Will You Marry Me?
A recent surprise proposal started out, at least from the young lady's knowledge, as just a photo session in the park with her boyfriend followed by dinner. Originally, the whole photo session was going to be a surprise, but the young man, Ferdinand, wisely elected to give her a heads up. Good thinking on his part so she would be dressed nicely. Anifa is a very lovely young lady, as well as a bit shy.
As planned, I took a few photographs at one location in the park of the two of them, which also served for us to get to know one another and them both become accustomed to my direction and being photographed.
Then we moved to a second location in the park (Davis Park in Highland Park). There were several other photographers also photographing, so we actually needed to wait for one to finish in the location we were wanting. After just a couple of photographs, Ferdinand decided it was time to pop the question! Remember, Anifa is shy, and with other people standing around, not really paying attention, but still in close proximity, I think she was a bit overwhelmed and self-conscious not to mention surprised when she realized what he was saying.
After a brief conversation held privately out of the view of "the crowd," Anifa had a chance to process this life-changing event and said yes. She was then ready to come back and let me photograph them.
Clearly, by the end of the time there, she was smiling big showing her excitement!
Congratulations to Ferdinand and Anifa!
