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Free Texture Friday – Concrete 2
Today I’ve got a highly useful set of concrete textures. These were shot in an empty fountain at the local zoo, I’m so glad the weather is nice and I can get out to shoot textures again. I hope you find some good uses for them, enjoy!
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Inspiring Dynamic Portrait Photographs
For portrait photography, the most important aspect is effective capturing the essence of the person. Every person on this planet is unique in appearance, thoughts, talents, interests, hobbies and personality, and photography can capture the essence of a person when done properly. Props or specialized environments can be used, but some of the best portrait…
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The Photography of Desert Life
Deserts have often been considered uninhabitable wasteland, and with concerns over global warming and climate change, environmentalists worry that more of the Earth’s surface could become arid and barren. However, for centuries, groups have managed to survive in the desert, and some cultures have even thrived depending on their location. However, because desert life tends…
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Free Texture Friday – Grunge Wood
Today I’ve got a set of dirty, grungy wood textures for you. They were created by overlaying grunge textures on top of wood images in photoshop. These will work perfect for web backgrounds or for adding some unique grunge to your designs. Enjoy!
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The Diverse Beauty of Coral Reef Photography
Coral reefs are a veritable Eden, with wide varieties of life that aren’t seen elsewhere on the planet. With the slow changes of Earth’s climate, many areas of reefs are being eliminated, so humans are building artificial reefs using sunken ships and other objects. If you get a chance to go diving or snorkeling near…
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Majestic Cityscape Photographs
Cities and metropolises have an energy about them, emanating from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Some cities are futuristic marvels of engineering, while others are remnants of the past, repopulated with modern society. Still others have a thick layering of the ages, ranging from antiquity to modern. For cityscape photography, there are plenty…
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Free Texture Friday – Metal
Today I have an assortment of metal textures that I’ve captured over the years. I hope you can find a good way to put them to use! If you guys have any requests for future packs just leave me a comment with some ideas, thanks.
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Captivating Footprint Photographs
One of the ways to make your photographs more interesting is to use them to tell a story, narrative or express an idea through them. Because a photograph is a still image, other elements must give a sense of progression of time, or of motion, and footprints are a great way to illustrate a story through…
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Examples of Light Painting in Photography
Light painting is a wicked cool technique in photography, where you can set a long exposure, and then using a glowstick, flashlight, or other light source, you can move the light in various ways to create painted effects. Although the technique is a bit tricky to balance the contrast, shutter speed, focal length and other…
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Free Texture Friday – Colorful Grunge
This week I have a beautiful set of colorful grunge textures for you. These were created in Photoshop by combining many different texture images together in various blending layers. I then found a colorful photograph that I liked and overlayed it over the textures, blurred it using the gaussian blur filter and set the layer…
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Examples of Textures in Computer Graphics
Over the past few months, StockVault has posted a number of free textures and resources, and additionally some examples of when and how to use textures in the various artistic fields. Textures are incredibly important in computer graphics, as the realism of the texture is what makes the environment look realistic. The way the light…
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Breathtaking Skydiving & Parachute Photos
Humanity has always wanted to conquer the skies. In Greek mythology, an Athenian craftsman named Daedalus fashioned a pair of wax wings for himself and his son, in order to be able to fly. Before taking off, Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too close to the sun, but Icarus ignored him, and the wings…
