10/05/2026
Before their wedding day, Brittany and Grayson told me about one photo they could already see in their heads: the two of them on the green with their custom last name flag ⛳
So of course, halfway through post-ceremony portraits, the craziest clouds I had seen all season rolled in. The radar said we had minutes and nobody could promise the rain would clear later. If this photo was happening, it was happening right then…
Which is how Samantha Jean Photography | Central PA Wedding Photographer ended up sprinting inside on a capture the flag mission while I kept coaching these cuties through portraits. Picture Brittany and Grayson snuggled up, polished, glowing, completely unbothered. Now picture Sam behind them, tearing back across the green with a full-size flag like she was about to pole vault into the Olympics. We all giggled.
We popped the flag into the hole closest to cocktail hour, got the shot, and these two ran for cover with about three minutes to spare before the sky opened up.
I could talk all day about how grateful I am for couples who trust me, my team, and a radar app we were watching like hawks. But this is really a story about why I include a second photographer on wedding days.
Yes, a second gets gorgeous extra angles. Yes, it means we can be in two places when the day calls for it. It also means that when the thing you’ve been picturing for months is about to get rained out, someone can go running to make it happen (all while monitoring the radar) while I never put my camera down. You get newlywed portraits AND your flag photo. No choosing 💕