Wirken Photography Blog

The first time I met with Kellie and Scott, I immediately liked their laid back vibe.  We only got to meet a few weeks before the wedding, but we hit it off over a glass of wine and a little catching up on how they met, what was important to them about their day.  I [...]

For those of you who do not know Kenny Chesney — he wrote a song called “There goes my life”. It deals with emotional changes you go through as a parent as your kids grow up. This week was that for me. Tyler and I have had a lot of firsts once we had kids, [...]

A day with Mimi and Papi at the pool

I am shamelessly late posting pictures from Alison and Andy’s wedding, but that certainly does not have any reflection on how much I love these guys or their pictures!  Words that come to mind when I think about these two and their families are kind, easy, playful, and genuine.  They are the kind of people [...]

Come see if Wirken Photography was voted Kansas City’s Best Photographers!

Thanks to your votes we know we made it to the top 5. Now it is time to celebrate! Dress your best; this is Kansas City’s night to shine. Thursday, August 20th join KC Magazine as they honor Kansas City’s choices for the City’s [...]

As some of you may know, the Wirken clan just went on a family vacation. With two small kids a vacation is not something you do too often and you want to make the most of every moment because of that. This trip turned out to be more than I could have hoped for. We [...]

Gina and Jeff are so cool.  Gina’s terrific style inspired me for both our engagement session and the wedding day.  One of the funnest things about shooting for these two is that they always got on board with my excitement about the pictures.  At the same time, they totally trusted me, and didn’t have any [...]

Since we already blasted you all with a shameless plug the other day I figured I would just ride that wave and go for round two.
As you all know my other passion in photography, which I discovered a few years ago, is teaching.  I just returned from a wonderful week in Cape Cod teaching at [...]

Every week internationally award winning photographer Crash Taylor interviews a photographer whose work pushes the boundaries of our profession to create images that are emotional, edgy, original, and most of all capture a unique moment in time.  Meant  for both the serious and amateur  photographer, Crash hopes these interviews will inspire everyone to stamp their [...]

Back from vacation and staying on task with trying to blog more. We are actually having Stafford and Kelly in for their viewing next week, but I thought I would be evil and tease them a bit. This is simply a wonderful and intimate affair that I had to share. From Kelly and her bridal [...]