Nebraska couple kiss for their wedding photo — but one detail in the background has everyone terrified
Everybody wants their wedding pictures to be perfect, often taking extra precautions and going to extreme lengths to get the best shots. However, there are times when neither the people in the frame nor the one behind the camera have any control over natural events that may disrupt such shoots. According to LADbible, that's exactly what happened with Austin and Hailey Bode, a couple from Austin, Nebraska, who tied the knot on July 19, 2024. Just like any other wedding, they had hired a professional photographer to capture moments from their big day, but an unlikely photobomber nevertheless made it to the pictures.
Alyssa Wallace, from the photo studio of Wallace + Sage, was hired by the newlywed couple for their event. Wallace took some beautiful shots outside, but didn't catch the photobomber. In one of the shots, Austin and Hailey posed, adorably kissing, and Wallace too engrossed in them, didn't notice what was going on in the background. The sky, in some of the shots, turned overcast and a funnel of clouds appeared at a distance, creating an illusion as if hovering above the bride's head.
The rotating column of air was actually a tornado forming. Wallace spoke to 1011Now and recalled the moment when she captured one of the most unique wedding photographs. "Somebody happened to say that there is a tornado behind us. And I thought 'Oh, my goodness,'" Wallace recounted. "And instead of our first initial reaction being ‘Should we go take cover?’, it was, ‘Let’s run out in the street and go take a photo of the bride and groom on a wedding day'. Because we’re from Nebraska, of course." However, a local meteorologist, Bill Rentschler, suggested that it might not have been an actual tornado because it did not appear to touch the ground.
Rentschler argued that it was more like a funnel. "These are super awesome wedding pictures and definitely better than what I had taken from my wedding. But as far as whether it’s a tornado or not, it’s hard to really say," he told the news outlet. "It’s definitely a funnel but it’s only a tornado when that circulation makes it all the way down to the ground. And we can’t see that in these photos again, that building is in the background, so we can’t really tell." He added that they had gotten some reports from the National Weather Service of funnels in the area.
Meanwhile, the wedding photographer and the couple gushed about the pictures and opined that they couldn't have turned out any better. "There’s beautiful moments to be captured with a bride and groom," Wallace mentioned. "Memorable moments or putting on the dress, or detail photos, the first kiss and everything. But an experienced photo is more like, ‘Here’s the full story of what was happening behind the scenes', and capturing the emotion."