Feature: DPS article with 10 tips for shooting graphic textures

Posted by Vincent on May 5, 2009 in Inspiration | 2 comments

Digital Photography School, one of the biggest blogs about photography, has a great article with 10 tips for shooting graphic textures. This is a must read for all aspiring texture photographers, if they want to find out, how they can achieve better results. Visit the article here! Earlier, I also wrote 2 articles about how to take your textures to the next...

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High resolution texture round-up for february

Posted by Vincent on Feb 17, 2009 in Inspiration | 0 comments

High resolution texture round-up for february

Over the last 2-3 weeks, lots of different articles about and collections with various high resolution textures have been published all over the design community. In this post, I would like to present the most important ones, in order to make sure that you don’t miss any of the action. So let’s get right to it: Launch of Seamlesstextures.net Fellow...

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A new experiment: applying the HDR technique to textures

Posted by Vincent on Sep 4, 2008 in Inspiration | 4 comments

A new experiment: applying the HDR technique to textures

Lately, I have been a little obsessed with HDR photography. Especially the work of Trey Ratcliff is breathtaking and he also has a very good tutorial on his blog “Stuck in Customs”, where he covers the ins and outs of the HDR technique. Inspired by all this, I thought that I could try and apply this special technique to my textures. And this is what...

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Great locations for taking texture photographs

Posted by Vincent on Jul 29, 2008 in Inspiration | 2 comments

Great locations for taking texture photographs

Today, I would like to share a few locations, which I think are great for texture photography. Natural textures Picture taken by g.naharro From personal experience, the most productive photography sessions I had so far, took place in the forest. Most of the times, you have a great variety of bark due to the diversity of the trees. Next to that, if you are in a...

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Please share your designs with the crowd!

Posted by Vincent on Jul 24, 2008 in Inspiration | 6 comments

It’s been almost 2 months now, that I am supplying my readership with all kinds of textures. Apart from Lawrence, who told me that he used one of the textures in one of his wedding photo books for a client, I have no clue what you guys are doing with all the images. However, I would love to see some samples of your work, so if you made something creative...

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Streetart: hrt graffiti pack

Posted by Vincent on Jul 11, 2008 in Inspiration | 0 comments

Streetart: hrt graffiti pack

These pictures probably don’t qualify as normal textures, but I wanted to share this nice streetart anyways. All photos have been taken at the Landbouwbelang, an old warehouse building in Maastricht, which functions as a cultural center and hosts some exhibitions and other art events from time to time. I hope you enjoy these 10 high resolution...

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