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This week's theme is another of the basic elements of photography: Texture
Textures are details that visually describe how something physically feels. Textures can be smooth, rough, and anything else your hand feels when it touches a surface. Depth of field, contrast and pattern all combine to create texture in photographs.
There is an endless range of subjects from macro to landscape: sand timber, skin, fur, leaves, rippled water or clouds. And don't forget smooth surfaces like metal or glass.
It is also possible to add a textured layer to a photograph to create a particular mood.
Helpful Links
1 What is texture in photography?
https://expertphotography.com/texture-in-photography/
2 Guide to texture in Photography
https://www.photoworkout.com/textures-in-photography/
3 How to photograph texture
https://shotkit.com/texture-photography/
4 Youtube Video on texture ideas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzu5e0pQc9I
Upcoming themes
- Weather
- Shallow DoF
- Night Time
What is Flickr Theme of the Week?
This is not a competition rather an opportunity to learn a bit about an area of photography or try a different type of photography. The photo selected each week can be picked because it's technically excellent or equally because it's unusual, funny, creative or thought-provoking.
To enter your shots just upload from your Flickr page to the OffShoot Flickr page before 7 PM the following Friday. Please title your shot with the theme of the week + your own title.
Wishing you an enjoyable and educational 2022 from the Flickr theme pickers.
For those who may not have engaged with this yet here's how it works. Each week a theme/topic is set.
During the week you shoot or process an image in that theme. and load it on the Flickr site. One image will be selected as the "theme pic of the week" and published in the following week's newsletter.
Why bother? The theme pic gives you an opportunity to explore and try out many different styles and types of photography. It increases the variety of images on our site and is an excellent opportunity to expand your creativity and photography skills and you get your picture in the weekly newsletter! |
