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[Kim Stafford]

Hello hello.

I am doing a rainy outdoor photoshoot with a friend, and right now, we believe we have everthing covered.

I was wondering if anyone could give me any tips or tricks for rainy/misty days and how to avoid any common mistakes.

Thank you for your time!

[theguid]

Always make sure to check your lens for fog! With a lot of moisture and temperature changes it can happen and you not catch it immediately.

I've also found cloud cover to be great for controlling your lighting. You can basically use your flash a lot more effectively and not worry about blowouts from backlighting or whatnot. Slow your iso down and use a flash to capture crisp foreground subjects with a nice looking background/sky setting from the extended exposure time.

[xXx-Treme]

I can't get the idea of theguid on using flash.... When you use flash you will have sparkles all over... The flash bounces from raindrops and blows them, in heavy rain you will loose most of the detail. You can still try longer exposures, or even you may try off-camera flash to play with lighting... Using on-camera flash seems to be a bad idea.... But most important - keep you equipment dry

[theguid]

Oh, I read her statement "we believe we have everything covered" as she meant she had everything she was shooting covered literally, as under stuff to block the rain (i.e. tents, pavillions, etc). My bad, I think now she meant it figuratively. You're right, flashes with raindrops in the foreground don't work too well and make post editing a chore.