Vi and Solomon’s had their first date together at the Stanley Theater. For many of us, the setting of that first date with the person we choose to marry becomes a place of special significance, so when it came time for Solomon to think of a romantic proposal, he knew that it had to be at the Stanley Theater. Solomon decided to plan a lovely evening out on the town and a visit to the Stanley Theater to see the show The Producers. During the intermission he carefully and secretly placed the engagement ring inside the bag of gummy Lifesavers that they had been sharing. He passed over the bag of gummies and asked her if she would like the last one - she took the bag, reached in and pulled out what was most definitely not a gummy Lifesaver ring! While Vi was a little confused and surprised about the ring coming out of the bag, Solomon had gotten down on one knee. Of course she said ‘YES.’ She told him that he could have asked her with a Lifesaver gummy ring, as long as it meant she would be together with him.

These two are an absolutely wonderful couple that have such a great energy together. We always like to incorporate locations that are meaningful to our couples for their photo sessions, so it was our pleasure to include The Stanley Theater into their engagement photo session. For the rest of their photographs the four of us had a fun time together filled with lots of giggles and laughter in one of their favorite parts of the city, the South False Creek area.

We are really looking forward to their wedding next weekend and what is sure to be a great day!

Justin and I were just talking about marriage proposals this morning and whether it’s best to do something low key or to create a totally unique proposal that goes over the top with fan-fare and lavishness.  No matter how the proposal happens, we think champagne should always be involved! :-)

Shortly after discussing our thoughts on marriage proposals, we came across this video. This proposal is being touted as “The best in the world history”, whether that is true, we’ll leave that for you to decide- this guy certainly gets top marks for efforts, that’s for sure.  And I do have to admit I had a tear in my eye while watching it. Enjoy!  steff

We absolutely love photographing engagement sessions with our clients and our session with Aimee and Oliver really reinforced that for us again - we all had a great time together on a lovely Sunday morning in Deep Cove. The whole shoot was relaxing and fun; Aimee and Oliver took it easy, went for a nice stroll, shared some laughs along with a few romantic moments and we finished off with a nice mid-morning coffee!

One of the things we like to do with our extended engagement sessions is to step away from portraits and capture photographs more like scenes from a romantic film. It’s rare that we get to see ourselves in this way, just being who we are- a couple together enjoying each others company. Over their cafe drinks of choice, a Cappuccino + a London Fog, we captured Aimee and Oliver spending time together as they would on any average Sunday morning…lovely.

A romantic moment while on their favourite walk in the forest.

We really had a great time with Aimee and Oliver on that relaxed, ‘lazy days of summer’ morning.

steff + justin