How to Create Your Own Grunge Textures for Photography (From Whatever's Around You)

How to Create Your Own Grunge Textures for Photography (From Whatever's Around You)

Every few months I go through a phase where my photos start feeling flat to me. The exposure is right, the composition is solid, the colors are good - and I’m still bored looking at them. Usually what’s missing isn’t a new location or a better lens. It’s surface. That quality where a photo feels like it has weight, like it was pulled from somewhere physical rather than rendered on a screen.