{"id":18820,"date":"2024-06-14T16:30:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T23:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/?p=18820"},"modified":"2024-06-14T16:30:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T23:30:30","slug":"surprise-spring-proposal-at-the-kubota-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/surprise-spring-proposal-at-the-kubota-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise Spring Proposal at the Kubota Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jesse’s Surprise Proposal to Alayna in the Kubota Garden<\/h1>\n

This was a very fun photo session.\u00a0 It was also VERY quickly arranged, which is certainly part of what made it so much fun.<\/p>\n

I was contacted by Jesse’s mom just a few days before this session.\u00a0 Jesse and his girlfriend Alayana live in Colorado, and they were going to be visiting Seattle for a few days that coming weekend.\u00a0 Jesse wanted to surprise Alayna with a marriage proposal while on their trip, but didn’t know a good place for the proposal or a photographer who could catch the moment.<\/p>\n

This is where Jesse’s mom Tamisha stepped in.\u00a0 She checked out photographers in the Seattle area and when she found my site, she liked what she saw and gave me a call.\u00a0 Tamisha explained about the upcoming trip, and wanted to know if I was available during the time Jesse and Alayna would be in Seattle.\u00a0 Fortunately I did have a day open that would work, so I got in touch with Jesse and we discussed possible locations as well the logistics of how to make it all work.\u00a0 Jesse liked the idea of the Kubota Garden<\/a>, so we agreed on a time and I sent him a map of the Garden with the location for the proposal (the Moon Brdge) marked.\u00a0 I warned Jesse that even with a map it was tricky to find things in the Garden, but I was sure we’d work it out.<\/p>\n

A couple of days later it was Go Time!\u00a0 I got to the Garden and texted Jesse that I was there, and would be in position in 5 minutes.\u00a0 Jesse texted back that they were still a few minutes out, so I made my way to the Moon Bridge and picked my spot.\u00a0 By using a big telephoto lens I was able to look like some random photographer in the park, while also giving myself the ability to get photos of the proposal from far enough away that I wouldn’t be too obvious.<\/p>\n

Sure enough, Jesse got lost and didn’t find the bridge right away.\u00a0 And when he did he was approaching from the wrong side!\u00a0 But he saw me and I was able to maneuver into position before he dropped to one knee and brought out the ring.\u00a0 Once the proposal was complete, I walked to the bridge and introduced myself and we talked about where we could go in the Garden to get more photos to celebrate their engagement.<\/p>\n

Alayna and Jesse were not only a very friendly and photogenic couple, they also shared some of my interests (such as skiing) and we had a good time chatting as I showed them some of my favorite parts of the Garden. We didn’t really have enough time to see everything, but I was able to hit most of my favorite spots before they had to leave.<\/p>\n

A selection of photos from the session follows.\u00a0 You can see more of my work on my blog page by clicking this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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