Sarah & Peyton | Foggy and Rainy Sunrise Engagement Session | Shenandoah National Park in the Fall

If the day of your photo shoot is calling for rain or thick fog, here is your inspiration to not postpone. Rainy days are the most romantic. It means you get to snuggle extra, and who doesn’t think of every rain scene in a movie? Admit it, you’ve always wanted to make out in the rain.

Even though we missed out on a colorful sunrise (fingers crossed for one on their wedding day this fall!) it was stunning with the colors Sarah and Peyton chose for their outfits, because they stood out so much against the fog in colors that matched a sunrise. Shenandoah National Park is known for its views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, but it’s also wildly famous for the autumn leaves, which makes the Park incredible busy during the fall - BUT, because of the rain and fog, we had the entire Park to ourselves and the fog only made the leaves stand out more! It was a win, win, win, win, win.

Always going to be grateful that they trusted that the rain and fog would only make their engagement session more fun.

Foggy Sunrise Halloween Elopement in Shenandoah National Park

The day before Halloween I met up with this lovely couple at sunrise to photograph them in their wedding clothes. They were going to elope on Halloween day, but we set up their photo shoot for the day before. It was during the peak of the Fall leaf color, but it was a foggy and rainy morning, so there was no seeing the mountains and sunrise.

Nevertheless, the colors were absolutely spectacular. The oranges of the leaves and tall grass stood out against the fog, and Skyline Drive was quiet because no one was out and about on a rainy morning. It felt like being in a movie.

Rainy days can be the best days. So no worries when you show up to a shoot and fog is rolling in instead of a sunrise.

The fog was incredible, but the best part was how happy these two were to be getting marrrrrried.

October Sunset Elopement in Shenandoah National Park | Blue Ridge Mountain Elopement

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When I met up with Julie & Mohammed, it was just on Skyline Drive the morning of their elopement. I gave them an easy spot to find. We’d never seen each other before, and it worked out well that the spot I found was surprisingly secluded (especially during the Fall, Skyline Drive is CRAZY busy). They hopped out of the car, Mohammed asked me if I knew how to tie a tie, so I helped him with that - and then I showed them three spots nearby so they could choose where to have their ceremony.

They chose I sunny spot in the woods, and brought along their box. In their box they had three vows - one that Julie found that she started their ceremony with, a set a vows they wrote together, and then a set a vows they wrote separately. They also had their rings in the box. During the vows, they both kept crying, and laughing, saying “we didn’t expect to cry this much!”

After their ceremony, we went driving along to find a beautiful spot to watch the sun set. Once we found the spot, they got out some bubbly and enjoyed champagne while the sun went down.