A couple has gone viral for their hilarious engagement photo re-creation fail.

Now that we live in the age of Pinterest, inspiration really is everywhere. Whether you're an artist looking for new ideas to doodle or someone who simply wants to mark a special occasion with something different.

However, not everything is as easy to do as the internet would have you believe, something that Alyssa Snodsmith and Collin Hewett discovered when they decided to recreate an engagement picture Alyssa found on Pinterest.

This woman swallowed her engagement ring while dreaming about her fiancé: 

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The couple's chosen inspirational engagement picture was taken by photographer Brianna Bender in Bend, Oregon, in October last year.

In an interview with Buzzfeed News, Alyssa said of the snap: "We just thought it was fun. It kinda just matches us. We just like to have fun."

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The happy couple had been dating for three and a half years before Collin decided to pop the question.

So, when they decided to mark the occasion with some sweet celebratory snap, they enlisted the help of their photographer friend Chandler Lefever. He took the following pictures in Naperville, Illinois, but the results were far from what they were expecting...

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"Well, we found the right angle, but I didn't find the right angle with the bottle," Colin told Buzzfeed News of their recreation.

"I was super hesitant the whole way and then it started to just dribble out the end. So I kind of over-adjusted."

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"We were dying laughing," Alyssa added. "Our photographer fell on his butt because he was laughing so hard. He managed to still snap pictures of us!"

Thankfully, Alyssa had thought ahead and brought a second outfit, so when the champagne pictures didn't quite go to plan, they were able to get sweet snaps anyway. However, the couple couldn't resist sharing the hilarious fail pictures on Twitter, where they subsequently went viral.

When a good friend does something special and meaningful, you're supposed to be there for them and congratulate/support them as much as you can. When a best friend does it, however, you're more than entitled to mock them to your heart's content.

So, when Jill and Sean hired a photographer to take some artsy pictures in order to announce their engagement, they might have expected a little teasing from their friends. What they probably weren't expecting, however, was for the group of pals to copy the same images with near-perfect accuracy.

In a post on Facebook, photographer Darren Hatt shared the snaps he took of the happy couple... along with these stunning recreations:

1. The accuracy is astounding

2. Let's play a game of spot the difference

3. Aw, how romantic

4. Such a sweet, intimate moment

5. You can really feel the love between these two... and the engaged couple

6. Wait, which couple is the one getting married?

7. Nothing says 'love' like being shoulder-deep in a dirty lake while some crates burn in the background

8. You can see the love in their eyes

9. Seriously, though, these guys have a connection

10. You can tell they'd have such beautiful kids

11. I'm not convinced these two guys *aren't* dating

12. Invite me to both these weddings please

Well, Jill and Sean certainly look like a lovely couple - but their friends seem to have just as much of a romantic spark going on. Congrats to the soon-to-be husband and wife; I'm sure their wedding will be a total blast with this lot involved.

When it comes to weddings, sometimes the photographs seem to be more important than the actual event itself. I remember when I was a best man at a wedding a couple of years ago, and I seriously underestimated the amount of time I spent in front of the camera.

Every moment of my friend's nuptials was obsessively recorded for posterity, and all of those snaps had to be totally perfect, or else all hell would break loose. This isn't just the case for wedding picture any more; now it seems like everything from the engagement, to the stag weekend, has to look good on camera ... which is an uphill struggle at a lad's night out, believe me.

But this week, a woman's pictures of her engagement have gone viral after it was revealed from an inside source that she'd actually indulged in some clever photographic fakery to get the perfect picture. Not only that, but we humble viewers probably wouldn't have noticed that anything was actually amiss, were it not for the fact that somebody on Twitter actually pointed it out for us. Think of it as a special easter egg if you will.

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A woman named Diana from Melbourne, Australia was proposed to by her boyfriend José, who presented her with an absolutely gorgeous engagement ring. The girl said yes, and so far it seemed as though everything was hunky-dory. There was just one problem: the lady's nails weren't manicured. In fact, they were actually far from their best state. What was our bride-to-be to do?

Well, she came up with an ingenious solution: and used her cousin's hand as a double; slipping the ring on her finger and then having her hold her hand up so that it could be seen in the million-dollar shot, but with the rest of her body out of shot. What do you guys think? I reckon it worked pretty well, all things considered.

