Check out Kassie and Michael’s favorites from their engagement session.




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Check out Kassie and Michael’s favorites from their engagement session.




Check out the cool signature mat that ElizaBeth designed with Kassie and Michael’s engagement images. The signature mat is a gift to our couples when they get book Black Studios for their wedding photography. We do still have many 2012 dates available.

Here are a few more images from Michael and Sarah’s wedding in Sioux Falls. Sarah was one of our more expressive brides this year. ElizaBeth had a great time entertaining little ones.















Here’s one from yesterday’s wedding in Sioux Falls. More to come later on this week.

We started Brandon and Hailey’s pictures at McCory Gardens in Brookings for the couple and bridal party pictures before heading to the church to finish up with family before the ceremony. Here are a few of the images from their wedding reception slideshow.









We had a fun time last weekend with friends and family as we celebrated Ryan and Tiffanee’s wedding in Beresford SD. Here are a few images taken from their wedding reception slideshow.










It was a dark and stormy day for Keith and Deanna on the 1st of July at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Brookings. We did get a few outside pictures done before the rain came. Here are a few images taken from their wedding reception slideshow.












Matt and Beth were married in the Junius Church at Prairie Village just west of Madison. Here are a few images taken from their wedding reception slideshow.




Time to catch up on some wedding blog posts!
Here are a few more from Sean and Scout’s wedding at St. Thomas More in Brookings South Dakota. These were all taken from the Wedding Reception Slideshow.








Adam and Brianna’s wedding is next summer. Here is their signature mat.

June has been a crazy month at the studio with little time left for putting things up on the website. We are almost caught up on our projects.
Here’s Michael and Sarah’s signature mat.


Check out the flip book proof below. You can click on the corner of the page or grab the corner and drag to turn the page.
We had an amazing time photographing Sean and Scout’s wedding at St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church in Brookings on Saturday.

Here are a few images taken from Lauren and Jordan’s wedding reception slideshow last Saturday in Madison.




It’s already Tuesday and we had not posted any images from Ryan and Shannon’s wedding on Saturday. Here are a few from their wedding reception slideshow.















Ryan and Shannon’s wedding day is fast approaching. Here is the proof of their wedding guestbook.
We are still playing catchup on the blog posts and computer work. Stay tuned: there is much to see over the next couple of weeks.











Here’s Daniel and Heidi’s signature mat.

Our gift to wedding couples is a signature mat. Here is Ryan and Shannon’s.

Here are a few more from Brandon and Hailey’s engagement.







More to come later…

Check out the fun wedding video slideshow we put together from Laura and Kyle’s wedding last February. We will be sharing the highlights of last year’s weddings over the next few weeks.

Here are a few more images taken from Jeff and Courtney’s reception slideshow of their wedding day.
If you are interested in more information on how you can have Black Studios do a reception slideshow at your wedding, check out the pricing page and then call the studio at 1.877.586.4143.






We love all weddings, but Winter weddings are especially important to us. Just a little over 20 years ago on one of the coldest days I can every remember, ElizaBeth and I were married at West Center Baptist Church in Madison. The high was 16 below zero. No wedding day will ever be that cold.
Jeff and Courtney were married in Colman last Friday and believe me it was more than just a little chilly out. The wind was brisk and everything was bathed in white, but it was still a great day for a wedding. Here is a sneak peak of a few of their wedding images taken from the reception slideshow of their wedding day.
More to come later…



We made up a video slideshow for Brian and Amanda from their January wedding in Nunda, SD last Spring, but for whatever reason it never reached the blog. Check it out below.

ElizaBeth and I have been photographing weddings since 1995. We’ve seen lots of changes during those years, but some things remain the same.

In the days of film, the quality of the final product didn’t always rely on the photographer’s talent or equipment – the prints could come out poorly due to the skill (or lack thereof) of the lab tech. We always used the expensive, refridgerated professional film. We used a professional lab to develop the prints. The pro lab corrected for color and density. It was expensive, but well worth it.
Now we have entered the digital age. When we switched over to digital capture in 2002, DSLR’s were VERY expensive. It took $7000 to purchase our first Kodak 760. In those days, Kodak was the king of digital cameras. They took the pro level film cameras from Canon and Nikon and adapted them to digital capture by inserting a chip where the film used to be. We had to learn how to do all of the things the lab used to do for us.
Our conversion to digital capture took about one day. We took delivery of our Kodak 760 on a Friday and used it for senior pictures on Saturday. A week later we used it on our first wedding. The first wedding was very interesting: we started out to using film as a backup. That lasted for one one roll. We put the film camera away and never looked back. We learned to expose by the numbers and manage our own color.
We developed a work flow that let us check right away on a laptop that everything was correct and that we had no problems. We downloaded cards through the day and then reviewed the images. This work flow was the basis of what we do today and lead us to doing wedding reception slideshows a year later.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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