Engagement + Proposals


Caught in the Rain

September 24, 2018

By Stacey Goldberg

Photo © Cheyanna De Nicola

When this couple contacted photographer Cheyanna De Nicola to capture their engagement portraits, they told her they wanted “an honest and authentic reflection of who they are,” she recalls. That request fueled the session, which took place at the bride-to-be’s family farm in Oxford, Ohio.

The weather wasn’t perfect on the day of the shoot, mostly cloudy and moody, De Nicola says, and it wasn’t long before they had lost all natural light and had to resort to the groom-to-be’s headlights to illuminate the session. “I asked them to sit down in front of the truck and told them to get close and to go in for a kiss,” De Nicola explains. “At that exact moment, it started pouring.” Fortunately, the couple didn’t mind the rain, and De Nicola was pleased with the way the droplets complemented the scene. “There’s something about the way they are about to kiss, their body language and the rain that makes it feel so romantic.”

(Captured using a Nikon D750 with a Sigma 35mm f/1.4 ART lens.)

Photo © Cheyanna De Nicola

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