I photographed Adam and Alex’s Chicago wedding this past Saturday at the historic Lang House in the Rogers Park neighborhood.
Lang House is a unique Chicago wedding venue known as an American Foursquare mansion.
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Thornton Distilling Company is a rustic wedding venue in Illinois and is quickly becoming a favorite Chicago area wedding venue that is also in close vicinity to Northwest Indiana wedding clients.
I’m sure Chloe and Jeremy chose it for it’s old world charm, craft spirits and old and modern cocktails. Oh, and the bridal suite and groom’s quarters are spectacular - great size and comfortable. They could be event spaces of their own.
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The Year 2022 saw me shooting weddings all over the Midwest. While I’m primarily known as a Northwest Indiana wedding photographer, I do photograph weddings in southwest Michigan, downtown Chicago and various Illinois locations.
I do travel for weddings as a destination wedding photographer as well. Simply contact me here to chat about your destination wedding.
Read moreWhat Are Blue Hour Wedding Photos?
A romantic kiss during blue hour at a wedding at Centennial Park in Munster, Indiana.
The blue hour is the 30 to 40 minute period just after sunset and before sunrise. It can make for incredibly romantic and unique wedding photos.
I often take these blue hour wedding photos as portraits with the newlyweds as we sneak out of the reception for a few minutes. However, blue hour wedding photos can occur during a twilight outdoor ceremony or even the first dance of open air venues such as Four Corners Winery and The Pavilion at Sandy Pines. Take a look below.
Blue hour wedding ceremony and reception photos.
We are at the mercy of Mother Nature for these types of images though. If we get cloudy skies we simply aren’t going to get that blue in the sky. Also, facing West is helpful and while not necessary, I do like some other ambient light in the scene such as from the barn window in the images below as well as the leaning lighthouse off of the lake.
I have a special way of lighting these as well to make them look natural but yet bring out even more of the blue in the sky.
A blue hour wedding photo at County Line Orchard in Hobart, Indiana.
A blue hour wedding photo with light reflections at Lake Shafer in Monticello, Indiana.
Are you up for attempting some blue hour photos at your wedding? While I like to leave you alone during the reception to enjoy your wedding, if you want this look I’d be glad to pop outside for a few minutes to capture these for you provided location and weather cooperate.
Here are a few more images below at weddings as well as some portraits I’ve done at blue hour in Chicago.
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Romantic blue hour wedding photos.
Blue hour portraits taken in Chicago, Illinois.