{"id":80979,"date":"2023-05-15T10:27:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T14:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/?p=80979"},"modified":"2023-05-15T10:27:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T14:27:08","slug":"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"A fall engagement photoshoot at Salt Plains State Park for boyfriends who met at their local gay bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mario (he\/him) and Sam (he\/him) met at their local gay bar in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. \u201cAfter locking eyes under the disco ball, we knew something magical was there,\u201d Mario says. \u201cWe went on multiple amazing dates, took our first long trip together and introduced each other to our families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (1)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (1)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80980\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-1-585x878.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p><div class=\"adsanity-rotating-ads ad-aligncenter\" data-ids=\"81704,81705\" data-timer=\"10\" data-align=\"aligncenter\" data-max-width=\"0\">\n<div id=\"ad-81704\" class=\"ad-840x90 adsanity-840x90 aligncenter adsanity-aligncenter\"\n><div class=\"adsanity-inner\"><iframe scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/adsanity-ad\/81704\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (2)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (2)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80981\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-2-585x878.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rest of their story is one of a whirlwind romance and happy accidents. On Valentine&#8217;s Day in 2021, their area of Oklahoma was expecting its biggest snowstorm ever. What was expected to be a weekend of being locked in Sam\u2019s house together ended up being an entire week, and Mario never really left. The couple officially moved in together that September, along with their cats, Dolly Pawton and Frida Katlo.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/category\/engagement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RELATED: Get inspired with more LGBTQ+ engagement photoshoots and proposals<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (3)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (3)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80982\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-3-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-3-585x878.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-5.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (5)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (5)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80984\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-5-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-5-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-5-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-5-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-5-585x878.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-6.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (6)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (6)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80985\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-6-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-6-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-6-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-6-585x878.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sam proposed at the Salt Plains State Park in Oklahoma, which is a beautiful and stark landscape featuring salt leftover from an ocean that covered the land in prehistoric times. Capitalizing on the barren, snow-like aesthetic of the park, Sam set up the photoshoot, telling Mario that they were taking holiday card pictures in complementary black-and-white outfits. What was supposed to be a regular photo session ended up being a surprise proposal and engagement portraits.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-7.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (7)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (7)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80986\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-7.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-7-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-7-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-7-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-7-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-7-585x878.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-9.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (9)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (9)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80988\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1373\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-9.jpg 1373w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-9-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-9-781x1024.jpg 781w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-9-768x1007.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-9-1172x1536.jpg 1172w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-9-585x767.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1373px) 100vw, 1373px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-10.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (10)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar (10)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80989\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-10.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-10-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-10-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-10-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-10-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-fall-engagement-photoshoot-at-salt-plains-state-park-for-boyfriends-who-met-at-their-local-gay-bar-10-585x878.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The gay couple\u2019s fall wedding will feature a <a href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/?s=drag+queen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drag officiant and local drag queens<\/a> performing at the reception. \u201cWe are still writing our story,\u201d Sam says, \u201cand excited to see what is in store for us in the future.\u201d <a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cropped-favicon.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"The Equally Wed heart is a trademark of Palladino Publishing, LLC.\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"The Equally Wed heart is a trademark of Palladino Publishing, LLC.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-55974\" 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