Textures

1.What is texture? Dictionary defines texture as ‘the way a surface, substance or piece of cloth feels when you touch it, for example how rough, smooth, hard or soft it is’.

2.How does shooting texture take photography one step further? Shooting textures takes the challenge one step further: conveying to the viewer not only how something looks, but also how it feels to the touch. A great texture shot reaches out and grabs you.

3. What is the bonus of photographing bricks?Bricks often have the added bonus of creating patterns and symmetrical shapes.

4.Name one plant texture you can photograph, explain Why the texture is interesting? Great textural opportunities in nature. Tree bark may be glossily smooth or dry, peeling and rough. Leaves can be veined, spiky, succulent. A walk in the park or a simple stroll along your street and you are sure to come across an interesting specimen or two which grabs the eye of your camera.

5.What is one touchable quality of paint? A shiny new coat of paint on a windowsill, an old peeling fence or a thickly layered oil painting all invite the lens forward to reproduce their touchable qualities.

6.Why does stone lend itself to texture studies? Stone lends itself well to the study of texture, both in nature and in more urban settings. The glossy marble interior of the skilfully crafted contours of an architectural masterpiece remind that stone can also be one of the biggest textures we might choose to photograph.

7.What are some aspects of wood that are interesting? Every stage from forest to finished product presents a new opportunity: twisted roots, roughly chopped fire piles, shavings and splinters in the carpenter’s yard, smoothly sanded new grain, visible gnarls and knots, a slickly varnished chair leg there’s never an uninspired photographer around wood.

8.list three fabrics you can photograph here at school? Crisp cotton, carpet, and wool

9.:List 1 quality that rope has. Where can rope be found in the school? the many different sizes of rope offer the photographer the chance to move in close and grab that macro texture shot. Rope can be found in the gym of schools.

10.Why is metal a good material to photograph? Smooth, cool and reflective, rusty, tarnished and dull, metal easily gives up its age and provides the photographer with another great texture to work on.