101 things to photograph before you die

A brand new year is exactly the time that gets us thinking about challenges – both inside and outside of the world of photography.

Perhaps you’ve already got a bucket list of experiences you’d like to complete before, well, the inevitable happens.

We thought it would be fun to stretch that idea to photographic subjects – something you can refer to throughout the coming months and years – whenever you’re short of an idea or two.

Of course, there are far more than 101 things on this planet (and beyond) you could photograph, but we thought printing 1,001 would be a little ambitious. Instead, use this list as a springboard that you can add to, tweak or even completely ignore whole sections of if you prefer.

It can also be fun to see how many of our suggestions you’ve already struck off your own list for a little ego boost. Where that’s the case, perhaps you can revisit the subject, challenging yourself to improve on images already captured. Another fun challenge is to see how many ‘things’ you can fit into one composition – a rainbow over a lake in a national park strikes three off in one go, for example.

We’ve split the ideas into different genres or types, so you can jump straight to your favourite. It could also be an opportunity to try a completely new genre, too.

Let us know which subjects are on your ultimate photography bucket list, at the usual address (see page 3). In the meantime, we hope you find the ideas on the following pages inspirational.

Locations & landscapes

This is by far the biggest section in our list, simply because the genre is so wide-ranging. Indeed, we could have concentrated the whole list on locations. Use these ideas when you’re short of ideas for your next outdoor challenge...

1 A castle

✓ Thousands of castles have been built in Britain over the past couple of millennia, so it's an obvious, but classic choice that every