When my roommate told me of his plan to propose to his girlfriend while going on a Gondola Adventures (www.gondola.com) cruise through the beautiful Newport Harbor in Newport Beach, CA.  We were acquainted with a person that owned a house on the route, so i hid inside a boat with the door cracked open enough for my lens to make it through.   Her family also hid in the boat with me, and it was hilarious.  There were comments like “She’s Crying” then the response “Crying is good”, “he’s got the ring!”, and other precious gems.  The best part is that this whole conversation was caught on video by one of the family members.

There was a point when i lightly tapped the door with my lens someone said “I can’t believe she didn’t hear that”, while she was 20 feet away reading the amazing message in a bottle Tiago wrote for her.  Needless to say she was so swept up in moment it didn’t matter how much noise we made.

When she said yes, we gave them some time to enjoy the moment, then all of a sudden Mark (from christafari.com & Gospelregge.com) yelled out “Can we come out now!” then about 15 of us came out to congratulate them.  It was an amazing day.  We later met up with them for dinner.

More pictures can me found on my Facebook Page www.facebook.com/wophotography

Gondola Adventures: gondola.com
Greg’s Blog Post: http://www.gondolagreg.com/2012/02/photo-by-mark-mohr-my-brother-mark-was.html