Eloping in Vancouver in the Rain
Vancouver rains more than 160 days a year. The couples who plan for it, not against it, come home with the most distinctly Vancouver photographs of any season.
Rain on your wedding day sounds like the thing to dread.
In Vancouver it is the thing that makes the photographs.
A wet Vancouver is a more photogenic Vancouver, not a compromised one. The couples who plan for the rain come home with the strongest gallery of any season.
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Rain saturates the forest and deepens the greens. The Gastown cobblestone turns reflective, doubling the lamplight and brick. The overcast sky becomes an enormous softbox, the even flattering light portrait photographers pay to replicate.
Why rain photographs beautifully
Rain saturates the forest and deepens the greens. The Gastown cobblestone turns reflective, doubling the lamplight and brick. The overcast sky becomes an enormous softbox, the even flattering light portrait photographers pay to replicate.
Low cloud sitting in the trees, mist rising off the canyon, the North Shore mountains softened into layers of grey-green, none of it is available on a clear summer day.
The umbrella changes everything
A beautiful umbrella turns a rainy day from an endurance test into an opportunity. It shelters the couple, draws them close, and becomes a compositional element in its own right. The rest is styled outerwear, footwear for wet ground, and a willingness to step into it.
The deciding factor is mindset. I plan a day that works rain or shine, hold a repertoire of rain techniques and warm-break spots, and both shoot and film it. Twelve years and 240+ couples in, embracing the rain here is not making the best of it. It is choosing the version of Vancouver that photographs best.
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