Wirken Photography Blog

Rory and Billy were destined to be together. Many messages, near misses and random encounters later, they decided to give it a shot. My longest engagement film to date; I had a hard time condensing their story and decided to keep it all in tact. Without further adieu, the engagement story of Rory & Billy: [...]

When I was thinking about what I would name this post, “Green & Black” came to mind.  I love that while Tori is designing a wedding around a garden theme, and Chris is an avid outdoorsman, the reality is that Tori has this rock and roll hair and Chris drives a black motorcycle.  They are [...]

Another wonderfully laid back couple with this wedding. Gotta pinch myself whenever I have days like this. A wedding is a wonderful excuse for a celebration and these guys embodied that! The whole evening was smooth, fun and carefree. All you did was smile watching this couple love their families, love their lives and love [...]

Ashley and Mark live in New York so I did not get to spend as much time with them as I usually do. It did not matter.  These two and their families make it so easy for everyone around them to feel like old friends.  They threw a wonderful wedding out at Loose Mansion and [...]

Best case scenario for us at Wirken Photography is that we get to sustain our relationships with families, do multiple weddings, births; become their personal life documentarians.  Kristin Hayes is the second Hayes daughter whose wedding I have photographed, and three years after big sister Hayley’s wedding, I got to smile as I saw the [...]

I met Jason while shooting the wedding of Ellen and Brian. He was the first person I met at the church when I arrived, and he was also the first person to inform me that I was an hour early! I knew it was better to be early than late when few months later Jason [...]

Nicole and Derek came to me via our good friends over at Blue Bouquet.  I was at a bridal show with Boothbooth and over walks Neil, owner of Blue Bouquet with a gal in tow.  He says, “You gotta meet Nicole, you are the perfect photographer for her.”  He was right.  From my first meeting [...]