Well, I was using a flash, but since it was in the japanese gardens I had to be kind of far away and used my zoom lens for most of the pics, so the flash probably just didn't appear on the people. I have a Nikon D70 and used a 70-300mm most, along with an 18-70mm lens and I rented a 18-70 wideangle for the wedding.
Actually, I was all nervous before the wedding and having problems setting up the camera because I didn't know where they were going to have the wedding within the garden and the lighting differences were extreme. I ended up shooting in Auto mode so that I would be guarenteed to have shots turn out. I feel like a bit of a fraud because i don't ever really shoot in auto... but I am still glad I did.
As for helping those eyes... do you just select the portion around the eyes and lighten it a bit through the photoshop? or was there another way that i can do it?
Thanks for the feedback.