Group: Vintage Photos Theme Park
The Themes 2017 - 2018
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2018
DECEMBER 2018
12/3 - 12/9 TWO OR MORE PEOPLE PEEKING OVER SOMETHING (Thanks to Deborah.)
12/10 - 12/16 PIERCING, UNUSUAL, OR DISTINCTIVE EYES - A photo featuring someone or something with expressive eyes. The eyes can belong to people, animals, or face-like objects. (Based on the Vintage Eyes That Speak group on Flickr.)
12/17 - 12/23 A SERIES OF TWO OR MORE PHOTOS THAT TELL A STORY - Number them, if appropriate. (Thanks to Deborah.)
12/24 - 12/30 HOME SWEET HOME (A blast-from-the-past theme from December 2013.)
12/31 - 1/6 THE SECRET LIVES OF GROWN-UPS - Adults letting loose and having fun or possibly behaving badly with other adults. All in good taste, of course. (Thanks to Rick.)
MONTHLY TOPIC: CHRISTMAS, HANUKKAH, KWANZAA, SOLSTICE, OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR HOLIDAY CELEBRATION (Submit a photo on this topic each week in addition to—or instead of—a photo for the weekly topic.)
NOVEMBER 2018
Beatles-Inspired Topics - contributed by Rick
11/5 - 11/11 BABY, YOU CAN DRIVE MY CAR - Woman (or young child) behind the wheel.
11/12 - 11/18 HE'S (OR SHE'S) A REAL NOWHERE MAN (OR WOMAN) - Solo individual photographed in open space.
11/19 - 11/25 TWIST AND SHOUT - People dancing with some amount of vigor—extra credit for twisting.
11/26 - 12/2 I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER - People engaged in potentially risky behavior or suffering the aftereffects of a mishap.
WILD CARD: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD - Road photos, winding or otherwise. (Submit a photo on this topic each week in addition to—or instead of—a photo for the weekly topic.)
OCTOBER 2018
10/1 - 10/7 COLOR PHOTOS OR SLIDES
10/8 - 10/14 MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE LOCALS (travelers photographed with people from the indigenous population). (Thanks to Rick)
10/15 - 10/21 PEOPLE EXCHANGING "A LOOK" THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHER HAS CAPTURED PERFECTLY (Thanks to Deborah)
10/22 - 10/28 TRICK OR TREAT Go crazy with this one and post as many photos as you want (no limit!). Halloween, costumes, masks, skeletons, devils, human monsters, things that go bump in the night, ghostly apparitions, or anything you find scary or creepy. (A theme rerun from October 2014.)
10/29 - 11/4 THE PHOTOGRAPHER PHOTOGRAPHED
SEPTEMBER 2018
9/3 - 9/9 YOUR FAVORITE DOG PHOTO (Thanks to Rick)
9/10 - 9/16 PEOPLE PHOTOGRAPHED IN BUSHES OR PLANTS (not beside them but in them--as seen in the Vintage Floraflage group on Flickr) (Thanks to Deborah)
9/17- 8/23 UMBRELLAS OR PARASOLS (A blast-from-the-past theme from September 2013)
9/24 - 9/30 SPORTING EVENTS OR COMPETITIONS
AUGUST 2018
8/6 - 8/12 POSED ON THE FENDER OF AN AUTOMOBILE (OR ANY OTHER PART OF A CAR) (Thanks to Rick)
8/13 - 8/19 ROCKS AND STONES
8/20 - 8/26 FIELDS, CROPS, PASTURES
8/27 - 9/2 SCHOOL OR COLLEGE GROUP PHOTOS (Thanks to Ian)
JULY 2018
Thanks to Rick for this month's themes!
7/2 -7/8 BACKYARD SPORTS (e.g., croquet, badminton, horseshoe pitching, bocce ball, etc.)
7/9 - 7/15 SQUINTING INTO THE SUN (Subjects obviously struggling to keep eyes open while facing into the sun for the photographer. Borrowed from a Flickr group.)
7/16 - 7/22 VINTAGE PRODUCT PLACEMENT (photos with commercial products or advertisements for commercial products conspicuously part of the scene)
7/23 - 7/29 -SAVE THAT ONE FOR THE HOLIDAY LETTER (A photo where the subject is enjoying some achievement or significant life event worthy of the annual holiday brag mailing. The best one I ever received: "This is our Katey, addressing the U.N. General Assembly.")
