#65: Photo story of a surprise proposal

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  1. Tran Thuy Nga on Fri, 5th Nov 2010 6:24 am
  2. Dear Ha Kin,

    Minh thay that su happy khi doc va xem nhung buc anh va tren het la nhung dong tam su cua Ha Kin, qua day minh thay cuoc song nhe nhang hon, am ap hon vi co nhung nguoi yeu nhau nhu the va tu dung minh uoc nguyen, hay song that vui tuoi, that vui ve vi cuoc song rat can nhung cau chuyen nhu the.

    Va chan thanh phat bieu rang chinh nho Ha Kin minh thay cuoc song phia truoc co nhieu mau sac hon.

    Cuoi cung Ha Kin hay giu gin suc khoe de co nhieu cau chuyen va nhung buc anh xuc dong up len cho moi nguoi cung thuong thuc nha, cuoc song ke ca niem vui hay noi buon deu can duoc chia se ma, hihiii.

    Love you.

  3. Hà Kin on Fri, 5th Nov 2010 6:35 am
  4. Cảm ơn Nga nhiều. Hopefully là những ai yêu quý những câu chuyện và hình ảnh của mình sẽ luôn thực sự thấy vui và hạnh phúc mỗi lần đọc blog của mình. Mà HK cũng tin là vậy. Tại sao phải nói mình vui với một người lạ mặt và cầu chúc cho họ khi mình thực sự 0 vui, đúng không?
    Wish you the same Nga! Have fun out there and here!

  5. Tran Thuy Nga on Fri, 5th Nov 2010 6:52 am
  6. Hà Kin ơi,

    Cám ơn HK nhiều nhé, bạn có biết mình thích tất cả những gì thuộc về bạn không ? Hehehe, chẳng quen biết gì nhau mà lại nói thế có vẻ hoành tráng quá nhỉ, không phải đâu thật đấy, mình thích blog của HK, fb của HK, ảnh của HK, những bài hát HK hát ( bật mí nhé..,.mình còn để chuông điện thoại bài Em đi giữa biển vàng do ca sĩ HK hát đấy hihiii ) những bản nhạc không lời trong blog, những đoạn phim trong blog…..như thế đã được gọi là tất cả thuộc về HK chưa hihiii.

    Mai là cuối tuần rồi, chúc HK cuối tuần vui vẻ, hạnh phúc và có nhiều sự sáng tạo mới
    nhé.

    Rất hân hạnh được làm quen với HK.

    Love.

  7. Hà Kin on Fri, 5th Nov 2010 7:30 am
  8. Oa, vậy cơ à? Thích thật đấy. Cảm ơn Nga lần nữa vì tình cảm nhé!!!!! Muah!

  9. Linh.lengoc on Fri, 5th Nov 2010 9:55 am
  10. Chị HK ơi,bộ ảnh này thú vị và đẹp quá chị àh, đúng là truyền tải đc cả happy của cặp đôi, mà nhìnảnh cũng thấy đc sự bất ngờ và hạnh phúc của “cô dâu”. :D :D ,nói chung lại là bộ ảnh rất đẹp chị àh :X :X

  11. Trang on Fri, 5th Nov 2010 11:10 am
  12. “Dữ dội và dịu êm, ồn ào và lặng lẽ” đó là tâm trạng của em khi xem những tấm hình của chị. Có những lúc thấy tâm hồn mình thực sự run rẩy những cung bậc không kiềm chế nổi. Ước gì đó là những phút giây vĩnh viễn tồn tại trong em, nó không bị vùi dập và che lấp bởi những toan tính đời thường. Đã có lúc những tưởng mình không thể có những cảm xúc xa xỉ như thế nữa. Nhưng những gì chị đã làm thực sự truyền cảm hứng cho em rất nhiều. Để biết hạnh phúc đôi khi không phải là từ mình và cho mình mà có những lúc là được biết xung quanh mình nhiều người hạnh phúc. Gửi đến chị lời chúc chân thành cho mọi thứ.

  13. Amine on Fri, 5th Nov 2010 1:53 pm
  14. photos dep wa,to co the hoi ban dung ong^’ kinh’ nao chup duoc ko?

  15. andrea goitia peters on Fri, 5th Nov 2010 4:00 pm
  16. Thank you for sharing this amazing and beautiful moment! Graham is my cousin’s son – my father’s sister’s grandson – and is a truly beautiful man. I’m so happy he has Holly to share his life. I live in the Southwest and do not see Graham very often but looking at your amazing pictures and reading your story I feel that I was magically connected to a beautiful moment in the life of someone close to my heart. Thank you for that!

