Textures

After looking at Lara Jade's work, I have noticed that she uses a lot of stock textures overlaid over the picture to give it more depth. These include light spots, scratches and paint splodges. It is a hard thing to incorporate in to imagery but it makes the end print really exceptional. They can be used both in colour and monochrome, though care is needed when using blending modes as the colours can sometimes clash with the original picture.
Digital Photography School offers a very detailed and precise tutorial on how to use textures over a picture, though it does say techniques and blending modes depend on both the picture and the texture you are using. I used the tutorial and the end effects produced this:



I think using textures suits some pictures but not others, and I do not think it helps this picture in the slightest. However, this tutorial is something to keep in mind for the future, if I ever want to try textures again.