Guess How This Art Director Proposed

We were staying on a houseboat in Amsterdam for three months when I first met Viviane. My wife did a test shoot with her, and I shot some videos that day, and we became friends. She’s an international model represented by Premier Model Management and ModelwerkHer then-boyfriend and now fiancé is an art director in Amsterdam. 

By being in the trade of creating fantasy that we know as advertising, he made her play out a role of pacing through woods like she was running away from wolves. He would film the scenes. It was a story he made up about an ad he wanted to pitch to a client. The computer-generated wolves chasing her would be added in post — a fairytale akin to that of Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. She went for it, and being the model she is, did a great job of it.  

The great part about this is that the video will remain forever for the world to see. It’s the moment she said "yes." I believe it’s one of the best proposal ideas I’ve ever seen, and it was executed perfectly. The creative couple involved have told a beautiful story using the resources they have. 

Do you have a cool proposal video or story of how you proposed? Share it in the comments! 

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Wouter is a portrait and street photographer based in Paris, France. He's originally from Cape Town, South Africa. He does image retouching for clients in the beauty and fashion industry and enjoys how technology makes new ways of photography possible.

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Such creative. Congrats!

One of the coolest ways I've seen! Thanks for your feedback!