Well its summer & you just cannot predict the weather in Sydney!

I planned a photoshoot in a quiet beach close to Bondi a few days ago for a family whom i shot a wedding for a year or so ago, unfortunately i didn’t realize it would rain heavily that day!

As xmas arrives many weddings are being booked for the following years, designers are wanting new xmas/ summer fashion catalogs for there stores xmas rush & families are wanting those beautiful xmas pictures to mark the occasion & to add to there cards & send away to there loved ones. So its a very busy season for a photographer! I had a couple book a family portrait session & although it knew there was a chance of rain the couple really wanted some nice new images to mark the occasion & send away to there loved ones overseas. There time was limited so we had to fit it in on Sunday otherwise miss the shoot completely, besides that i am mostly booked up till xmas!

It was raining when we set out at 4pm in fact it was raining most of Sunday and as we set out with my client following me & my assistant to the location our hearts were all breaking as the rain pored over our cars. As we arrived to a gloomy scene set by windscreen wipers pushing buckets of rain onto the wet road i called Amy & told her not to worry, to have some patients & don’t be disheartened. I spoke to my assistant sitting next to me in my car hopping for the best but the rain didn’t seam like it was going to stop ever!

While we waited we sent our hopes & our worries back & forth between the cars in text messages & all the while the sun started to go down as we sat there in disappointment & i knew our time was limited.

My clients wanted the images badly & i wanted them even more! I love what i do & i knew if the rain would just move on we would be able to have some thick clouds & crashing waves for our backdrop, oh & sunset is the BEST time to shoot! It is when you have some beautiful soft difused light! I love that stuff!

After 20 min or so the rain slowed down & i encouraged my clients to jump out & we ran down to the beach along the shiny wet roads in the sprinkling rain. By the time we dropped our bags, unpacked out equipment & set up the lighting for our set my clients were in there own little world, a beautiful scene as i turned around & seen this beautiful family just being themselves oh & did i mention the rain stopped!

I started shooting some candids & got some really beautiful shots but i wanted more, i asked my client how much she wanted some beautiful images & i got nothing but motivation so i asked her to get her feet wet & run along the water edge but she may have gotten a little to close as the waves came in as you can see below she tripped & fell into the water! Oh what was i to do? I stopped for a min & was about to go in after her even with about $7000 of camera & lenses on me when her husband ran in and pulled her & his son out of the water… what did i do? I caught the moment like any passionate wedding photographer would do!

I made light of the situation as she stood there soaking from head to tow… after all you have to make best of any situation & we kept shooting. We had fun after that joking around & laughing about what had happened but inside i think Amy was very upset as she worried she looked a mess. Amy left early from the shoot even though i wanted the family to stay with me as i love shooting at sunset but i think she felt she looked terrible. After the shoot Amy told me how upset she was & although we couldn’t plan another shoot for her before xmas i offered her a refund as i knew she was very upset & she felt the day was a mess. After talking to her i realized she had only seen low resolution proofs of what we done that day so i set out to develop the images & show her that the day was not at all a waste!

After seeing the images Amy & her family are so happy with the results & after me stressing that i had an unhappy client all is resolved! I feel a big weight has been lifted off my sholders & i want to thank Amy & Robert for a beautiful photoshoot. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your praise over facebook & the phone call i recieved from Robert last night to thank me.. your welcome.

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