{"id":8533,"date":"2016-07-28T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/?p=8533"},"modified":"2016-07-28T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T22:35:00","slug":"surprise-proposal-at-seattle-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/surprise-proposal-at-seattle-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise proposal at Seattle Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Surprise wedding proposal at the Chihuly Gardens<\/h1>\n

In mid-June I received an email asking if I could do a special photo shoot. \u00a0Yaron, the man who contacted me, was going to be visiting Seattle with his girlfriend Danielle and he planned on proposing to her while they were in Seattle. \u00a0But he wanted to make it a complete surprise, and also wanted to get photos of the moment if possible. \u00a0This sounded like a lot of fun; I have done a few other surprise proposals and while they can be tricky to set up they can really be a kick when planned out correctly.<\/p>\n

Yaron already had some rough ideas in mind for the day. \u00a0He had heard about the Chihuly Gardens and seen photos, and thought that would be a good place to propose to Danielle. \u00a0But he was not familiar with Seattle in general and Seattle Center in particular, and of course had never actually ben to the Chihuly Gardens. \u00a0So we emailed back and forth, and had a couple of phone conversations and worked out a plan. \u00a0Yaron and Danielle would go to lunch at the Space Needle in the famous “rotating restaurant”, then go Chihuly, which is located right at the base of the Needle, and plan to spend some time there before things happened.\u00a0 I would get to Chihuly and locate a good place for the actual proposal to take place. \u00a0I had Yaron send me a photo of him and Danielle so I’d know who to look for, and we worked out specific timing and the game was on!<\/p>\n

Yaron and I stayed in contact by text as\u00a0he and Danielle reached the Needle for lunch. \u00a0Once they\u00a0finished lunch, he texted to let me know they were on the way to Chihuly and I then headed there as well. \u00a0As soon as I arrived, I located a good spot for the proposal and then Yaron and I traded text messages while I directed he and Danielle to the right spot. \u00a0I have to admit that I was wondering how Yaron was explaining all of these text messages to Danielle, but apparently she was used to it and had no suspicions about what Yaron was planning.<\/p>\n

Yaron maneuvered Danielle onto the somewhat secluded path I had picked out, and I set myself up with a zoom lens ~60 ft away. \u00a0Danielle clearly had no idea what was about to happen, and her expression as Yaron pulled out the ring, and then pointed me out to Danielle, were priceless.<\/p>\n

We then spent a very pleasant time together taking photos in Chihuly, and I also took them around Seattle Center, which they had not yet had a chance to explore. \u00a0we were not able to get everywhere in the time we had, but did manage to get photos outside the EMP and at the center fountain, as well as photos with the Needle in the background.<\/p>\n

Here are some photos from our session, I hope you like them!<\/p>\n

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