Mom Moves Daughter's Prom Photos to Walmart Garden Center After Unexpected Downpour (Exclusive)

Lindsey Berger is utilized to reasoning connected her toes arsenic a master photographer. This time, she had to do it for her astir individual client: her daughter, Shae, connected prom day.

In nan days starring up to nan dance, Berger, 41, tried to person Shae that it wouldn't rainfall contempt nan daunting upwind forecast. However, nan beingness had different plans.

After getting dressed up, Berger's 18-year-old girl and her date, Hunter, wanted to return pictures to commemorate nan large day. They were heading to nan section courthouse erstwhile Berger had an idea.

"As we were driving, I thought, 'What is much Ohio hillbilly than going to Walmart successful our prom dress?' We clasp nan state here," she exclusively tells PEOPLE. "So I thought, 'Let's spell successful and spot what benignant of masterpieces we tin do.' "

"At first, we were going to beryllium funny astir it, but erstwhile I sewage successful there, I thought, 'This mightiness really work,'" she adds.

"It's nosy to show that you tin return almost immoderate spot you spell and make memories, and that's what matters."

Given her profession, Berger had each nan instrumentality fresh to go. However, she besides didn't want to disturb nan displays successful nan store, nan employees, aliases nan customers.

Regardless, nan labor permitted them to move thing they needed to get nan correct shot. Berger says each nan workers were very benignant and nary 1 judged them. 

Berger ended up posting a TikTok astir nan situation, which included a photograph of a Walmart worker alongside Shae and Hunter. 

Berger says nan worker graciously helped them done nan process, telling her he "didn't mind" nan shenanigans because it was "a slow time for them."

The photographer was gladsome they were capable to make nan astir retired of nan situation, and arsenic thrilled that she sewage to show her girl what she does for a living.

"She's artistic, but she's unsure really I get nan pictures," Berger says. "The first 1 I showed her, they were bending and ducking down clamps, and she was not seeing it until I turned nan camera, and I showed her."

"She said, 'These are truthful fun. They're really really bully mom!' She was amazed astatine really tiny they were," she adds.

The video Berger posted went viral, amassing complete 4.6 cardinal views. While astir comments were positive, a fewer insisted that "there must person been a amended spot to return pictures than Walmart." But for Berger, that's 1 of nan reasons nan pictures are truthful special. 

"Have immoderate nosy successful life, beryllium creative, do thing different," she shares.

"Of course, we knew we could spell underneath something, enactment dry, and get emblematic pictures," she continues. "But, we wanted to do thing silly and fun. We conscionable wanted to person fun, and I'm gladsome we did and created a awesome memory. It was specified a nosy conversational piece."