Defining Texture

Dictionary Definition: The feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance.

rough, soft, smooth, silky, scratchy, bumpy, uneven

A lot of texture photography is edited to be black and white, like this image. This is because the tones and contrast can be seen more clearly, and these things are needed in a picture for the texture to be visible.

On the other hand, this picture is in colour, however the texture can still be seen because of the highlights and shadows which create tone and contrast in the image. As well as this, the picture has also been taken very close up so it is the texture of the flower that we focus on.

It is less common to see photos of texture that are shown as a landscape like this. Most are taken close up so that the texture can be seen clearly and is what we focus on. Despite this, this image still clearly shows texture because the white sand contrasts a lot against the blue background, and it also takes up a lot of the frame so it is what we look at first.

this photo has been edited to have a higher contrast so that we can clearly see the different tones in the wood, making the texture of is more emphasised. Contrast and tone are always needed to make the texture of something in a picture more apparent. 

My Definition of texture: The feel and appearance of an object.