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This weekend’s endless rain has reminded me that Colorado isn’t immune to Seattle-type rainy days.  I know that a rainy wedding is on the top of the “wedding day disasters” list, so I wanted to share some tips for making a rainy wedding fabulous.

Besides the obvious “have a back-up plan for your outdoor wedding” tips, I think there are a couple of things you can do to make rainy wedding pictures awesome.

#1:  Have a cute umbrella ready

Adorable, elegant, or just plain hilarious umbrellas can make rain on your wedding day kind of fun and exciting!  There are tons of cute umbrellas just waiting to make your wedding pictures pop, so having one that you love waiting in the wings could make rain not seem so bad!

Here are a couple of fabulous umbrella resources:

The Umbrella Stand

Pare Umbrella

Bella Umbrella has the most stunning vintage and modern umbrellas and parasols for purchase or rent.  (I can totally see parasols being adorable props for sunny weddings!)

#2:  Ditch the heels for rainboots

Is it just me, or can you totally see a bride holding a yellow umbrella with yellow rain boots peeking out from under her poofy white dress being the cutest thing ever in the whole world?!

Target has a ton of rain boots online from pink to polka dots to strawberries to these most awesome boots ever.

What a Pair has a giant selection of cutie patootie rain boots.

And if it were me, and I wasn’t doing the yellow boots/yellow umbrella thing, I’d be rocking these frog boots.  (Or maybe the ladybug or bee ones.)

#3: Have fun with it!

I think the key to any wedding day mishap (weather or otherwise) is to just have fun with it or around it.  (I can totally see a bride holding hands with a flower girl jumping in puddles.  With the dry cleaner passing out nearby.)  :P  As long as you look like you’re having fun, the pictures will reflect that!

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Meet Jenny and Johnny. They are adorable:

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They drove down from northwest Colorado for their engagement shoot this weekend. It was great to finally meet them!

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They braved the damp grass for the laying down shots I was loving this weekend:

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Some mandatory cuddling:

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We took them to a playground.

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And since Jenny was also rocking the purple, a trip to the orange wall I’d just found was a must!

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I have a thing for photographing on stairs.

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I’m always inspired when our couples share food. It’s generally not a good idea to have me share food with Nic. I’m always tempted to kick him in the balls and run away with the food.

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We dashed over to Garden of the Gods for a few shots in fields. Stairs and fields. I love them.

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Nic thinks Jenny is a dead ringer for my baby sister. It wasn’t until I got home and started proofing that I realized she totally is! Right down to the glasses!

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Jenny and Johnny, we had a blast getting to know you–thanks for being up for anything! We look forward to seeing you again in April!

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Behind the scenes: I swear that Nic and I do have other clothes–Jenny and Johnny and Laura and Jack’s shoots were on the same day, so our outfits lack originality…

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And me with my precious stairs, intruding on yet another cozy couple moment:

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And risking my life and camera for the most awesome playground shot ever. (I swear it felt scarier up there with my camera than it looks.)

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I had the honor of being the photographer for Leena’s Bat Mitzvah last weekend!

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I wasn’t allowed to photograph the actual ceremony, so we faked it:

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After the Bat Mitzvah, there was an incredible reception.  The food alone was gorgeous!

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I kept hearing Leena’s guests say how cool it was that the butter was on a leaf, so of course I had to get a shot of it.  (I should have included a gawking 13 year old, though!)

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The DJ (who I knew from Andrea and Jason’s wedding just last month) had the teens charging up and down the dance floor:

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They had two parties set up–the indoor one for the adults, and the pool party downstairs for the Leena and her friends (it had an ice cream bar–that totally beats air conditioning any day).

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The woman of the hour was tossed into the pool by her brother:

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And then the pool party began!

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