Shutter Sisters

texture love

By

mouse over to see the before texture photo

I ♥ textures.  You may already know that. 🙂 I will never forget the first time I placed a texture on a photo….changed the blend mode… and poof…  MAD LOVE! I find the process completely magical.

How bout you?  Have you been bitten by the texture bug? Have you tried? Honestly.. it’s so much fun! 

If the whole process is completely new to you…. check out these tutorials on my site. And here’s a little texture gift for you as well.  Just a little something to get your started.  Maybe today’s the day!

Share your textured fav with us… We’d love to see….

Comments

  9. Oh Kim!!!!! Thank you for sharing the lovely texture, the tutorial, and your beautiful image!!!! I can't wait to see the videol!

    I ((love)) texture, and have been putting in a layer of texture into many of my images this past year. Here is an example:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/crunchyfootsteps/5369931321/in/set-72157622007173073/

    Also, I would like to share a texture with all of you- it's a handmade paper texture- if you like it, just download it off of my Flickr:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/crunchyfootsteps/5496586249/

    It's about 9MB, 300 dpi.

    Have a great day, All!

  16. When I first began to get "serious" about photography, I was a real purist, all about color, clarity, sharpness. Then I discovered Shutter Sisters, then you, Kim, and lately Bliss and Folly. I began to drool over textures. Here's one of my recent photos with a Kim Klassen texture:

    http://www.camperky.com/2011/02/tea-time.html

    Also, love the freebie texture you've attached!!

  17. You're right…maybe today is the day! I am so new to photoshop that I have not given it a try. But I love so much of what can be made using them, so I need to dive in! Thanks for the free texture and the tutorial!

  20. well, you are the queen of textures, kim!
    i never got too into them until i met you.
    you make purists and players alike want to play with textures!

    thank you for the freebie!… so nice of you!
    can't wait to experiment with it.

  42. you know that your textures and your FABULOUS classes have changed my photography and my life, Kim…thanks for the huge gift (and for your friendship!) xxo Denise

  43. Oo thank you very much for this beautiful texture!!! I'm a very big texture lover, too!! I love to play with them and test how they change my photos. It's so fun!!!
    This one I edited as well with a texture as I wanted to create a more magical feeling and give the boring background an extra touch: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stepko/5083777595/
    And for the photos in this thread I used the texture as a background…I like it as the color fits so perfectly to my Gadmo…
    http://photosbystepko.blogspot.com/2011/02/moss-gadmo.html
    Now I will visit your photos and aww about them!!! wow!!
    Have a great weekend all together!!

  54. Love love love your textures, Kim. They have changed my life for the better. =) Thank you for being so generous and sharing your freebies with us! Here are a few of yours that I've been playing with lately – http://vignettesphotography.blogspot.com/2011/01/vintage-light-vignettes-photography.html
    and
    http://vignettesphotography.blogspot.com/2011/01/until-next-year-vignettes-photography.html
    and
    http://vignettesphotography.blogspot.com/2011/02/orange-springs-color-vignettes.html.

    Thanks, Kim!!