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You know it was a good engagement session when you make plans for Happy Hour later after meeting for the very first time. I met these two as a ‘one off’ engagement; every year, I get heaps of people wanting a destination DC engagement and are planning to get married at home in another state […]

October 2, 2020

DC War Memorial Engagement Session | District of Columbia Monument Engagement Photos | Christina and Rob

I forgot how different one city can be. This engagement session proves you can have any landscape you want in DC! Cherry and Sam knew they wanted two looks for their engagement photos: formal and casual. These two actually met for their first date ever at a coffee shop in Blagden Alley so they just […]

September 22, 2020

Nation’s Capital Engagement Photos | District of Columbia Elopement Inspiration | Cherry and Sam

I knew I would love photographing Josie and Ben because for weeks beforehand, Josie and I texted back and forth about which ensembles we liked best! Attention to details is my favorite as I have massive style OCD. I also never met a Ben I didn’t absolutely love! These two had been photographed before but […]

September 21, 2020

Lincoln Memorial Engagement Session | District of Columbia Monuments Engagement Photos | Luxury DC Wedding Photos | Josie and Ben

The majority of the time, I don’t know what my clients look like. A handful of my engagement clients, I only exchange emails with and have no idea what they will wear or even their partner’s name! When these two showed up, I nearly died. How stunning are they!? Not only did they show up […]

September 15, 2020

DC National Mall Engagement Photos | Lincoln Memorial Engagement Session | Helen and Chris

M & C originally planned a wedding in the bride’s home country: Turkey! With the pandemic happening, travel seemed out of the question but they didn’t want COVID to hold up their wedding plans. These two met at Georgetown and have actually been dating long distance for 6 years! I wouldn’t want to wait any […]

September 2, 2020

Tudor Place Gardens Wedding | Historic Tudor Gardens Georgetown Wedding | DC Wedding Photographer Kir Tuben

  2019, Wow. What a freakin’ ride. When I look back at this year, I kind of have to laugh. Starting this year, my word of the year was “Rest”. I did anything but rest. I came in from 2018 pretty worn down from my biggest year yet so, I raised my prices and vowed […]

January 8, 2020

A Year in Review 2019 | Destination Wedding Photographer Kir Tuben | Personal Post

I first met Emily and Andrew back in springtime. I hosted cherry blossom mini sessions for families and couples to come and get snaps with DC’s fluffy pink blooms. I had a few engaged couples but Emily and Andrew ere my last slot of the day so I got to hang out with them a […]

August 6, 2019

Lincoln Memorial Engagement Session | Washington DC Wedding Photography | Emily + Andrew

Some engagement sessions seem so surreal. I have known Emily for over a decade; I actually met her in 2007 on my recruiting trip to Duke! She ended up being my ‘big sister’ on the swim team and part of Sprint Club so we would train together every day. We have seen each other through […]

July 31, 2019

Lincoln Memorial Engagement Session | D.C. Wedding Photography | Emily + William