a few months ago i was contacted by a guy who was planning on proposing to his girlfriend. they were from san jose and would be in santa barbara for the weekend. the girlfriend was expecting the weekend holiday, but not the proposal. nor was she expecting to have someone hiding in the bushes taking pictures of her get a new ring.

after the ring was offered and accepted, i introduced myself to both Carmen and JC and we spent an hour or two taking some engagement photos. Carmen was a real sport about the whole thing. especially considering that she has just gotten engaged and then had to spend the next couple of hours with a photographer she has never met instead of calling family and friends or kissing her new fiance. as it turns out, my presence didn’t stop them from doing plenty of the later.