olivia & dan :: proposal!

Last week I received a random email from a friend asking if I’d be interested in shooting her cousin getting proposed to by her boyfriend.  Of course I jumped at the opportunity!  It was so exciting.  As Dan and I texted each other on my way to Huntington Beach, I couldn’t help but feel how anxious and excited he must be!  Heck, I felt nervous and I only had to take pictures of it!

Having never met, I had trouble finding Dan and Olivia, also it turned out I had wound up in the wrong bit of beach… fortunately I found them, but the second Dan saw me he got down on one knee.  Luckily I had my camera out and captured their moment straight away!

Aren’t they adorable?

At first, Olivia’s cousin didn’t want her to know about me being there, but when she saw me on the beach with my lens, she requested I take photos of them.  That’s when Dan and I let the cat out of the bag.

Her bling.

While Dan got the ring out, he gave Olivia this note to read.  A sushi dinner followed the big proposal, a place they frequent and the management was so happy for them they gave them this lit up ice cream dish.  Delicious!