Great idea. Maybe I should try that with my Mum...

On second thoughts, I've got better chance of explaining it to my cat..

Don't forget to tag the photos with the topic you're shooting. Remember the goal is to try different photographic styles, topics or techniques each time.

i.e. I'd suggest that your swans and the dog are basically the same type of pic with different animals so they're not really two separate topics.

So come on folks, lets see you thinking outside the box a bit.

Take a look at my sample list above, let's have you try some styles/techniques that at OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE!

Catching up on some edits this weekend..

4/52 A little film noir 'narrative'. You can make your own story to go with the pic..


Untitled by Richard Olpin, on Flickr

Planning to go back and to a proper shoot for this in the future, but I thought I'd do a very quick 5 minute special effects test on a shot I did whilst out location scouting with Amy.. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1522/23962395864_4b22b42811_c.jpg 3/52 Special Effects (test) by Richard Olpin , on...

Hi Richard I have been asked to move a butterfly onto an angle in Lightroom. The direct rotation is to extreme. Can you move an item onto an angle without the use of the rotation left and right facility? Hope this makes sense! Thanks HS Not entirely sure I get what you mean. You can rotate to any a...

Come on then folks, the clue is in the title.. Ask me anything!

2/52 Negative Space (Magazine Crop)

Straight out of camera, only edited to resize/watermark.

I've just added a few more ideas to the list including different types of cropping and the use of negative space.

Does anybody else have any ideas we can add to the list?

Doe anyone fancy a little editing experiment/challenge? My proposal would be that one of us posts up an original RAW file (I'm happy to go first with one of mine) which I'll host on the server and we can all download it and have a crack at editing it then post the results up for others to compare an...