Archive for September 11th, 2008

Photographing Textures

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

When I started taking photography classes, one of the first assignments was to photograph texture. It’s an interesting ’subject’, as texture is usually associated with touch. There are all sorts of great texture photos out there. One of my favourites is a photo of rippling sand in the desert at sunset. I’m not sure who the photographer is, but it’s a great photo.

I haven’t consciously photographed texture in years, but was recently inspired. Here is one of a ceiling in a hotel - I loved the way the light came through the design - it’s almost enough to hypnotise…

Photograph of Textures in Pattern

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