12 Ways to Add Randomness and Creativity to Your Photography

Darren, over at Digital Photo School, has penned this tutorial about taking chances and adding some originality through randomness. This is a technique I recommend to students on our Intermediate Photography course as a way of exploring creative potential.

“One of the wonderful things about digital photography is the creativity that you can engage in once you’ve got your image on your computer and in Photoshop. All kinds of effects can be achieved to make your shots look any number of ways.

But what about in-camera techniques for more creative and artistic shots? Here are twelve fun in-camera hacks to experiment with to get more abstract and artistic shots”

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Sharpening the Way You Like It: Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure

I have been trying to understand the Detail module and particulary the Sharpen part in Lightroom. I wondered if it was like unsharp mask in PS where my standard sharpening is about 100% at a Radius of 1. This did seem to produce a bit too much sharpness. So I went looking for help and found this excellent article/tutorial. It seems sharpening in Lightroom depends on whether you shoot RAW or jpeg and the size of the sensor in your camera. I shoot with a full frame sensor so this has an impact on how and when I sharpen.

If you use Lightroom it is worth understanding what is going on in the sharpen module and making adjustments to suit your tastes.

This tutorial by Mikkel Aaland seems to explain it all so go and have a look. If you prefer there is a book you can buy Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure