The illusion of tactile texture can bring realism and can help the viewer enter the image.  And this isn’t adding textures in post-production.  It’s about what textural qualities we are seeing.

Surface texture changes with light.  As lighting moves and changes, you can emphasize or minimize the textures that you see through the lens.  Sometimes you want things or people (say for example a bride) to be all soft and pretty; sometimes you want them warts and all.  Watch where the natural light source is coming from (or direct it if you bring your own lighting with you).  Use light to enhance a surface quality or to underplay it.

Have you taken the same frame during different times of day?  How has the texture you see changed?  How do you use midday sunlight that exaggerates all textures? Can people really look good in the cold light of day?  Let’s see some examples!

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