Jerrika Hinton, who plays Dr. Stephanie Edwards on Grey's Anatomy, has become the show's unofficial behind the scenes photographer. The actress snaps shots (while hiding behind set pieces and trees), specifically for the director of an episode to keep. For the twelfth season finale last night, Hinton captured some of the best moments for director Debbie Allen and has shared them with ELLE.com.

Although the future of Dr. Edwards is yet to be revealed, these images showcase the vibrancy the show still has all these years down the line.

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"The sisters (in all their wedding finery) had to get absolutely drenched before every shot – every single shot. Driving in the car? 'Run around the car four times to get sufficiently drenched, first!' Going into the convenience store? 'OK, stand here and let us hose you down!' Running away from the church to begin with? 'Sure, you can wear sneakers for safety but you still have to plow through a tempest five times.' It was wild!"

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"Sarah Drew is a beast! It's fascinating to watch her explore the ways April Kepner has evolved from a church mouse to a commander. Here she's doing what a lot of us do to prepare for emotional scenes: listening to a personal playlist. And then she does something none of us have done: Have our character go through major surgery without anesthesia on her friend's dining table."

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"Debbie is all-in when she directs. It looks like she and Jim [Pickens Jr.] are in a scene together, doesn't it? Nope – that's just her settling into the emotion of the scene between Jim and Kevin so she can determine camera angles and positions. She feels it the way our audience does and that helps her tell an honest story."

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"First off, that baby is the most adorable, precious little thing in this entire episode. Second, she was so chill. Set babies can be a bit of a toss up–some never settle down, so you need another on standby, and others, like her, are cool as cucumbers. It's almost as if she knew the circumstances that brought her character into the world and, like a trained actor, made a distinctive choice that she'd live the opposite."