7/30 - 8/5 -TRAINS, PLANES, SHIPS, AND BUSES (people photographed traveling inside one of these modes of transport--preferably shot from the inside)
JUNE 2018
6/4 - 6/10 GRADUATION
6/11 - 6/17 SUMMER VACATION/HOLIDAY
6/18 - 6/24 ON THE ROAD
6/25 - 7/1 ON THE WATER
MAY 2018
5/7 - 5/13 A DOCK OR A PIER (Thanks to Deborah)
5/14 - 5/20 HIKERS FROM THE VICTORIAN ERA OR ANOTHER TIME PERIOD (Thanks to Ellie)
5/21 - 5/27 TROUBLEMAKERS AND MISFITS (That guy always was a trouble maker: Photo featuring a misfit--someone set apart from the rest of the people by dress, action, expression, etc.) (Thanks to Rick)
5/28 - 6/3 FRIENDS (The very first theme from May 27 to June 2, 2013, in celebration of the Vintage Photos Theme Park's fifth anniversary!)
APRIL 2018 (Thanks to Deborah)
4/2 - 4/8 IN THE CHOIR
4/9 - 4/15 RUFFLES OR FRILLS
4/16 - 4/22 HANDS ON HIPS
4/23 - 4/29 X MARKS THE SPOT (an X to indicate something or someone on the photo)
4/30 - 5/6 DONKEY RIDES
MARCH 2018
3/5 - 3/11 FLOWERS IN THE GARDEN
3/12 - 3/18 TENTS - including wigwams, yurts etc.
3/19 - 3/25 COWS
3/26 - 4/1 UNIQUE OR OUTRAGEOUS HATS
FEBRUARY 2018
2/5 - 2/11 CAPITAL CITY - Photos taken in capital cities around the world.
2/12 - 2/18 CHURCH, CHAPEL OR ANY OTHER RELIGIOUS BUILDING
2/19 - 2/25 WASHING / LAUNDRY
2/26 - 3/4 SMOKING
JANUARY 2018
1/1 - 1/7 SNOW OR SAND
1/8 - 1/14 LOOKING AT THE CAMERA
1/15 - 1/21 PICK A PARTICULAR FORMAT (daguerreotype, cabinet card, CDV, real photo postcard, cyanotype, slide, Polaroid, or what have you?)
1/22 - 1/28 SOMETHING BROKEN
1/29 - 2/4 BANQUETS, FEASTS, MEALS
2017
DECEMBER 2017 (Thanks to Lisa)
12/4 - 12/10 WHEN I GROW UP (children dressed as adults or dressed for work, e.g. as policeman, nurse, train driver, etc.)
12/11 - 12/17 SOMEONE/SOMEWHERE FAMOUS
12/18 - 12/24 SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH C
12/25 – 12/31 FUTURISTIC
NOVEMBER 2017
10/30 - 11/5 HOTELS / MOTELS
11/6 - 11/12 MEMORIALS
11/13 - 11/19 DECKCHAIRS / LAWN CHAIRS
11/20 - 11/26 SOLDIERS
11/27 - 12/3 CLOCKS
OCTOBER 2017
10/2 - 10/8 - NURSES, DOCTORS, OR HOSPITALS
10/9 - 10/15 - HORSES, CARRIAGES, OR WAGONS
10/16 - 10/22 and 10/23 - 10/29 - HALLOWEEN! - Let's overindulge in pumpkin pie and trick-or-treat candy during the last two weeks of October! Post as many photos as you want (no limit!) that relate directly or indirectly to Halloween--costumes, masks, decorations, ghosts, skeletons, monsters, cemeteries, gravestones, or anything else scary, creepy, or frightening.
SEPTEMBER 2017
9/4 - 9/10 TEEN ATTITUDE / TEENAGERS IN LOVE (Thanks to Deborah and Rick)
9/11 - 9/17 GRANDMA AND/OR GRANDPA WITH THE GRANDCHILDREN / SITTING ON GRANDPA OR GRANDMA'S LAP (Thanks to Rick and Deborah)
9/18 - 9/24 PHOTO WITH DECORATIVE BORDER OR FRAME (Thanks to Ellie)
9/25 - 10/1 LIBRARIES OR BOOKS
AUGUST 2017
7/31 - 8/6 PERSON OR PEOPLE READING (Thanks to Ellie)
8/7 - 8/13 COME ON IN, THE WATER'S FINE (people enjoying themselves--or not--in water) (Thanks to Rick)
8/14 - 8/20 I CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE TOOK A PICTURE OF THAT!
