Michelle & Katy | Surprise Proposal in Portland’s Japanese Gardens

March 3, 2018

PORTLAND JAPANESE GARDEN PROPOSAL

Last summer I got to fulfill a dream when Michelle emailed me about her and her girlfriend, Katy’s, upcoming visit to Portland. Enjoying a long distance relationship between Kansas and North Carolina, they planned a trip out West for Michelle’s birthday. They’d always had Portland in the back of their mind as a place to hopefully end up living together someday, so why not pop the big question at the Portland Japanese Garden while exploring this beautiful city for the first time?

So what did I learn from this awesome new experience? That shooting proposals will make me feel like even more of a ninja than usual, I need to pack tissues for my clients as well as myself, and that these two ladies are so forking in love and how it shows in their sweet, sometimes shy, sometimes goofy way.


Engagement rings for a Portland Japanese Garden Proposal
Couple sitting down on a bench - Portland Japanese Garden Proposal

Michelle popping the big question -  Portland Japanese Garden Proposal

Katy said yes! Portland Japanese Garden Proposal
Couple kissing after getting engaged - Portland Japanese Garden Proposal



Prismed portrait of the newly engaged couple - Portland Japanese Garden Proposal
Newly engaged couple goofing off by the pond - Portland Japanese Garden Proposal


Engaged couple posing under a tree - Portland Japanese Garden Proposal

Newly engaged same sex couple - Portland Japanese Garden Proposal

Black and white portrait of couple under a tree - Portland Japanese Garden Proposal

Newly engaged couple at the Rose Test Garden - Portland Japanese Garden Proposal
Couple goofing off in the Rose Test Garden - Portland Japanese Garden Proposal


Same sex couple sitting down on a fountain - Portland Japanese Garden Proposal
Newly engaged couple sitting down on a fountain - Portland Japanese Garden Proposal

 

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