Rachel + Owen - surprise engagement

 

This session was so special! Super secret squirrel style!

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Owen contacted me via a friend, so that there was zero chance Rachel would find out, to book a couples session for Rachels birthday as a surprise. Little did Rachel know that Owen would be proposing during the session!

Through Owens friend we set up a queue so that we could set Rachel up in the perfect position, I didn’t actually speak to Owen directly until the actual day of the session haha!

After we warmed up a bit with some fun little prompts I have my couples do to get them comfortable, I took Rachel aside to ‘get some solo shots of her’. I took her down to the water and told her to face out while I get some pics of her, meanwhile Owen was getting in position behind her on one knee and waited for her to turn around.

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It was so beautiful and of course she said yes! I let them have a moment together before I came up and congratulated them (trying not to cry because how could you not?!) and then we kept on shooting!

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Rachel and Owen were total naturals! Can you believe they have never been professionally photographed before?!

We laughed, we had fun and joked around and just had the best afternoon.

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I loved this session, it was so special and Rachel and Owen are so beautiful, inside and out, and I am so grateful that they chose me to document this step in their life together <3 This is why I do what I do!

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Emma Foster