Jenna, Jude & Leighton

The award for the “Craziest Weather During A Photo Session” goes to … Jenna, Jude and Leighton. I have been doing photography for over nine years, and I’ve never seen the weather change so many times during a session. It started out as a beautiful summer day with lots of sunshine and puffy white clouds. As the afternoon progressed, the storms started to roll in. It wasn’t raining where we were planning on doing their session, so we decided to proceed just as we had planned. I remember driving into Springfield that evening and it was insanely dark behind me. It almost looked like it was nighttime. However, ahead of us, the sky looked brighter and no rain in sight. As I met Jenna and the kids, we were talking about how crazy the weather was to the south of us. According to the radar, there would be no rain in our area for a few more hours. As I started to snap the first image, the temperature dropped, the cloud coverage became crazy and wind really began to blow. WHAT?! Jenna and I looked at each other and said, ‘We better move fast!” Ha

I’ve had the wonderful privilege of working with these three for years. They are definitely pros and very easy to work with. We quickly moved around the park as I was captured their sweet grins and giggles. Every few minutes the cloud coverage would drastically change. It would become increasingly darker and then instantly it would lighten up and a little bit of sun would peek out. All we could do was laugh at how crazy and unpredictable the weather was. Just as I was about to give them direction on what to do next, I felt a drop of rain. I looked at their faces and could tell they felt the rain too. Immediately it began to rain … not sprinkle … it POURED. We ran to the biggest tree we could find! What. A. Session.

After a while, the rain began to stop and I asked Jenna if would be up for letting the kids play in the fountains at the park since they were already a wee bit wet. Ha! She was definitely on board with this idea, and I’m so glad that she was because the images of Jude and Leighton playing in the fountains are absolutely adorable. It doesn’t get any more of a “Summer Session” vibe than those images. They are my favorite!

I love each and every session that I get to do with these three and thanks to Mother Nature this is one that we will never forget. I’m so excited to share a few of my favorite images from their Summer Family Session with everyone today. I know that you will enjoy them as much as I do. I hope everyone has a woderful day!