By ladytruckview on Skatehive
This week the qurator’s contest theme is “red.” So I went through my portfolio and started thinking about which photos I could choose and which ones would fit this theme best. Flowers seemed a bit too common to me, so I decided to go in a slightly different direction. I thought it would be a good opportunity to show you my textures. As a stock photographer I sometimes experiment with different kinds of images. Often it’s also a way to rescue photos that didn’t turn out well — for example those that are out of focus or blurred. This mainly applies to nature photography, because those kinds of images are the easiest to transform. I use a lot of sliders in Lightroom to achieve a more unnatural look, creating something like abstract nature. You might ask — what is the point of something like green mushrooms or blue wood? Well, textures like these are widely used by graphic designers and artists. They often serve as backgrounds for various creative projects and actually have many different