extravaganza!

Urban

Postcards from the rat race.

Transformations

Photos of things in transition.

Creepy

Don't go in there!

Out of Place

One of these things is not like the others.

Recurring Theme: Nice to Meet You

Meet a stranger and get their photo and story.

JPG Sightings

Photos with JPG Magazines in them.

Closed Themes

These themes are closed, so they can no longer be added to or voted in.

Photo Challenge: Matrimony

Open through June 30th

Photo Challenge: Candid Portraits

Open through June 23rd

Photo Challenge: Create-A-Filter

Open Through June 16th

Photo Challenge: Markets

Open Through June 2nd

Photo Challenge: Plastic Fantastic

Open Through May 26th

Photo Challenge: Twins

Closed on May 14th

Photo Challenge: Airport

Travel Time Picture Fun

Photo Challenge: Ceiling

Look up!

Fairy Tale

Once upon a time...

Photo Challenge: Umbrellas

Take cover.

Photo Challenge: Favorite Chair

Sit back and relax.

The Moment

Catch it before it's gone

Photo Challenge: Best Holidays Ever

Holiday-Card-Worthy Shots

Current: Our Relationship with Our Parents

Submit to a family oriented episode.

Current: Breaking Stereotypes

Submit to a stereotype-free episode.

Current: Health/Diet

Submit to a health-centric episode. 

Current: Defining Beauty

Submit to an image-defining episode.

Photo Challenge: Stripes

Your stripe-fabulous photos

Photo Challenge: Lens Flare

Light it up

Event: Election 2008

It's decision time.

Photo Challenge: Pumpkins

Jack-O-Lanterns at their best

House

Capture the place you call home.

Photo Challenge: Dashboard

Capture your car's dash

Photo Challenge: Mementos

The keepsakes you'd never throw away

Shoot from the Hip

Photo Challenge: Leaf in Hand

Holding onto Fall Foliage

Faith: Festivals and Rituals

Different ways to celebrate your faith

Faith: Leaders

Leaders of various faiths.

Event: Oktoberfest

Bavarian beer loving photos.

Faith: Icons

What image represents your faith?

Faith: Pilgrimage

Where does your spiritual journey take you?

Faith: Places of Worship

Where do you go to pray?

Photo Challenge: Homage to Cinema

Your tribute to film

Photo Challenge: Inside Your Fridge

What do you keep in yours?

Severe Weather

Capture the storm

Delectable: Egg Project

Shoot an overeasy egg from above

Photo Challenge: Morning Routine

How do you start your day?

Event: New York Fashion Week

Hello, Bryant Park!

Photo Challenge: Hamburgers

Your photos of this edible icon

Event: Burning Man

Your photos of the Burning Man festival

Photo Challenge: First Name

Find or make and image of your name

Photo Challenge: Street Performers

Shots of artists on the street

Event: Beijing Olympics

Your photos of this year's games

Photo Challenge: Guess What

Shoot a mystery object

Photo Challenge: Folded Paper

Paper in three dimensions

Democracy: Communities

Neighborhood groups, school, etc.

Democracy: Protests

Public demonstrations of free speech

Democracy: New Democracies

Countries that have become democracies in your lifetime

Democracy: Election Process

What does your ballot/voting booth/process look like?

Democracy: Propaganda Posters

Posters, signs, and other political propaganda

Photo Challenge: Splash!

Jump in— the water is fine!

Photo Challenge: Fireworks

Shoot fireworks!

Feature: McCain Campaign Trail

Your photos of McCain's run

Feature: Obama Campaign Trail

Your photos of Obama's run

Photo Challenge: Long Exposure

Experiments with the Shutter

Pet Project: Shutters for Shelters

Read before submitting!

Photo Challenge: Writing on the Wall

Photo Challenge: Spiral

Capture a spiraling shape

Photo Challenge: Close Call

Share Your Take on 'Close Call'

Photo Challenge: Neighborhood Park

Show us your local park

Feature: Polaroid Portrait

Polaroids of People

Photo Challenge: Workspace

Show us where you work

Photo Challenge: Wardrobe Remix

Set up a tripod and shoot your outfit

Photo Challenge: Found Type

Shoot interesting lettering on the street.

On Stage

Favorite Hangouts

Photo Challenge: People in Animal Costumes

Animal Impersonators

Photo Challenge: Starry Nights

Give us the moon and stars.

Photo Challenge: Couch Couples

Portraits of a Relationship

Faith

What does faith mean to you?

Photo Challenge: Get Cookin'

Meals from Above with Recipes

Creatures

Animals big and small.

Photo Challenge: Bedroom Window

Your View Looking Out

Street Fashion

Styles from your neighborhood.

Photo Challenge: TtV

Shoot an image through the viewfinder (TtV) of a second camera!

Feature: Your Impact

What You Are Doing for the Environment.

Photo Challenge: Camera Toss

Mid-Air Snap Shots

Photo Challenge: Mustache

Handlebar, pencil, walrus, Fu Manchu, mustachio

Photo Challenge: Line Up

Photos of people in line.

Photo Challenge: Leap Day

Jump, Spring, Bound, Leap & Hop

On the Go

Action shots of active people.

Human Impact


Document human impact on nature.

Photo Challenge: Native Plantlife

Flowers, trees, etc., that define your region.

Photo Challenge: Homemade

Shoot something homemade by a friend.

Fresh

Give us a fresh perspective on Fresh.

Photo Challenge: House Hunting

Shoot a home in your area that you've always admired.

Photo Challenge: Favorite Outfit

Photograph a good friend in his/her fave outfit.

Photo Challenge: Shoot a Celebration

Photos of your parties.

Photo Challenge: Spell It Out

Your Least Favorite Word.

Surroundings

Places that mean the most to you

Split-second

Action caught at the right time.

Photo Challenge: Costume Contest

Show us the best costume you saw this Halloween!

Fanatic

The unusual things people are into.

Emotion Capture

Capture the moment.

Photo Challenge: Infrared

The hidden world of infrared light.

Bird's-eye View

Shots from high up.

Tools of the Trade

What gets the job done?

Gravity Powered

Capturing the action of extreme sports.

Passport

Travel photography off the beaten track.

Rearview

Look behind you.

Creative license

Photography as design.

Fashion

Telling stories with photos and clothing

Noir

The dark and brooding underbelly.

Beauty Redefined

Alternative pin-ups. No kids!

Breakthrough

Discovery, progress, and revolution.

Elegance

Beauty in the everyday.

Geometry

Lines, angles, and patterns.

Decemberism

Christmas, Hanukkah, Whatever!

9 to 5

Photos of people on the job.

Are You Ready to Rock

Photos from the front row.

Democracy

How do you see democracy?

Delectable

Delicious food photography!

Street

Show the world as it is.

Embrace the Blur

Published photographers will get a Lensbaby 3G!

Nighttime

Photos taken outside in the dark.

Intimate

Alone, together. Private moments exposed.

Dreamscapes

Surreal, dreamlike photos.

Hometown

Where do you feel at home?

America

Meditations on the USA.

Beloved

Photos of loved ones.

Family

Who are the people close to you?

Photo Challenge: Seven

Interpretations of the luckiest number.

Zen

Simple, elegant, sparse.

Self-portraiture

Photos you took of yourself.

Big

Think ginormous.

Entropy

Things fall apart.

Tourist

Travel, vacation, and the faraway world.

Got an idea for a great theme? Let's hear it!