WANDERED OFF. DURING A RECENT SEVERE WEATHER, ONE NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE IN CLOVIS WAS GETTING READY TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS, AND AS THE CEREMONY WAS UNDERWAY, A TORNADO POPPED UP NEARBY. TAKE A LOOK. AS THESE PHOTOS WERE BEING TAKEN, YOU CAN SEE THERE鈥橲 THE TORNADO RIGHT THERE. ROYALE DA, NELLY AND WILLIAM WANTED TO GET PHOTOS WITH THE SUNSET BEHIND THEM, BUT WELL, THAT HAPPENED. INSTEAD. WE SPOKE WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND DANIELLA ABOUT THE MOMENT I WALKED OUTSIDE THE FRONT OF THE VENUE. JUST TAKE PICTURES OF THE VENUE FOR HER AND AS I ROUNDED THE CORNER, MY PHONE WENT OFF AND IT SAID TORNADO DETECTED IN YOUR AREA, TAKE SHELTER. I WAS LIKE, WHAT? WHAT IS GOING ON? SO I KEPT LOOKING AROUND AND SURE ENOUGH, AS I CONTINUED AROUND THE VENUE, I COULD SEE IT THERE IN THE DISTANCE COMING IN AND WILL WAS IN THE TACO LINE AND I WAS ALREADY EATING, SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, LET鈥橲 GO GET WELL. SO WE TOOK WE GOT WELL AND THEN WE TOOK A PICTURE IN FRONT OF THERE AND EVERYBODY, MY GUESTS WERE LIKE, OH, WE SHOULD BE GOOD. LIKE WE鈥橰E HERE. IT鈥橲 NOT THAT FAR AWAY FROM US. I WAS LIKE, IT WAS 15 MILES AWAY FROM US. SHE AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER SAID NO ONE WAS REALLY SCARED. NELLY SAID THE STORM DIED DOWN EVENTUALLY, AND MANY OF HER COWORKERS ARE NOW TELLING HER
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A tornado photobombs a couple from New Mexico while taking wedding photos
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Updated: 8:12 PM UTC Jun 5, 2025
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Severe weather didn't stop one couple from Clovis, New Mexico, from taking wedding photos. In fact, they used it to start their next chapter of life together. William and Daynnely Carillo were celebrating at The Barn at Tingley Crossing in Portales, New Mexico, when they wanted photos with a sunset behind them.They did notice the weather getting worse, but were still hoping for the best. During reception, photographer Chesnea Clemmons told Daynnely they should start taking pictures just in case."We ran outside the venue, got their pictures done, the wind was blowing crazy," Clemmons said. "As people started to fill their plates, I walked outside in front of the venue to take pictures for her, and as I rounded the corner, my phone went off, and it said 'tornado detected in your area, take shelter.'"Clemmons said she kept looking around and said, sure enough, as she continued around the venue, there the tornado was."So we all were kind of deciding, do we take cover, what's happening?" Clemmons said. "As it touched down, I yelled for the couple, 'Let's get this picture taken; it's one of a kind.'" Daynnely said her husband was in the taco line when Clemmons was calling for them."I was already eating, so I was like, 'Let's go, Will,'" Daynnely said. "We took a picture in front of there, and all my guests were like, 'Oh, we should be good, it's not that far away from us.' I was like, 'It's 15 miles away from us.'"Daynnely and Clemmons said many of the guests were not scared of the tornado. Daynnely said she's originally from California, and for many of her guests, it was their first time witnessing a tornado."It was my grandmom I was worried about," Daynnely said. "I was mainly worried about her because it was her first time seeing it."She said other than that, it wasn't really that scary."We have lived in Clovis for more than 15 years, so we're used to it, but I was in the middle and said, 'OK, let's do it,' but then I was like, 'OK, let's go get shelter.'"Clovis is located in Eastern New Mexico, not far from the state's border with Texas.Daynnely said the storm did die down eventually. She also said many of her co-workers are now telling them to name their first child after a storm.
PORTALES, N.M. — Severe weather didn't stop one couple from Clovis, New Mexico, from taking wedding photos. In fact, they used it to start their next chapter of life together. William and Daynnely Carillo were celebrating at The Barn at Tingley Crossing in Portales, New Mexico, when they wanted photos with a sunset behind them.
They did notice the weather getting worse, but were still hoping for the best. During reception, photographer Chesnea Clemmons told Daynnely they should start taking pictures just in case.
"We ran outside the venue, got their pictures done, the wind was blowing crazy," Clemmons said. "As people started to fill their plates, I walked outside in front of the venue to take pictures for her, and as I rounded the corner, my phone went off, and it said 'tornado detected in your area, take shelter.'"
Clemmons said she kept looking around and said, sure enough, as she continued around the venue, there the tornado was.
Hearst OwnedChesnea Clemmons Photography
photographer notices tornado near wedding reception venue
"So we all were kind of deciding, do we take cover, what's happening?" Clemmons said. "As it touched down, I yelled for the couple, 'Let's get this picture taken; it's one of a kind.'"
Daynnely said her husband was in the taco line when Clemmons was calling for them.
"I was already eating, so I was like, 'Let's go, Will,'" Daynnely said. "We took a picture in front of there, and all my guests were like, 'Oh, we should be good, it's not that far away from us.' I was like, 'It's 15 miles away from us.'"
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Daynnely and Clemmons said many of the guests were not scared of the tornado. Daynnely said she's originally from California, and for many of her guests, it was their first time witnessing a tornado.
"It was my grandmom I was worried about," Daynnely said. "I was mainly worried about her because it was her first time seeing it."
She said other than that, it wasn't really that scary.
"We have lived in Clovis for more than 15 years, so we're used to it, but I was in the middle and said, 'OK, let's do it,' but then I was like, 'OK, let's go get shelter.'"
Clovis is located in Eastern New Mexico, not far from the state's border with Texas.
Daynnely said the storm did die down eventually. She also said many of her co-workers are now telling them to name their first child after a storm.
