It rains, then it rains and then it rains some more. Living in the UK we get quite a lot of rain. I much prefer sunshine, but, rainy days don’t have to get you down; yes, I love being outside walking or playing with the children on my days off more than anything. I do though try to make the most of the weather we have in the UK no matter what! Photos have so much more atmosphere to them (for me anyway) when there are clouds in the sky, especially dark and brooding ones, which make fantastic black and white captures. When the rain starts, I do some indoor photography. I like capturing the rain drops on our windows, making the outside street a blurry wet smudge of colour and taking photos of my kids as we enjoy some quiet (or not so quiet) time together. Then when the rain has stopped and the outside is wet there are so many opportunities, reflections in rain puddles, refractions in water droplets, bokeh droplets, the list is endless. Below I have included just a few of the shots that never would have been if it had not been for a downpour of rain.
BEFORE THE STORM
A storm is brewing!
Barren
The calm before the storm
DURING
City lights
Dreaming of sunshine
AND THE AFTER
Spiralling
Hanging on
Sparkling web
My perfect rainy day activity when my kids are quietly playing together and I have some precious “ME” time is being curled up with a good book and a lovely warm cup of tea/ coffee or hot chocolate (depending on the time of day!)in my hand……..BLISS.
What is your perfect rainy day activity?
Expressing my vision 
I really like the lighting for “Barren.” Did you use an artificial light source to illuminate the tree? It really pops out nicely.
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For this one, no it was just natural light. The sun coming through the clouds just seemed to be concentrating on this lone tree, it was quite bizarre! Thank you for commenting, I am glad you liked it.
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Very beautiful photos. I love rainy, cloudy days too. My photos always look more dramatic.
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It is great isn’t it, seems to be so much more atmospheric 😊 thank you for the compliment.
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Hmmm…this morning during a heavy, grey rain my favourite activity so far has been reading this post! It’s opens my world to see that someone else is enjoying the rain and turning it into beauty.
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Thank you, until I took up photography I really did not like the rain, now I just see potential shots 😀
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Awesome photos! I love the “after the rain” shots 😃
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Thank you so much, I am glad you like them 😊
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Beautiful photography!
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Thank you 😀
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I learned something new tonight. I like the rain for what it brings to the earth but never really appreciated it for myself, specially with photography or doing stuff outdoors. I find myself moodier and more sensitive in the absence of sunshine and my hubby can attest to that. In fact, he thinks I have seasonal affective disorder! But at any rate, thank you for this lesson. From now on, I will look at overcast days/cloudy days/rainy days as opportunities to improve my photography. 🙂 I do love the after-the-rain moments though.
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Thank you, the after is always best as we can get outside again without getting wet and cold 😉
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yes, and that smell of freshly rained on earth! 🙂
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