Surprise proposal on MYRTOS BEACH, Kefalonia, Greece: Lisa & Olly

Prejšnji teden sva spet bila v Grčiji, tokrat na Kefaloniji in preden objaviva ostale fotke, bo na vrsti še ena prav posebna objava. Odkar sva pred 3 leti na Santoriniju videla ogromno nevest, ki so se prišle fotografirat na ta krasen otok in sva jih nekaj uspela celo fotkati, vsakič, ko prideva na kak grški otok, gledava, koga bi lahko tam fotografirala. Na vsaki lepi plaži si predstavljava en krasen par na njunem zaročnem fotografiranju. In končno tukaj na Kefaloniji, se nama je želja uresničila. In to čisto nepričakovano.

*** We were in Greece again last week, this time in Kefalonia. Before we post the photos, we would like to tell you a very special story. Ever since we saw quite a few brides in Santorini and managed to photograph a few, we've been wanting to photograph some lovely couple everywhere we go in Greece. And finally here, in Kefalonia our wish came true, totally unexpected.

Zgodba gre takole: zadnji dan najinih počitnic na Kefaloniji sva izkoristila za ponoven obisk najbolj znane kefalonske plaže MYRTOS. Nekako v zgodnjem popoldnevu, okoli 13, 14. ure Mev leži v senčki, jaz (Tea, ki to pišem), pa sem bila ravno v vodi. Medtem vidim en par, kako sta šla mimo najinih brisač čisto na konec plaže, pod pečino. Počasi pridem iz vode, malo še namakam noge in razmišljam, ali naj grem nazaj noter v vodo ali pa ven, ko se slučajno obrnem na levo in točno v tistem trenutku - resno, točno tisto sekundo, ko sem se obrnila tja, vidim mladeniča, kako je pokleknil pred gospodično (v točno tistem trenutku je pokleknil, ko sem pogledala tja, tako da sem videla cel ta 'proces'). Videla sem vse - kako ji je ponudil prstan, kako se je gospodična v vsem tem navdušenju presenečeno prijela za glavo, kako je sprejela prstan, ga objela, vse kot v filmu. Aja, medtem sem še uspela priklicati Meva, da je pogledal še on, kaj se dogaja.
Ko je bilo tega 'uradnega dela' konec, sem stekla v senčko, vzela fotoaparat, gor dala najdaljši objektiv, ki sva ga imela s sabo (105 mm) in ju iz najinega šotorčka na skrivaj malo pofotkala. Zamudila sem sicer tisti del s klečanjem in prstanom, ampak tudi ostale fotke, bi zanju znale biti zanimive, sem si mislila. Ves čas sem z Mevom premlevala, ali se spodobi, da jima potem povem, da imam te fotke, ali bi to izpadlo čudno in paparacovsko, ali bi vseeno bila vesela teh fotk... Čez približno 20 minut sta se sveža zaročenca odpravila nazaj proti svojim brisačam, mimo najinega šotorčka, njune brisače so bile ok. 20 m stran od najinih. Še vedno nisem vedela, ali naj grem do njiju ali ne, enostavno nisem upala, saj veste, kako je to.
Potem pa si rečem 'Here goes nothing', take situacije se ne zgodijo kar vsak dan in se odločim, da bom šla. In ravno prav, ker sta že začela pospravljati svojo robo in se odpravljati s plaže. Jaz si zavežem šal okoli kopalk, zagrabim fotkič in telefon in grem proti njima. Pridem tja, rečem 'Živjo, živjo, čestitam, sem videla snubitev, upam da vama tole ni čudno ...' in takoj sta bila ful vesela in navdušena, da sem jima čestitala. Uf, še dobro :)
Potem sem rekla, da sem pa vse videla in naredila nekaj fotk, ko sta bila tam na koncu plaže, da sem sicer zamudila klečanje in prstan (da bi za to on moral malo prej  kaj namigniti :)... ampak, če hočeta, jima lahko pošljem te fotke, ki jih imam. Takoj sta bila za, tako da sem si mail takoj zapisala v telefon in potem sem jima še rekla, da pač midva včasih fotkava tudi kako poroko in zaroko, tako da če sta za foro, lahko zdaj naredimo par prvih zaročnih portretov na brzino. In na srečo sta res bila ful face in vesela; naročim jima, da naj se prštimata jaz pa grem po fotografa. Stečem po Meva, ki je bil že v nizkem štartu v šotorčku, greva skupaj do njiju, vmes se še predstavimo, ona dva sta bila Lisa in Olly iz Anglije. Potem pa začnemo s fotkanjem. Ker je bilo ravno najmočnejše sonce, midva pa brez prave opreme, pa nikjer okoli nobene sence, niti marele nisva imela, smo malo improvizirali in fotke tehnično niso vrhunske, ampak že samo ta plaža za ozadje in njuno veselje je bilo zadosti, da so nastali čisto lepi portreti. Fotkali smo se res na kratko, par minut, ker ju nisva hotela preveč matrati na tistem soncu. Tako da, uživajte v tej zgodbi kot smo mi vsi štirje, Lisa in Olly sta nama že napisala, da sta zelo srečna, da je usoda poskrbela, da smo se srečali.

