Wednesday 6 May 2009

Texture

Side Lit

Texture always has appeal in a photograph. Perhaps we enjoy the slight visual tension between the texture we can clearly see and the flatness of the paper or screen. Whatever it is, texture is appealing enough to make a whole photograph with no other elements.

To maximise the visibility of texture, always try to capture the textured surface with the light as close as possible to parallel to the surface. A setting or rising sun may give you this light or even -- as here -- a midday one.

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