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 [...]

Really all we ask here at Wirken Photography of our clients is for them to just be themselves in front of our cameras.  Not to hold back any emotion or trait that makes them truly who they are.  Katie, Andy and their family and friends had no problem with that at all and I loved [...]

Disney really is the most magical place on earth. Here is the place that my kids still believe, where they were in awe of all the things that they saw and where not one fight or melt down took place.  We took a short trip in the middle of wedding season to decompress and enjoy [...]

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 [...]

  Katie and Alex and I go way back.   Well at least it feels like we do.  From our time spent in New York for their engagement session, to our dinner that night over meatballs, to their wedding a few weeks ago, I have had the chance to really know these two.  They are remarkable [...]

I owe a lot to Amanda and Tyler.   They really opened my eyes and allowed me to see even more clearly how life should be lived and specifically how weddings should be celebrated. The bottom line was a life lesson for me, do what you want, be who you are and surround yourself with [...]

Here at Wirken Photography our goal is to be a family historian to as many people as possible.  We love to feel like one of the family and be included in monumental life events. I had the opportunity to do just that with one of my past wedding clients, Julie and Chris.  They asked me [...]

I just spent another amazing week at Roots Workshop in Cape Cod teaching as well as soaking in some well needed r and r. I am normally one of the first ones to leave the workshop house and take that bittersweet trip back home to Kansas City. This year though Pam and the boys met [...]

A lot of comments I get from people is how fun it is to see our kids “grow up” on the blog. That being said t-ball season is here and our southpaw Alex is loving the game. As always he puts his little flair on it all. Goooooo Firebirds!

As anyone that owns a business knows, there comes a point where you find yourself bogged down with more business and less passion and you can start to forget the reason you do what you do in the first place.  More than I would like to admit that happens to me.  Fortunately for me our [...]