Assignment #5: How can you feel TEXTURE when it's in a photograph?

What?  Feel texture in a photograph?  I can SEE the texture, and it looks so DIMENSIONAL…but how can I make the viewer actually FEEL it?

So that’s the challenge in this next assignment.  You now have proven you can compose like a pro – so what about the other areas you need to really think about in taking the leap from snap shot to art?  Here goes:

1.     Capture 5 images that show texture – make them DIFFERENT – not 5 in the same location.

2.     Make sure you are shooting on the manual mode (M) on your camera metering dial.  If you can’t get the settings right, what should you do  (hint…it involves your MANUAL – the instruction book…).

3.     Make a folder on the computer desktop and upload your images.  Label the folder “Texture 101”.

4.     Edit your images in Photoshop – this is the time to play around with the image adjustments drop down menu:  levels, curves, color balance, hue/saturation, brightness/contrast.  See what each of them actually does.  Remember to use Command J before you edit and save!

5.     Save each image as a jpeg and rename them so you know what they are.

6.     Post your two BEST captures on your blog and make sure you include your technical information (ISO, f-stop and shutter speed, camera mode).  This post is to be called Texture 101.

7.     Along with your images, find a capture that you think shows incredible texture and under your images post this.  Explain why you selected this image, what makes it texture-perfect and who the photographer is.

Dues date:  Friday, September 15, end of class