8/21 - 8/27 SCHOOL DAYS
8/28 - 9/3 TOOLS
JULY 2017 (Thanks to Rick and Ellie)
7/3 - 7/9 MIXED EMOTIONS (people displaying distinctly different reactions in a photo)
7/10 - 7/16 AND THE BAND PLAYED ON (people enjoying themselves while a band plays)
7/17 - 7/23 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION (at the airport, or bus or train depot)
7/24 - 7/30 AT THE PLAYGROUND
JUNE 2017 (with thanks to Deborah Lundbech)
5/29 - 6/4 ICE CREAM
6/5 - 6/11 HAND IN THE PHOTO WITH THE PERSON CUT OFF
6/12 - 6/18 AN OLD FASHIONED CHORE
6/19 - 6/25 DOG OR CAT WITH TOY
6/26 - 7/2 SAD STORY (either in the photo or written on the back)
MAY 2017
5/1 - 5/7 MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS - May Pole dancing, May Queens or anything else associated with May Day.
5/8 - 5/14 BOUQUETS
5/15 - 5/21 FAMOUS - a person or place
5/22 - 5/28 SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH 'T'
APRIL 2017 (on hiatus - no themes)
MARCH 2017 (on hiatus - no themes)
FEBRUARY 2017
1/30 - 2/5 ICE SKATING/SKIING/SLEDGING or any fun in the snow
2/6 - 2/12 PHOTOBOMBS - thanks to Alan
2/13 - 2/19 TABLES
2/20 - 2/26 LINES/STRIPES
APRIL 2017 (on hiatus - no themes)
MARCH 2017 (on hiatus - no themes)
JANUARY 2017
1/2 - 1/8 GRAVESTONES AND CEMETERIES
1/9 - 1/15 A WISH (OR) WISHING . . .
1/16 - 1/22 I HOPE IT'S NOT GOODBYE
1/23 - 1/29 ANYTHING GOES - FREE CHOICE
2018
DECEMBER 2018
12/3 - 12/9 TWO OR MORE PEOPLE PEEKING OVER SOMETHING (Thanks to Deborah.)
12/10 - 12/16 PIERCING, UNUSUAL, OR DISTINCTIVE EYES - A photo featuring someone or something with expressive eyes. The eyes can belong to people, animals, or face-like objects. (Based on the Vintage Eyes That Speak group on Flickr.)
12/17 - 12/23 A SERIES OF TWO OR MORE PHOTOS THAT TELL A STORY - Number them, if appropriate. (Thanks to Deborah.)
12/24 - 12/30 HOME SWEET HOME (A blast-from-the-past theme from December 2013.)
12/31 - 1/6 THE SECRET LIVES OF GROWN-UPS - Adults letting loose and having fun or possibly behaving badly with other adults. All in good taste, of course. (Thanks to Rick.)
MONTHLY TOPIC: CHRISTMAS, HANUKKAH, KWANZAA, SOLSTICE, OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR HOLIDAY CELEBRATION (Submit a photo on this topic each week in addition to—or instead of—a photo for the weekly topic.)
NOVEMBER 2018
Beatles-Inspired Topics - contributed by Rick
11/5 - 11/11 BABY, YOU CAN DRIVE MY CAR - Woman (or young child) behind the wheel.
11/12 - 11/18 HE'S (OR SHE'S) A REAL NOWHERE MAN (OR WOMAN) - Solo individual photographed in open space.
11/19 - 11/25 TWIST AND SHOUT - People dancing with some amount of vigor—extra credit for twisting.
11/26 - 12/2 I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER - People engaged in potentially risky behavior or suffering the aftereffects of a mishap.
WILD CARD: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD - Road photos, winding or otherwise. (Submit a photo on this topic each week in addition to—or instead of—a photo for the weekly topic.)
