Hidden Textures

After

Good things come in threes. At least, that's how it works in my art life. I love using the same technique or "system" to get a different result. I love how there's so much possibility. I take the same photograph and redraw, the same set of data and recompute, or the same camera settings and reshoot. Every time the result is different. Today I've been studying textures. These textures can't be seen by the ordinary eye, but they can be captured in a camera lens. The textures revealed in post-production are fantastic. To give you an idea of the difference I've included a before and after photograph of a penny on concrete. I think you'll agree the difference is astounding.

Before

So, for the good things that come in threes, here are three images I took on a walk. As I was walking down the path I took three photographs at different areas - these photographs include weeds, rocks, gravel, and maybe a glimpse of a paved path. I love the variety of colors that come alive in this process. Each photograph was taken while I was moving past the subject but the subject remained stationary. This made the resulting photograph very unpredictable, and because I had very little control over the photograph when it was taken I got to choose which areas of the photograph to emphasize or diminish in the final version. It was a super, super fun process.

I was going to name these photographs and then realized that they are so open for interpretation I dare not give them a name based on what I see in the image. And lest I sway what you see in the images, I will simply call them what they are - Texture Studies. I would love to hear what you think about these or which one is your favorite and why!

Texture Study 1

Texture Study 2

Texture Study 3