On Halloween my friend Adam took his girlfriend to Allerton Park for a scavanger hunt. Little did she know that it was really a setup for him to propose to her. :-)

I arrived with other friends John and Jared to set up the scavanger hunt, and my job was to take a photo of the moment of his proposal. Unfortunately, my camera ran out of battery and we were scrambling to get my extra battery / camera to me. Luckily, my other friend Mike was able to get my room open, get the battery, and drive half an hour to get it to me. As for the moment itself, it was pretty cool to see through my viewfinder. Unfortunately, the sun kept coming in and out of the clouds so I couldn’t really get a consistent exposure and white balance, and I wish I brought my teleconverter with me to get more reach.

I hid behind a ledge on the embankment of a mansion. Here’s the view from the other side of the lake. We were just going to go away after it was all over and let Laura and Adam leave without letting ourselves be known, but John and Jared didn’t hide very well apparently. They hooted and hollered accross the lake to congratulate them afterward. Laura said I looked creepy getting up from my hiding spot. :-P

Here’s Laura reading Adam’s letter.

We checked out the statue at Allerton before heading home.

And I got a few photos of Laura’s engagement ring.

Congrats guys!