Beaver Creek Marriage Proposal - Michael and Lyndsay

I've mentioned in previous posts about the amount of planning that goes into shooting marriage proposals.  This session was no different!  Michael had decided to propose to Lyndsay beside the Covered Bridge in Vail Village.  The one thing we didn't count on was spring coming two months early this year.  The Covered Bridge was a muddy mess and not an idea location for the big moment.  

With a few stealthy phone calls and emails, Mike asked to switch the location to Strawberry Park at Beaver Creek.  Strawberry Park is a nordic area, so no traditional skiing or snowboarding is allowed there.  So I packed up my snow shoes and camera bag and headed to the chair lift the next morning.  Mike had told me what they'd be wearing and I spotted them as I was getting on the lift and they were renting their snow shoes.

We had devised a plan that I would look like a tourist taking photos of the scenery and Mike would ask me if I could take a photo of them on his phone.  As Mike handed me his phone, I put it in my pocket and switched to my camera for the big moment.  As you can see from the photos, it went pretty well!

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Beaver Creek Wedding Proposal at Beano's Cabin - Connor and Taylor

Something strange happened to me a couple of weeks ago.  I shoot a lot of wedding proposals, but for the first time ever, I was asked to shoot three proposals in one week.  I'm just going to chalk it up to a strange coincidence.

Unfortunately, I also managed to break several ribs that same week.  There's never a good time for broken ribs, and this certainly was horrendous timing.  However, a very kind Dr. managed to get me strapped up and pull my rib cage somewhat back into place in order for me to be able to go out and shoot.  Thankfully 90% of my work is editing and proposal shoots are typically fairly short.

So with the help of a couple of ibuprofen, I set off to shoot the first proposal for the week at Beano's Cabin at Beaver Creek.  Connor had planned the proposal to take place on the deck facing the mountains.  A sign had been designed and shipped to the restaurant in advance, so we needed to get up to the restaurant ahead of his girlfriend Taylor to get everything in place.  I rode with Connor and his dad on the first sled up to the restaurant for the evening.  We had about 20 minutes before Taylor was going to arrive.  Just enough time for me to get set up, check on the lighting and figure out the flow.

Taylor's sled arrived right on schedule.  Before she entered the restaurant, Connor's dad invited her to check out the view from the deck.  Of course, Connor was waiting with the sign and the ring in hand.  Everything went perfectly and of course, she said yes!

We also sprung it on Taylor that we'd be shooting engagement photos at 9am the next morning.  More to come on that shortly...

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