Wirken Photography Blog

Leah and Eric are seriously good at tennis :) 
This is one of the many things they have in common.  They even lived in the same building in New York, and didn’t know it until after they starting dating.  I had a great time with these two, and can’t wait for their wedding in Columbia, MO […]

Date: 05.25.08
Ceremony: Loose Park Rose Garden
Reception: Oakwood Country Club
Flowers: Beco

Every time I got together with Alison and Brian in the year leading up to their wedding, it was like a creative brainstorm.  They flooded me with “them”-
I love it when people do that!  I have to know a couple’s stories, tastes, personalities, the things they hold dear- […]

So I am perpetually behind on blogging weddings, well blogging in general actually. April and May were just crazy with weddings and now that I have a breather I am committed to getting you all caught up on what is happening over here with me.
Allison and Josh’s details:

Ceremony and Reception- Starlight theatre

Flowers and […]

Date: 05.24.08
Ceremony and Reception: Meadowview Gardens

I grew to love the Rumsey family over the year that I got to know them shooting their daughter Lucy’s wedding in December of 2006.  That was the first time I met Brecken and Andy.  Brecken and I had an immediate connection over a shared love of photography, and I knew […]

If you cruise wedding photographer’s blogs, you know that right now a lot of the posting is at a kind of a lull because of the mass of wonderful work that we are collecting to edit and eventually share with you all.  Tyler and I are excited to be able to share what we’ve been […]

Just a little enjoyment for your Monday, well actually tuesday probably by the time you all see this.
Our 7 month-old son at the park.
Later
Tyler

Date: 05.17.08
Ceremony and Reception:  The Larimore Plantation, St. Louis. MO

When I first talked with Mike and Trena over the phone, I knew they were the kind of couple that I like working with.  They were very open and excitedly talked about their story, and I could just tell how much they treasured one another- that […]

My wonderful assistant/ second shooter Erin and I made a road trip up to St. Louis a day early to shoot some engagement-ish portraits of Trena and Mike and then join them for dinner with some of their best friends.  Here are a few portraits from our time in Forest Park.  Wedding images soon……      
  

Just like with the image of Michael that I posted earlier sometimes from a shoot there comes just one image that really brings it all home for you. Below is that image for Wayne and Eileen.
We got them as a client via a silent auction. Their son won our gift certificate when he bid […]