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A photographer has opened up about his irreversible mistake during a photo shoot in which he was meant to capture a romantic marriage proposal.
Jacob Peters had received a message from a man who wanted to propose to his girlfriend at the beauty spot Hawks Bill Crag in Arkansas, USA, at sunrise - and he wanted to keep it a secret.
Jacob, having accepted the job, left his home at 2.30am and arrived at the park at 4.45am. He then faced a long hike uphill carrying heavy camera gear and without any light apart from the torch on his mobile phone, which had no signal.
After 45 minutes, the snapper was convinced he was going the wrong way and turned around, but some teenagers pointed him in the right direction again.
He arrived at the spot at around 6am and waited. What could go wrong?
Jacob said: "Around 6:17am a young couple shows up. It's them. I'm sure of it. A little late but still not too late.
"They go up onto hawksbill crag [sic]. Hang out for a few minutes and then it happens. He pulls out a ring, kneels down behind her.
"She turns around and starts crying and hugs him and it's obvious she said yes and all went well.
"I stick around for 10-15 minutes after, just taking photos. Then they sit down, watch the sunrise and I figured my job's done, I'll pack up and hike out."
An exhausted Jacob hiked for an hour back to his car and headed home for a nap.
Having had no mobile phone signal at the beauty spot, he was finally able to text the man doing the proposal and congratulate him, telling him the photos were beautiful, before falling asleep at 9am.
It was only when he woke up that he saw his reply: “I'm confused, we never saw you and we got there a little late, are you sure it was us? I was in a blue plaid shirt…”.
He got the wrong couple.
"So basically I spent 6 and half hours, $40 in gas and food, 450 photos, and took the wrong couple's photos," Jacob explained.
The photographer appealed for help on his Facebook page to find the couple in the photos and has since posted an update to let his followers know they came forward.
He wrote: "The couple has been found and contacted and they now have their photos.
"For anyone interested, they are from Dallas, TX. Thank you to everyone who shared. The internet never fails to amaze me."
At least one pair got special photos of their life-changing moment - and they really are beautiful pictures.
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