A woman shunned conventions and proposed to her boyfriend - because weddings are typically about the bride and she wanted to "make him feel special too".<br /><br />Breeanna Lasher, 30, knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life with her boyfriend - so decided to plan the perfect surprise for him.<br /><br />Shunning expectations that the man proposes, she decided to get down on one knee for now-fiance Jacob Halverson, 29, and pop the question herself.<br /><br />Breeanna, an elopement photographer, had planned a scenic summer getaway in the Dolomites, Italy, and discreetly filmed the moment she got down on one knee.<br /><br />Despite the proposal being the reverse way to what is traditional, Breeanna has no regrets and says the moment was perfect - because she got to "make him feel special too".<br /><br />Now engaged, the happy couple from Seattle, Washington, are planning their elopement - and Breeanna couldn't be happier with her decision.<br /><br />She said: "I was so nervous before, but he didn't expect it at all!<br /><br />"I had been planning it since January and had been hiding the ring in my camera drawer for months!<br /><br />"I had set up the camera but we do lots of photoshoots so he didn't think anything of it - until I brought out the ring!<br /><br />"It was just perfect."<br /><br />Breeanna and Jacob, an architect, had been together for four years before Breeanna popped the question on September 26.<br /><br />Having done photoshoots at hundreds of proposals, she knew how to get the perfect setting for her own proposal.<br /><br />She knew it was more unusual for it to be the woman who proposed to the man - but she didn't let it hold her back.<br /><br />Breeanna said: "I wasn't against being proposed to at all.<br /><br />"But I know that weddings are so much about the bride.<br /><br />"Catering to the groom for once is sweet."<br /><br />She had actually planned to propose half-way through the holiday rather than on their final night - but after Jacob got food poisoning that day she had to re-schedule.<br /><br />So she did it on their final night instead and the pair enjoyed their last hours in Venice enjoying a gondola ride and a meal before flying home.<br /><br />"I did consider proposing in Venice, because I knew we were flying back from there," she said. "But I thought there'd be too many people."<br /><br />She added: "Where I did it was just right because there was nobody around. We had the mountains to ourselves."<br /><br />Breeanna said this won't be the only non-traditional part of their wedding - as they plan to elope and marry in a secret location.<br /><br />And BreeAnna has no regrets for her decision to propose - saying it was the perfect start to their future marriage.<br /><br />She said: "I wanted to find a way to make him feel special too and I did."
