Early morning Mont-St-Michel Proposal
By experienced English-speaking professional Photographer Sabina Dumont.
My usual recommendation for the ideal time to propose at the Mont-St-Michel is about two hours before sunset but due to Stephen and Lucero’s travel plans we had no choice but change it a few days beforehand for it to be an early morning Mont-St-Michel proposal…and it was FABULOUS!.
Why do I usually recommend evening proposal photoshoots ? Mainly because it gives us the best chance to have some warm colours and a pretty sunset, if the Normandy weather is kind to us. I’ve also previusly had two early morning photoshoots during which there has been a morning sea mist which has hidden the island so I’ve avoided it because having the island in the background of the proposal moment photos is kind of fundamental to the success of a Mont-St-Michel photoshoot.
This time there wasn’t another option so we went for it with our fingers firmly crossed and Wow! It was wonderful. For a start, despite forecasting a cloudy morning the weather was kinder with some bue sky for the the proposal moment at least and no sea mist at all. (Cloudy weather is great for the engagement photo though, it creates a soft flattering light).
And the other reason that it was great is that early morning there was hardly anyone on the island which meant we even had the bridge to ourselves for the proposal moment. And during the engeagement shoot on the island we could capture images in locations I can’t usually use as there are too many visitors such as on the drawbridge and main ‘street’l. Also I could capture wide angle images in landscape format, when usually in many spots on the island I can often only capture images in portrait format, otherwise we would have other visitors in the background.
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If you’re interested in organising your own surprise proposal photoshoot have a look at my entire section dedicated to ‘Planning a surprise proposal at the Mont-St-Michel’

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So how do I feel about earmy morning proposal photoshoots at the Mont-st-Michel now? I LOVE THEM and I'm going to recommend them. I'll discuss with my friends at the Mont-St-Michel Tourist Centre to discover if the sea mists are present regularly or if I've just been unlucky. That way if they occur more at certain times of year I can explain the risk and we can way up whether to stick with an evening shoot ot choose an early morning shoot with an empty island.

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