  17. Ms Moon on Sat, 6th Nov 2010 3:34 pm
  18. Nice pictures!They are so romantic…lovely…so touching!!!
    Graham is so lovely!!!

  19. Hà Kin on Mon, 8th Nov 2010 7:46 am
  20. Thanks for all your lovely comments. Can’t believe this entry has attracted so many people. Love must always shake people’s hearts, everywhere and anytime!
    Thanks to Andrea. I’m so glad you made me a comment. What a beautiful family you are having there!

  21. HD on Wed, 10th Nov 2010 9:06 pm
  22. I cried when reading this story, and the photos are really amazing.
    I wish the couple all the best, I truly trust that they will live happily forever after.

  23. Võ Trang on Tue, 16th Nov 2010 3:57 pm
  24. E là fan của c từ sau khi đọc NYLS, sau đấy là xem ảnh c và đặc biệt là từ nhữg bức ảnh c chụp ^^ e cũng rất thích chụp ảnh và vẫn mơ ước đc đi học nhiếp ảnh như c :D nhưng lại k đc sự ủng hộ của gia đình :( . Anw, e đang và sẽ coi c là tấm gương để e phấn đấu. Hi vọng c về VN mở lớp dạy nhiếp ảnh để e cố gắng trở thành học trò giỏi của c :P . Mong gặp và nói chuyện vs c ^^

  25. trungduc on Thu, 25th Nov 2010 7:29 am
  26. oh, vừa trang này thấy nhạc nền và mấy tấm ảnh khá hợp với nhau
    hì hì

  27. Tien on Sun, 19th Dec 2010 6:07 pm
  28. Toi dang bi hut han trong cuoc song,doi khi toi cam thay cuoc song khong con y nghia doi voi minh nua.Sau khi that bai trong cong viec lam an,thua,lo va mat di hau het nhung gi toi gay dung. Voi cai tuoi dag trong da phat trien toi cam thay minh tu tin buoc tren con duong tu lap.Nhung khong???chac co le toi tu tin qua hay toi chua nhan ra dc minh con qua nho cac ban oi 28t thoi ma da vay roi. Lam sao toi co the dung day noi day. Bay gio toi khong biet minh nen bat dau lai tu dau nua?? Minh rat mong dc su se chia cua cac ban. Hay cho toi mot con duong nho de toi co the buoc di……!!!!!!!!…………..

  29. Tien on Sun, 19th Dec 2010 6:10 pm
  30. Toi biet no se rat mong manh,nhung toi nghi neu ban doc duoc nhung suy nghi cua toi,ban se hieu toi nhieu hon….

  31. dinh khoa on Wed, 22nd Dec 2010 4:55 pm
  32. Re: he’s kneeling with PS background pix
    Did you purposely leave a lighter color spot in front of his forehead? It distracts a bit but overall it’s very nice pix.

  33. Do Thi Ngoc Bich on Fri, 21st Jan 2011 7:47 am
  34. so sweet story not only happy couple but also two photographers even in freeze!

  35. trangbigben on Wed, 30th Mar 2011 2:39 am
  36. I like your exellent photos and inspiring real stories so much, thank you for your sharing and wishing you all the best and beautiful things.
    I like to see you smile all the time. ^_^

  37. Hannah Le on Sun, 24th Apr 2011 9:35 am
  38. a lot of emotions made me cry when I saw those pix…Its incredibly romantic. thanks Hakin!!!

  39. nguyên thảo on Tue, 5th Jul 2011 12:53 pm
  40. e rất thích truyện NY love story của chị Hà Kin :) em như nhìn thấy mình trong từng cách tả về cảm xúc của mình của chị HK. em là 1 cô bé có những suy nghĩ rất giống chị, từ cái cách kiên nhẫn làm bằng được điều mình mún,…nhìu nhìu cái suy nghĩ giống như nhân vật HK trong truyện. mỗi cái là em ko là 1 cô gái xinh đẹp và tự tin như chị(có khi ngược lại nữa hihi) mắt ko to, môi ko dày, còn cái này : anh văn và mỹ thuật là 2 môn em thích và khá nhất hihi đọc xong truyện em sẽ cố gắng tự tin hơn và mỗi khi có chuyện gì em ko bao h chia sẻ với ai, e sợ gì đó e ko biết nữa nhưng em sẽ cố gắng chia sẽ cảm xúc với ngừi khác, em củm mún làm những điều điên rồ và hoang dại hihi ví dụ như lần đầu tiên comment cho blog của ai đó, ước mơ của em là sang mỹ du học nên phả học cách tự tin hơn về bản thân mình nữa chứ hihi, em ko biết chị có trả lời ko nhưng em chỉ biết là em đang cười:)

