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First of all, could this couple be ANY cuter?!?! Their babies are going to be supermodels! Secondly… this wedding had EVERYONE in tears, and not just during the ceremony, but all night long! There was so much love surrounding Nicole & Darric, it was really inspiring… and I think we managed to use every kleenex in the building.

I can't decide which dress shot I like most, so I posted a few. Which one do you like?!

Nicole & Darric chose the Mavris Arts & Event Center in downtown Indianapolis for their ceremony and reception. They took a very masculine and urban space and transformed it into a fairytale-like setting for their wedding ceremony!

Nicole didn't even get all the way down the stairs before Darric lost it! Now THAT'S love.

Can you believe Nicole made this curtain of butterflies?! Isn't it fabulous?! I love butterflies.

Some people do unity candles, some do sand ceremonies, but Nicole & Darric chose to do something completely different! An orchid and a vase of water - which they will both replenish each anniversary as a reminder to care for one another always.

Don't they make you want to cry??

This whole family wears their emotion on their sleeves.. I love it!!

Nicole & Darric made most of their details and they all turned out great!

This image below won a WPJA award! Here are the judge’s comments: The warmth of this image really compliments the quietness of the subtle moment of the bride dabbing a tear. The strong sidelight adds depth and definition to the scene. It’s a great overall scene-setter, too. Seeing the entire wedding party table and some of the ambiance of the room adds good context. This image also does a good job of telling the entire story. Photographer chose a good angle to the right of and slightly behind the toaster, but more attention to the white balance setting would have made the image even stronger - while warm is better than cool, this is too warm.

The light is a slaved off-camera flash attached to a tripod set up by the pole to add a little extra light, and luckily for me the maid of honor stood in the perfect place for me to backlight her while she was speaking and capture a great scene-setter and emotional moment all in one shot. Not to brag, but this image is just awesome. I did a little more tweaking to the white balance per the judge's comments…

It was SUCH a beautiful day outside that most people just wanted to hang out in the backyard, and since I can only take so many pictures of adults talking to each other, I turned my attention to the kids! The best thing about kids is that they live in their own little world full of simple entertainment.

There's something so endearing about a groom playing with kids on his wedding day. It's just so sweet to think he may be a daddy soon!!

If the sky is beautiful and there's an opportunity to take sunset shots, I'm all about taking advantage of beautiful light. I could have turned this into a full silhouette, but I really love that the railroad tracks pick up the colors from the sky and that the deep blue above is reflected off of the bride's dress. I think it adds just a little more interest and a subtle and unexpected set of details.

I think that the original plan was to have a sparkler exit, but once we reached a certain point in the evening and only half of the guests were left, and the bride & groom still weren't ready to leave- it was time to just have fun with sparklers. The DJ also decided that it was a total waste for him to stay inside when everyone was outside, so he hooked up the speakers outside and Nicole & Darric danced under the stars by the light of their guests. What a perfect ending to a perfect day.