Stop making excuses. Just stop it! Don’t let your dreams be dreams! Okay maybe going full Shia Labeouf is a step too far, but the point stands: nobody ever captured an incredible photo while sitting at home making excuses for why they shouldn’t go out shooting today.

And one of the most common excuses we all make (yes, me too, all the freaking time)? It’s raining.

Was gonna go shoot that skyline, landscape, portrait session, or hunt down some cool macro images, but now it’s raining. And since we all know that water is deadly to humans when it’s dripping in tiny droplet from the sky… wait… what’s that? It’s totally and completely harmless 90% of the time!?

Joking aside, the rain is no reason not to go out shooting if you’re careful about your gear. Here are 15 reasons why, next time it’s raining, you should stop making excuses and go shoot! It may lead to the most original, refreshing, and fun photo session you’re had in a while… just take a rain cover.

1. Kissing in the rain is the ultimate romantic moment

Winter Love by Jeremiah Kuehne on 500px.com

Wedding in the rain 3 by Ivan Zamanuhin on 500px.com

Lava Kiss by Dallas Nagata White on 500px.com

2. Rain can add serious drama or even whimsy to your wildlife images

Rain Lion by Marius Coetzee on 500px.com

Batman ! by Dean Mason on 500px.com

3. A storm can turn a beautiful landscape into something downright powerful

Moods of Norway ll by Tore H. on 500px.com

Fire and Rain by Jared Warren on 500px.com

O Captain! My Captain! by Dragan Todorovi? on 500px.com

Lightning Strike on Mt. Woolsey, Grand Canyon by Don Smith on 500px.com

4. The portraits! Oh my goodness the portraits

Under the rain by Igor Kosovec on 500px.com

tropical rain by Margarita Kareva on 500px.com

Alone by Amanda Diaz on 500px.com

late summer rain by Eugenia Fateeva on 500px.com

5. The rain makes fall colors really pop

Photographer in the rain by Tiger Seo on 500px.com

november rain... by Olivier Eric Photography on 500px.com

6. You never know who you’ll run into…

After Heavy Rain by Slim Letaief on 500px.com

7. Black and white street photography is BEGGING for rain

Collecting Water by Rob ONeill on 500px.com

Caught Out.. by Owen G on 500px.com

8. Macro photography is so much better when it’s raining out… be it flowers or snails

Pulsatilla grandis by Martin T?ma on 500px.com

Lullaby II by Magda Wasiczek on 500px.com

Raining by Kutub Uddin on 500px.com

9. You need “rain” for a “rainbow” silly…

Spotlight by Rune Askeland on 500px.com

Wildflower Prism. by Brian Adelberg on 500px.com

10. A little water can turn into a cool or unique fine-art image

Rain by Vlad Chorniy on 500px.com

Under The Rain by Mustafa ILHAN on 500px.com

What did we miss? Share your favorite reason to go shoot in the rain, along with your favorite rain photo, in the comments down below!