Let the fun begin!

Find your 4 weekly challenges below, including the weekly Flash Challenge!

We want to make sure you capture the fun in the best possible way, so we’ve created a few simple photography tips you can find at the bottom of this page.

Challenge One

Head to a nature reserve, woodland or forest and play our Scavenger Hunt with the kids! You can read them straight from your phone, or you may want to print them off before you head out.

Don’t forget to dress for the weather, find those lost gloves and dig out your welly boots!

For some extra fun, can you identify some Winter Trees? It’s tricky now they’ve lost all their leaves, but here’s a handy winter tree guide to follow.

Challenge Two

CAN YOU WORK OUT WHAT THE WRITING ABOVE SAYS?

HINT: READ FROM BOTTOM TO TOP….BACKWARDS….

It’s so much fun once you get your head around how strange it is! So, to start with, you're going to eat dinner for breakfast! If it makes things easier it can be egg based! Now for lunch you’re going to start with dessert, then eat the savoury food… and if that’s not strange enough, for your evening meal you’re going to eat breakfast - we think having cereal for dinner might even become a ‘thing!’

We want to see photos of all your backwards days! Cereal in the dark, roast potatoes for breakfast and yoghurt before soup for lunch! Post them to #MyFamilyQuest with the time in shot!

Challenge Three

Feeling creative? Let’s make a family stop motion movie! First, Download the Stop Motion Studio app (download from the App Store or Google Play Store). Then, get the kids to search for all the figurine toys they can find around the house. If you don’t have figurines you could create your characters using play-dough or print and mount your favourite movie characters on cardboard. 

Next, create a background with household objects or get the kids to draw one! Follow the tips and tricks on the app and together create a 15-30 second stop motion movie!

Are you up for your first family flash challenge - at the crack of dawn!?

We challenge you to take a family picture of the sunrise...however, you all need to be ‘off’ the ground. You could be up a tree, standing on chairs, sliding down a slide or something way more imaginative than that! We don’t mind what but at Amazing Co HQ we will be checking whose legs are officially off the ground!

(Luckily it’s wintertime so sunrise isn’t super early - check this sunrise tracker to see when you need to be up, ready and off ground!)

Week one done!

Don’t forget to share the magical moments you’ve captured from this week’s challenges!

Share to, and follow #MyFamilyFunChallenge to see the fun had by other couples right across Australia and New Zealand.

Or head back to the home screen where you’ll find the links to upcoming weeks challenges.

Want some advice on how to take the best photo?
Give these ideas a try. 

• Unless you are capturing a backdrop or large piece - try getting in close. Fill the frame with your subject to avoid too much wasted space!

• Be aware of backgrounds - don’t let things like garbage bins or a passerby ruin your shot if you don’t want to intentionally include them in it! Change your angle or wait until people have passed by. It will be worth it!

• See The Light! Take note of where the light is coming from - does it cast interesting shadows on your subject that you may want to capture or does it just hide the detail you need? Move around to find the best lit angle.

• Using the flash isn’t just for night time - sometimes a bright day may create harsh shadows that you don’t like, so using the flash may allow a more even exposure.

• Laugh, don’t smile...a well-timed joke will often lead to a more natural looking shot of your subject rather than a forced ‘cheese’

• Try framing - is there something you could use to frame your focal point - e.g by shooting through a window or archway?

• Keep it simple - try not to pack too much into your shot. Try focusing on one or two points of interest per shot.