*** So here's the story: on the last day of our holiday in Kefalonia, we visited the most famous Kefalonian beach MYRTOS. Early afternoon, around 1 or 2 pm, Mev was lying in his shade and I (Tea who's writing this post) was swimming. I saw a couple going past our beach towels towards the end of the beach, under the cliff. A few minutes later I slowly came out of the water, wondering whether to go back in or not and then only by chance I turned to the left and exactly at that second a young man at the end of the beach kneeled down in front of a girl and proposed to her with a ring. I honestly looked that way at the exact same moment as he was starting to kneel so I was able to see the whole 'process': the proposal, the ring, how she was surprised, excited, how she took the ring, hugged him..., everything, it was just like a movie. I managed to discretely call Mev to tell him to turn around and look.

So, when this 'official' part was over, they hanged around there for a while and I ran to our little tent, grabbed the camera, put on the longest lense we had (105 mm) and started to take a few photos of them in the distance. We were discussing the whole time if this was ok or too weird, would it be ok to go to them and tell them we had these photos if they wanted them... In about 20 minutes the couple went back to their towels right behind our little tent and I still hadn't decided whether to tell them or not. It was a real internal fight 'to go or not to go' :). Then I said ' Here goes nothing', these kind of situations don't just happen every day, I grabbed the camera and my phone and headed towards them. They were starting to pack their towels, I came up to them and said 'Hello, I hope you don't find this to be weird, but I saw the porposal and took a few photos. And congratulations!'. And they were so happy, they wanted to see the photos, everything was great, I was almost shaking from the excitement. And then I said, that we sometimes photograph weddings and if they wanted to, we could give them a few engagement portraits. They were totally into it, so I went to get Mev, we introduced ourselves and then started to shoot. We had no additional equipment, no reflectors, or shade, so the photos are not technically perfect, but I'm sure they will be a perfect memory to Lisa and Olly from England. We were shooting for only a few minutes, because we didn't want to torture them in that sun. 
So, we hope you all enjoy these photos as much as the four of us did. Lisa and Olly already sent us an email about how happy they are the fate brought us together that day on Myrtos beach.

Kako kul, anede :) / *Pretty cool, right!

Krasna sta bila :)/ * They were awesome and so cute!

Ko smo končali, sva se šla takoj ohladit v vodo in še dolgo premlevala celo dogodivščino. Še eno zanimivo dejstvo. Ko sva se takrat dopoldne parkirala na svojih brisačah na plaži, sem jaz gledala tole morje in si mislila, 'kako super bi bilo, če bi lahko koga tukaj slikala'. In evo, par ur kasneje, ta- daaaa. Fino to :)

* When we were done and Lisa and Olly left, we jumped into the water and talked about this experience for a long time. One more interesting fact: when we arrived to that beach earlier that day, I looked around and said to myself that it would be amazing to photograph somebody there. And then a few hours later they came and only by chance I looked to the end of the beach right at that second when Olly kneeled down, not a moment earlier. How lucky am I!

Lisa in Olly, hvala vama za tole dogodivščino, upava, da se še kdaj kje srečamo : )
*** Thank you so much Lisa and Olly, we hope we meet again someday!

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