35 Beautiful Examples Of Rain Photography
Most photographers do not feel comfortable in taking photographs in bad weather. Yet bad weather sometimes presents the perfect opportunity to get most out of our skills. In particular, in the beginning of autumn rain can provide the perfect opportunity to capture wonderful photos.
Shooting in rain produces dramatic atmosphere and soft romantic scenes. Whether you are after lightning strikes or water drops, alone the incredible cloud formations can produce quite exciting and impressive photos. Reflections can occasionally produce mirrors or blurs of dancing colors, making the photography in rain beautiful and unpredictable.
Below we present over 35 beautiful examples of rain photography. This post is supposed to provide you with some inspiration for rainy motifs and is not supposed to be the ultimate collection of best photographs. There are definitely thousands of beautiful “rainy” photos &ndsash; feel free to share links to them in comments to this post!
All photos are linked and lead to the sources from which they were taken. Please feel free to explore further works of these photographers on their Flickr collections or their personal sites.
You may want to take a look at the following related posts:
- 45 Beautiful Motion Blur Photos
- 35 Fantastic HDR Pictures
- Beautiful Black And White Photography
- (Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos
Rain Photography
Further Articles and Related Resources
- Flickr: Fog and Rain
Photographs of Fog, Mist, Thick Clouds, Storms - Flickr: After the Rain
Things that you see after the rain – wet nature, wet flowers, wet streets, wet cars, wet people. - Flickr: Weather Photgraphy
- Flickr: Indian Rain
Suprising and best photos taken in th rain. - Discovery Channel: Storm Chasers
See the intrepid group of scientists, filmmakers, and adventurers, who hunt down tornadoes to capture amazing IMAX film and valuable scientific data.
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BrokenReal
September 7th, 2008 4:04 pmAbsolutely Beautiful, Nothing relaxes and calms me like a rainstorm.
Jylan Wynne
September 7th, 2008 4:08 pmHey they’re beautiful photos, thanks for sharing them. I love the macro ones best, everything is just a different world up close.
inba
December 2nd, 2009 5:15 ami like you
Tom
September 7th, 2008 5:02 pmrain is about the relationship to nature. nature is beautiful :)
Abdel Faiz
September 7th, 2008 5:08 pmstunning collection ^^
Mason Sklut
September 7th, 2008 5:12 pmTerrific color!
Vasili
September 7th, 2008 5:22 pmWoah, those are amazing! The last one makes you go aww.
ArtHack
September 7th, 2008 6:11 pmVery good! On in an instant classic
Lipton of Starfeeder
September 7th, 2008 7:27 pmWow is all I can say… beautiful and inspiring
hameed
July 16th, 2011 12:06 amhi,so beautiful and lovly pic so nice
Pras
September 7th, 2008 7:35 pmWow…absolutely amazing pics…
K.K.Shankar
September 7th, 2008 7:35 pmClassic Collection. Black & White images are making more impressions
H
September 7th, 2008 8:01 pmThis is an amazing batch, I especially love the last one.
Hilmy
September 7th, 2008 8:21 pmsuperb collection. makes me admire to be a better photographer.
nzdesignagirl
September 7th, 2008 8:54 pmbeautiful shots! i loved the last one too – the one with the rain bucketing out of the sky into the ocean in just one part was pretty impressive too – and the reflection in the puddle,all were pretty amazing
Muhammad Shahid Akram
September 7th, 2008 8:54 pmi love them all, totally mind blowing collection
ercani
September 7th, 2008 8:56 pmWow…absolutely amazing pics…
Ben Jacob
September 7th, 2008 9:22 pmWoow.. Its raining !
Now I remember an Indian photographer ‘Victor George’. Who killed by rain while shooting an accident
Arun Basil Lal
February 28th, 2010 2:39 pmMe too, I have newspaper clippings of his death. He have some awesome shots in his name.
shashi arya
September 7th, 2008 9:46 pmWow really nice collection…. thnx SM 4 this stunning list
goldy
July 8th, 2010 1:45 amnice comment .i like it.
