On Oct 12, two of my very good friends, Mil and Em got engaged. This was quite the affair, Mil had been plotting for weeks what would happen and had little roles for all her friends. It started as a facebook message and soon became known as Project Mil Hunt (PMH) in which the date, the time and the place were determined, but the hardest part would be fooling Em and getting her to a mountain on a cold evening.
This is where I came in. I had to book a fake shoot with Mil and Em that evening. Mil would cancel last minute because of a meeting at school and I would then take photos of Em solo. We would accidentally run into other friends, Deanne and Nicole and then it was planned I would be able to use them as pawns too.
Nicole recently got engaged to her fiancée Guy, which worked out great for me because suddenly the shoot became about them and their engagement and this threw Em off the scent for a little while.
First off was a solo shoot with Em around ruelles and gardens of Mile End. Seens as Halloween was coming up, we decided to look for spooky houses or super colourful ones.
Mil set the time, we were to meet on the mountain at 7pm but texts came in to delay delay delay. Guy and Nicole were awesome and told me that their first date was at Dairy Queen on Parc Ave, so we stopped by here for a brief photo shoot before heading to the mountain.
By now we had Nicole, Guy and to help them celebrate their engagement Josie, Deanne and Melissa came who are all friends with Mil and Em. See where this is going???
Em's brother then texted that he was in the area and wanted to see her, which would seem very suspicious except for the fact he is leaving the country in a few days and wanted to see her.
Finally we got to the mountain, where Mil had prepared a little picnic of Champagne and Port. Friends lit sparklers and thankfully Mil had bought some LED lights so that my camera could function with some light on the dark mountain.
And then this happened. Mil forgot the bottle opener for the port. We all remembered this Youtube video of this guy opening a bottle of wine with his shoe. Kevin decided to try it against the lamp post. I can safely say this actually works and here is the proof even if there was a bit of spillage because of Kevin's excitement.
Guys, thank you so much for letting me document and be part of your engagement. It was such a memorable moment and one I won't forget easily. I will leave you with some Irish or as we call it Gaeilge, its been a while so it may not go well. Mo Chairde, maireann lá go ruaig ach maireann an grá go deo na deor, comhghairdeas. Translation; My friends, a day lasts until it is chased away but love lasts forever and ever, congratulations.
