Why proposal session in Lake Constance
Hiring a proposal photographer on Lake Constance solves the problem that makes city proposals difficult, which is finding a clear sightline where a long lens goes unnoticed. The lake has several. Lindau harbour, with its stone lion and lighthouse, is almost empty at sunrise, and a person with a camera there looks like one more early visitor. The forecourt of Birnau church looks over vineyards and water in one frame, although it is an active place of pilgrimage and deserves some discretion. The Höri peninsula, the quietest stretch of the German shore, suits anyone who wants no audience at all. In each case the light comes from the south, which keeps the moment soft rather than harsh.
Sunrise is the time for Lindau, when the mole is empty and the light comes from the side. Meersburg and Birnau suit the late afternoon. In April the blossom on the Höri makes a strong setting, but its dates shift by weeks from year to year, so that session is fixed at short notice. In high summer the towns fill during the day, leaving early morning or the last hour before sunset.
How the session runs
The briefing fixes the exact point, for example the end of the Lindau mole beneath the lighthouse, the route there and the signal. On the morning the photographer arrives a quarter of an hour early and stands thirty to fifty metres away with a long lens, apparently photographing the harbour. Once there is an answer, the photographer joins you. The next thirty minutes are for portraits on the mole and in the old-town lanes behind it. A first set arrives the same day, with thirty-five edited photographs in total.
What’s included
- 35 edited photographs
- A briefing on the place, the time and the signal
- The proposal itself from a distance, unnoticed
- Thirty minutes of couple portraits afterwards
- A first set the same evening
