Kelly and Dan's Wedding

I teamed up with Sean McCabe (from seanmccabephoto) to capture Kelly and Dan's wedding. It was a great chance to put my new Pentax K-5 through its paces and see how it fares.


The venue was beautiful venue. We shout the wedding at The Old Onion Pub and Brewery in Lake Barrington. There were large windows letting in some great natural light.

The set up was very nice. The colors were a great simple choice. White with green accents on the chairs. The flowers were young and fresh and accented the tables with green buds. Each seat received their own onion along with a recipe. It was a simple but nice gift.

We got there early to leave plenty of time for pictures. It didn't feel rushed at all and the atmosphere was calm and leisurely. Kelly was dressed early on and got to sit around and relax while others got ready. The men all needed help putting on their boutineers.

The wedding party grabbed a few drinks before the ceremony, laughing and having a good time. The K-5 has been handling well so far, but its been bright and sunny. Here in the bar, there was pretty low light. This is where the K-5 shines. ISO 1600 is no problem at all.

The ceremony was underway. Here, Kelly places the wedding band on Dan's finger.

After the ceremony, the bridal party greeted the guests and showed them to their seats for the reception. The setting sun was shining in the back windows letting in some great warm light.

Kelly and Dan share their first dance together, a shot with just the right timing. A guest happened to take a picture with their camera at the same time I did, creating this great backlit glow. Sometimes accidents help an image. Kelly and her father dance next and finally Dan and his mother

It was a great night of dancing. Everyone was out on the floor all night. They looked like they were having a ball.

As requested, a group shot of all the kids.