Philip P.
September 7th, 2008 11:05 pmAn excellent collection of photos! I really love the last one as well – such an amazing scene. (I’m also a particular fan of 6, 13, 19, and 22. ^^)
However, I have to ask – why did a photo of the Aurora Borealis make it into “Rain Photography”? (The ground is wet, sure. But I’m guessing that’s more to do with the fact that it looks like tide pools!)
All around though, a really inspirational photo set! Thanks for sharing these with us!
Gill (www.gillandco.com)
September 7th, 2008 11:10 pmMan oh Man – what a way to wake up on a Monday! Lovely theme – fantastic pictures. Another photographer who is very comfortable in the skin is Steve McCurry – His monsoon collection is to die for.
Keep on Keepin!
Gill.
Benedikt
September 7th, 2008 11:44 pmGreat photos!
Lance
September 7th, 2008 11:45 pmVery nice collection. This is my rain favorite: http://www.flickr.com/photos/quizz/2100018787/
Nico
September 8th, 2008 12:07 amgreat collection!
images are blissful and wretched at the same time.
Shun
September 8th, 2008 12:11 amI like the one with the photographer standing in the lake most. It is an amazing example of photographic skills. On my own blog I recommend this rain photo: http://shun.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-19.html
Pratik
September 8th, 2008 12:13 amBeautiful! :)
The photographer in the lake is the best one for me!
Dreamer-Soul
September 8th, 2008 12:56 amNumber 6 – its my Photo!
You should ask my permission to addition of my photo ….
myoshi
January 8th, 2010 6:25 amlame
codeNinja
September 8th, 2008 1:19 amI like this one too:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gerhardpics/2480773805/
gr8pixel
September 8th, 2008 1:33 amreally awesome!!!
cathode
September 8th, 2008 2:06 amNice collection of stolen images. No attempt to credit the original photogs. Wanker.
sethuram
September 8th, 2008 2:12 amreally awesome..simply superbbb
Arun
September 8th, 2008 2:28 amGreat photographs! Rain photography is a very interesting and oft neglected niche.
S.Reza Movahedi
September 8th, 2008 2:45 amSweet
elisenoel
September 8th, 2008 3:00 amSeriously beautiful collection!
Fubiz
September 8th, 2008 3:33 amSimply beautiful.
Leandro Jorge
September 8th, 2008 3:48 amVery nice collection. Thansks.
Site: http://www.desigart.com
Leandro Jorge
September 8th, 2008 4:00 amVery nice collection.
http://www.desigart.com.br
Thanks
Mike Scriber
September 8th, 2008 4:17 amThese photos are amazing!
Radoslav Stankov
September 8th, 2008 4:18 amI think I found my new desktop image :)
gggg
September 8th, 2008 4:37 amcheap sentimental bullshit photography – yawn.
bee
September 8th, 2008 4:44 amWow, really great pictures. I have to try shooting in the rain, too!
mnvamsi
September 8th, 2008 4:46 amBeautiful collection.
Need some for my desktop.
Itomo
David
September 8th, 2008 5:13 amThey are beautiful but only a few actually had rain in them. I was hoping for more photographs involving rain and not just photographs of clouds and waterdrops. They are really beautiful though!
Ronald (naldzgraphics.com)
September 8th, 2008 5:51 amgreat images.although some of them looks like not raining.
Yizi
September 8th, 2008 6:06 amWe are sick of rain here in UK but these pictures are very pretty!
SuketoKetchi
September 8th, 2008 6:11 amHey one of my photos is here, sweet.
Henry
September 8th, 2008 6:15 amExcellent pictures
Highena
September 8th, 2008 7:15 amI’m from the UK. Can we have some sunshine pics please.
Agustin
September 8th, 2008 8:14 amDreamer-Soul, it would be posible to have that nice piece of work you have made, in hi resolution?
