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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Philscbx
September 17th, 2008 3:41 pmOutstanding!
I need the umbrella option to hang out in the rain w/camera.
Then there are the ones where color is added to a single object in a black & white image, very cool.
cesar
September 17th, 2008 7:07 pmme gustaron mucho estas fotos, hay que felicitar al autor de ellas DIOS.-
Kazelkou
September 18th, 2008 9:18 amHi webmaster!
marisa
September 21st, 2008 3:45 amit’s Tim Heraud, not Tim Hearud.
Ravi
September 23rd, 2008 1:24 amAwesome collection.
Setareh
September 26th, 2008 4:49 amThat Was Fantastic!
hanieh
September 26th, 2008 1:31 pmwhen it ranis the angels are playing with water….
so fantastic!
99999999999999999999
September 29th, 2008 11:03 pmiuyhiuyui
Uzbek
October 2nd, 2008 4:42 amThis is quite an impressive collection.
Great way to start the day :)
Thanks.
samann
October 3rd, 2008 11:04 amFantastic
zibaaaaaaaaaa
Eric
October 4th, 2008 6:45 pmBeautiful. Winter is also a great time to shoot.
Windsor Exports
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Peter
October 9th, 2008 1:19 amGreat photos, especially like the aireal one with the rainbow. Here is a 360 panorama of a thunderstorm over Perth from Rottnest Island in which Perth has vanished beneath the storm clouds. And another from Anna Bay in Western Australia.
shay
October 10th, 2008 5:35 amlove the image…kiss….and her passion and her ecstacy in rain
sunny
October 15th, 2008 4:23 pmyour article uses “beautiful” in the article title, but the link uses “brilliant”.
nice one.
Jo
October 17th, 2008 1:57 amWOW!.. Beautiful indeed….
any ideas where to find tutorials to do photo effects or enhance photos like these guys have done?
dragon~lover
October 17th, 2008 8:18 amBeautiful pictures, really. Give credit where credit is due. These artists have worked hard to show us things we may never have seen if not for thier eye for the special times in life. Keep up the great examples of these artists work, and credit them when you show their work. I would think that if someone liked a photo enough to want a copy they could then continue on to the artist website and purchase the item. This site is giving them free advertising of their work, giving us all the chance to see and admire what they can do. I read some of these photos are for sale at another website. ‘Well there you go just add a link to the website where they can be purchased and everyone should be happy. I think there has been some great work done here so take advantge of the situation and work it out between all the involved parties. It would be a shame if this causes some work not to shown.
Sortins Technologies
October 20th, 2008 12:31 amsuperb collections
krupa
October 20th, 2008 12:58 amawesome pics..esp Dreamer Soul and Agnieszka Borkowska.
Lacey
October 24th, 2008 9:11 pmInstead of “crediting photographers” in the future, why don’t you ask their permission in the future? As an editorial team, and I presume that Vailancio Rodrigues is a writer of some degree, would you not consider it plagiarism if someone just took your work, without your permission and then made money off of your work through advertising on their site? If a photographer contacts you respectfully requesting their creative property be removed, then you are legally required to do so.
ZOUP
October 29th, 2008 1:49 amGreatest Hits Beautiful Pictures
AAlmendras
October 31st, 2008 1:41 amgreat photography. This one’s nice too http://www.flickr.com/photos/bokatamz
kew
November 10th, 2008 12:29 pmWow! You know, these really are amazing.. :o
Isabella Swam
November 14th, 2008 6:55 pmIt makes me remember one day in a beutiful place with an amazing guy.
Matt
November 18th, 2008 9:04 pmThats wat i call photography .. Stunning collection ..
Diana
December 3rd, 2008 8:44 amI’m inspired to take up photography… very awesome and amazing shots!
Thank you for the collection.
ghzal
December 4th, 2008 11:20 pmwow kissing under the rain its very lovelyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Scott Mahler
December 9th, 2008 4:53 pmReally cool stuff!
juliaia
December 11th, 2008 9:38 amomg these are sooo amazing!!! I WISH I HAD THESE SKILLS
i really like the one with the lady bug and the boy and girl kissing. it was romantic!!
Kabilan SA
December 16th, 2008 10:36 pmDreamer-Soul is very nice :)
samrah
December 19th, 2008 12:00 pmthe pics are amazing sooooooooooooo beautiful.
