Try and find someone that can find deleted files. They may be inaccessible after deletion, but traces could still remain.

You deserve it for not backing up your computer

If any of the photos were professional, if you contact them they may have a backup (they may charge you though). I'm a photographer and I keep backups of every single shoot in multiple places for decades.

As other have said, you can undelete them. You need to stop using the computer though until you get the undelete program or a tech who can do it, so you don't overwrite them on the hard drive. Good luck!

"Today, I didn't back up my important files." YDI.

well I heard when you delete stuff from your it doesn't really delete it, it makes it so thnat information can be rewritten. If you get it into a professional they might be able to recover some of the important stuff

My fiancé did the same thing. Deleted all the pictures of our first born because he was trying to get rid of a virus on the computer.

There goes the sweet memories

it isn't really deleted. just go into the wastebasket and recover it

That's what cloud back up is for. One drive or google drive or mediafire there's tons out there.