Texture is always something you can feel, either with your hands or your eyes. I started looking into the soft and the fuzzy, but it seemed tame to me. So I decided on hard and sharp. My model, Sarah, was willing to help me with this. Broken glass would have done on it's own, but I wanted the viewer to actually feel what was going on.

I laid down a small mosaic of broken mirror (7 years, I know!) and set up a chair for Sarah to lean against as she put her foot down on the glass. Putting your model in any degree of danger is a no-no in my books, so I didn't want her actually putting any weight on the glass. A bare external flash off to camera right gave me the harsh shadows and contrast I was after.

If I was to redo this shot, I would have laid out a lot more glass. Sadly, time was a factor, as my child was due home from nursery and didn't want him coming home to this!