D. Meene
September 8th, 2008 9:07 amIncredible shots! i fell in love with the first shot <3
thank you so much for sharing !
Marcus Vinicius
September 8th, 2008 11:05 amWonderful! Very, very, very beautiful!
xavier
September 8th, 2008 11:06 amAmazing pictures, I love especially the one with the girl in the water taking a photo under an umbrella and her red raincoat. The one with the 3 paper boats is great too. A very nice collection, as usual!
creativelotus
September 8th, 2008 11:18 amvery nice.. dreamy even. thx for the inspiration
malahat
September 8th, 2008 11:26 amso beautiful
tanks
Very nice collection.
UtahLuxury.com
September 8th, 2008 11:47 amLove the photos again!
Thanks for these!
Herzeleyd
September 8th, 2008 11:57 amBeautiful!!!!
2expertsdesign.com
September 8th, 2008 12:34 pmreally nice pics and also great end of the post with Smashing kiss.
madewira
September 8th, 2008 12:42 pmamazing shots
Mark
September 8th, 2008 1:07 pmExtremely shallow / useless article. C’mon SM, you guys always bring it? WTF is this?!
séverine cousot
September 8th, 2008 2:24 pmhey !! you use one of my pictures without permission. It is a violation of the copiright. You steal my picture, you are fucking thieves.
Lindsay
September 8th, 2008 2:34 pmWow. Those are all amazing. Such gorgeous shots!
Hugh
September 8th, 2008 5:08 pmWow. Inspiring http://www.ps46.net
erbag
September 8th, 2008 6:20 pmThose pictures are so beautiful….
Rational Rick
September 8th, 2008 6:43 pmThank you 4 the Post
XOXO
Soumya
September 8th, 2008 6:44 pm3rd from the last is my photo. the author didn’t take permission before posting it here.
Soumya
September 8th, 2008 6:46 pm3rd from the last is my photo, taken from my flickr album. The author didn’t ask for my permission before posting it here.
Easily Amused
September 8th, 2008 8:24 pmI could take better pictures than these ;-)
Well, maybe. If I could take pictures at all….
These are quite nice!
Easily Amused
September 8th, 2008 8:25 pmMaybe we should ask everyone if we could post stuff before it goes on Digg, too.
anil
April 5th, 2011 9:09 pmi want to take u r photo what ever put it above if u will give a permission i can taken it and put it into my face book that photo was marvelous.
timijimi
September 8th, 2008 10:04 pmIt is always a good idea to ask permission to post other people’s work before you go ahead and post them up somewhere else. I don’t mind my photo being up here, but considering it is a protected photo (protected by creative commons license), you have gone and copied the photo and hosted it on your own server. Where is the professionalism?? Do you not practice what you preach??
I appreciate the linkback, but some credit to go alongside my photo would also be nice. Please.
aida
September 8th, 2008 10:41 pmenjoyable
Paul Gibbons
September 8th, 2008 11:00 pmMy photograph Blue Rain has been used without my permission, this image is subject to my copyright. I am still waiting for a reply to my e-mail requesting royalties or the image removed. The link to pixdaus who stole the image have now removed it. All my photographs are for sale in my Redbubble portfolio, user name Paul Gibbons (spottydog06 ).
Justin (www.DotNetMushroom.com)
September 8th, 2008 11:20 pmAn amazing collection indeed. However, after reading some of the posts here about how some of the photographers’ work has been used without permission it kind of raised a bit my eyebrows. Whilst smashing magazine is showing us a collection of some of the best work, it is unfair on the artists / photographers that they are not credited for their work. I can only imagine the hours it takes and the amount of photos one has to take before coming up with one of the photos in this collection. So my advice is – Smashing Magazine: thanks for the photos and the superb collections but please credit the photographers, Photographers / Artists: Continue to inspire us and keep up the good work !
