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It might be an interesting idea to deliberately work with the flaws in our normal imaging systems - flare, dirty lenses, out of focus, distortion, exaggerated perspective, areas that have been driven to pure white or complete black, super low contrast or almost two tone.
Can you think of a project in which you might take advantage of one or more of these normally avoided flaws? Hmmm?
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I've done this several times. One of my favorite engagement photos came from a recent shoot. Composition was terrific, light was great--but it was a soft image. Ordinarily I'd pitch it, but for some reason it stayed in the catalogue. Rather than dumping it, I made the soft shot even softer and added to its romance creating a keeper.
I've also used flare (sometimes intentionally) as a creative element, and have saved lousy shots IF they contained material in the form of an element that could be used in another context, e.g. nice sky, etc.
Lens flare I have learnt to use as creative means to show the intensity of the light, especially sun light. And since a long time I don't fear any more to include the sun in a backlight shot - see http://markus-spring.info/wp/2009/08/old-style-merry-go-round/. And when I do this, f22 can create a nice star effect without any creative filter or so.
For a long time I was obsessed with sharpness in my images, and only slowly slowly I can let go and value an image even if it's not tack sharp. Here it depends very much on the mood I see in a scenery. And I have seen convincing examples of defocused images, like Jeri Eisenberg's "Red Maples 'object'"
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