About a month before I met either Trisha or Shawn I got a phone call from Shawn. Shawn explained Trisha had seen my NYC giveaway and pointed Shawn towards my website and work. She was disappointed for a couple of reasons #1 they weren’t engaged yet so didn’t qualify for the engagement session and #2 they had no plans to be in NYC when I was going to be there. They live in Wisconsin! So Shawn cooked up a surprise. And what a surprise it was! When he contacted me THE ring had already been in production for about 6 weeks. He was already moving in the right direction. So after a few phone calls (no emails cause apparently Trisha’s pretty sneaky!) Shawn decided he was going to take Trisha to NYC, propose to her in central park and hire me to shoot the proposal and then an engagement session around the park. I was thrilled to say the least! What an adventure. Pictures speak louder than words so here’s how it unfolded.
I was to hang around Bethesda Fountain until I saw them. Shawn doesn’t even have a cell phone but managed to call me to confirm that morning when Trisha was in the shower. It was so early he even woke me up!
Shawn and I made eye contact and then he did this.
Then Trisha did this.
And here she’s thinking - who the hell are you? So when I said Hi Trisha I’m Leigh Miller it was great. She started hugging me like crazy!
Getting used to what just happened.
And then we walked around the park for a while and took some photos! How many people have photos like these on their engagement day. It was great. Congratulations to you both. And thank you for letting me be a part of it. Wishing you both the best!
Beautiful photos! And congrats, Trisha!
Comment by Jamie — September 11, 2007 @ 11:43 am
I’ve been blogstalking for quite a long time now, but I was compelled to comment today because this was simply too romantic and wonderful for me not to say something. Leigh, your work is fantastic, and I’m so excited for this couple! Great job capturing a very special moment!
Comment by WeezerMonkey — September 11, 2007 @ 12:15 pm
welcome back leigh! the engagement shots are awesome!!
Comment by macey — September 11, 2007 @ 12:19 pm
How often do you get engagement photos on THE day you got engaged? And while it was happening, nonetheless. Perfect Proposal … that’s what I’m calling this one! Fabulous job, Leigh, even if Shawn was so eager to get on one knee you had to think fast!
Comment by Ann — September 11, 2007 @ 1:25 pm
Welcome back from your exciting trip Leigh! What a great blog post to get things going again. Great pictures… congrats to the couple! Such a super idea :)
Comment by sarah — September 11, 2007 @ 1:34 pm
A TRUE engagement session! This is so amazing, Leigh. What a wonderful memory they will have forever in pictures.
Comment by Mimi — September 11, 2007 @ 5:46 pm
I had head to toe GOOSEBUMPS reading the story and looking at the pictures!!!! WHAT GREAT picutures!!!
Comment by Cara — September 12, 2007 @ 12:46 pm
How romantic. Lovin these set, Leigh. It’s the real deal!
Comment by Ray — September 12, 2007 @ 11:59 pm
Hi Leigh, this is Alyssa, Mimi’s sister-in-law…wow, I check your blog all the time, but had to comment about these photographs. What an incredible engagement story and so romantic! Shawn did very good :)
Comment by Alyssa Tucker — September 26, 2007 @ 8:00 pm