Welcome to the Sunday Stills Photo Challenge!

Sunday Stills is a photography challenge with a weekly theme. Each Sunday, I publish a post interpreting the weekly theme, accompanied by images that illustrate my interpretation. Any blogger is welcome to participate and interpret the challenge using their original photos, poems, stories, music, and more!

What are “Stills”? Still photography is a term used in the movie industry, creating a still shot from film for a variety of purposes.

Sunday Stills was launched in May 2018. This photo challenge operates with a weekly theme that begins each Sunday and continues the entire week. While there are many tremendous photo challenges, I wanted to revive this one because of its simplicity.

Feel free to grab this image and use it on your blog’s sidebar or in your post.

When possible, each linked post will be shared on the Bluesky app to boost your blog’s exposure! If you share on social media or in WordPress, please use the hashtag #SundayStills.

Be sure to link to one of my Sunday Stills posts or the current post so I can continue sharing your lovely images!

I encourage “double-dipping” with other blog challenges if you do not want to create a separate post.

Titling Your Own Blog Post

When titling your Sunday Stills post, you do not have to use “Sunday Stills” in the title, but please include the tag “Sunday Stills” to help other bloggers find it.
Please refrain from titling your post with the same title as mine. Our blogs are frequently found in Google searches using SEO, and having multiple blog posts with the same title can be confusing.

Challenges within the Challenge to Spark Your Creativity

The Sunday Stills Photo Challenge offers a monthly color challenge, typically around the second Sunday of the month.

Please have fun with these weekly challenges and always feel free to use new or archived images.

2025 Color Challenges

Feel free to use this image on your blog or sidebar for the color challenges:

Please stay tuned for my weekly posts, and I hope you bring your camera along for the ride!

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January 2026

Jan 4 2025 Year-in-Review
Jan 11 Monthly Color Challenge: TBA
Jan 18 TBA
Jan 25 TBA

December 2025

Dec 7 Peace
Dec 14 Monthly Color Challenge: Festive Colors of Red and Green
Dec 21 Winter Wonderland (solstice)
Dec 28 NO CHALLENGE 2025, Year-in-Review on January 4th

November 2025

Nov 2 Hooves and Claws
Nov 9 Leaf Peeping
Nov 16 Monthly Color Challenge: Brown and Gray
Nov 23 All Things Bright and Beautiful
Nov 30 Textures

October 2025

Oct 5 World Animal Day
Oct 12 Monthly Color Challenge: Black (and/or) Black-and-White (also monochrome & desaturated)
Oct 19 Autumn (or Spring) Plant Life
Oct 26 Scary

September 2025

Sept 7 NO CHALLENGE
Sept 14 Monthly Color Challenge: Colors of Ochre & Saffron (yellow hues), plus Burnt Orange
Sept 21 Fountains and Falls
Sept 28 Windows

August 2025

Aug 3 Taste of Summer
Aug 10 Monthly Color Challenge: Tan, Beige, and/or Peachy Shades
Aug 17 Wings and Feathers
Aug 24 Trees
Aug 31 Things under Construction

July 2025

July 6 In the Swim
July 13 Monthly Color Challenge: Red, White, & Blue (Single, or a combination)
July 20 Feathers
July 27 NO CHALLENGE (A Taste of Summer moved to Aug 3)

June 2025

(June is National Great Outdoors Month, and the overarching theme.)

