A complete guide to creating and using layers from real-world things to add custom creative looks to your photography.
Texture layers are photos that are normally blended with other images as part of a composite rather than being used on their own. They can be color, monochrome, detailed, or blurred. The idea is simply to add an extra level of interest to a picture. In this guide, we will look at various ways of collecting and using texture layers for your photography projects.
You could also use the “blend if” sliders to manually mask out the brighter/darker areas of your texture, or a mixture of opacity and manual masking to keep it from affecting the entire picture. So, how can you find your own textures to photograph? Essentially, what you are normally looking for is what antique dealers and salvage dealers would call a “patina”. This is a slightly rough, worn look that you find especially on old items where the surfaces are no longer even and smooth. It could be rust, mold, rot, chipped paint, dirt, or all kinds of things. We want surfaces that have some interest to them, not plain or even colored.
Some modern, relatively cheap tiles can also make good subjects as they might have faked patina or printed patterns on them that can be effective. If you can see that it is a printed pattern then consider using blur so that the details aren’t as obvious. Finding these kinds of textures can be fun. Think about the sort of places that might have objects with wear and tear, giving them character. You might be able to use large areas such as a whole wall as well as small details photographed close-up. I generally tend to use a 50mm or 105mm macro lens for this kind of thing. But if you find that you have a go-to focal length for most of your shots then it may be a good idea to use that same focal length when capturing textures.
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