It’s always the simple things that leave the biggest impressions. Steph, sitting on the couch in her childhood home minutes before she would step out the door. The falling snow in the cold outside air seen from the warmth of the ceremony. A dad and a daughter, a glass in hand, Andrew in the middle of the action with dancing all around. That’s the real charm. Small fragments of simple beauty so hard to find in this crazy complex world.

Sometimes, it’s the simplest of things you remember. Jonathan’s expression as Victoria came down the aisle, the smile on Victoria’s face, when she got back to the hotel to finish getting ready.

Little things, but things that say everything. Neither the sultry assertive smile you associate with the wedding industrial complex nor a smile possessed of the radiance that’s the stuff of ads. This was something far better and deeply simpler. It was the type of smile a face acquires over the course of living – reflexive, unassuming, and warm. The smile of a person, comfortable and present – as herself – and at her most beautiful for it. And that said it all to me. So by the time I did see Jonathan did see her coming down that aisle, none of it needed any explanation at all. I was just happy to be there to get to see it all go down.

Sharif is upping the ante this year, and every video gets better and better. Here’s the first minute from Caitlin and Ryan. Watch for the overlays at 40 seconds – I thought he nailed the mood just right. I can’t wait to see where he takes the rest of it!

There are days I think I’ve seen it all, and there are days that absolutely prove me wrong. All I need say about Brenda and Deane’s fantastic blowout wedding? People. Standing. On. Tables. It was awesome. But there’s more. There were people climbing tentpoles, there was crowd-surfing, and if having an incredibly ridiculous party that was off-the-hook wasn’t good enough, there was heart, there was emotion, and there was a beautiful ceremony overlooking the water as Brenda and Deane soaked it all in. Now that’s a wedding.