Wirken Photography Blog

It didn’t happen too often that the future bride-groom and I were wishing for tons and tons of snow for their portrait shoot.  And we were blessed to have the high heaven opened up the sky and gave us what we wished for, the first snow storm in 2011 and the most beautiful mess that [...]

This past week the kids had their spring break. We crammed so much into that week that there really was no “break” about it.  We started out on a road trip to Chicago to visit Pam’s family. While there we got to meet the newest addition to the clan, our 3 week old niece, Samantha [...]

I always tell people that “bad weather” can be serendipitous, because it forces creativity, and you end up coming up with something that you didn’t expect, couldn’t have imagined.  Something different than all the other photos you’ve seen.  Kara and Taylor are the kind of people that embrace surprises like that.  A late winter storm [...]

Amy and I have been friends since the college years, and all that time, I’ve wondered what guy was going to hit the jackpot of marrying her.  She is an extraordinary beauty who doesn’t even seem to know it, glowing form the inside out.  She is also a bit of a famous dancer among our [...]

I met Veronica and her peeps at Noltes’s Bridal show,White,  about a year ago January.  Since then it has been nothing but a joy to work them and their peeps.  The reason I say their peeps is these two have a wonderful group of people that surround them and support them.  Veronica and her mom [...]

Two years can pass in life and seem inconsequential.  But celebrating Charlotte’s second birthday this week gave me perspective on just what a short amount of time we have known her.  And these two years have been a new life, an intensity of joys and challenges that I couldn’t have imagined before becoming Char’s mom. [...]

This is my little friend Jack,  son of my girlfriend Megan of Soiree Events and Bella Bridesmaid.  Here are a few pictures taken last month.  I saw him yesterday, and he already looks really different!  Love you guys.