Due to the May bank holiday in the UK we’ve been collecting great images for 2 weeks now ready for a bumper edition of our pictures of the week blog…

Why we think this is great: Healthy and green living is a continuing lifestyle trend that’s working it’s way into stock photography.

Why we think this is great: Gender equality is a continuing stock photography trend. Images of men taking on more stereotypical ‘female’ tasks in the house, woman in high powered roles as well as women in stereotypical ‘mens’ roles e.g a mechanic, are all shots that are needed and are growing in popularity.

Why we think this is great: Images with a pastel colour palette are trending within stock photography this year. The pastel colour of the houses in this travel image not only create a beautiful shot but also mean the image is on trend.
![Clark's anemonefish [Amphiprion clarkii]. Ambon, Indonesia.](/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MMBP8D-1024x680.jpg)
Why we think this is great: We’re in need more high quality underwater imagery so we were super excited when we saw this submission come in. The analogous colour harmony used here creates an image very pleasing to the eye.

Why we think this is great: Authentic images of people actually eating are a current , think real and messy. Make sure you let us know if you upload any images to fill this gap.
If 5 images aren’t enough you can view a bunch of great images submitted in the last week here. Motivated to get uploading this week? If you submit any images you think would be perfect candidates for our next ‘Pictures of the Week’ post, tweet the image refs to @17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏßContent with the hashtag #17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏßPOTW and we’ll consider them for the feature.