Rainy engagement session

Last weekend Jenny and I photographed an engagement session for an awesome couple Jessy and Paul. We are shooting their wedding in December and are super excited, especially after witnessing how photogenic they are! We went out early Saturday morning to the Sarasota marina hoping the weather would cooperate, but alas, it did not. It had been raining the entire week before and certainly wasn't going to stop now. But we went through with the shoot anyway, and it turned out really nice. The rain eventually turned to drizzle and the drizzle to just an overcast sky, and even that began clearing up a bit toward the end of the session. But one thing I learned (or re-learned, anyway) is there's nothing quite like rain to set a nice mood for your photographs, and there is nothing like an overcast sky to provide perfectly diffused light for your subjects. So really, the weather worked out quite well. I would still have loved a little morning sunshine, but we worked with what we had and it was a lot of fun! If you want to check out the entire session, please visit our website at www.mattandjennyphotography.com. Here are a few of mine that made the cut...

Reflections at the park

It has been raining for the past week, or two weeks (it's been raining so long I've lost track), and I have been struggling to find the will power to go out and shoot. But after a long conversation with Jenny today, I mustered up some motivation and went to the park for some weather/feature photos for the Sun. As it turned out, several areas of the park were flooded due to the rain, and I was able to take advantage and get some neat reflections. So needless to say, I turned a crumby day into a good day and got some stuff for the Sun. And for me! Enjoy.