I Love rain
OnderC
December 28th, 2008 6:52 amI loved Dreamer-Soul’s photo (#6).
Others also amazing.
Manikandan.R
January 6th, 2009 4:33 amfabulous pictures Really i lov it……………………………….
Vanessa
January 6th, 2009 6:19 amAwesome! amazing pictures!!!!
mongol
January 13th, 2009 8:35 pmhuts i am mongolia haha huts
andre
January 18th, 2009 4:05 pmnice
dinnafragma
January 27th, 2009 12:59 amDreamer-Soul
brilliant
\(^o^)/
ashy
January 29th, 2009 5:49 amamazing………………;)
DF
February 7th, 2009 10:20 amSmp|yy Gorgeos piks!.
Ben Higham
February 8th, 2009 2:52 pmWow! Brilliant, so inspiring.
Gwacie
February 11th, 2009 8:27 amThe peektuwes were absowutly pwecious
Carien
February 11th, 2009 4:40 pmAbsolutely stunning I agree with a previous viewer – wish I had those skills!!!!!
baha'aldeen
February 16th, 2009 5:33 amnice pictures,i liked maria souh pic thank u for this geniosity
Gaurang gaurav
February 17th, 2009 7:03 amHey .. those were amazing ones.. really loving them . all.
I also hav a few Rain pics. u d love. Can i contribute..?
Carl Wayne
February 21st, 2009 12:44 pmMuy hermosas fotos , la emocion de la escena , estuvo muy vivida en esas fotos. El grado de luz en el diafragma justo y la ocasion perfecta , mis felicitaciones
Dorin Cucicov
March 7th, 2009 3:42 pmI’ve also selected some great photos about rain, please check it out
http://fotofriend.net/2009/03/36-great-photos-featuring-rain/
vijay pandre
March 17th, 2009 3:14 amamazing! great!!!
melody miller
March 22nd, 2009 12:54 pmthankyou for shareing your beauty you captured.addicted to rain,allergic also.arthritis an such…..guess it is a love hate romance! thx again
vimal
March 27th, 2009 2:55 amwhavoooooooooooooooo very beutiful cooling seens i like each one.
Katie
April 6th, 2009 12:48 pmawww those pictures are amazing <3
Vailancio Rodrigues
April 11th, 2009 11:16 pmThanks for all your comments.
I want put some focus on plagiarism. We have and will be crediting all the photographer in the future. If there is any legal issue regarding copyright we can sort it out. We just want to help talented artists, designer and photographer to showcase their work around the world through Smashing Magazine. It is a good opportunity to expose your talent. So don`t forget that it does not harm you in any case or if it does please feel free to contact us. Also lot of hard work and time goes into preparing this kind of posts. We walk through every part of web to find the best and you must be knowing how big is the web. It takes us lot of time to compare and choose the best photo from thousands of photos.
Андрей
April 23rd, 2009 11:10 pmОчень классно! Зачет)))
James Bond
May 1st, 2009 10:47 pmReally beautiful and awesome!
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May 17th, 2009 5:31 amrerefghsfg sd gsd hds fdgs sd g
André Villeneuve
May 21st, 2009 6:43 amGreat !
shailraj
May 27th, 2009 4:42 amOutstanding shots!! Simply AWESOME TERRIFIC EXCELLENT AMAZING FABULOUS FANTABULOUS CHARISMATIC LOVELY anything else is also DESERVED:)
Karl Francisco Fernandes
May 29th, 2009 10:23 amHugely inspiring… Maybe I’ll try something like this during these monsoons…
Moosa
June 1st, 2009 8:17 pmIt’s Wonderful……….
raghad
June 5th, 2009 5:14 amoOoOoOo … absolutely gorgoes !!!!!!
angelwinks
June 11th, 2009 11:13 amI am so glad I found this page. These photos are great and so inspiring.
farha
June 12th, 2009 10:49 amits awesome,, i mean its betond imagination,, cooollllll n eye soothing pix ,, i was feeling romantic while watching these marvoulous pixxxxx
jahanzaib
June 16th, 2009 12:42 amHi i like it all pic’s
pic’s is so beautiful……………
Sisira Jayawardene
June 21st, 2009 2:56 pmIt is a real fantastic photo collection and I really seen the natural wonder of the nature and true creativity of the artists.
