I knew that I wanted to hire Kir even before I got engaged solely based on her beautiful photos I had seen on social media, but once I actually did get engaged back in 2018 and had a reason to call her and talk to her to see if she was availabl...e and if we would be a good fit, I knew it was the best decision I could have made, she is hands down the best of the best. The character limit in this review will not do her hard work and talent justice, but I will certainly try.
We got engaged in December of 2018 and hired Kir in February of 2019 as we were planning our 8/22/20 Annapolis, MD wedding while living in Seattle, WA. From the very first conversation we had, Kir checked every single box and more. From her professional yet incredibly comforting presence, to her eye for style, beauty and imagination, her attention to detail and her willingness to go above and beyond, Kir is who you want to work with to capture your most special moments in life.
Fast forward to October of 2019, my fiance was going to be getting back from deployment and the timing is never concrete, always last minute and hard to plan around. Well, Kir was able to work with us to plan our engagement photoshoot in MD - not only did she work with us on the shifting date/time, she also recommended the beautiful location that I had never heard of before and of course told us everything to bring to be fully prepared. She set every expectation in the book which really helped as we were traveling across the country and didn't want to forget anything. My fiance gets very nervous taking pictures and after shooting with Kir with her direction and putting him at ease, he actually had a blast.
Our original wedding date being 8/22/20, we ended up postponing our religious ceremony and our reception to 6/11/22 because of COVID, but we decided we wanted to at least do the legal/civil part of our marriage with just our parents. With less than a months notice I called Kir and asked if she could shoot our COVID-friendly outdoor garden ceremony on a Wednesday afternoon in Annapolis that we had planned in a matter of 6 hours - her response and excitement truly turned my entire mood around and got me so excited for it (I was a little sad that it wasn't going to be the day that we had originally planned, but I knew that day would come). Kir captured the ceremony so beautifully, there are no words to express our gratitude. We had such a great time we invited her to come with us to our outdoor champagne/high tea lunch reservation afterwards, we had so many laughs, it was such a perfect, special day.
Fast forwarding again to our official wedding weekend in June 2022. I don't even know where to start. Kir captured our welcome party on Friday night and then was with us from 10am-10pm on wedding day Saturday. She captured every person in attendance with such grace. Her talent is unmatched. PLUS returned sneaks in less than 24 hours which I know means working until incredibly late hours in the night. Not to mention returned our entire wedding weekend photos (digital and film) to us in a month!!! They don't make them better than this folks...
There is no one I would have rather worked with for 3.5 years and I am already thinking of ways to get back to the DMV area for more shoots with her in the future, or even just to grab a meal together. Hire Kir. It is the best decision you will ever make.