Okay, the SOAR! Recipients are knocking it out of the park!!  If you haven’t been to the SOAR! blog in a while, you need to see what these girls are up too.  Holy smoke!!!  Last week, they had to post their results from the SOAR! Photography Exercise on Defining Details.  Part of the assignment was to interview an elderly person and then capture their Defining Details based on that interview.  This part of the assignment has potential to push you out of your comfort zone.  But all three SOAR! Recipients dove in and fought through their insecurities.  But the best part is the rich, inspiration that they walked away with!

Here are excerpts from each of their blog posts with a teaser photo.  To see their whole blog post, click on their names!

The Visitor by Ali Anderson

I took a deep breath and knocked four times, nervously switching a pink bouquet of perky tulips from one hand to the other before I shoved them in Genevieve’s arms instead. Would she remember me? Would it seem disingenuous to visit and then ask to photograph her? Would my kids punctuate our visit with a diaper blow-out or a temper tantrum?  The door opened and the surprised, but genuinely grateful look on Mrs. Veeney’s beautiful, 90-year old face told me I was exactly where I was supposed to be…

To read the rest of Ali’s moving experience, CLICK HERE!

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It’s All in the Details by Charisse Rhodes

I do not have any relationship with anyone older than me and I absolutely HATE to ask anyone to do anything for me. Already I was in trouble. So for the sake of growth, my little old feet marched across the street to my neighbor’s house to ask for her permission to allow me to look into her life.  While I believe these images could definitely be better (I also photographed my hubby and I like results better but it was without challenge) so I chose to share these because I gained much more insight from doing it. I made a new friend. I learned secrets about how to keep a healthy marriage. I learned that I need practice directing people. I also learned that…

To read the rest of Charisse’s powerful post, CLICK HERE!

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Beyond the Smile by Rachel Abelson

The posed, everyone looking at the camera smiling pictures are like the opening paragraphs. We learn about appearance, but not about the people. It isn’t until we get beyond the smiles when we learn about the real person…..that’s when we discover the details.

My first subject was my daughter. She is your typical 4 year old with a couple of extras.  What details can you tell me about her from these pictures?…

To see the rest of Rachel’s photos, CLICK HERE!

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I am so PROUD of these ladies!  That is Proud with a capital P!  With each assignment, they are stepping out of their comfort zone and allowing themselves to be uncomfortable for the sake of finding growth in the end.  The SOAR! Scholarship is an awesome program, but you only get out of it as much as you put into it.  Wouldn’t you say these ladies are putting in 110%?

If you have a minute, leave them some love on their blogs posts in the comments.

For those of you who WANT to do this exercise but need a deadline, here it is.  AND, here it is with INCENTIVE!  Post your results from this Photography Exercise in the SOARORITY forum by the last Tuesday of this month, AND 2-3 people will be picked for a pro critique!

CLICK HERE to start uploading your results!

xoxo,

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p.s. BIG thanks to Jeff Jochum for having Rachel and Ali in his last Biz Clarity Workshop!  What a gift!!