with the rain

There is this really beautiful spot off South Boulder Rd, an old barn in front of a crazy gorgeous view of the mountains. I have been meaning to head up there to take photos forever and a few days ago me and my little sister Alysia decided it was time. It had begun to rain on the way there, boo. But, I live in Boulder, CO and the saying is "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes." And so, by the time we were done with our 8 minute drive the rain had let up.

Sadly the gray sky was hiding the fantastic view, but it was still pretty, so Alysia snapped away while I did my usual "strike a poses." Half way through the session it had begun to drizzle, so we hurried along, and then a moment later it was pouring. I mean buckets of water were coming down on us. Naturally my first instinct was to protect my camera, in the process of yanking it off my poor little sisters neck I managed to hit her in the head with it, haha. Well, she was a trooper anyway and stuck in her shirt as we ran toward the car. We were hysterically laughing the whole way because my dress was tight enough around my knees that I couldn't take very large steps and because I was wearing pretty high flat-forms I was taking ridiculous small tip toe steps as quickly as possible while holding on to Alysia. I am sure I looked like the most prissy person on the planet, by the time we got to the car we were drenched.

When I got home and looked through the photos I realized that my ISO was way too high and there was a water mark on at least half of the images. Needless to say things did not go as planned. I thought about scrapping them all together and going back for a do over on a clearer day, but Alysia and I laughed a lot during the session and it made me sad to delete the images that went along with that memory. So here they are!

outfit-dress-c/o the lady cabinet, shoes-blowfish, belt-forever21

besitos,
rebecca

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Comments

[Victoria / Justice Pirate]

aww that's sad about the water mark and hitting your sister in the head with your camera. hehe. You look adorable in these shots!!!

[Karen]

Love these. (Gorgeous dress by the way.) Sometimes the funny memories of a situation is better than if it had gone perfectly!

[Gail]

Love the dress! It looks great on you!

[meghan]

have I meantioned that I'm super jealous you live wher eyou do? We lived in the springs for a while (didn't LOVE it), but we LOVED colorado. Counting down the days until we can make it back out west!

[Ms. Mac]

I love the dress! It may sound funny but seeing the green and gray landscape makes me earn to live back in Europe or the states..I am just not a tropics kind of girl! These pics are so "Homey" to me!!

[Mandy]

I love these pictures, I think they are great, the haziness really captures the weather. I love your smile, and that dress took my breath away!

xomando

[Young Georgia Love]

looks gorgeous with the grey skies! love the outfit and your lips are awesome!

[softspoken]

i'm so glad you didn't delete them. that last close up of you smiling is one of my favorite pics i've ever seen of you - it's the best!

[Amelia]

I can see the funness in these pictures as Alysia is making you laugh! So the right choice not to delete them grl! You look gorg, I love black white and red!! So organic and mountainy :) I like the close up of you laughing!!