I'm a husband, dad, and founder/lead photographer of Wirken Photography. I work hard to tell stories that matter, to capture family and friends and show why we do what we do. Good photography celebrates what truly matters. The right images help us remember, even after the party is over, the kids are grown, the people are gone. Documenting what's important is a responsibility that I don't take lightly.
As a documentary photographer in Kansas City, I live by the KISS method and don't rely on a bunch of fancy tech or fuss. Instead, I depend on my dad's teachings and my background as a newspaper photojournalist. That training and experience taught me to be patient and wait for the shot, to embrace adversity, and problem solve on the fly. I capture real, raw, and candid unposed moments instead of creating them.
Real life is beautiful - it doesn't need to be staged. He's not a photographer, but he knows how to build. I grew up working on cars with him. He taught me that "any job worth doing is worth doing right".
As a documentary photographer in Kansas City, I live by the KISS method and don't rely on a bunch of fancy tech or fuss. Instead, I depend on my dad's teachings and my background as a newspaper photojournalist. That training and experience taught me to be patient and wait for the shot, to embrace adversity, and problem solve on the fly. I capture real, raw, and candid unposed moments instead of creating them.
Real life is beautiful - it doesn't need to be staged. He's not a photographer, but he knows how to build. I grew up working on cars with him. He taught me that "any job worth doing is worth doing right".
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Flowers die and memories fade, but the right photos can help us remember what's important.
What do you want future generations to know about your wedding, your family, your friends?
We believe wedding photography in the end isn't for us.
It's for people who aren't born yet.
It documents who we are and what we hope for the future.
It also captures the tears upon seeing the bride, the horrified expression that only a young ring bearer can make, and how Grandma puffed a stogie at the reception.
At Wirken Photography, we apply our journalistic approach by not manufacturing moments - we search for the beauty that's naturally there.
What do you want future generations to know about your wedding, your family, your friends?
We believe wedding photography in the end isn't for us.
It's for people who aren't born yet.
It documents who we are and what we hope for the future.
It also captures the tears upon seeing the bride, the horrified expression that only a young ring bearer can make, and how Grandma puffed a stogie at the reception.
At Wirken Photography, we apply our journalistic approach by not manufacturing moments - we search for the beauty that's naturally there.
We're gonna take a wild guess that it's not the posed times with everyone pretending to be normal.
It's the sticky moments, the grins with missing teeth, the look between siblings.
Wirken Photography's Normal Day family photo sessions are the opposite of typical staged family photography shoots where everyone is wearing matching outfits.
Instead, we capture your family in their native habitat - and all their mismatched glory.
Birth Sessions are approached the same way.
We stay in the background and capture the tears, the laughter, and the awe of your newest member's first day on earth.
It's the sticky moments, the grins with missing teeth, the look between siblings.
Wirken Photography's Normal Day family photo sessions are the opposite of typical staged family photography shoots where everyone is wearing matching outfits.
Instead, we capture your family in their native habitat - and all their mismatched glory.
Birth Sessions are approached the same way.
We stay in the background and capture the tears, the laughter, and the awe of your newest member's first day on earth.
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