So, she got a local couple to agree to shoot a romantic elopement out on a pond.

Thanks to a few surprises, the photographs turned out better than she could have imagined.

The couple, who Knight found on Facebook, was ready and willing to participate in the shoot.

Romantic Photographs of a Couple in a Canoe

The woman even wore Knight’s own wedding dress for the event.

At first, everything was going to plan with the beautiful couple floating on the water as Knight directed.

But then, things took a twist when the man seized the picturesque moment and proposed to his girlfriend.

Romantic Photographs of a Couple in a Canoe

Knight continued to snap photos as the woman said yes.

Luckily the water was only knee-deep and the ring wasn’t lost.

The couple, swept up in the moment, went with it, and Knight continued to take photos.

Couple Getting Engaged in a Canoe

I think it will be a great story to tell their children one day.

Photographer Jessica Knight found a couple on Facebook to pose for a fake elopement shoot.

We just went with it.

Romantic Photo of a Couple in a River

I think it will be a great story to tell their children one day.

Romantic Photo of a Couple in a River

Couple Kissing in a River