Heather & Kyle: Wedding

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Heather and Kyle had a great wedding up north of the Rockford IL area.  They happened to know a couple who had an incredible piece of property with some history to boot.  The barn in the pics below is one of the oldest, and well kept, barns that I have ever seen.  Too bad we showed up when it was pretty much already dark.  I had to shoot at ISO 1000 right off the bat for the first 5 minutes.  

After that, I went for the strobes.  Many thanks to Heather and Kyle for standing out in the freezing cold to let me play with lights and try to get more shots than the 5 minutes of daylight.  It was pretty much completely dark, as you can see in the pics.  The two shots below are pretty much straight out of camera. I tried messing with these with tones and whatnot, but kept coming back to a preference for the original files.

A couple bridals of Heather before the ceremony:

During the reception, there were these beautiful couples below dancing the night away.  It was a crowded dance floor, but there were openings here and there to catch glimpses.  I still remember getting chills at seeing some of their expressions while dancing with their sweethearts of many many years.  I got the lights back out, and here’s a few of the results.