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40 Terrific Photographic Textures

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Josh Johnson
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Photography forces us to look at the world in a different way. Texture itself can become the subject in a photograph or it can provide a description of how something might feel. Normally, we describe texture by how something feels to our sense of touch but in a photograph the texture has to appear to leap out and appear as if one could touch it. Strong textures make the subject in an image tactile and tangible.

Try using lenses that have a close focusing abilities, such as macro lenses, to allow you to get in close and fill the frame. Look for light raking across the surface of an object to highlight the textural details. Enjoy this diverse collection of 100 texture photographs, and be inspired to shoot some of your own!

duiceburger

duiceburger textureduiceburger textureduiceburger texture

Pink Sherbet Photography

Pink Sherbet texturePink Sherbet texturePink Sherbet texture

Eddi 07

eddi 07 textureeddi 07 textureeddi 07 texture

Eddi 07

eddi 07 second textureeddi 07 second textureeddi 07 second texture

tassiesim

tassiesim texturetassiesim texturetassiesim texture

shallowend

shallowend textureshallowend textureshallowend texture

chiaralily

chiaralily texturechiaralily texturechiaralily texture

Darrren Hester

Darren Hester textureDarren Hester textureDarren Hester texture

Eddi 07

eddi 07 texture 3eddi 07 texture 3eddi 07 texture 3

Just.N8

Just.N8 textureJust.N8 textureJust.N8 texture

JoesSistah...

Joessistah textureJoessistah textureJoessistah texture

Anita363

Anita363 textureAnita363 textureAnita363 texture

ecstaticist

ecstaticist textureecstaticist textureecstaticist texture

Abby Lanes

Abby Lanes textureAbby Lanes textureAbby Lanes texture

Just.N8

Just.N8 texture 2Just.N8 texture 2Just.N8 texture 2

fangleman

Fangleman textureFangleman textureFangleman texture

Mr. Greenjeans

Mr Greenjeans textureMr Greenjeans textureMr Greenjeans texture

† David Gunter

David Gunter textureDavid Gunter textureDavid Gunter texture

~K~

K textureK textureK texture

net_efekt

net efekt texturenet efekt texturenet efekt texture

cobalt123

cobalt123 texturecobalt123 texturecobalt123 texture

Mathieu Péborde

Mathieu Peborde textureMathieu Peborde textureMathieu Peborde texture

cwalker71

cwalker71 texturecwalker71 texturecwalker71 texture

net_efekt

net efekt texture 2net efekt texture 2net efekt texture 2

Left Coast Bound

Left Coast Bound textureLeft Coast Bound textureLeft Coast Bound texture

Martin_Heigan

Martin Heigan textureMartin Heigan textureMartin Heigan texture

JFabra

JFabra textureJFabra textureJFabra texture

Tambako the Jaguar

Tambako the Jaguar textureTambako the Jaguar textureTambako the Jaguar texture

árticotropical

articotropical texturearticotropical texturearticotropical texture

DigitalLyte

DigitalLyte textureDigitalLyte textureDigitalLyte texture

GrungeTextures

GrungeTexturesGrungeTexturesGrungeTextures

rubyblossom

rubyblossom texturerubyblossom texturerubyblossom texture

art_es_anna

art es anna textureart es anna textureart es anna texture

Abby Lanes

Abby Lanes texture 2Abby Lanes texture 2Abby Lanes texture 2

Magnera

Magnera textureMagnera textureMagnera texture

*Melody*

Melody textureMelody textureMelody texture

Sarah Hall Photography (~Teewinot~)

Sarah Hall textureSarah Hall textureSarah Hall texture

nyker99

nyker99 texturenyker99 texturenyker99 texture

Mark Cummins

Mark Cummins textureMark Cummins textureMark Cummins texture

GrungeTextures

GrungeTextures 2GrungeTextures 2GrungeTextures 2

Share Your Textures!

Have you taken any texture shots that you're proud of? Feel free to share them with everyone else in the comments!

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Josh Johnson
Josh Johnson
Equal parts editor, writer, designer, & photographer. I work for Envato and have written tons of stuff for Design Shack.
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