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20 Wedding Photos That Will Tug at Your Heart Strings

ByJesse La Plante

For the third and final installment of our “20 Wedding Photos” series, we’ve gone back through our archives of candid wedding photography and pulled a selection of poignant wedding moments that never fail to bring a little mist to our eyes.

But don’t worry. There’s no sadness present here! These are tears of joy, wedding style.

If you’d like to check out previous posts in this series, you can find them at the links below. Enjoy!

20 Wedding Photos That Will Put a Smile on Your Face
20 Wedding Photos Guaranteed to Make You Laugh

1) The Father-Daughter Dance

Mary’s Lake Lodge wedding

2) The Speech

Manor House wedding

3) The Ceremony

Denver Botanic Gardens wedding

4) The Vows

Crooked Willow Farms wedding

5) The Tear

Ogunquit, Maine wedding

6) The Tissues

Steamboat Resort wedding

7) The Mother-Son Dance

Vashon Island wedding

8) The Speech II

Lionsgate wedding

9) The Vows II

Bellingham, Washington wedding

10) The Aisle

Ironworks Denver wedding

11) The First Look

Lodge at Cathedral Pines wedding

12) The Hug

Spruce Mountain Ranch wedding

13) The Speech III

Crooked Willow Farms wedding

14) The Mother of the Bride

Upstate New York wedding

15) The Double Hug

Sanctuary Golf Course wedding

16) The Hug II

Barnstar Events wedding

17) The Vows III

Wedgewood Boulder wedding

18) The Ceremony II

Sunshine Mountain Lodge wedding

19) The Mother of the Bride II

Tapestry House wedding

20) The Vows IV

Buena Vista, Colorado wedding

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