A fun little story....


This photo has a pretty sweet story behind it and I am so glad that the people in the photo allowed me to post and tell about it. One night last week, while we vacationed at the Ritz (see post below) we invited some family to join us for dessert. Pickle (my sister) and her husband were on our way up to our room when they caught a young man down on his knee proposing to his girlfriend on the outside main balcony. When my sister and Jeff came up to room they excitedly told us what they had just witnessed. We rushed out onto our balcony to see if the couple was still there and they were! A quick thought ran through my mind, i wish I had a photo of the moment justin proposed to me, so I quickly grabbed my camera and took this snap-shot of the couple kissing. I think being a wedding photographer makes me a softy for little moments like these. Anyway, we were heading out of our room and down to the lobby, I had high hopes of running into the couple so I could tell them what I had done...I really wanted to give this photo to them. When we got to the lobby we didn't recognize anyone, so I shrugged with, "oh well". A little Later, we ended up having dinner and dessert at The Ritz and I had to excuse myself to the restroom with Sloan. I walked into the ladies room and there were three lovely women chatting away, i asked them if they wouldn't mind my company while I fed my baby and we struck up a conversation. The group was a mother with her two daughters, the mother started to tell me that the daughter standing to her right had just been proposed to and was still in shock from the excitement of it all. "That was you!" I exclaimed! I told her about taking the photo and that I would love to send it to her and her new fiancee. She was so appreciative and I gave her all of my contact information. What was even more awesome was when the groom came up to our table and personally thanked me for my kind gesture. I was so happy I had found the couple and even more happy that I was able to capture this little moment in time for them. Hopefully when they look at it years down the road it will remind them of how they both felt that magical night when he asked her to be his wife.



I am once again reminded of why I love what I do, the feeling of knowing that I helped preserve something special for another person is amazing!

Posted: Fri - December 28, 2007 at 11:09 PM          

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