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, “ChickamaugaToes“. 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.
Well, we didn’t when we made our plans and reservations for a tour of Reynolds Mansion on Sapelo Island which is only 1 hour away from Savannah. To get to the island we needed to catch a ferry.
What… a ferry when a storm is coming?
We made it! Even though somehow Hurricane Nicole decided to swing by our way, causing the coastal island to make plans to batten down the hatches!
Neal and I had the best tour guide ever along with 2 other couples and an additional lady from New Jersey. After touring tabby ruins and the actual mansion, it was time to head towards the sea and the light house.
Our tour guide drove up to the sand dune, opened the bus doors and asked if anyone wanted to go the boardwalk and view the water. Several of us “brave souls” took this opportunity to be one with “the wind and the waves“.
Hurricane Nicole causing storm surge.
Watch this slow motion video to witness the fury of the waves.
The scene was amazing! Beautiful and scary! Powerful and strangely peaceful!
This certainly was not man’s domain, no! Nature ruled here and was not afraid to show it!
Finally a chance to get the wind in my hair! Ha Ha!