June 1 Kicking off June is National Outdoors Month with PARKS
June 8 Monthly Color Challenge: Anything Pink
June 15 Paths and Trails
June 22 Sunrises and Sunsets, celebrating the Solstice
June 29 Patriotic–Show us your country’s flag, images of flags

May 2025

May 4 Monthly Color Challenge: Pastels
May 11 NO CHALLENGE
May 18 Flight
May 25 NO CHALLENGE

April 2025

**Easter Sunday falls on April 20th. Rather than me taking a break that week, my Sunday Stills post will publish on Monday April 21.**

Apr 6 April is National Garden Month
Apr 13 Monthly Color Challenge: Shades of PURPLE
**Apr 21 MONDAY** Earth Day
Apr 27 National Kids and Pets Day (share children, pets, or activities with both)

March 2025

Mar 2 Stark
Mar 9 Favorite Flowers
Mar 16 Monthly Color Challenge: Shades of Green
Mar 23 Celebrate Spring or Autumn
Mar 30 Walk in the Park (National Day calendar prompt)

February 2025

Feb 2 Two-week challenge Feeding and Watching the Birds continues
Feb 9 Monthly Color Challenge: Rosy Red
Feb 16 Frosty
Feb 23 Fresh

January 2025

Jan 5* 2024 Year-in-Review continues
Jan 12 & 19 Monthly Color Two-Week Challenge: WHITE
Jan 19 Monthly Color Two-Week Challenge: WHITE continues
Jan 26 & Feb 2 Two-week challenge Feeding and Watching the Birds

December 2024

Dec 1 & 8 TRADITIONS (Two-week challenge)
Dec 8 TRADITIONS (Two-week challenge) continues
Dec 15 & 22 Monthly Color Two-Week Challenge: METALLIC
Dec 22 Monthly Color Two-Week Challenge: METALLIC continues
Dec 29 & Jan 5* Your 2024 Year-in-Review! (in photos)

** Please note: Beginning November 17, I’ll be extending the weekly themes to bi-monthly (twice a month) through the first week in February due to travel and family events. Beginning Feb 9, 2025, we’ll be back to weekly themes. You can post just once during the 2-week cycle or on both Sundays through each week, depending on YOUR schedule. No NEW SUNDAY STILLS posts will be published to remind you–although I may remind you in a Wordless Wednesday post. 😉 I will read and comment on your posts as usual.

November 2024

Nov 3 Bucket List Images
Nov 10 Cozy
Nov 17-24 **Monthly Color Challenge: Shades of Auburn and (or) Brown
Nov 24 **Monthly Color Challenge: Shades of Auburn and (or) Brown continues

October 2024

Oct 6 Leaves and Trees
Oct 13 NO CHALLENGE
Oct 20 Monthly Color Challenge: Black (and/or) Black-and-White (also monochrome & desaturated)
Oct 27 Eerie

September 2024

Sept 1 All about Bugs
Sept 8 NO CHALLENGE
Sept 15 Monthly Color Challenge: Colors of Peach and Orange
Sept 22 Celebrate Autumn or Spring
Sept 29 Oddballs, Wild and Weird

August 2024

Aug 4 NO CHALLENGE
Aug 11 Monthly Color Challenge: Yellow and/or Gold
Aug 18 Reunited
Aug 25 Before and After

July 2024

July 7 Monthly Color Challenge: Red, White, & Blue (Single, or a combination)
July 14 Local and State Parks
July 21 Wings
July 28 Afloat

June 2024

June 2 June is Great Outdoors Month
June 9 Monthly Color Challenge: Pastels
June 16 Sunrises and Sunsets
June 23 Plant Life
June 30 Landscapes

May 2024

May 5 Groups of Any Kind
May 12 Monthly Color Challenge: Cobalt Blue
May 19 Water, Waterscapes, and/or Water Safety
May 26 NO CHALLENGE

April 2024

Apr 7 April Flowers
Apr 14 Monthly Color Challenge: Diamond, Quartz, Crystal and/or PURPLE
Apr 21 Earth Day
Apr 28 National Kids and Pets Day

March 2024

Mar 3 Rainy Days
Mar 10 Monthly Color Challenge: GREEN (any shade)
Mar 17 Sunrise or Sunset?
Mar 24 Urban Sights
Mar 31 NO CHALLENGE Happy Easter!

