I inadvertently played engagement photographer a couple of weekends ago.
While walking across the Walnut Street Bridge, a woman asked me to take a picture of her and her boyfriend. When I handed the camera back, the gentleman asked me to shoot one more, “just in case.”
Then he pulled a ring out of his pocket and dropped on one knee.
Fortunately, for him, she said “yes.” (That would have been a disaster: “Will you marry me?” “Actually, I’ve been seeing your brother.” “Oh, uh, OK … can I have my camera back, complete stranger who has just taken pictures of this whole humiliating process?”)
The miracle for me was actually being touched by the moment and not wanting to throw their camera off the bridge.