For the first time in a long time I arrived in Iseltwald and there was nobody at the famous pier. Not surprising really. It was 6.45 a.m on a Sunday in November 2022. Everywhere was dark…and it was cold.

Sunrise was at 7.15 a.m. and Zack and Shirley arrived on the first bus from Interlaken at 7.25 a.m.

I was unknown to Shirley. Zack told me that he would set up his smartphone on a tripod. They would pose for some pictures on the Iseltwald Pier. He would give me a signal when he was ready to propose marriage to Shirley.

Everything went well even though it was colder than Singapore, their home country.

This is not staged. It is as it happened and I was unknown to Shirley. I have two Nikon D850 cameras covering a surprise engagement in Iseltwald. One is on automatic taking pictures every 3 seconds.

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