Justin reached out to us about planning a proposal for Cusandra in Fredericksburg, and we were glad to be part of it. A pumpkin patch was his first idea. After he scouted the area himself, he leaned toward Wildseed Farms instead and sent us photos of the exact spot where he wanted to ask. He knew what he was looking for, and he found it.
Read MoreWe have photographed a number of proposals at the Japanese Tea Garden, and each one has its own character. This one was different because Joshua and Aspen did not share the garden with anyone. They reserved the waterfall after hours, and for the length of their reservation it belonged only to them.
Read MoreJustin had planned a weekend in San Antonio, and he had planned the proposal for the evening they arrived. They checked in at The Monarch San Antonio on a Friday. Michaela knew something was up. A weekend away is rare for them, and she had a feeling this one had a reason behind it. What she did not know was when, or where.
Read MoreCarl and Emily had come to San Antonio for some time away together. Carl had a plan for the trip that Emily did not know about, and it started a few steps from their hotel.
Read MoreA proposal happens once, and more couples are choosing to have it recorded two ways: photographs and video. Dalton and Hailey did exactly that. They came in from Corpus Christi on a weekday morning, and Dalton brought a videographer named Aiden along with us to the Pedestrian Bridge at San Antonio's Japanese Tea Garden.
Read MoreMonica thought the trip was about her aunt. She and Alejandro had driven in from Mexico with a few days planned around a visit, the kind of trip built around family rather than anything else. What she did not know was that Alejandro had been planning something else entirely, and it was happening the very next morning.
Read MoreHemisfair Park sits just off the Riverwalk, close enough to the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center that most people walking past assume it is only a stop between conference halls. Tucked into the park, though, is The Grotto: a shaded waterfall feature that most visitors to downtown San Antonio never find. It is where Nolan proposed to Kelly on a late afternoon in August, around 3pm, with the sound of the water covering most of the conversation until the moment itself.
Read MoreWilson and Jillian live in Fort Worth, which meant most of this proposal came together long distance. But the location was never really in question. Jillian's mother and father both went to the University of the Incarnate Word, and that connection was the whole reason Wilson wanted to propose there instead of somewhere closer to home.
Read MoreEmiliano and Sofia made the drive from Houston with a few nights in San Antonio ahead of them. They had restaurants to try, things to see, the kind of easy trip that gives a couple a getaway form the stresses of work and responsibilities. Emiliano had something else in mind for one of those mornings, and he had been thinking about it for a while.
The Japanese Tea Garden was going to play right into that plan.
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