Wedding Photography Lancashire
July 2nd, 2009 1:03 amAbsolutely fantastic collection of images, being from the UK we have more than our fair share of rain, these images are inspiring.
Obviously I find my job as a Wedding Photographer a little easier without rain however its great to see a more positive side.
Cheers, Geoff
Tejendra Shandilya
July 3rd, 2009 4:21 amgr8 —- last one pic is awesome
andrew jones
July 16th, 2009 8:35 amamazing pics, love them all, truly inspirational
rain photography
July 17th, 2009 4:24 amWow, they’re indeed outstanding pictures…i really like all of them.great work-keep it up! any tips on rain photography would help me..
digitalpicturezone
Paul D
July 28th, 2009 3:09 am…and continuing on the theme – Photos in the Rain: http://www.photosintherain.com
Dale Hogan
August 4th, 2009 4:28 amThanks for the great post. With our weather in Ottawa this summer we need this type of inspiration.
mary
August 13th, 2009 3:10 amThey are amazing .I am glad to find this page and ghanged my view about the rain.
1farahani
August 26th, 2009 2:29 amThank you!
mandi
September 9th, 2009 3:05 amvery beutifull.
Kate
September 23rd, 2009 5:30 amAll of them great!!!!!! Most were even awe-inspiring! <3
Deena
September 26th, 2009 2:03 pmAMAZING!!! And the last one’s just like…surprising, yet great…just as that one person said, “It just makes you go awww.”
Li: Mark
October 1st, 2009 10:57 amI love the Muha photo
anne
October 10th, 2009 1:25 amthis is wery beutiful….. tank you!(:
anne
October 10th, 2009 1:27 amthis is so biutiful and nice! tank you(:
icha
December 4th, 2009 2:27 amamazing… ^ – ^
Gurpreet singh
December 9th, 2009 8:20 amplz so beautiful pic plz contact me on this address i from (punjab) india i waiting for u plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
nisha
January 15th, 2010 10:36 ami just looooooooooooooooooooooooove d pics……………………..especially d pic “mad”……….it’s surely going 2 b my fb profile pic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
saniket
February 2nd, 2010 9:09 amsplendid photos ever seen.very very very very creative one!!!!!!!
yoyoyo
February 4th, 2010 4:53 amwow GOOD when i went there i was hot.
Sinthea Hell
February 9th, 2010 2:50 pmWonderful pictures, made my day today. Just looking at them made me feel more relaxed.
Sreehareesh
February 23rd, 2010 1:44 amExcellent ones!
sobia
March 6th, 2010 6:48 amNature inspire me so mch dat i wana sit for a long time n write a poem on these scenries
xerboie_5443
March 8th, 2010 9:53 pmwoww! it relieves stress.. very nice..
varsha rathod
March 12th, 2010 4:15 amall these pictures are amazing, no words to describe, its just beautiful.
sonu dhanak
March 27th, 2010 9:47 pmnice pic realy
David Hardwick Photography
April 15th, 2010 2:57 pmWonderful and colourful photography. Wet and rainy weather does not look this good here in the UK.
roz
April 26th, 2010 4:13 amبسيار زيبا…..
roz
April 26th, 2010 4:14 amشيشه ي پنجره را باران شست….
از دل من اما
چه كسي نقش ترا خواهد شست؟؟؟
Iswar
May 7th, 2010 4:03 amhai
sebastian montoya
May 18th, 2010 8:45 pmgreat stuff pip’s
Athira.k.r
May 18th, 2010 10:00 pmits realy amaizg workz
Sarah
May 26th, 2010 9:56 pmThese are amazing pics!!!!!
Love em!!!!
Joy
June 9th, 2010 9:50 pmGod has really created a wonderful world! Thanks for sharing the beauty of this world through your magnificent shots!!! It inspires me a lot!
ADNAN ATIQUE
July 15th, 2010 3:31 amOS AM. GR8. NICE
ADNAN ATIQUE
July 15th, 2010 3:32 amNature inspiration
praveena
July 17th, 2010 10:55 pmnice picturesssssss………………..
irfan k
July 27th, 2010 2:45 amnice yr……..!