What is texture in photography? If you imagine reaching out, closing your eyes, and touching a photo, texture is how it would feel in three dimensions. Sand might feel smooth and granular. Water could be smooth and cool, or it could be rough and sharp (if it's frozen). You can capture the essence of a subject by focusing on its texture.
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Assignment 1: Skills Exercise
In this skills building exercise you will take 6 photographs that demonstrate 6 different textures. You will learn how to capture texture by training your eyes to see texture and fill the frame of your photograph with texture for strong visual impact. Your photograph will clearly be texture.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Take 6 photographs of 6 different textures by a. revealing the texture detail
b. Use light to enhance the texture
c. Include a contrasting texture
2. Publish the 6 photos to your Weebly website. Label this assignment Texture Skills Exercise.
3. Caption your favorite texture photograph and describe why it is your favorite.
Assignment 2: Texture and Narrative
Objective: In this assignment you have two objectives, texture and narrative. You will continue to photograph texture, adding context. give your texture some context using the wider surroundings. This can help you to tell a better story with your texture images.e is to create a narrative (tell a story). Take 2 photographs (one close-up texture and one narrative with texture) of 4 different objects. You will have a total of eight photographs, two for each texture.
Instructions:
Take photographs - Take two photographs each of 4 different objects with different textures. The first photograph will be a close-up shot that focuses on just the texture, like last week's assignment. The texture should be the focal point, in an abstract manner. The second photograph will be the same texture, but should include more information in the shot. You're trying to create a narrative or story. Texture is the focal point, but by including depth or objects you can start to communicate more than just texture and form a narrative.
Post to Weebly - Post your photographs to your Depth and Dimension page on Weebly.
Write Descriptions - Describe how the second photo in the series of two photos demonstrates depth. Also describe how the second photo tells a story.
Here are some examples:
Photo 2: Here is the same texture, but I backed away from the object to include more information.
Texture is still important, but there are more details. The focal point is now the texture on the sneaker. Someone is wearing the sneaker. It looks like someone is walking on a piece of wood or wood floor. This photograph tells a story. |
Photo 2: Here is the same texture, but I backed away from the object to include more information. Texture is still important, but it's one part of the whole story. The focal point is now the texture on a fence post. Where is this fence post? At a school or other red brick building surrounded by trees. This photo communicates more than texture. This is a narrative.
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Examples 3 & 4