Exercise: Rain

For this exercise we have to imagine a magazine cover on one subject - rain.  Given the entire work space to work in I have to produce a single, strong, attractive photograph that leaves no one in doubt as to what the subject is.

Some guidelines I've been given:

• think of all the effects of rain I have ever seen

water droplets, puddles, splashes, wet roads/pavements, people with umbrellas, umbrellas, dark skies in landscape shots, wet trees and woods, condensation on glass, wet foliage, wellies (usually with little kids wearing them), rainbows, multi-coloured raincoats

• Keep it simple
• be interesting and don't settle for something boring like a street shot
• you many not have to wait for it to be a rainy day for some pictures
• if you can't be original make it attractive
• make it attractive even if it is original 

I chose to move away from the traditional approach to rain and opt for a traditional symbol - an umbrella- shown in a more abstract way.

The image shows the inside of a section of the inside of an umbrella where rain has fallen when opening the umbrella in a heavy rain shower.