Couples respond with their own beautiful wet weather wedding pictures

On Tuesday, Daily Mail Australia's article on a stunning photograph of a Sydney bride and groom in the rain went viral.

Jessica Gower, 30 and her husband Nick had been worried about a rainy wedding day - but a patch of rain at their reception contributed to one of the most memorable moments of the entire day with a last minute photograph capturing the intimate fairytale-like moment for everyone to see.

Since we shared the couple's photograph on Tuesday, a flood of images have been shared by other proud brides and photographers who also made the most of dismal weather on their wedding day.

Photographer James Day has shared and photographer countless rainy wedding days with couples and says a gloomy day should be far from concerning for brides.

'The rain is a blessing! After seeing the fun that others have had my clients are excited about going out to play in the rain and taking some fun pictures to remember the day by. You can't control the weather, so why not embrace it,' Mr Day told Daily Mail Australia.

Bride Jemma Grimshaw and her beau were married in Bali when what was meant to be a sunny tropical wedding was interrupted by stormy weather.

'I had monsoon rain on my wedding day in Bali for about six hours but after the rain went we got gorgeous photos but rain was too heavy to get good photos under the water,' Mrs Grimshaw said, who was pictured in a series of windy yet beautiful beach photos with her new husband.

Katerina Stojakovic was 'freaking out' about the weather on the lead up to the big day as they had an outdoor wedding planned.

'As we got closer and closer to the big day, the percentage of rain increased. We actually decided to go with our wet weather option and have a marquee,' Mrs Stojakovic told Daily Mail Australia, 'and the rain started to pour as soon as the reception started.'

'The black and white photo was taken towards the end of the night - the umbrella we are using was an old broken red and white umbrella we found under the stairs at the venue and our photographers stood in the pouring rain for us to get the shot.'

'After all the worrying (I did shed some tears) about the weather, I’m so thankful it rained because this is by far one of the most unique photos we will ever have. I didn’t care about my dress (mind you it cleaned up perfectly), and I wore gum boots so I did stay relatively dry.'

Libby Bailey and her partner experienced 'cyclonic weather and torrential rain' on their day, but the pair managed to snap a stunning cliff face shot.

'We had beautiful sunny days leading up to the day, but on the day it absolutely poured down with rain, and it was so windy it was like a cyclone,' Mrs Bailey told Daily Mail Australia.

'I definitely believe rain on your wedding day is good luck though. The photos we took in those five minutes were just wow!'

Kristen Walsh was surprised by torrential rain during her November Sydney wedding - but the group were all smiles in a candid shot taken as they walked in pairs through the rain.

'The weather was fine all week and then the night before I was starting to worry as it was forecast for showers. The morning of I think I was just too excited to worry about the weather and as my bridesmaids kept saying it's good luck if it rains on your wedding day,' Mrs Walsh told Daily Mail Australia.

'Photos were meant to be at a park in Sans Souci but due to the weather we ended up in the car park of the reception and our photographer did an amazing job. I always did believe that if it did rain on your wedding day that it was good luck and I do still believe that.'

The series of images have brides almost wishing for rain on their big day, rather than hoping for the traditionally ideal blue skies and sunny weather.

'Rain is definitely something not to be afraid of...,' one Facebook user wrote.

'Best wedding photos I ever took were in the rain,' another said.

Since Mrs Gower and her husband's photo was shared on Tuesday, it has received thousands of shares and words of praise on social media.

'We had gone up on the Thursday night and it was misty and freezing cold and I was really worried about what it was going to be like,' Mrs Gower told Daily Mail Australia.

'On the Saturday morning it was raining and quite cloudy and I had to make a call on whether we had the wedding outside or not by midday.

'In the lead up I was stressed but on the day - even though there were clouds in both directions - I decided to just go ahead and have it on the lawn overlooking the lake like I'd always imagined... we had umbrellas to give everyone if it did rain.'

But the odds were in the couples' favour, with the sun peaking out from behind the clouds for the 3.30pm ceremony before the clouds returned at the reception.

'Our photographer Thomas was a legend and he came up to us during the reception - we were all dancing by that point - he said it was raining outside and offered to take us out for a minute or so and grab some photos,' Mrs Gower said.

The pair grabbed a friend's umbrella and headed out into the pitch black with their photographer, who brought along his back light.

'We were out on the driveway of the venue and it was really nice because Nick and I wanted to spend some moments together so we were really happy to outside and have that time together,' Mrs Gower said.

'Thomas said it would be awesome - he called it a drizzle shot - and we went out in the freeing cold so we were close together and just having a moment.'

Mrs Gower didn't mind that she was out in the rain as her dress was already 'trashed' and muddy from the weather.

'When we saw the photo the next morning on Facebook I was just totally blown away - it was amazing and heaps of people were sharing it and saying it was like a fairytale,' Mrs Gower said, who plans on having the image blown up to frame.

'It was so worth getting out in the rain for - listen to your photographers, they know what they're doing.'

Thomas Stewart, the photographer, said the moment was completely spontaneous.

'I secretly love when it rains during the reception - we were in there and it started to pitter patter outside and I got pretty excited and had this idea for a shot and suggested I set up the shot,' Mr Stewart told Daily Mail Australia.

'I didn't want to drag them out so I went out and shot five frames and we went back inside - I'm very conscious of the fact that it's their wedding and they want to be having fun.'

'It only took 30 seconds and five attempts before I took this, the perfect shot.'

Mr Stewart - who made headlines this week for his rant about unplugged weddings that went viral - says varied weather on the day is perfect.

'Anything that can throw a curve ball towards a normal wedding is in my and many photographers' opinion fantastic - so rain, mist, wind, fog and anything like that makes photos awesome,' Mr Stewart said.

'It's actually much better if the entire day is as cloudy and gloomy as possible as the clouds act like a giant light diffuser - except for sunset - that's when we want strong direct light for those beautiful low golden rays which are perfect.'

Social media users were amazed by the shot when it was posted the next morning.

'Late during the reception: the only part of a wedding when I really hope it rains,' Mr Stewart wrote on Facebook.

'Man... With shots like that brides are going to want it to rain on their day!' One Facebook user wrote.

'Looks absolutely magical! What a fabulous photograph,' another agreed.

And although many have suggested the photo was photo shopped, the pair insist that is far from the truth.

'It absolutely wasn't photo shopped at all,' Mrs Gower said, 'it really was that wet and he posted it the next morning at 8am - there was no time for photo shopping!'

'It's edited like my normal images with colour and contrast but absolutely no photo shopping - it really was raining,' Mr Stewart said.

Mr Stewart recently wrote a long rant on his Facebook page, accusing wedding guests of being too eager to flash their iPhones and iPads instead of enjoying the moment.

‘Look at this photo. This groom had to lean out past the aisle just to see his bride approaching. Why? Because guests with their phones were in the aisle and in his way,’ Mr Stewart fumed.

‘They [guests] have no idea how to stay out of our way. They often ruin many of our shots. They will make our photos worse. Imagine you're in the middle of your wedding ceremony. You're elated,’ Mr Stewart continued.

‘You decide to take a quick glance towards your guests as you're sure they're sharing these happy moments with you, possibly even shedding a tear of their own. What do you see? NO FACES AT ALL AS THEY ARE ALL HIDDEN BEHIND PHONES AND CAMERAS!’

The rant on Mr Stewart's Facebook page appears to have resonated with many.

On early Saturday morning, it had already had more than 25,000 likes and almost 10,000 shares.

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