Wirken Photography Blog

Blair and Chris are great.  I met Blair through one of my former brides, and then found out that we have several mutual friends.  Blair said that she wanted to go natural for their pictures, so we hopped over to a spot I had found with some tulip trees in full glory.  Both of them […]

We are proud to announce that Wirken Photography has been rated by local brides and voted The Knot Best of Weddings 2008 Pick.  Run to your local book store and pick up a copy of The Knot Best of Weddings 2008 magazine and check out our listing.
So this was pretty cool.  We recently got word […]

Natalie and Dirk work in the city, met in the city, love the life downtown, but the other half of their lives is on a ranch where they get their hands dirty taking care of  horses about 20 minutes outside of downtown.  How great is that?!  We considered shooting out on Dirk’s ranch where they […]

Date: 04.12.08
Hotel: The Downtown Marriott  
Ceremony: Kirk Hall- The Kansas City Public Library 
Reception: The Sawyer Room
Flowers: Beco
Dress: Nolte’s Bridal 

Amber and Michael and I have had a good time together over the last year.  For their engagement session, we had a beer at the bar they migrated to after meeting at a friend’s wedding, took some wonderful pictures- these two are so […]

          
 This is a tough post to write…but I wanted to share a letter that I recently received from one of my dearest brides, LeeAnn.  She wrote me shortly after Easter to let me know that her dad had passed away very suddenly from a short battle with cancer. She wrote to say that her wedding […]

So, spring has sprung — well sort of. The frost on my grass this morning made me wonder. Regardless with spring comes a rite of passage for many high school juniors. They need to start thinking of senior portraits. I have gone a head and posted a few of my favorites from some in […]

Well we did it!  Our Kansas Jayhawks are the 2008 National Champs!
What an amazing game last night.  So much fun to watch.
In case you did not know I am a big time KU Basketball fan.  It is really the only thing in sports I actually care about.   So this is a crazy fun time!
So today […]

While in Marathon last weekend, we had the luxury of staying at an incredibly beautiful organic bed and breakfast called Eve’s Garden. Kate and Clyde, the b&b’s owners, designed and built this quaint hideaway around the core values of ecology, art, and progressive architecture. The guestrooms are centered around an Edenic garden and […]

When my father-in-law, Wes, moved down to Marathon, TX a couple of years ago, I had no idea that the sleepy desert town would soon be one of my most inspiring places. This is a classic Southwest Texas town, one that you could miss if you weren’t paying close attention as you literally pass […]

So you have read my other post, hopefully, about my recent experience at the Foundation Workshop, and how wonderfully inspirational it was for all and for me. Well, it proved itself again.
Let me explain.
This workshop really gets me going for the season and more importantly keeps me going for […]