I just thought I would share a photo that I did using a texture that I found on Flickr. Flickr has thousands of free textures for download. I haven’t even seen all the textures available. When you get to flickr, just type in free textures and start browsing. Anyway, so I found this photo in my August files and decided to see what I could do with it. I coverted it to black and white using the Gradient Map and then adjusted the curves to give the photo a little more contrast. Then I applied this texture over it and adjusted the opacity a bit. I also used the eraser tool to take away a little of the texture over her face, as I didn’t want her face to be completely covered.
Textured words used from Peppermint Creative
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Very nice! My favorite is the one with the musical texture and the sweet little grin.
By: Julie McLeod on October 10, 2008
at 9:20 am
Isn’t it fun to play! I’m really liking the musical texture and the old style.
By: Vinnie on October 10, 2008
at 10:35 am
Julie these are stunning shots of Emmalie. When she grows up I know that she is going to treasure all of the wonderfully amazing shots you took of her through her life. I hope they are all burned on CDs safely!
The textures you found are just wonderful. I think I’m a texture addict. I hope it never goes out of style!
The 3rd photo is so neat and the music notes are wonderful! You’ll have to use that one w/ Bri as well since she loves to sing.
By: JRP on October 10, 2008
at 7:48 pm
I love playing with textures! I am pretty sure the 3rd and 6th one would have to be printed BIG and hung in my house if that were my little one. Beautiful stuff!
By: Anna on October 10, 2008
at 9:34 pm
Some how I missed this post. You KNOW what a texture freak I am. This series is especially awesome. Like many of the others, I love the music texture — but all are terrific.
By: suehenryphotography on October 13, 2008
at 10:20 am