Hey, I'm Huen.
Washington DC Published Photographer and the person who will absolutely hype you up the entire shoot.
Portrait, graduation, family, headshot, and elopement photographer based in the DMV.
If you've ever felt awkward in front of a camera — same. Let's talk about it.
I've had a camera in my hand for as long as I can remember, but portraits are what I kept coming back to. Portraits are more than simply pointing a camera at someone and clicking the shutter. There's a person on the other side of that lens, and that part matters to me.
I picked up portrait photography in 2019, started Huen Photography in 2022, and I'm self-taught, which means everything I know came from just doing it over and over until it worked.
That hustle eventually led to my work being published — including shooting the cover and editorial photos for Flow HK, an internationally published magazine based in Taiwan, for an issue featuring an interview with Carl Gershman, the founding president of the National Endowment for Democracy right here in Washington DC.
I shoot across the DMV — Washington DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland. Portraits, headshots, graduation sessions, family photos, couples, engagements, elopements — if it involves people and a camera, I'm in. If it involves a dog, a horse, or a cat, I am especially in.
My style runs clean and cinematic. I'm always going for timeless over trendy, though I'll never turn down a good pop of color when the location calls for it.
To me photography has always been about documenting things worth remembering — people, moments, places, and emotions. I believe everyone deserves to be seen. That's what keeps me doing this.
I've been on both sides of the camera — and it changed how I shoot.
What do I do with my hands? Is my smile weird? Do I look stiff?
I've had all of those thoughts — because I've stood in front of the camera too. But here's the part people don't talk about: it's not just the posing that's nerve-wracking. It's showing up to meet a total stranger and immediately having to be vulnerable in front of them. That's a lot. I get it more than you'd think because honestly, I'm meeting a stranger off the internet too. I'm an introvert. I feel it on both sides of the lens. But somehow, every single time, we figure it out together.
You don't need experience. You just need to show up.
Most of my clients have never done a professional shoot before. Some are convinced they're not photogenic. By the end we're both wondering why we were nervous in the first place. I'll tell you where to look, how to move, what to do with your hands. You just have to show up.
PUBLISHED WORK
Cover and interior photographer for Flow HK — an internationally published magazine based in Taiwan. This issue featured an interview with Carl Gershman, founding president of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Washington DC.
(Graphic designed by FlowHK editorial team)
Since we're going to hang out, here's a little more about me
The shoot I'll drag myself out of bed for
Jefferson Memorial at sunrise. I am not a morning person — ask anyone who knows me — but that light at 7am along the Tidal Basin does something to me. Worth every alarm.
My Instagram
A work in progress. I'm a photographer, not a social media manager or a content creator and my feed reflects that (a little too honestly). My website is better.
What I do when I'm not shooting
Rock climbing. One day I'm doing a full outdoor climbing shoot on a real wall. Consider this me manifesting it publicly.
Before every shoot
I make my own pourover coffee and grind my own beans. If that tells you anything about how I approach things, it should tell you I don't really do shortcuts.
Fun fact
I'm a massive introvert who somehow chose a career that involves meeting strangers for a living. We're both figuring it out in real time and it has thankfully, always worked out fine.
The real bosses at home
Two dogs. They don't care about my portfolio but they do sit very still when I need a test subject.
