Photo challenge ideas for friends

Some of the challenges in RollCall, with photos from friends who've played them. Your group gets a new one every day, and anyone who misses it spins for a punishment. See how it works

Faces and poses

Look at the camera like it owes you money
Sip water like it's a $400 bottle of wine
React like you just saw your ex across the room
Strike your best mugshot pose
Pose like you're in a shampoo advert
Take a passport photo, but you're having the best day of your life
Pose like you're on the cover of a self-help book
Give us your best 'I'm not mad, just disappointed' look
Smile with only your eyes
Pose like your phone just hit 1%
Pose like a dad at a barbecue
Show us your best villain smirk
Pose like you're on a rap album cover

Friend pulling a crying face outdoors, bottom lip out — Fake-cry like you just lost an Oscar

Friend fake-crying in the back of a car — Fake-cry like you just lost an Oscar

Around the house

Open your fridge and show us the weirdest thing in there
Photograph your most chaotic drawer, opened, untouched
Empty your pocket or bag and photograph exactly what was in it
Make your room look like a real estate listing
Build the best cushion fort you can in five minutes
Make an object look sad
Photograph your shoes wherever you kicked them off
Show us something you've been meaning to fix for months
Photograph something that looks like a face
Do a product shoot for the last thing you bought
Stack exactly three things that should not stack

Dressing up

Wear something as a hat that isn't a hat
Snap a pic wearing socks as gloves
Put on as many t-shirts as you can
Hood up, sunglasses on: give us your witness-protection look
Take a picture dressed as the opposite season (e.g., winter coat in summer)
Create a superhero cape from a household item and strike a heroic pose
Wear a blanket like high fashion
Dress up in your most mismatched outfit and take a photo
Find or draw a fake moustache, wear it proudly
Dress up as a famous duo and take a photo

Friend in sunglasses indoors, wearing a pink singlet — Wear sunglasses inside in a weird place

Friend in orange sunglasses and a grey hood, lying on a bed — Wear sunglasses inside in a weird place

Pretending

Pretend you're in a really serious meeting
Pretend you're presenting a TED Talk to a captivated audience of objects
Pretend to sleep in an extremely uncomfortable spot
Pose pretending to drive an invisible vehicle
Create a scene as if you're late for something important
Take a photo of you telepathically communicating with an object in your house
Pretend you're stuck in an invisible box
Pretend you're a detective examining a mysterious clue
Use a random object as a microphone and pretend to sing
Pose like a video game character about to give someone a quest

Photo tricks

Use forced perspective to make it look like you're eating something massive
Take a photo that makes it look like you're on the ceiling
Take a photo where you are barely visible and we have to find you
Throw something in the air and photograph it at its highest point
Take a photo that looks like it's from 2009 (flash on, peace sign)
Get a photo of yourself in mid-air
Catch a drink mid-pour, before it hits the cup
Take a photo from the point of view of an object (e.g. the fridge, a pet, etc.)
Snap a reflection selfie in something other than a mirror
Take a really dramatic photo of something tiny

A stuffed panda holding a Rubik's cube — Make a tiny scene using two objects and your imagination

Two china fish kissing on a table — Make a tiny scene using two objects and your imagination

Recreations

Recreate a famous painting
Re-enact a famous album cover
Recreate the famous Abbey Road crossing
Do a Titanic 'I'm flying' pose somewhere safe (a bench counts)
Recreate a childhood photo as accurately as possible (props, location, pose)
Re-enact a scene from your favourite movie
Recreate a famous music video scene
Show off your best impression of a famous statue
Pose like a Renaissance painting using only your bed or couch

Food and drink

Plate up a meal like it's from a fancy restaurant
Create a face out of food on a plate and take its portrait
Drink out of anything except a cup
Take a selfie with your favourite snack
Eat something with the wrong utensil (like cereal with a fork)
Hold as many different fruits as possible in one photo

About your group

Do an impression of someone in this group and see if they can guess who
Show us something you own that this group would roast you for
Pose how you think this group sees you
Recreate another group member's best RollCall post
Take a photo you know would make this group laugh
Everyone take the most artistic photo they can of a glass of water
Show us something you'd buy someone in this group as a gift, and say who in the caption
Take a photo that would make this group jealous
Everyone make a mascot for the group out of whatever's around
Show us what you'd bring to a group sleepover