Textures
This week, your photo assignment is to shoot 10 texture photos. What are textures? Textures are surfaces or objects that have a distinct feel to them. Every object or surface has some sort of texture, but the trick is to take pictures of textures that you can see and feel even in pictures. For example, glass has a texture, but it doesn't really show up on a picture. On the other hand, a brick wall has a texture that you can even see and "feel" in a picture, especially if light is shinning across it.
Take a look at the photos below. They are all textures that students have shot. I don't want you to just replicate these shots and steal their ideas, but maybe they can help you to think of your own great texture idea.
Take a look at the photos below. They are all textures that students have shot. I don't want you to just replicate these shots and steal their ideas, but maybe they can help you to think of your own great texture idea.
I don't want to give you too many examples because I want you to come up with your own ideas. At least the ideas above should give you some perspective on what I want you to do.
To help you to shoot better textures, I have a video below describing some techniques for creating better texture pictures. In the video I use two web pages as a reference. The first describes how light effects textures and the second is 10 tips for get good textures. The 10 tips are skewed in the direction of composing textures to sell to graphics artists,so some don't apply as well, but you can still get something out of it.
To help you to shoot better textures, I have a video below describing some techniques for creating better texture pictures. In the video I use two web pages as a reference. The first describes how light effects textures and the second is 10 tips for get good textures. The 10 tips are skewed in the direction of composing textures to sell to graphics artists,so some don't apply as well, but you can still get something out of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMR3tUiE0Yc
If you have completed and turned in the camera form, you are welcome to use our cameras. I really encourage each of you to get that form signed and bring it in. You have expensive cameras available to you and I would love to see you use them! Take advantage of it, it's not often that someone is going to just hand you an expensive SLR and tell you to go have fun and play with it.
If you have completed and turned in the camera form, you are welcome to use our cameras. I really encourage each of you to get that form signed and bring it in. You have expensive cameras available to you and I would love to see you use them! Take advantage of it, it's not often that someone is going to just hand you an expensive SLR and tell you to go have fun and play with it.