  41. Nhung on Thu, 15th Dec 2011 12:09 am
  42. Hi chị, I was so impressed by the album of your sister I saw today. She and the beautiful pictures got me to go ahead and explore your work. Proposals do not make me cry, not really. Even videos from flash mob proposals, surprise proposals, but viewing this in your “slow motion” I felt like I was actually standing there observing this magical moment. Thank you for sharing the way you see the world. It’s beautiful and marvelous.

    From Seattle with love,
    Nhung

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#65: Photo story of a surprise proposal

Posted: November 5, 2010 
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Over a week ago, I was hired to photograph a man proposing his girlfriend. At first, he wrote me an email to describe his requests. I was quite surprised and excited to receive such a photo request. I’ve been photographing so many couples on their weddings and engagements; yet this time sure was my first time to photograph a surprise proposal. It should be fun and interesting.


His name is Graham. Graham seems to be a very cautious person. He sent me all the information we needed in details, like locations, time… including photos and screen shots from Google.  Graham even called me in advance to make sure all the photos he saw on my website www.hakinkin.com were really mine.  I told him: “Absolutely”!

Proposing must be really exciting and nervous. Even a careful person like Graham made some mistakes on location and time when emailing me; he said he must be too nervous. That sounded more interesting to me though.  I only saw the surprise proposals on TV and in movies. Never saw them in real life!

Finally Graham figured out a good date to do the proposal. It was chilly and windy day in Central Park and he was in the suit shivering waiting for her to arrive. I and my brother had to be there 45 mins earlier to make sure everything and…he will be OK.  We were so excited for the outcome.

It was supposed that she would arrive around 5h30 but due to that traffic time, she could not be on time. Graham said he hired a Limousine to take her here from work. And to make sure she would not be suspicious about what he was doing, he called her and made her mad on the phone. Ah, that’s pretty cute!

We had to wait nearly one hour in the cold. I caught the cold but Graham should be more freezing, because he only had the suit on, not to include the excitement would make you ten times colder. There’s a big tree there so me and my brother would “hide” in case she approaches near him later. We definitely did not want her to see what was coming.

Finally she arrived; the sun was already gone so the exposure was a bit off.  We moved behind the tree so she wouldn’t notice. She had a rose in her hand. I wonder if she really knew anything.

So here we go, the story would go by stop motions actually. I wanted to make sure that I caught everything. I promised Graham that he was in very good hands! These are just highlights!

Preparing for the important moments:

OOh, he’s really freezing.

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Graham’s grandmother’s ring which will be used to propose. That was a surprise proposal, so of course this should be a surprise ring.

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Let’s get ready. She must be suspicious seeing all these. Such what kind of people would want a picnic and champagne in this crazy weather if not it is a…proposal? Haha
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This is very interesting to me, the flare from the sun reflection coincidentally forms a heart on the bottle, wow!

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Phew, nearly 1 hour freezing, finally she is arriving….

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Me and my brother were hiding behind the tree, pretty exciting to see what would happen.

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Oh, he proposed right away

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Let’s tell the story in STOP MOTION


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She understands now

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HOLLY, WILL YOU MARRY ME?



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She is crying

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YEEEEEEEEEEES


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The ring is in

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I love you…

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This must be a kiss of great happiness!

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If you really pay attention to the acts of the couple, you may feel you are watching a very romantic movie, but it’s very real!

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She’s looking at the ring tenderly,

Wiping off the happy tears…they should be replaced with big smiles now.

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Let’s congratulate our proposal

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I love the way she’s looking at him, such a look of loving and filling with happiness.


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The ring, the champage, the happiness

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I made this photo as if they were in a fairy tale, but in a model world.


Going out, heading to the Limousine which will take them to a great romantic dinner tonight

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Yeah, I was hungry and OOps: SNEEZING!

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They’re on. That night, two people will change their relationship status on facebooks. I wish them an ever lasting marriage!

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