Wedding Photos of Tears

The following “Tears” images were created by documentary wedding photographers from the WPJA, who regularly submit their best candid moments, artistic portraits, details, and scene setters for review by our WPJA competition judges.

WEDDINGS + ELOPEMENTS + ARTISTIC PORTRAITS & DETAILS + ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS

Some of the “Tears” marriage photography samples below may have come from the getting ready events, the actual wedding ceremony, the reception after-party, an engagement session with the couple, or possibly be artistic portraits or detail shots.

FINE ART WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: Our Artistic Guild award winners take a more creative approach to wedding day Portraits and use their innovative skills to capture the Details of each couple’s special day. The Artistic Guild’s Scene Setters are some of the most notable and breathtaking from within the artistic WPJA contest categories. Playing with light and shadow, special effects, and post-production editing, these images embrace the artistic component of wedding photography.

PRE-WEDDING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY: The story of every couple starts long before the wedding day, and the engagement marks one of the most important milestones in their story. Engaged couples often want to celebrate the occasion and announce their upcoming wedding with a photoshoot. Pre-wedding portraits of an engaged couple can be just as moving and compelling as the images taken on the wedding day. Engagement portraits can win a Diamond Award, an exclusive WPJA award whose winner is selected from the best engagement photography in the world.

An Italian wedding photographer at Castello di Torre Alfina created this image of The bride and groom during the ceremony and the tears of emotion

A wedding photographer in Noailles created this image of tears from women during the indoor marriage ceremony

wedding photographer Noailles indoor marriage ceremony women guests tears Noailles ceremony

A Netherlands wedding reportage photographer in Maassluis created this image of Tears during ceremony

Maassluis ceremony ceremony Netherlands wedding photographer Natalja van Ommeren tears Maassluis

A top Mantua wedding photographer in Quistello captured this picture at Centro Hub Oltrepo Mantovano of the The brides father, in the moment of remembering his mother who has recently disappeared, bursts into tears and bride breaks away from the groom

Hub Oltrepo Mantovano mother tears Centro Quistello wedding picture Fabrizio Demasi disappeared

Camp Katur, North Yorkshire, wedding reportage image of the groom as he sees his bride for the first time during the ceremony and he breaks down - a beautiful moment

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Tivoli Town Hall, Rome wedding moment image showing The bride dries groom's tears whilst he's reading his vow

Tivoli Town Hall tears groom Town Hall rome bride Tivoli

Borgo Tignano wedding moment image from an outdoor ceremony as the Groom is crying when he sees his bride walking down the aisle

groom crying Italy outdoor ceremony Julian Kanz bw Borgo Tignano tears

Hong Kong wedding reception moment picture of the bride wiping tears of the groom as he cries

Hong Kong wedding reception bride Hong Kong HK wedding picture groom cries tears

Goias wedding image of the bride and groom in an emotional image of tears and hugging at this home-based wedding

emotional image Goias wedding image bride and groom tears hugging home based wedding

Wedding photography from Camp McDowell, Jasper, AL showing The mother of the bride dries her tears and tries not to cry more after seeing her daughter in her wedding dress

Camp McDowell dries AL tears Jasper daughter Nicky Byrnes

Asia wedding photo from a garden Vietnam Ceremony Location with tears of happiness

Huy Che Hoang Asia tears happiness Vietnam ceremony wedding photo garden

Wedding photo from Aglika Palace, Zhrebchevo, Bulgaria of the Groom crying tears of happiness to see the Bride

crying wedding Detelina Krasteva Aglika Palace Bulgaria Groom happiness tears

Wedding photography from Borgo San Faustino, Orvieto - the groom is looking at her bride while she cannot hold her tears

wedding Borgo San Faustino Orvieto groom tears bride

Georgia indoor wedding photography from the Atlanta ceremony as the groom is wiping away the tears

Georgia groom Atlanta ceremony Joshua Grasso wiping Atlanta Georgia indoor wedding photo

Spain Wedding ceremony of the bride wiping the tears of her son as he became very emotional

Spain wedding ceremony wiping tears Spain bride with groom Spain bride

Tears run down on the bride's face during a Balboa Park (San Diego) elopement wedding ceremony while family members watch it via a live-streaming call

Balboa Park COVID CA San Diego intimate wedding live stream wedding bride tears

Backyard wedding ceremony picture from Ayr, Ontario, Canada showing The bride was overcome with a mix of laughter and tears during the live-streamed backyard ceremony

Ayr backyard ceremony overcome Ontario bride with groom Ontario wedding couples backyard wedding ceremony live streamed

Vietnam wedding photo from the Vietnam Ceremony Home showing tears of the father

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Froyle Park, London wedding image of the groom letting it go at the ceremony

ceremony crying groom cry London wedding image London

Twelve Apostles Hotel, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa wedding image of The bride smiling through her tears as she says her vows during the outdoor wedding ceremony

South Africa wedding image hotel tears Cape Town Western Cape bride bride western cape

Le Havre, Normandie, France wedding image | the speech that gives emotion to everyone

crying speech emotion Normandy France France wedding image

Josephine Butler House, Washington, DC wedding | MaryLyle wipes away her sister's tears during speech.

Washington DC wedding sister speech wipes tears Washington DC

Claridges Hotel London wedding | Bride and groom meet before the ceremony

London Bride and groom meet tears crying before ceremony bw London wedding

bride and groom with son happy teardrop

wedding venue bride Safari Lodge Zandvoort tears groom Jess van Ruiven netherlands weddings

Two bridesmaids wipe away their tears

Northumberland wedding venue ceremony uk wedding photographer uk weddings wedding reportage venue Healey Barn

Los Encinos Hill Country Estate Venue Photo Outside of the Bride and Groom During the Wedding vows

the Bride and Groom During the vows

texas wedding photographer tears wedding vows ceremony vows Los Encinos Hill Country Estate Shannon Cain

Bride cries while hearing a touching speech from her best friend and bridesmaid, the groom watched on | Wooden Fairies, Hong Kong wedding

the Bride cries while hearing a touching speech from her best friend

bride Wooden Fairies bridesmaid hong kong wedding venue speech hong kong wedding photographer Ronnie Szeto

photography from outdoor ceremony with tears of emotion

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Papa wipes his tears outside while dancing with the bride

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The bridegroom does not hold back the tears when the bride arrives

Valverde groom Valverde outdoor ceremony Valverde outdoor wedding ceremony tears Lunario

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