Unfortunately, the girl in question had to go and spill the beans. Twitter-user@goodgaljenjen took to social media to write "My cousin’s boyfriend proposed to her but she didn’t have her nails done lmao [sic]" and uploaded two versions of the engagement photo - the original snap with her in the frame, and the new cropped version. The post has since managed to accrue over 664,000 likes and 160,000 retweets.

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Jenna later provided an update to the story on Twitter, writing: "Hi everyone ... I’m so happy that you’re all sharing the joy of this special moment with us! To answer a couple of FAQ’s: Diana is a nurse so she never has her nails done. José planned this surprise proposal & couldn’t really get her to do her nails without raising suspicion! [sic]"

She added: "José convinced Diana that the celebration was for his parent’s wedding anniversary, before getting on his knees and revealing that it was all really for her! My girl organised HER OWN proposal party ... anyway, there were photographers & that’s how this shot was captured."

Pretty impressive right? If you ask me, Jenna should be a wedding photographer. I reckon she has the right skills for it.

 

Announcing your engagement to your friends and families is one of those moments in life that many of us dream of doing. Some people choose to do it in an understated manner, inviting their loved ones around for dinner and only revealing it to those close to them. Others prefer to be more public with their announcements. If like me, you are in your mid-twenties and spend a lot of time on the internet, it's more than likely that your Facebook and Instagram feeds are awash with people from your high school getting engaged and having children. Sometimes it's nauseatingly cute, other times it's cringe-worthy and on some occasions, it's just downright strange - like this. When one couple posted their engagement on Facebook, they unintentionally revealed a little bit more information than they initially intended. Miranda Levy posted the photo of her and her spouse on her Facebook account to all of her friends and family explaining how she was "truly blessed" to announce that she was set to marry the "love of [her life]." The bride-to-be went on to explain how she didn't have a real ring quite yet, but that she knows that the couple will be happy together "regardless of material things". However, unbeknownst to Miranda and her groom in waiting, the accompanying photo revealed a bigger piece of news that they hadn't seemingly been meaning to reveal. The hilarity of the mistake and the comments that followed lead to her photo and the comments beneath being shared online by people who couldn't quite believe what they were seeing. One keen-eyed commenter, called John Gonzales, was quick to notice something peculiar in the bottom left-hand corner of the photo, commenting: "is that what I think it is in the corner?" Others were also quick to notice the object in question, with Miranda's dad seemingly commenting: "Honey, you should call us. Your mother is confused." Take another look at the image and see if you can spot the object that is occupying everyone's minds. At first it seemed like Miranda didn't understand what all the fuss was about, with the woman in question asking "Wait... wtf are you guys talking about? Why would you think that?" before quickly coming to her senses, by simply stating: "Oh." Yep, in the bottom left-hand corner of Miranda's photo was a pregnancy test. Seeing as there was no way of escaping the glaring white box, she was quick to rectify the issue, saying "Hey guys, we're having a baby too."   So, an engagement and pregnancy announcement all in one go? This is all a bit too much for us to handle. Or, was it just an elaborate prank by the couple to see if anyone would pick up on the test? I mean, who announces their impending wedding by sitting in a dimly lit room on the sofa? Whatever the case, we wish the couple well in the future. That is, if they are real?

There's a reason that wedding photographers are so expensive. First, there's a lot of planning that goes into selecting the dream venue, the perfect flowers and the dress for the occasion, and getting crappy photos of it all would just not do it justice. Secondly, many people claim it's the most important day of their life, and capturing that on camera is one way to immortalise that milestone forever.

But even if you have the best photographer and the perfect weather, there's always the possibility that your wedding photos will be met with some kind of unplanned-for event. Like this story, which saw a bridesmaid accidentally disrupt the couple's photos with hilarious results.

Last month, a dude called Kevin Ryan celebrated his three-year wedding anniversary. He decided to share the happy news on Twitter, posting a photo from the Chicago ceremony with the caption: "Three years ago, I married the love of my life and my sister fell over". Not the usual anniversary memo, is it?

