By South Wales Evening Post | Posted: March 03, 2016
A romantic boyfriend made a 'snap' decision to propose to his partner - in a photo booth where they went on their first date.
Elliot Amos, aged 24, and Ronak Darafshian, aged 26, popped into the photo booth on the first date to capture the moment of young love.
Elliot kept the happy snaps in his wallet - and popped the question in the same booth four years later.
The pair met during their first week of university and instantly hit it off.
And on their first date to a bowling alley they popped into a photo booth to capture the excitement of their young love.
Romantic Elliot kept the pictures in his wallet ever since and returned to the same bowling alley at Cardiff Bay, on Valentines Day this year - where he popped the question as the camera flashed.
Ronak burst into tears as Elliot opened the box and slipped a ring on her finger - with each stage of his proposal captured on film.
The couple now treasure the two sets of snaps side by side.
Ronak said: "I woke up on Valentines Day and Elliot suggested we go bowling – which was funny because we hadn't been bowling since we went there on our first date.
"He told me to make myself look pretty and to doll up.
"I don't think Elliot realised it was half term so it was really busy and we had to wait for our bowling lane. While we were waiting Elliot suggested we go have our picture taken in the same booth as we had done four years earlier."
"Before going in he was acting really weird and was really red in the face. I kept asking him if he was feeling okay and telling him to take his jacket off because he looked like he was going to throw up.
"We had one photo and then on the second photo he held the ring in front of my face and asked me to marry him. It was so nice to have captured the moment when he asked me.
"I cried for a long time and then Elliot said 'Well are you going to answer me?' And I said 'Yes of course'."
Recruitment worker Ronak and filmmaker Elliot, met while students at the University of South Wales, are now planning their wedding which they hope will take place next year.
Ronak, originally from Surrey, said: "I think the fact that I've been away a lot with my job made him realise that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me," she said.
"We've been together nearly every day since university and have literally been living out of each others' pockets – so the distance was a bit weird."
Elliot, of Llantrisant, South Wales, said: "We'd like to get married next summer – and of course we'll definitely be having a photo booth at the wedding.
"It was a great memory and I always looked at those pictures in my wallet. And, of course, I will keep those pictures for ever next to my heart."
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