Texture can be a photographer’s dream as it adds to the composition of an image. Since photography is a visual medium, being able to capture texture is a skill. A variety of textures in a photograph can invoke all of our senses.
“One of the first things to consider when photographing texture is that the beauty is in the details.”
~ Jeff Guyer
Creature Textures
“A sense of beauty, perception, and the mathematical universe are all part of the same texture.” ~ Neeti Sinha
The soft textures of a female purple finch.
An odd juxtaposition of textures in my parents’ Payson, Arizona neighborhood.
Although I miss Aero and shared his memory last week, I must give Brodie some air time. His curly brown coat is full of texture.
Textures in Landscapes
“Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things – the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the exhilarating experience of open space.”
~ Susan Orlean
Sadly an inevitable California wildfire changed the texture of this area of the Sierra Nevada foothills just a quarter mile from where my dad lived.
I couldn’t resist reposting this October moon for Denzil’s nature challenge. Lots of texture, right?
Nature’s Textures
“The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and space, pattern and texture, motion and mood, everything except composition.” — Andreas Feininger
Textures in photography feed our tactile perceptions. Even random weeds drying on the roadside have an interesting texture.
Nothing says Autumn more than a display of gourds.
Handmade Textures
Marsha at Always Write shared the theme of “rustic” and “weathered” for Wednesday Quotes last week. Capturing these elements in photography helps create textures for compelling images.
“Hygge is humble and slow, plain and simple. It is choosing rustic over new…”
― Meik Wiking
Autumn decor allows for a cozy mix of textures.
A local elementary school decorated with a variety of textured flags.
“The past becomes a texture, an ambience to our present.”
~ Paul Scott
Inspiring Photo Challenges This Week
Each week I find inspiration from my fellow bloggers’ photo challenges. I enjoy incorporating these into my Sunday Stills weekly themes. I might have outdone myself this time 😊
- BushBoy’s Last on the Card
- Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: Macro
- Dawn’s Festival of Leaves
- Denzil’s Nature Photo Challenge: Moon
- Johnbo’s CellPic Sunday
- Lens-Artists: On Display
- Marsha’s Wednesday Quotes: Weathered and Rustic
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders
The Sunday Stills weekly-themed photo challenge is easy to join. You have all week to share and link your post.
- Remember to title your blog post a little differently than mine.
- Please create a new post for the theme or link a recent one.
- Entries for this theme can be posted all week.
- Tag your post “Sunday Stills.”
- Don’t forget to create a pingback to this post so that other participants can read your post.
- I also recommend adding your post’s URL to the comments.
This Week’s Featured Bloggers
Sunday Stills is a wonderful community of bloggers, poets, and photographers who desire to connect with one another. Below are this week’s links from bloggers who shared their photos of TEXTURES. I add these all week as new links are posted.
- YOUR BLOG’S NAME GOES HERE…
- Always Write
- Anita’s Hope
- Between the Lines
- Bushboys World
- Cats and Trails and Garden Tails
- Cee’s Photo Challenges
- The Day After
- Deb’s World
- Graham’s Island
- Green Dreams
- Hugh’s Views and News
- Kamerapromenader
- LadyLee Manila
- Light Words
- Picture Retirement
- Quaint Revival
- Retirementally Challenged
- Roberta Writes
- Slow Shutter Speed
- This is Another Story
- Tranature
- Travels and Trifles
- Travel with Me
- Wind Kisses
- Woolly Muses
Come back and join me next week for the October Monthly Color Challenge when we look at colors of black, metallic, and/or seasonal black and white images.
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