Marquee letters, neon signs, light-up lettering, candles, and faux flowers fill the rental library at Enchanting Engagements, a crew of creatives who build custom premium proposals. They handle the whole design, from location guidance and decor to setup coordination and timing logistics.
Vendors in New York
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Based in New York
Proposal specialists who live and work here.
Jonathan has photographed 2,500+ proposals since 2012 and has become a go-to name for engagement and proposal photography in New York City. He arrives 30 minutes ahead of you and sends a marked-up selfie so you know exactly where to stand, then blends in like just another tourist. He doesn't start shooting until you're clearly doing your thing, and everything he captures is yours to keep.
Maria Kesey, who shoots as Masha Lou, is a decade into photographing New York and has racked up 500+ five-star reviews. She's good at putting camera-shy people at ease, leaning on real connection and thoughtful direction to keep the images natural rather than posed.
PhotoVideoCreate's whole approach is to capture every moment and all the interaction between the two of you, shooting stills with video available as an add-on. The studio aims to catch the big moment without drawing much attention, or sometimes any at all, and coordinates the surprise discreetly with you.
Proposal.photo captures the moment on stills and video at once, so one camera rolls while the other frames the reaction. Over 12-plus years in New York the team has built a routine that starts well before the day, with a step-by-step to-do list and a photo board sent ahead.
Vlad hides in the crowd and works like a spy, secretly capturing the moment across New York the way The New York Times described him in its Sunday edition. He holds a Master's in photography from SVA in New York and has photographed over 2,000 proposals and weddings since 2011.
Also serving New York
Proposal specialists based elsewhere who travel here.
Alex Kaplan has photographed couples across Northern New Jersey and New York, and he's shot more than five hundred proposals. He works documentary-style, blending into the park like someone out for a walk with a camera. He reads the sightlines before she shows up. By now he knows where a guy with a camera goes unnoticed once the ring comes out.