OCTOBER 2018
10/1 - 10/7 COLOR PHOTOS OR SLIDES
10/8 - 10/14 MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE LOCALS (travelers photographed with people from the indigenous population). (Thanks to Rick)
10/15 - 10/21 PEOPLE EXCHANGING "A LOOK" THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHER HAS CAPTURED PERFECTLY (Thanks to Deborah)
10/22 - 10/28 TRICK OR TREAT Go crazy with this one and post as many photos as you want (no limit!). Halloween, costumes, masks, skeletons, devils, human monsters, things that go bump in the night, ghostly apparitions, or anything you find scary or creepy. (A theme rerun from October 2014.)
10/29 - 11/4 THE PHOTOGRAPHER PHOTOGRAPHED
SEPTEMBER 2018
9/3 - 9/9 YOUR FAVORITE DOG PHOTO (Thanks to Rick)
9/10 - 9/16 PEOPLE PHOTOGRAPHED IN BUSHES OR PLANTS (not beside them but in them--as seen in the Vintage Floraflage group on Flickr) (Thanks to Deborah)
9/17- 8/23 UMBRELLAS OR PARASOLS (A blast-from-the-past theme from September 2013)
9/24 - 9/30 SPORTING EVENTS OR COMPETITIONS
AUGUST 2018
8/6 - 8/12 POSED ON THE FENDER OF AN AUTOMOBILE (OR ANY OTHER PART OF A CAR) (Thanks to Rick)
8/13 - 8/19 ROCKS AND STONES
8/20 - 8/26 FIELDS, CROPS, PASTURES
8/27 - 9/2 SCHOOL OR COLLEGE GROUP PHOTOS (Thanks to Ian)
JULY 2018
Thanks to Rick for this month's themes!
7/2 -7/8 BACKYARD SPORTS (e.g., croquet, badminton, horseshoe pitching, bocce ball, etc.)
7/9 - 7/15 SQUINTING INTO THE SUN (Subjects obviously struggling to keep eyes open while facing into the sun for the photographer. Borrowed from a Flickr group.)
7/16 - 7/22 VINTAGE PRODUCT PLACEMENT (photos with commercial products or advertisements for commercial products conspicuously part of the scene)
7/23 - 7/29 -SAVE THAT ONE FOR THE HOLIDAY LETTER (A photo where the subject is enjoying some achievement or significant life event worthy of the annual holiday brag mailing. The best one I ever received: "This is our Katey, addressing the U.N. General Assembly.")
7/30 - 8/5 -TRAINS, PLANES, SHIPS, AND BUSES (people photographed traveling inside one of these modes of transport--preferably shot from the inside)
JUNE 2018
6/4 - 6/10 GRADUATION
6/11 - 6/17 SUMMER VACATION/HOLIDAY
6/18 - 6/24 ON THE ROAD
6/25 - 7/1 ON THE WATER
MAY 2018
5/7 - 5/13 A DOCK OR A PIER (Thanks to Deborah)
5/14 - 5/20 HIKERS FROM THE VICTORIAN ERA OR ANOTHER TIME PERIOD (Thanks to Ellie)
5/21 - 5/27 TROUBLEMAKERS AND MISFITS (That guy always was a trouble maker: Photo featuring a misfit--someone set apart from the rest of the people by dress, action, expression, etc.) (Thanks to Rick)
5/28 - 6/3 FRIENDS (The very first theme from May 27 to June 2, 2013, in celebration of the Vintage Photos Theme Park's fifth anniversary!)
APRIL 2018 (Thanks to Deborah)
4/2 - 4/8 IN THE CHOIR
4/9 - 4/15 RUFFLES OR FRILLS
4/16 - 4/22 HANDS ON HIPS
4/23 - 4/29 X MARKS THE SPOT (an X to indicate something or someone on the photo)
4/30 - 5/6 DONKEY RIDES
MARCH 2018
3/5 - 3/11 FLOWERS IN THE GARDEN
3/12 - 3/18 TENTS - including wigwams, yurts etc.
3/19 - 3/25 COWS
3/26 - 4/1 UNIQUE OR OUTRAGEOUS HATS
FEBRUARY 2018
2/5 - 2/11 CAPITAL CITY - Photos taken in capital cities around the world.
2/12 - 2/18 CHURCH, CHAPEL OR ANY OTHER RELIGIOUS BUILDING
2/19 - 2/25 WASHING / LAUNDRY
2/26 - 3/4 SMOKING
JANUARY 2018
1/1 - 1/7 SNOW OR SAND
1/8 - 1/14 LOOKING AT THE CAMERA
1/15 - 1/21 PICK A PARTICULAR FORMAT (daguerreotype, cabinet card, CDV, real photo postcard, cyanotype, slide, Polaroid, or what have you?)
