Captured Productions

An Amazing Proposal.....Undercover

We are all about telling stories....most of the time they are wedding stories but from time to time we get to tell a little more of the story, no not their "Love Story", their engagement story.  All good engagements begin with "The Proposal".  If you are like Amanda you see the importance of having that part of the story captured.  Amanda went as far as making it a requirement of engagement.  Yes, you heard me, Matt ran the risk of rejection on one knee if there was not photo and video documentation of the big question.  Well, Matt not only lived up to having it all captured, but you raised the bar for any guy.

So any of you brides to be out there with engagement around the corner, take a tip from Amanda and make sure your engagement story is captured as well as your wedding story.

Well enough of my introduction....Matt says it all in his proposal to Amanda at the Grand Traverse Resort in Traverse City, MI....

Captured Productions - Click to play

This post wouldn't be complete without showing off the images captured by my very talented wife Renee' of Captured Photography.  Check out more of her work at http://www.capturedphotographyart.com or her blog at http://capturedproductions.typepad.com/cp_photography.

"I do....." Deckrow Style

To quote one of my previous posts, We Are Family, "What else happens when the Deckrows get together.....a lot of memories are made and they are all captured with photos and video.  With 3 professional photographers and 2 professional videographers in the family our gatherings somewhat resemble the papratzi."   Well the Deckrows got together again, all the way up from Georgia.  This time we got a little surprise....as well as Kaylie.

Josh had big plans to propose to Kaylie and thought it would be a good idea to do it at Michigan Adventure when the whole family was together.  So how was Josh going to propose in front of 20 Deckrows who didn't know the plan and still keep things looking normal......well a train ride of course.  Some were complaining about a dumb train ride, some were starting to wander off.  Then we get in line and realized we were the line and pretty much took over the whole train......sounds like the Deckrows.

So here we are....the 20 of us going on a train ride at Michigan adventure....not necessarily an everyday affair.  Then you have a video and still camera turned around and pointing at you.....okay that is a little more normal in my family.  Josh had strategically placed signs along the train ride to do the talking for him.  Now it was a little awkward when the signs said, Will...... You....... Marry...... Me........................ (long pause) and there were two of my sisters who were with their boyfriends.....hmmmmmm......who's it going to be...........Kaylie!

It was quite an exciting time for my family.  Josh I am glad we haven't scared you away yet.  You will be a great husband for Kaylie and fit in well as our new brother-in-law.  For the rest of you that didn't happen to be on the famous train ride here is a short video of the proposal and of course the "I do.....".

Captured Productions - Click To Play