A portrait captures a moment that’s gone forever; they are impossible to reproduce. Beach Photography: Chattanooga Toes on Tybee Island Beach. My goal in this series is to create a really awesome frame of people existing “right then” because they honored me with there time to share their world.
A sunny day. Well let’s head to Tybee for a morning stroll. Why Tybee? Well, it’s Savannah’s beach and only about 20 minutes away. Neal (NealEnjoy.com) had longed all week to have sand between his toes and surf on his legs. Neal loves the beach!
Well, I enjoy walking on the beach but not so much the sandy-wet feet thing. Most of all I like shooting photos and meeting people! It’s a sunny day, so let’s make friends on the beach.
As I walked along I noticed with my photographer’s eye all the tiny things washed up on the shore. Yes it got a bit intense moving a few feet then “click”, a bit more then “click” and then…
A friendly voice said, “Well you can take a picture of my feet!” A fellow beach walker with two other ladies had watched my whole “feet avoid the water” dance. She smiled, and I knew this was my moment!
“Sure,” I quickly said.
Laughter followed! I was quite serious about capturing the free spirit of the moment.
Click, the shutter moved! I said, “Now you are immortalized forever!” Again we chuckled with morning breeze refreshing our souls.
A perfect capture! A lovely shade of red(pink) shimmered on surf soaked toes, happy to be free from shoes, soaking up the earth’s goodness.
Afterwards we chatted, finding out the the three – Mom and two daughters – had traveled from Chickamauga, Georgia. Neal I had visited the Historic Battlefields at Chickamauga and nearby Chattanooga. We quickly christened the moment, “Chickamauga Toes“. I told them about my blog and shared the link which she sent to her mom.
Sadly I failed in my quest for dry feet as later I was concentrating a little too much on a shot when “Sploosh!” Well happy “Savannah Toes” this Friday! To my beach friends: Enjoy your trip and this beautiful day at the beach! I hope you like the blog post, please comment.
Tybee Island Beach, Savannah, Georgia
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What a fun and encouraging morning. I’m so glad we ran into the Chicamauga ladies!
Oh my goodness!! We are back home and I am so giddy to see my toes and to read your beautifully put words! It was a pleasure meeting you two, I love smiling faces, happy humans and meeting new people for quick moments in life. Thank you for taking time to take a snapshot of my spur of the moment painted toes!!
Leah, truly you made my day! I really enjoy random encounters with “People Portraits” and the “Faces Project”. Truth is sometimes I’m afraid to “take the chance” and ask. I am glad I did with you, and glad Neal, my husband (NealEnjoy.com, look him up) wanted to walk on the beach. TIB (truth in blogging), later without paying attention, the surf properly soaked my feet and sandals. Ha! Hope to see you in the comments! Robert.