Wirken Photography | Kansas City based wedding and lifestyle photojournalism

Not just a portrait photographer – the family historian

3rd March

Seth and Ellen called me to ask about maternity and newborn pictures without even seeing any portraits on our website.

When they were in the studio for our planning session they said all the right things. They wanted something different, something memorable, something to help them always remember they way they felt the day that their sweet girl was born.  Them walking into our studio was a match made in heaven.

It was perfect timing as we are in the process of shifting our focus with regards to how we do portraits.  Our new focus is to not do typical “portraits” for people and families instead we want to document lives in the purest way possible.  To us a “normal day” in your lives is what we want to show.  You being you on any given day.  Or in this case, you on one of your most memorable days.  The day a family started.   We want to be the visual historians for your family so 30 years from now you will look at that “normal day” and remember  what that day was like, how you felt and what your family was at that time.  So stay tuned for our new website celebrating families and what makes them each shine whether they are brand new or seasoned.  Contact the studio for more info on our new Normal Day sessions.

I am so  pleased to show you what it was like for Seth and Ellen to welcome Nora to the world.  This is one lucky little girl and I cannot wait to document them again in a few years at home, enjoying themselves on just a “normal … Read the rest