Downtown Cleveland Christmas Proposal

Shaky knees. Sweaty palms. Racing heart. Racing mind.

And that’s just how I was feeling when AJ walked Nikki over to the lit up Christmas Tree at Playhouse Square in Downtown Cleveland Wednesday evening to propose to her!  Not to mention what AJ was feeling as Nikki was walking away from the spot we had discussed him proposing at, and what was going through Nikki’s mind as AJ was finally down on one knee!

AJ and I had been emailing for a couple days proir about his proposal to Nikki. AJ filled out my form for the Giveaway for the Proposal Story and immediately I knew I NEEDED to be there for this!

AJ had gone to Downtown Cleveland a couple days prior to scope out the location at Playhouse Square and sent me pictures. It was beautiful, and I got so excited just looking at the photos! I made sure I was up there waiting with plenty of extra time so I too could scope out the location, make sure AJ put Nikki in the perfect spot, and looked for additional locations for a couple portraits after the proposal.

Who would had thought that on Decemeber 23rd, Downtown Cleveland would be a whopping 60*? Just two days before Christmas?! It couldn’t had been more perfect evening, though! AJ took Nikki to dinner before proposing, and during dinner, I was sending AJ text messages, him keeping me updated on the timeline and me coaching him where to have Nikki stand for the perfect picture! I was a little worried that Nikki would start to question was AJ was on his phone so much during date night! Before AJ and Nikki were even in downtown Cleveland, I was shaking and nervous for this moment. It was so exciting, and I would definitely compare shooting a proposal to shooting a first look. All the feels were happening – tears and all!

AJ got down on one knee at the absolute perfect time. Not only did we miss the rain by 20 minutes, but he and Nikki had the Christmas tree all to themselves! There was one family standing close by who realized that AJ was proposing and the husband whips out his cellphone to take some pictures. So even if I wasn’t there to photographer these moments, there would had been cell phone shots for these two lovebirds to remember the evening by!

I loved photographing this downtown Cleveland proposal so much so that I’m going to giveaway at least ONE MORE proposal story! Be sure to go here to fill out the form Gentleman so you too can give your soon-to-be Wife photos this memorable!