When award-winning wedding photographer Jonas Peterson traveled to Kenya to photograph a couple getting married there in late September, he knew their wedding ceremony would take place against a breathtaking backdrop.

What he couldn't know was what conditions during the ceremony would be like in the east African nation's "famously unpredictable" weather.

"There’s not really much you can do to prepare except keep an eye on the horizon and pray to the weather gods," Peterson told weather.com in an email interview.

The couple, Nina and Sebastian, chose the location in Kenya's Maasai Mara after the bride had spent months there following a pride of lions for a project on one of the world's last remaining groups of wild lions, according to the Huffington Post.

In his own words

Here's how the wedding day went, according to Peterson:

"The local Maasai people were with us all day, the bride is also a wildlife photographer who has worked in the area for a long time. Both she and her Maasai friends said it could rain, but there was no way to be certain.

"When we drove to the ceremony on the middle of the savannah, we saw the clouds building up on the horizon, but all the guests were already seated and with no Plan B there was never a question, this ceremony would happen no matter what the weather did.

"During the ceremony the skies went darker and darker and I could feel the temperature drop and it felt like the air was sucked in the direction of the storm. Luckily for everyone the ceremony ended exactly when it needed to. Everyone made it to their cars and the couple and I rushed off for some bridal portraits.

"We only got about three minutes before the storm hit and the skies opened. The drops were bigger than anything I’ve seen before. Luckily I only needed a few portraits. After that all we could do was make our way back to camp and the wedding reception.

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Shooting a dramatic backdrop

"Shooting just before a storm hits is actually one of my favorite situations to shoot in -- it makes for great dramatic backdrops as long as you can escape getting wet.

"As a wedding photographer the show must always go on, so I’m forced to adapt to whatever weather I’m given. Most of my couples are very laid back, so we usually don’t make other plans. If it rains we bring umbrellas and come up with ideas based on that.

"And being a wedding photographer, I want the photos [to show] what the day was like, not some other fake version. If bad weather makes an appearance, play along.

See more photos of the wedding at Jonas Peterson's blog.