[Anvh]

Thank you all very much for your suggestions
as for clarification we don't want rain in the photo or clouds for that matter so we need to photoshop away all that and the model needs to be dry...

The suggestion to use a polarization is indeed a very good one, didn't thought about that one!

[Anvh]

You have several challenges:

- color temperature, which is easily adjusted.
- contrast range, which you can increase.
- directional lighting, which is not so easily faked.
- the color temperature difference between highlights and shadows, which can be somewhat faked with split toning.
- the sheen of wetness, some of which can be removed with polarization.

This indeed a very good list and one we followed when it was overcast and we painted the sky blue.

But yeah the rain is problematic for the clothing, make-up and the hair and also the flash equipment...

Going to try to push it at a later date though... it's just not worth the extra effort.
The weather here is just as bad as in England so you can imagine doing a summer shoot there XD

[adwb]

This indeed a very good list and one we followed when it was overcast and we painted the sky blue.

But yeah the rain is problematic for the clothing, make-up and the hair and also the flash equipment...

Going to try to push it at a later date though... it's just not worth the extra effort.
The weather here is just as bad as in England so you can imagine doing a summer shoot there XD

Maybe not quite what you are looking for but we shot a clothing product day that wanted a wet effect so we hired a small pop up gazebo the type you see at garden parties, weddings and so on, that kept the kit and models dry but allowed us to shoot at the edge of the gazebo to get the wet effect on the ground and the rain in the background. Since the gazebo was white there was no weird colour cast.
I can't post any examples as I was assistant then and have no access to that studios work.

[Anvh]

Thanks, well it's certainly an option. =]