Casual Lakeside Proposal in Colorado

“Shelby and Brendan are the sweetest couple from the midwest! She reached out to me while planning a road trip to the Grand Canyon with their dog, Moose. I was so excited when she first reached out because hanging out and photographing cool couples who love adventures and the outdoors is totally my jam! We talked about just doing a couple’s session and that was it.. Or so I thought! Brendan reached out to me a few days before they left for their trip and told me he was planning on proposing!! I was SO excited for them!! We had a feeling Shelby was going to suspect something was up, mainly because the back-to-back proposal videos are all over the internet and I didn’t want it to be an obvious proposal. I came up with a plan to take individual photos of them and when I started taking Shelby’s photo, Brendan sneakily got the ring from his backpack (which he hid in the lining of the suitcase for an entire week) and walked back over towards Shelby and that’s when the proposal happened! It was so much fun meeting them and capturing this moment!”