DotNetMushroom
Erich
September 8th, 2008 11:53 pmThumbs up for most of the images with the people in it. Thumbs down on the high saturation – high contrast – HDR images. In ten years that style is going to look like sequined bell bottoms to us.
Erich
Pierre
September 9th, 2008 12:16 amSpeaking about rain photography, there is also this ;) :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gabriel_(1977_album)
Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz
September 9th, 2008 1:48 am@all: we’ll definitely credit photographers and artists back in our posts in the future. Sorry for inconvenience, guys.
Rama Mohan
September 9th, 2008 2:28 amgreat collection!
metrocake
September 9th, 2008 6:44 amSmashing staff: These are great photos, but it’s clear the photographers are upset that they haven’t been credited. Instead of saying ” you’ll do it in the future,” why not credit those whose work is in this post? Let it start here…
Since you’re typically on the ball with crediting designers, I’m a bit surprised about this one.
Marco Nedermeijer
September 9th, 2008 8:53 amThese are really good ! Very inspirational.
this is my personal favorite rain photo
Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz
September 9th, 2008 9:40 am@metrocake: we have contacted the person who has prepared this post – it will be updated as soon as possible!
Vic
September 9th, 2008 10:34 amI love those shots! My photoblog kindly take a look at it also. Thanks
Lâm
September 9th, 2008 10:56 amHere’s mine, shot fr Divide project, it’s quite different :
http://www.monsieurlam.com/portfolio/?photoset=72157603546843677&single=521254668
Pushkar kapil
June 13th, 2010 6:35 amHi, i have seen all the photographs, Just one word to justify the way they are taken or Shoted, It;s really Amazing all are, but one or two are beyond the ultimate. nice work
andy
September 9th, 2008 8:50 pmso beautiful~
Malcolm Almeida
September 10th, 2008 12:37 amvery inspiring.. thank you :)
Ehsan
September 10th, 2008 1:10 amIt is really fantastic
Madhav Tripathi
September 10th, 2008 4:11 amReally beautiful photos.
peyman
September 10th, 2008 8:20 amkheyli ghashang hastan cool:D
Lutfar Rahman Nirjhar
September 10th, 2008 10:52 amMy rain shots!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lrnirjhar/1214816335/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lrnirjhar/591236970/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lrnirjhar/504677743/
have a look!
Wiber - El Salvador
September 10th, 2008 1:12 pmMaravillosa colección.
Agus
September 10th, 2008 7:37 pmnice shot…a few photos are awesome…is it realy real picture without manipulated effect? or these pictures had remanipulated before showoff :D
RAMON CAMI
September 11th, 2008 2:51 amUN PLACER PARA LOS HOJOS ESTA COLECCION DE FOTOGRAFIAS
Take My Photograph
September 11th, 2008 4:28 amHi awesome photographs love what you have done, its a great inspiration for my own work
Take My Photograph
September 11th, 2008 4:29 amHi awesome photographs love what you have done, its a great inspiration for my own work…
Dwayne.D.C.Tucker II
September 11th, 2008 10:26 amNicee!!! I love this post absolutely beautiful photographs.
Dwayne.D.C.Tucker II
Nassau, Bahamas
Khreativ
September 11th, 2008 10:44 amwonderful photos. I love rainy days! definitely inspirational too.
patrick
September 11th, 2008 8:53 pmbeautiful! and inspiring.
محمد حسن حکمی
September 12th, 2008 2:49 amThese are all wery excellent and pretty. at least one of them always remember us GOD`s power.
man
September 13th, 2008 3:10 amhi this was great proffessional inspiring . tnx a lot .
Bulgaria tourism
September 13th, 2008 9:05 amSo really nice
fereshteh
September 13th, 2008 9:43 pmwonderfoul
prasanth
September 14th, 2008 1:09 amNature is Wonderfoul
Arezou
September 14th, 2008 6:23 amfantastic!
Carlos Valcarcel Gay
September 17th, 2008 2:20 pmSon increibles.