Wirken Photography Blog

I had the pleasure of meeting and spending the afternoon with a spunky 7 year old named  Savannah. I met her through her Dad and soon to be Step-Mom who also happen to be a 2012 wedding couple of mine. As wonderful as it was meeting and getting to know Ryan (distinguished groom) and Karen [...]

Lauren, Dave and I are all proud grads of Shawnee Mission South High School.  I hadn’t seen them for years, but I was so excited when they came to me for their wedding photography.  These two didn’t date in high school, but ended up working together years later and falling in love.  Now if I [...]

With the wedding just days away we went out and had a bit of fun on this bridal session.  It is  nice to take the time and really play with venues and the light without the constraint of the wedding day schedule. Here Lauren and I (and her very helpful sister)  checked out parts of [...]

Laren and John will be married in less than two days!  In honor of that, I wanted to introduce them to you by sharing a few of my favorites from our engagement session this summer.  I remember clearly that very shortly into our time together, I found myself uncontrollably laughing with them.  I also remember [...]

One of the favorite things that I like to do for my clients is to photograph them in their own environment they are most comfortable in.  Photographing them at an uncomplicated place that has meaning to them is important to me.  Making it a simple location helps because in the end it is their relationship [...]

Here are some photos that I really love from Catherine and Sean’s engagement photos, there are many more of course, but I can’t put them all in the blog.   Sean and Cat made my job easier by being themselves and showing their true personalities during the photo shoot.

Here are a few bits about Jayne and Kelly that I like: At our first meeting, Jayne and I went on a long rabbit trail about design and style blogs for a good many minutes, and we both left with new urls to stalk. At our third meeting, Kelly showed up at the studio with [...]

  Yesterday as Jewel and I shot Karin and JC’s wedding, we looked at each other several times saying, “how sweet are they?!”  and I think we might have even had a few tears as we photographed Karin and JC committing themselves to one another and celebrating with their dearest friends and family.  Today I [...]

I still remember my initial meeting with Caitlin and her mom.  They are both so warm, sweet, and sincere, glowing from the inside.  We talked about our mutual connections through club soccer, and they taught me a method of training for races.  Random facts, but also important, because the best meetings are the ones where [...]

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 [...]