10/30/2023
Me the past 2 weeks:
8:00 a.m. gloomy skies, sun is popping through. Weather app 1, great afternoon for sessions, app 2-%50 showers around 3. I’ll take it.
10:00 a.m.-beautiful hour for a shoot, however, none are scheduled. Going to edit
12:00 skies are getting dark, unexpected sprinkle. Hopefully it dries out before my sessions this afternoon. Adjusting possible locations and poses since nobody wants to be in a bed of wet leaves… weather app now shows %70 chance at 3:00 pm
1:00- pouring. Ok, weather apps did NOT say this was happening . Text client “hey, I’m not sure what’s going The with the weather, can we make a call here in about 45 minutes, gives me a better look at the radar.
1:30- completely beautiful, wet and cool but beautiful. Text client “hey, I can’t believe this weather but it’s nice here so we are on, app actually says TOTALLY clear through 5. See you in an hour and a half”
2:15- maybe I made that call too early because it’s sprinkling again, but they have a 40 minute drive so I guess we do it and hope for the best. There’s a pavilion near by so rain or shine. Have to rethink poses again now that the pavilion is going to be the rain option.
3:00- client shows up. Looks like the app officially has no clue what’s happening. According to the radar, looks like something is coming through around 3:15. Let’s shoot out from under the pavilion and go to the pavilion if needed.
3:06- A wedding party walks to the pavilion (pavilion is first come first serve) Looks like we no longer have access to the pavilion as they’re setting up speakers and mics. Officially not my bubbly self and somewhat panicking.
3:15- Weather app was finally right and we are doomed through 6:00. It’s raining, pouring actually. Wedding party is dry under that pavilion (happy for them ). Sorry guys, I cannot photograph in the rain with my equipment. There aren’t any other options here. We are going to have to come back. *everybody goes home*.
3:18-in my car texting my next 2 sessions that we are cancelling because the skies now look like an episode from men in black. No way we are recovering from this.
3:40- driving home, thinking through my schedule for the week and how I’m going to rearrange everything. Sun pokes through the clouds and is completely sunshine by the time I get home.
I don’t text my clients that I just cancelled with because the weather app still says rain.
6:00-didn’t rain from 3:40 on like the weather app showed. 🤦🏻♀️