Sam & Katerina. Miradouro do Guindaste, April 2026

Miradouro do Guindaste, late April. Overcast. Not a single person around.

I arrived early. Parked, walked out to the cliff, and for a while it looked like I was there alone to photograph the hillside.

Sam had planned the proposal. Katerina thought they were visiting a viewpoint. When they arrived, I was already on the rocks. No one else was there. The overcast sky kept the light flat and soft.

When they walked to the cliff edge, I followed quietly. Kept the camera moving.

The surprise worked.

I didn’t have to do anything. No direction, no prompting. I just kept shooting because every few seconds there was something worth keeping.

They were genuine from the first frame.

The last frames are in Faial village, by the parish church, as the sky turned blue at dusk.

Congratulations to both of you.

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Proposal session at Miradouro do Guindaste, Faial, shot with a long lens. Related: How a proposal session works on Madeira · Couples & proposal photography · Photography locations across Madeira