Knieses' Pieces: Dirty Photo Shoot!

Monday, March 21, 2011

Dirty Photo Shoot!

Literally, dirty! When Mom, Ryne and I visited my grandparents last weekend, Ryne LOVED playing in Papa's plowed up garden. Papa lives in the Sandhills of North Carolina, so his garden is different than most I've seen around East TN. He doesn't really have much dirt, it's more sand or dirty sand! I guess some of the dirty aspect to the sand may be from years and years and years of adding compost to the sand.

Anywho, Ryne wanted to go out one evening so I took him out there and slowly but surly his shoes started getting dirt all down in them. He took his shoes off and thought he'd just walk around in his little white socks. I thought differently about that so I took his socks off too, and he had the best time playing in the dirty sand! Every boy needs some dirt and give a boy a stick and they will cooperate for photos!

I haven't had much of a chance to edit these photos, since I'm still new at Photoshop and I've been editing another real photo shoot that I did this weekend with a little cutie pie and his parents! Such a beautiful family!

But I still wanted to share. These pictures may not be works of art, but it captures the essence of Ryne in real life. I think that's sort of the root of my photography: REAL life, especially with children because they are more relaxed, cooperative, and fun! I love great poses too, but my child isn't posable, so I take what I can get! I am going to make an album for my grandparents to enjoy and to keep the memory of the family going!

Pre-editing. Notice in the header of the blog, this picture has no house and removed some drool stain from Ryne's shirt! This is my favorite picture from this photo shoot!