February 2024

Feb 4 February is Feed the Birds Month
Feb 11 Monthly Color Challenge: Pink and/ or Red
Feb 18 Iconic Places and Spaces
Feb 25 Fun with Photo Editing

January 2024

Jan 7* 2023 Year-in-Review continues
Jan 14 Through a Window
Jan 21 Monthly Color Challenge: Aquamarine (light, icy blue)
Jan 28 Something to Do

December 2023

Dec 3 Waiting for Peace
Dec 10 Monthly Color Challenge: RED and GREEN
Dec 17 Festive
Dec 24 NO CHALLENGE
Dec 31 & Jan 7* Your 2023 Year-in-Review! (in photos)

November 2023

Nov 5 Leaves, Autumn or Spring
Nov 12 Monthly Color Challenge: Brown (any shade)
Nov 19 Finding Gratitude, Giving Thanks
Nov 26 Rounded

October 2023

Oct 1 Fences
Oct 8 Textures
Oct 16 Monthly Color Challenge: BLACK or METALLIC, or Black & White images
Oct 23 Comics or Funny Pages (aka silly or funny photos)
Oct 29 Frightful

September 2023

Sept 3 NO CHALLENGE
Sept 10 Monthly Color Challenge: ORANGE and/or GOLD (any shade)
Sept 17 NO CHALLENGE
Sept 24 Bridges

August 2023

Aug 6 Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
Aug 13 Monthly Color Challenge: YELLOW (any shade)
Aug 20 Celebrations
Aug 27 Hints of Autumn (or Spring)

July 2023

July 2 Historical
July 9 Monthly Color Challenge: BLUE (any shade)
July 16 Let’s Get Small
July 23 Double Trouble, Things in Twos
July 30 NO CHALLENGE

June 2023

June 4 The Great Outdoors
June 11 Monthly Color Challenge: PINK (any shade)
June 18 Furred and Feathered Friends
June 25 Plant Life

May 2023

May 7 Churches, Temples, and Spiritual Centers
May 14 Monthly Color Challenge: Purple (any shade)
May 21 Pets and Playgrounds
May 28 Everything Water

April 2023

Apr 2 Awakening
Apr 9 NO CHALLENGE
Apr 16 Monthly Color Challenge: White and Pastels
Apr 23 Earth Day
Apr 30 Roads, Paths, and Streets

March 2023

Mar 5 Out of this World
Mar 12 Monthly Color Challenge: Green (any shade)
Mar 19 “I’d Rather Be…”
Mar 26 Peek

February 2023

Feb 5 Frosty
Feb 12 Monthly Color Challenge: Red (any shade)
Feb 19 Sweet
Feb 26 Feeding the Birds

January 2023

Jan 1 Your 2022 Year-in-Review
Jan 8 Plunge!
Jan 15 Monthly Color Challenge: White and Gray
Jan 22 Silence
Jan 29 Seeking Light

December 2022

Dec 4 In Your Town
Dec 11 Monthly Color Challenge: Cobalt (rich, deep blue)
Dec 18 NO CHALLENGE
Dec 25 NO CHALLENGE

November 2022

Nov 6 Paths and Trails
Nov 13 NO CHALLENGE
Nov 20 Monthly Color Challenge: Leather (shades of brown)
Nov 27 Vivid

October 2022

Oct 2 Dilapidated
Oct 9 Monthly Color Challenge: Lava (black-brown, black, and/or orange)
Oct 16 Fleeting Moments
Oct 23 Glass
Oct 30 Mysterious

September 2022

Sept 4 Vacation or Staycation
Sept 11 Monthly Color Challenge: Apricot (light, peachy orange)
Sept 18 Macro or Close-ups
Sept 25 NO CHALLENGE

August 2022

Aug 7 Summer
Aug 14 NO CHALLENGE
Aug 21 Monthly Color Challenge: Mustard
Aug 28 Under Construction (and WOTY catch up)

July 2022

July 3 Beautiful Beaches
July 10 Monthly Color Challenge: Ruby Red
July 17 NO CHALLENGE
July 24 Road Trippin’
July 31 Desert or Dessert?

