Catch the Moment

Every once in a while you are cruising through your life with things on your mind and then suddenly life hands you a "stop and smell the roses" moment. I was visiting friends in NY up near Lake Champlain and we had just returned from Sam's Club because I had to get my tires balanced before the trip home the next day.

It had been raining, and my friend and I were looking at magazines on the way back to her house. Suddenly, we saw a portion of a rainbow in the sky. It looked incredibly vivid to us, and she suggested we take a 5 minute detour down to the lake to check it out.

I am so glad we did!

As it turned out, the rainbow was one of the brightest, double rainbows I have ever seen. And you could see the whole thing over Lake Champlain with a view of Vermont. It was breathtaking.

I stopped to take a few photographs and a short video. I'm posting the video so that you can feel the scope of the moment, although I feel it still doesn't do it justice.

-Michelle

Rainy Day Portraiture

I recently photographed a portrait session that ultimately became one of my favorite sessions to date. This is because it was a challenge due to the weather. It was raining all morning, and everyone arrived with a great attitude. As a result of our creativity, we came out of the session with beautiful shots. In the end, I think the rain actually enhanced some of the drama and emotion within the photographs.

Here are a two shots from that session...

I love the raindrops behind the iron gate in the portrait above, as well as the way both hands mirror each other in the second photograph. The light was amazing for this shoot, and everything came together really well to create beautiful images!

-Michelle