This month our food photography challenge in the fabulous group of food photographers in The Inspired Plate group was to add a texture to your food photography photo. Okay, I do this sometimes. Usually to photos shot outdoors though, not sure why those photos call me to add a texture more than photos shot inside.
![texture-on-wine-8937 fall wine photo](http://kaypickens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/texture-on-wine-8937.jpg)
I usually like a very subtle use of texture. On this Yuengling Beer photo at the beach, I wanted the background to fade away a bit and the overall tone be a bit warmer. A light use of texture (Pashmina from Florabella) helped with the mood. The original is on the left, the textured photo on the right.
![yuengling-before-after beer at the beach](http://kaypickens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/yuengling-before-after.jpg)
Different textures can provide different moods for the photo. The next photo has Chartreuse from Florabella applied using the soft light blending method.
![chartruese_7154 green peppers with florabella chartruese](http://kaypickens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/chartruese_7154.jpg)
Depending on the blending method, you can change the mood with the same texture. This next photo has the same texture applied using the linear burn blending method.
![linear-burn_7154 green peppers with texture applied with linear burn](http://kaypickens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/linear-burn_7154.jpg)
Here is the same photo with some flare and bokeh overlays from Patty Brown’s Kaleidoscope collection.
![bokeh_7154 green peppers with bokeh applied](http://kaypickens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bokeh_7154.jpg)
The next photo I ran through my Topaz Adjust filter with the HDR settings on a duplicate layer. Then I lowered the opacity on the Topaz Adjust layer.
![topaz-adjust_7154 green peppers HDR topaz adjust](http://kaypickens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/topaz-adjust_7154.jpg)
I had fun playing with adding textures to these photos. I enjoyed adding different textures in different blending modes until I found the mood I was hoping for with the photos.
![textures-fall-apples-2599](http://kaypickens.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/textures-fall-apples-2599.jpg)
Hop over to Tiffany Dahle from Peanut Blossom and see what she captured for this month’s challenge.
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Kay-nicely done! Looks like you had a ton of fun playing around with textures too 🙂 I love that first pepper image-the texture is sublime!
WOW Kay what great examples you provided for us to see. I love that you went over and above what was expected. They are all stunning, great job
These are all great. I love that you shared everything you used, and the variety!
Love how many images you used textures on here! Those peppers are so crisp & clean—I think they are my fave!
Kay I love the placement of the leaves in the first image. THey really added a sense of time for the image. My favorite pepper pic is the one with Patty Brown’s kaleidoscope collection.
The peppers with the Topaz adjust filter are gorgeous!!! I love the wine bottle and the leaves too…dang…I love them all!
Wow, I think you had some fun here Kay!! LOVE all the examples – I love the leaves in the fist image too, especially since I can’t find any like that here (I looked lol). That is also why I often use a texture on beach images – it has that way of bringing up some nice warm tones. Love those green peppers – I must revisit my Kaleidoscope collection. Beautiful job!