Living in South Florida, it is impossible to avoid unforeseen rain storms! And when photographing families is your job … it can be a huge bummer! Most of the time we avoid the drama all together by calling off & rescheduling the session; however, sometimes it’s just not possible. Why? Clients only in town for that one day, no job flexibility with people who work demanding careers that require weekends or the weather forecast flat out did not show any rain … ugh!

In the case with this session, we happened to just arrive at our location and then the torrential rain started to pour on us. We sadly stood under a covered garage and watched it rain while trying to figure out what to do. We decided to stick it out and hope for the best because rescheduling wasn’t a possibility.

Here are Some Tips For a Rainy Predicament:

• First and foremost, give the client a chance to reschedule for optimal light and sun!

  • make sure they are on-board with going with the flow and make sure they are willing to be ok with the results of potentially rainy photos

• Have patience! The odds are the storm will pass.

  • we waited and it eventually stopped completely

• Be creative! Is there a place for you to still photograph that is under cover?

  • in our case we found a covered parking structure and started our session underneath it, while it rained around us.

• Be prepared! Do you have items that can be helpful for your session in this circumstance? (i.e. rain boots, umbrellas)

  • I was so happy that this client happened to have two adorable umbrellas that we were able to incorporate into the session.

• When you are cool & calm, the clients will be too. So stay calm and carry on! :-)

  • We didn’t stress it, we went with the flow, we captured some amazing shots under the parking structure & guess what? The rain stopped, and we were able to venture around the area.

Check out the results of this situation below <3