I recently did a quick test with Daniel @ Ford Models Brazil. He is currently in LA.

Model Daniel Ferreira @ Ford Models Brazil

Model Daniel Ferreira @ Ford Models Brazil

I wanted to have a dramatic painterly effect so I lit Daniel with my 22″ Speedotron beauty dish with a diffusion socket attached. The post-processing technique is called “texturing.” To texture a photograph, photograph textures and place on top of your image in either soft light, hard light, or any of the blending modes to see which effects appears interesting.

In this image, I had two textures overlaying: a grunge and scratches. I also used a layer mask to hide the texture and appearing only in the region where I wanted.