Douwe (Dex) is a professional senior
graphic designer based in Sydney.

Born and raised in The Netherlands,
he relocated downunder in 2003
and now calls Australia home.

Photography is a strong passion for Dex
and he picked up his first camera at the age of 12.
Over the years his hobby has evolved from taking
family snaps with his grandfather’s camera, to
creating black and white fine art in the digital age.
In recent years his focus has been
on mobile phone street photography.

Dex prefers to shoot in monochrome
as he simply finds it easier to capture the
essence of a scene in black and white:
colour is just a distraction.

He won the black and white category
in Australian Photography Magazine’s  2015
Photographer of the Year
and has since become a judge
for this well respected competition.

For a taste of Dex’s work visit
www.monochromevisions.net

We are exited to have Sandra Dann present to us about all things textures. We are looking forward to seeing how this can help in our own photography.

Sandra has an online shop with many great resources and products. Check her out at:

https://www.sandradimagery.com/sandrad-shop

Using textures to enhance your images is way of bringing life to photos that would be otherwise sitting in the archives. Using Textures is more than putting a texture over a photo at the end of the processing workflow. You can use textures at the beginning, to add depth of colour or add a tactile appearance. I love creating art, mixing textures and elements together and working in photoshop is the way I can do this. I get excited when I have a photograph and I start adding textures, changing, and bringing it to life in ways I never imagined. This really makes my soul come alive and gives me direction in my art. This workshop is for the Photographers, any creatives – who want to learn to combine colour and texture to create Creative Images.

In this workshop we will cover:

• When to use Textures for your creative images
• What photos work or not work for Textures?
• What kind of Textures to use for your creative images?
• What texture to choose for a tactile appearance
• Creating Texture Art – using multiple textures, brushes, and other techniques

Here are some images where I have used Textures in my workflow to create Texture Art, the possibilities are endless.