January Photo Challenge Winners | Moody Light
January’s Moody Light Photo Challenge inspired our community to slow down and lean into shadows, contrast, and feeling. The images shared were rich with atmosphere and emotion, showing how powerful creative use of light can be.
Congratulations to Meg Sanborn of @meg.elizabeth81 for taking this month’s top spot and also a $20 gift card to The Framed Focus!
WINNER: Meg Sanborn @meg.elizabeth81
Runners-Up, in no particular order:
Kristina Markussen @sunsoaked_littles
Louise Harmston @louiseharmston
Sarah VanHook @sarah_vanhook.jpg
Lenka Dobešová @story.of.the.wildflowers
Abi Coop @abicoop28
Mariah Edin @mariahfotografi
Christina Balk @copperandpinestudio
Carol Ann Ryan @carol_ann_ryan_photography
Pam Gosenheimer @pam_gosenheimer
Kate Steele @katesteelephoto
Congratulations to all our featured artists! See below for information on the February 2026 Challenge!
The Theme for February 2026 is CONNECTION!
It's easy to enter the February Challenge! Simply post an image on your personal Instagram account pertaining to the theme and then follow the below instructions.
THEME: CONNECTION
WHEN: February 1-28
PRIZE: $20 Gift Card to The Framed Focus shop
INSTRUCTIONS:
Post an image on your personal Instagram account pertaining to the theme. (Tagging older images is allowed as well!)
Tag your entry post on Instagram with #tff_connection, or add your entry to the photo dump in our FB group!
Like and save this post on Instagram.
Follow @theframedfocus on Instagram.
Tag a friend in comments on the contest post on Instagram.
Share the challenge post to your Instagram stories.
Enter as many times as you’d like!
We will be choosing a winner after the challenge closes and then blogging the winner and the runners-up features.
We can't wait to see all your submissions!
