Wirken Photography Blog

Charlotte turned one yesterday.  I held her in my arms last night and realized that she’s starting to grow out of that little space.  It’s as if she stopped being a baby and became a little girl overnight.  You know that kind of emotional fullness that is all at once joyful and devastating?  I have [...]

Just after New Years was the wedding of Laci and Ryan.  A wonderful, down to earth couple that I have not known very long, but that did not matter. Very quickly they let me into  their lives and I was able to shoot their day with no inhibitions. With just one meeting before their wedding [...]

This time last year, Mark and I took a trip to Cabo when I was about 8 months pregnant with Char.  A few weeks ago, we returned with her but this time she got to touch and see it all herself!
Mimi takes Char for a walk on the beach…

Some people try to sneak drugs over [...]

What a fantastic way to wind down the wedding season.   Michelle and Nathan and their families were an absolute joy to document.  I had the couple and Michelle’s family in the studio last night for a viewing and I was so touched how close they all are.  It was wonderful to sit back and watch [...]

Annie and Victor’s wedding wrapped up a really wonderful season of weddings for me.  As I kicked my feet up the day after my last wedding of the year, and thought about the night, I just could not get over how moved I was by several elements from this wedding- particularly Victor’s toast to Annie [...]