Photographer Kir Tuben knows her way around the cherry blossoms. Every year, during peak bloom, she packs her schedule with couples who want their engagement photos with that iconic DC backdrop, sometimes photographing ten couples in a week. Last year, we met at sunrise to catch Tuben and many other photographers in action. Along the way, she
Sarah and Jeff, finance professionals from New Jersey and Maryland, respectively, met on the dating app Coffee Meets Bagel. For their first date, they went to the now defunct Clarendon restaurant Fuego (“RIP”, they say), and two and a half years later, Jeff proposed on Saturday afternoon at their home in Arlington. “After brunch with
Helen and Jeff met by chance one day when Helen filled in for a realtor who was supposed to show Jeff, who’d just returned to Northern Virginia from an overseas stint with the Marines, a few houses. They spent the day together at first bonding over a shared love for ice hockey and the rest, the couple
Taylor, a graphic designer from Maryland, and Matthew, a journalist from South Dakota, met online. Taylor says she was taken by how sweet and intelligent he was; Matthew says “being with Taylor was as easy as breathing, and for me, just as necessary.” ( Swoon ) Three years after their first date, Matthew proposed on Christmas Eve