A Study in Texture: A Junior Conceptual Transport Project by Luke Davies (2017)

Pictured here is a skateboard on a concrete curb. This photograph was taken in my backyard, where a wall of vines and leaves supplied an aesthetically pleasing green background. The time which I took this photo was approximately 18:00, which allowed for a neutral lighting yet providing a lack of major shadowing. I chose to shoot from this lower angle as a study of texture, this photograph was taken with a main goal of producing a beauty and complexity of texture, color, and depth. This proved difficult due to the shallow depth of field and the skateboard being positioned at an angle. However, I feel I have succeeded in producing an image with a touchable figure, providing textures both soft and hard, smooth and rough, as seen through the wheel, the concrete curb, and the maple deck of the skateboard.

Post processing was applied in relatively little amounts to this image. Obviously, color and light were altered to provide a broader range of dynamic, yet a depth of color which is both calming and intriguing. Various parts of this image were altered to provide crisper detailing, sharper contrast, which I felt helped added to the textural study this photo provides. This photograph underwent multiple beta edits which were either a muse to the final image or were ultimately thrown out. Feast.