What is on your 2026 photography bucket list

[QuantumFoam]

Halfway through the year and curious what photography goals people here set themselves and whether they are on track. Could be a specific location, a technique you are trying to master, a project you are shooting, or a piece of kit you are building toward. Also interested in whether anyone is doing personal projects rather than just occasional shooting - structured work with a consistent theme over time

[BankHolidayBlues]

Shooting the Milky Way from a genuinely dark sky site is the one I keep pushing back. I have done it once in Iceland years ago and everything since has been too compromised by light pollution. Planning a trip to Galloway Dark Sky Park in Scotland later this summer

[Phil80]

My project this year is shooting the same 12 locations in my local area across all four seasons. I am two seasons in and the difference in the same frame between January and May is already remarkable. Winter and autumn are the two I am most looking forward to

[Seb83]

Honest answer: I said I would do a portrait project with proper studio lighting and I have not started. The bucket list items I actually complete are almost always location-based rather than studio-based. I am better at travel than discipline

[Compass]

Architecture photography in brutalist buildings before more of them get demolished. There is a building near me that is scheduled for demolition in 2027 and I want to document it properly before it goes

[HitmanMatt53]

Film photography - specifically shooting medium format on a Mamiya RB67. I have been shooting 35mm film for a couple of years and want to move up to the larger negative. The tonal rendering on medium format is different in a way that digital still does not fully replicate