5 Tips for Planning a Proposal
Proposal season isnât over yet, and honestly you can propose at any time of the year not just around the holidays. If youâre looking to propose to the love of your life, here are five tips to planning and enjoying every moment:
1. Make it personal.
Is there a specific place you like to go hiking or where you had your first date? Make it special for not just them, but for the both of you. When choosing where youâre going to propose, keep in mind are you going to do it in a private setting or a public setting. What would your partner prefer? Iâm personally more of a private person, so a public setting was not the way I wanted to get proposed to. Knowing how your partner feels helps a ton when narrowing down the where you want to propose.
2. Hire a photographer.
Of course, this is going to be number 2! Once you have an idea of what you want to do, reach out to a photographer in that area (or one you know!!) and they can help expand on your idea and give you ideas on how to pull it off seamlessly.
For the proposals Iâve photographed there are two main ideas: be a fly on the wall and capture the proposal from afar or have a couple session/model call and propose on a prompt given. Either way is totally fine, itâs really what works best for the place youâre planning to propose at. We can always go the extra mile and create a giveaway and have your partner win it, the ideas are endless on what we can do to make the surprise even better.
3. Relax and go with the flow.
THIS is probably the most important tip I can give you from photographing many proposals that did not go 100% to plan. Leading up to the big moment, youâll want everything to go perfectly - just relax and let things play out naturally.
You donât want to look suspicious or have anything lead to tension between you two. Keep your photographer up to date on whatâs going on or if anything changes and go with it! If you miss sunset by a few minutes â your photographer should have flashes and photo gear to handle any situation.
4. Enjoy the moment.
Now that youâre #official, enjoy a little time to yourselves. Take some couples photos with your photographer and enjoy the time that only the two of you know that youâre engaged. You can plan with your photographer to have a few photos for you to announce when you are both ready to share the news!
5. CELEBRATE!!
Do something fun after your proposal. This can be just the two of you, or including family and friends. You donât have to plan a big engagement party afterwards (or do if you want to!), you can go out for a nice dinner, dessert, or Facetime/meet up with family and friends. Donât let the celebration and excitement end after âwill you marry me?â keep it going for the rest of the day/evening.
Pro-tip:
Take a photo together before proposing and send that photo to your photographer, so they know exactly what youâre wearing! It helps a TON when youâve never met or there are people where youâre proposing (such as a park/beach/pier). I do this every time and also explain what Iâm wearing myself so we can make sure weâre good to go!