1/22 - 1/28 SOMETHING BROKEN
1/29 - 2/4 BANQUETS, FEASTS, MEALS
2017
DECEMBER 2017 (Thanks to Lisa)
12/4 - 12/10 WHEN I GROW UP (children dressed as adults or dressed for work, e.g. as policeman, nurse, train driver, etc.)
12/11 - 12/17 SOMEONE/SOMEWHERE FAMOUS
12/18 - 12/24 SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH C
12/25 – 12/31 FUTURISTIC
NOVEMBER 2017
10/30 - 11/5 HOTELS / MOTELS
11/6 - 11/12 MEMORIALS
11/13 - 11/19 DECKCHAIRS / LAWN CHAIRS
11/20 - 11/26 SOLDIERS
11/27 - 12/3 CLOCKS
OCTOBER 2017
10/2 - 10/8 - NURSES, DOCTORS, OR HOSPITALS
10/9 - 10/15 - HORSES, CARRIAGES, OR WAGONS
10/16 - 10/22 and 10/23 - 10/29 - HALLOWEEN! - Let's overindulge in pumpkin pie and trick-or-treat candy during the last two weeks of October! Post as many photos as you want (no limit!) that relate directly or indirectly to Halloween--costumes, masks, decorations, ghosts, skeletons, monsters, cemeteries, gravestones, or anything else scary, creepy, or frightening.
SEPTEMBER 2017
9/4 - 9/10 TEEN ATTITUDE / TEENAGERS IN LOVE (Thanks to Deborah and Rick)
9/11 - 9/17 GRANDMA AND/OR GRANDPA WITH THE GRANDCHILDREN / SITTING ON GRANDPA OR GRANDMA'S LAP (Thanks to Rick and Deborah)
9/18 - 9/24 PHOTO WITH DECORATIVE BORDER OR FRAME (Thanks to Ellie)
9/25 - 10/1 LIBRARIES OR BOOKS
AUGUST 2017
7/31 - 8/6 PERSON OR PEOPLE READING (Thanks to Ellie)
8/7 - 8/13 COME ON IN, THE WATER'S FINE (people enjoying themselves--or not--in water) (Thanks to Rick)
8/14 - 8/20 I CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE TOOK A PICTURE OF THAT!
8/21 - 8/27 SCHOOL DAYS
8/28 - 9/3 TOOLS
JULY 2017 (Thanks to Rick and Ellie)
7/3 - 7/9 MIXED EMOTIONS (people displaying distinctly different reactions in a photo)
7/10 - 7/16 AND THE BAND PLAYED ON (people enjoying themselves while a band plays)
7/17 - 7/23 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION (at the airport, or bus or train depot)
7/24 - 7/30 AT THE PLAYGROUND
JUNE 2017 (with thanks to Deborah Lundbech)
5/29 - 6/4 ICE CREAM
6/5 - 6/11 HAND IN THE PHOTO WITH THE PERSON CUT OFF
6/12 - 6/18 AN OLD FASHIONED CHORE
6/19 - 6/25 DOG OR CAT WITH TOY
6/26 - 7/2 SAD STORY (either in the photo or written on the back)
MAY 2017
5/1 - 5/7 MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS - May Pole dancing, May Queens or anything else associated with May Day.
5/8 - 5/14 BOUQUETS
5/15 - 5/21 FAMOUS - a person or place
5/22 - 5/28 SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH 'T'
APRIL 2017 (on hiatus - no themes)
MARCH 2017 (on hiatus - no themes)
FEBRUARY 2017
1/30 - 2/5 ICE SKATING/SKIING/SLEDGING or any fun in the snow
2/6 - 2/12 PHOTOBOMBS - thanks to Alan
2/13 - 2/19 TABLES
2/20 - 2/26 LINES/STRIPES
APRIL 2017 (on hiatus - no themes)
MARCH 2017 (on hiatus - no themes)
JANUARY 2017
1/2 - 1/8 GRAVESTONES AND CEMETERIES
1/9 - 1/15 A WISH (OR) WISHING . . .
1/16 - 1/22 I HOPE IT'S NOT GOODBYE
1/23 - 1/29 ANYTHING GOES - FREE CHOICE
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