The last few weeks, I’ve been sharing engagement sessions from my trip to St. Louis a few weeks ago. I drove down on Friday and did a session at Main St. in St. Charles and the Graffiti wall in St. Louis. It rained a good portion of that day, so Saturday, we were hoping for clear skies.
Well, that didn’t happen. Both of my shoots were in Forrest Park, so we had so much space and so many options. About 10 minutes into my shoot with Elizabeth and Tori, we saw this crazy storm coming our way. Then, the wind hit and we ran to our cars right before the rain hit.
Forrest Park is awesome, but there’s not a lot of places in the rain, except for the Muny. The Muny has a covered area on the outside, so it was our best option. We rolled up and waited for the rain to slow down a bit. It was going nuts and the wind was blowing sideways, so we still would have gotten wet.
Eventually it calmed down, so we ran for cover. We were the only ones though. Three other weddings had the same idea as us. Luckily, the area was pretty big so we just worked to the side, so we wouldn’t get in their way.
Elizabeth and Tori were good sports about it all. We still got some really cool photos. We even did a few with an umbrella that was cool. Elizabeth is also a dancer, so I did one fun shot with a light and the big chandelier.
Right after, Taylor and Richie showed up. It was still raining, so we didn’t have a ton of options. I did take them under a tree, so we did get a few nature shots. Then, it was back to cover. One of my favorite shots was Richie picking up Taylor. She had this happy, genuine smile. It was great.
After the second shoot, I drove back to Fayetteville from St. Louis. I got back super late, but I had stuff to do. Yes, it was a rainy two days and lots of driving, but it was so worth it. I always love going to St. Louis, and I’ll be coming back soon!