I recently had the honor to photograph a wedding proposal on the beach in Naples, Florida.  These weren’t the structured “engagement photos” that many couples have made, rather this was the actual process of Damen asking Samantha to marry him.  These photographs capture the love and joy they feel for each other as well as documenting a major life event.

The photo session was orchestrated by Damen.  He asked Samantha if she would like to take a romantic beach walk to see the sunset, and what women would say no to romance?  Meanwhile, I was also on the beach “photographing birds” with a long telephoto lens, but my real purpose was to capture the engagement as it happened.  The emotions were real, and the photographs were “once in a lifetime” quality.  What a great assignment!