June 2022

June 5 All About Numbers
June 12 Monthly Color Challenge: Pink
June 19 Again the Solstice
June 26 NO CHALLENGE

May 2022

May 1 Emerging
May 8 Monthly Color Challenge: Teal or Aqua
May 15 What’s That Aroma?
May 22 Feathered Friends (changed from Refreshing)
May 29 NO CHALLENGE

April 2022

Apr 3 NO CHALLENGE
Apr 10 NO CHALLENGE
Apr 17 Monthly Color Challenge: Diamond or Quartz (see color challenge image above)
Apr 24 Fabulous Florals

March 2022

Mar 6 Meaningful Memories
Mar 13 Monthly Color Challenge: Jade
Mar 20 Daylight in Black and White
Mar 27 Urban

February 2022

Feb 6 Feed the Birds
Feb 13 Color Challenge: Amethyst (purple)
Feb 20 Love Your Pet
Feb 27 Fresh

January 2022

Jan 2 2021 in Your Rear-View Mirror
Jan 9 Future
Jan 16 Monthly Color Challenge: White
Jan 23 Wildlife
Jan 30 The Elements (fire, water, air/wind, earth)

December 2021

Dec 5 Christmas Song Lyric Challenge
Dec 12 Monthly Color Challenge: Metallic
Dec 19 Light the Night
Dec 26 NO CHALLENGE

November 2021

Nov 7 Fur and Feathers
Nov 14 Leaves and Trees
Nov 21 Color Challenge: Ruby wine (burgundy-brownish)
Nov 28 Cozy

October 2021

Oct 3 Sports and Hobbies
Oct 10 Monthly Color Challenge: Burnt orange or blood orange

Oct 17 The Pink Side of Life
Oct 24 Indoor/Outdoor Decor
Oct 31 Eerie

September 2021

Sept 5 Colorful Murals hosted by Natalie the Explorer
Sept 12 Going Back…
Sept 19 Monthly Color Challenge: Harvest Gold or Citrine (gem color)

Sept 26 Signs of Autumn (or spring in the Southern hemisphere)

August 2021 Calendar

Aug 1 Summer Bugs
Aug 8 Images Inspired by Favorite Song Lyrics or Original Poetry
Aug 15 Monthly Color Challenge: Burlywood (light shade of brown, think khakis)

While I’m on a 3-week blog break, Natalie from Natalie the Explorer is hosting Sunday Stills from August 22-Sept 5!
Aug 22 In the Garden hosted by Natalie the Explorer
Aug 29 Afloat hosted by Natalie the Explorer

July 2021

July 4 NO CHALLENGE
July 11 Under the Trees
July 18 Monthly Color Challenge: Evergreen
July 25 Geometric–explore various angles

June 2021

June 6 Celestial
June 13 Monthly Color Challenge: Pink
June 20 Sunrise or Sunset
June 27 Great Outdoors

May 2021

May 2 Water
May 9 Weather
May 16 Monthly Color Challenge: Gray
May 23 Favorite Vacation Spot
May 30 NO CHALLENGE

April 2021

(Special thanks to Marsha for hosting Sunday Stills. No internet at the new home yet!)

April 4 Volunteering (hosted by Marsha Ingrao Always Write)
April 11 Emerging (hosted again by Marsha at Always Write)
April 18 Color Challenge: Violet
April 25 National Kids and Pets Day

March 2021

March 7 Rainy Day
March 14 Your Best Black & White Photos
March 21 Color Challenge: Spring Green
March 28 Respect the Cat (hosted by Marsha Ingrao Always Write)

February 2021

Feb 7 Fallen
Feb 14 Color Challenge: Rosy Red
Feb 21 Feed the Birds
Feb 28 Things that are White

January 2021

Jan 3 Your 2020 Retrospective (share your year in images)
Jan 10 Night
Jan 17 Color Challenge: Glacier Blue
Jan 24 Fog and Clouds
Jan 31 Your Favorite Landscape

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