Sometimes it’s easy to get lost in the wormhole of Youtube proposals online. Some are extravagant and flashy. Other’s are epic fails. But what about those proposals not meant to be caught on camera and just are?

Take this photograph for example.

When this came out a couple of months ago, my heart completely went a-flutter. Videographer Michael Justin Porco had been shooting a time lapse of Bethesda Fountain, shooting frames every 5 seconds, when he captured this gem. It wasn’t until after he reviewed his photography that he realized he had captured a sequence of a couple’s proposal. You can see the whole fairy tale unfold here.

Then you have this adorable coincidence. A journalist was in the middle of shooting a story on site at an airport when the couple behind her gets engaged. When the news anchor realized it, she did a great job of awkwardly embaressing them, but I guess the awkwardness only serves to prove that the proposal was in fact genuine. You can watch their proposal here.

Do you think the more sincere proposals are those not meant to be caught on camera?

Nikki