Texture

Today, I decided to try something I had never done before:  Adding texture to a photo.  I'm living on the edge!  Haha.  I have seen some beautiful photos with very unique textures, and wanted to try the technique.  However, this is not something I would want to use all the time because I do love photos with limited editing (cropping and contrast, for example). 

First, I found a simple texture on TextureKing to download for free and save on my computer as a JPEG file.

Then, I chose a photo already saved on my computer to try this new technique.

I used Photoshop Elements to decrease the texture saturation and increase contrast.  I clicked and dragged the texture over the dogwood bloom photo and decreased the opacity.  Drum roll, please... 

I enjoyed learning about this new technique and will continue practicing.  I would appreciate any tips and tricks you can give on adding textures to photos.