The second Monday of the month is here!  This means a new SOAR! Photography Exercise!  The assignment was to do a Senior Portrait Session with Textures in mind.  I asked the ladies to go out into their local area and find places that have diverse textures for a possible photo shoot.  They could be looking for brick,

concrete walls (I know my little brother is not a HS Senior.  🙂  Just showing the point of concrete walls.)

even pink garage doors!

Or metal garage doors!

Instead of just asking, ‘How can I take the best photos of this High School Senior?’  I wanted the SOAR! gals to observe their client’s personality and see what type of textures and environment would enhance the personality.  I’m not sure that any of our three SOAR! Recipients have considered Senior Portraits as their main photography focus, but I’m wondering if tackling a senior shoot with textures in mind…may just open up a new love or disdain.  We shall see!

Want to try this month’s SOAR! photography exercise too?  It starts with grabbing your car keys or putting on your walking shoes and talking a photo journey through your community.  Observe textures down alleyways,

This couple asked if we could do their whole engagement shoot in an alley in Santa Monica.  See how I used the diverse textures in the alley to enhance their story!

Are there any museums in your area with big stone pillars?

What about the color and textures of a garbage dumpsters,

or old brick vs. new brick, open fields, pebbles on the beach, etc!  Go crazy with this!  Searching for textures can be so much fun!

Take some sample shots at both low and high f-stops.  Notice the time of day.  How is the texture going to change based on where the sun is.  A wheat field at sunset

is a very different thing effect then a wheat field at noon.

You may be surprised at how focusing on textures gives you a new tool to add to your bag of photography tricks!

Post what your results are at the SOARORITY Forum!  We would love to see them!

Happy Monday!

xoxo,

Me Ra

p.s.  I’m excited to see what our SOAR! Recipients discover on the SOAR! blog this week!  Tune in Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, as the SOAR! ladies each share their photo results of Seniors and Textures and what they discovered in the process!