Si and Marcos got engaged inside a sunflower maze in Connecticut, photographed by Acromatico. Marcos planned a surprise proposal built around a poem split into clue cards handed to Si along the maze paths. By the final card she was blindfolded, and when it came off, she said yes.
Si had no idea Marcos planned to propose that day. It was meant to be a simple, social-distanced girls' day out while Marcos was supposedly away for work. He planned the surprise carefully: he wrote Si a poem and arranged for cards to be handed to her at different points inside the sunflower maze, each one a piece of the poem. Acromatico handed her the first clue, and she was fully clueless about what was coming.
By the time Si reached the last card, the final part of the poem, she was blindfolded. When the blindfold came off, Marcos was down on one knee, waiting for her to turn around and find him there. She laughed, said no, then jumped, screamed, and said yes. Acromatico had been there from the moment Si and Marcos met, and ten months later was present to witness and capture the proposal.
“She laughed, said no, jumped and screamed YES!”
Good to know
Sunflower mazes are a seasonal tradition across Connecticut, typically blooming in mid-to-late summer (Si and Marcos's proposal was photographed in mid-August). Farms throughout the state plant tall sunflower fields and cut winding paths through them, which is exactly the setup Marcos used to stage his clue-card surprise. As the real story warns, take the wrong turn and you're lost, so the maze itself becomes part of the experience.
If you're planning a proposal or session at a sunflower maze, go early in the bloom window before the flowers fade, and aim for soft light at the start or end of the day so the field reads warm rather than harsh overhead. Mazes are tight and crowded by design, so a small, mobile setup like a single photographer moving with you works far better than a large crew. Connecticut sits within easy reach of New York City, one of the two regions Acromatico works across.
