Ray isn’t a huge fan of the beach. He really doesn’t like sand. “But,” you say, “why do all of these photos show the proposal happening on a sandy beach?” Because that, my friends, is how you know that Ray wanted their surprise proposal to be all about Nicole, not about him. [ read more … ]

This was a very unique proposal for a very special duo. Gurbaksh and Rubina — quite the power couple, each very well-known in their respective realms — were visiting from abroad, and he had secretly planned on proposing to his love during that trip. [ read more … ]

We love it when proposals include dogs, and Brett’s plan included theirs in the cutest way. Their pup is like a daughter to Jessica, so Brett had a dog tag custom engraved to read, “Mom, please tell Brett yes,” and carried it with him as the three of them made their way down to Moss Beach. [ read more … ]

Back at the end of 2019 when the world was still going about business as usual, we met Zoe and Alex in Half Moon Bay for their engagement photos, which remain some of our absolute favorites. As fate would have it, the pandemic shut the entire country down shortly afterwards… but unlike many of our other couples, Zoe & Alex managed to plan their Oceano Hotel wedding around the pandemic [ read more … ]

For his birthday, Michael told his girlfriend Teresa that he had made plans for brunch (but not really) at the Ritz-Carlton at Half Moon Bay. After a brief walk, the high school sweethearts reached a cliffside spot with a great view of the beach and ocean bluffs, but instead of Teresa giving Michael a gift for his birthday, he had one for her. He dropped to one knee and opened up a velvety purple box with a massive (I’m talking like grape-sized), sparkly, oval-cut diamond for Teresa, who, of course, responded with a yes! [ read more … ]