Well, as you might imagine, the photo he posted documents the moment his sister, one of the bridesmaids, "fell over". It might actually be the funniest wedding photo that the world has ever seen, because right when the newlyweds shared their first kiss as a married couple, his sister did indeed fall over. Right in the shot. With timing that was nothing but perfect.

Take a look for yourself:

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Yep, there on the bottom left of the frame is Kevin's sister, who apparently fainted (I'm hoping out of elation for the happy occasion). Face-first, shoes almost off, and no-one in the shot really grasping what had just happened quite yet. Here's a close up:

Oh dear. So what exactly happened? Well, Kevin composed another tweet to explain the situation a little more. After someone fired a bunch of questions that jumped to everyone's minds after seeing the photo, he felt the need to clarify things.

"What happened? Was it planned? Did she just hit the deck without warning? Why isn't the vicar looking round? Why does the other bridesmaid have extra flowers? Who took this beauty?" asked someone.

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To explain what happened, Kevin wrote "my sister fainted at the exact moment the judge says you may kiss the bride". He said "hell naw" to the suggestion that it might have been planned, and explained why no-one had rushed to her aid in the photograph: "it's a real split second photograph, a few seconds later we were all over her!"

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He then went on to say that it was a "sweltering summer's day" and that their venue had turned into a "greenhouse" over the course of the sunny day, providing the perfect conditions for someone to overheat and faint.

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Luckily she was totally fine, with Kevin saying that "it's all jokes now".

Naturally, people found the whole thing hilarious. Someone asked if Kevin and his wife had the photo framed at home...

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Someone else suggested he get it prepared as a gift for his sister.

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Others joked that she planned it all along.

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But everyone agreed it was a wedding photo to go down in history.

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Congratulations on your anniversary Kevin, and we do hope you get that picture framed.

One woman’s attempt to snap the perfect photo with her boyfriend took an unexpectedly funny turn, and TikTok can’t stop laughing.

Megan, who thought she’d captured a sweet countryside moment with her partner, only realised later that a small detail in the picture completely stole the show.

“Thought this was a cute picture…”

In her viral TikTok post, Megan shared what seemed like a perfectly normal couple photo.

The pair stood together outdoors, smiling in casual outfits; Megan in a black T-shirt and jeans, and her boyfriend in a blue top and joggers, his arm around her shoulder.

Over the first photo, she wrote: “Thinking this was a nice picture with my boyfriend.”

Everything looked perfectly normal, until she zoomed in.

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The shadow that changed everything

In the next image, Megan revealed the detail that made her burst out laughing: her shadow.

Because of the way the sun was hitting her face, the outline on the ground gave her shadow a hilariously exaggerated pointy nose and chin, making her look like something straight out of a fairy tale.

“Who are you?” she joked in the caption, before adding: “Now I’m even more self-conscious about my side profile!”

TikTok users couldn’t stop laughing

The post quickly racked up millions of views and thousands of comments, as people flooded the replies with their own shadow-related fails.

One user wrote: “Girl, I know exactly how you feel, I look like the Wicked Witch!”

Another added: “New fear unlocked!”

A third joked: “Guess all our inner witches are showing in our shadows!”

Someone else commented: “NEW INSECURITY UNLOCKED, like we didn’t already have millions!”

Even Megan jumped in on the fun, replying: “GIRL I KNOW!!!!”

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Others missed the joke entirely

Not everyone spotted the “problem” right away.

Some viewers thought she was pointing out something on her boyfriend’s T-shirt, which happened to have The White Lotus logo printed on it.

“I didn’t even notice!” one commenter admitted.

“I thought you were talking about his White Lotus shirt!”

Another joked: “Me looking up what’s wrong with The White Lotus until I read the comments.”

A third confessed: “Wait, what’s wrong with The White Lotus?! Then I saw it lol!”

A new TikTok classic

By the end of the video, it was clear that Megan’s sense of humour (and her shadow’s accidental resemblance to a cartoon villain) had made her a new TikTok favourite.

As one commenter summed it up perfectly: “That’s the Wicked 2 movie poster.”

To which Megan cheekily replied: “HAHAHAHAHA early release.”

Featured image credit: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images.