Texture:
Texture is one of the most over looked elements in photography, even though it is very important and if used correctly can convey emotion and depth in an image.
wiki: In the visual arts, texture is the perceived surface quality of a work of art. It is an element of two-dimensional and three-dimensional design and is distinguished by its perceived visual and physical properties. Use of texture, along with other elements of design, can convey a variety of messages and emotions.
Tactile texture is what we feel, it is three dimensional and we can touch to feel the texture of that given object.
Visual texture is the illusion of a texture in something we see. Its what tactile texture looks like on a two dimensional level. (sounds like a script from red dwarf!)
How do we see texture??? We can feel texture but how do you show the texture of an object/s in your photographs/image?
The answer is light!!! All surfaces have either light absorbing or light reflecting qualities or both, this creates a PATTERN (we will come to that later), so therefore creating the appearance of texture. The next step after understanding why is how to create texture by using correcting lighting and camera angles
Texture is made more visible with the use of side-lighting, which will create shadows on a surface in proportion to its roughness, so you can get excellent textures during dawn and dusk when the lights are low and angled.
Midday sun is also good for enhancing texture on certain objects such as brick works, tree trunks etc.
Tactile Textures by Wooblet Deviant Art
This image above is a perfect example of tactile texture. The lighting which appears to be coming from the top left highlights the patterns and texture of both the leaf and ladybug. As I mentioned earlier, all objects carry light absorbing and light reflecting qualities, this image portrays the both. The light reflecting off the ladybug portrays visually that the bug is smooth to touch, the light reflecting and absorbing on the different levels of surfaces on the leaf highlight the fluffiness and where the veins have more shadow portrays to the viewer that those veins are more prominent that the lighter ones.
If this image was taken completely in a shadow with an overcast light it would be very hard for the viewer to pick up on all of these different textures.
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| Vincent Van Gogh Room of Arles |
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| Roy Lichtensteins version |
I thought these two images would be an excellent example of how you can create tactile texture in different ways. Although this is art, you would use the same principle in photography also.
Pattern
Pattern is all of the above elements.....Patterns, both natural and man-made. They create rythmn. Patterns appear whenever strong graphic elements—lines, colours, shapes, or forms—repeat themselves.
Since researching the visual elements of photography I'm seeing them everywhere, for example patterns...brick walls, pavements, symetrical windows on buildings, patterns on birds wings, butterflies wings etc...
Lighting is another key factor again. For example, the image below on a dull overcast day would appear flat and you would be unable to see the pattern created by the plowed furrows of the field, my mate Rob a farmer gave me this one as an example!
The key to highlighting a pattern in an image is to isolate it from its surroundings, zooming in on the key patterns can create an amazing image at times.
For eg. If I was to take a photograph of the whole building from a distance, the viewer would take the whole size and structure of the building into consideration Since I zoomed straight in, the viewer is left to appreciate the patterns only.
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by ME
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