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Relive the joy of your wedding through stunning images and incredible films
“Nate Messarra Photography was one of the best decisions we made. They were always there to answer any questions we had throughout the planning process and worked with us to ensure that everything went smoothly. They captured our wedding day perfectly and we loved how our pictures and video turned out. We highly recommend them!”
jane & brad
Hello! We’re Nate & Alex – a husband and wife wedding photography and videography team based in Houston, Texas. We fell in love while living on separate continents and have had the privilege of exploring nineteen countries together. Now our biggest day-to-day adventure is raising our two kids — Silas & Seda.
We love capturing stunning images that tell joyful love stories. Over the last 12 years we have been entrusted to photograph more than 400 weddings. With our wedding film team, we have a combined experience of over 35 years capturing weddings! We would be honored to also capture your wedding story because after the champagne has been toasted and the honeymoon is over, we want you to be able to relive the joy of your wedding day for the rest of your lives.
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Customize & Save!
Each of our couples and their weddings are unique! We do not have “packages” but simply let us know which services below you’d like to include in your collection and we’ll send over a quote for a custom collection of services. Everything you want and need, and nothing you don’t! Plus, click below to see how you can save up to $1200 off your collection with our booking specials…
Save $1200 with four 2024 booking specials!
1. Save $300 by completing your Contract and Deposit within a week of receiving your custom quote
2. Save $300 with a collection that includes both wedding photography and wedding films.
3. Save $300 with a collection of services that total at least $15,000.
4. Save $300 by booking with one of our preferred wedding planners.
OUR SERVICES
UNLIMITED WEDDING DAY PHOTOGRAPHY
From an hour before your step into your dress all the way through to your grand exit, we will be there to photograph all of the important moments of your big day! We’ll work with you to craft an ideal photography timeline so that you’ll feel less stressed and be more present in each moment. After your wedding we will host a wedding reveal party at our showroom featuring a slideshow of photos from your wedding day. We love creating a special space for our couples to relive the highlights of their wedding day for the first time together! Lastly, we think there is something special about making a few of your favorite photos a part of your home and so we include a $100 credit toward purchasing read-to-hang wall art of your favorite images.
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
unlimited wedding day coverage with Nate & Alex from dress to exit
1000+ high resolution digital images
duplicate fine art black & white images
two week sneak peek of 50+ wedding photos
two month wedding slideshow reveal party
online gallery + usb drive
$100 wall art credit
custom photography timeline creation
$6500
limited wedding day photography
With Nate & Alex
up to 6 hours of wedding day coverage
two week sneak peek
two month wedding slideshow reveal party
600+ high resolution digital images
duplicate fine art black & white images
online gallery + usb drive
$100 wall art credit
custom photography timeline creation
additional coverage with Nate & Alex – $600 / hr
$5200
With Nate
up to 5 hours of wedding day coverage
two week sneak peek
two month wedding slideshow reveal party
400+ high resolution digital images
duplicate fine art black & white images
online gallery + usb drive
$100 wall art credit
custom photography timeline creation
additional coverage with Nate – $400 / hr
$3900
engagement session
We promise to offer plenty of guidance as we work together to create authentic portraits that capture your personality and love story. Also, portrait sessions are a great way for us to become more familiar working together before the wedding day!
2 Hour Session
2 Hours
2 Locations
2 Outfits
200+ Portraits
$200 Wall Art Credit
$1200
1 Hour Session
1 Hour
1 Location
1 Outfit
100+ Portraits
$100 Wall Art Credit
$900
bridal portrait session
90 Minute Session
100+ Portraits
$100 Wall Art Credit
$1000
Wedding Films
If you’re on the fence about whether or not to hire a wedding filmmaker, our answer is a resounding YES! Our team of talented wedding filmmakers blend movement and moments, voices and music, energy and emotion into a cinematic highlight film that allows you to relive the joy of your wedding day over and over!
Wedding Highlight Film Collection
2 experienced wedding filmmakers
unlimited coverage from dress to exit
1 minute teaser trailer premiered 2 weeks after wedding
6-8 minute wedding highlight film premiered at wedding reveal party
available to stream online
delivered on USB drive
$5300
Documentary Films
Want to relive your wedding ceremony from start to finish? Or hear all of those amazing speeches all over again? Don’t worry, you can add on documentary films!
Full Ceremony Documentary Film
Re-watch your ceremony from processional to recessional from multiple camera perspectives.
$600
Reception Documentary Film
Re-watch all featured events from the reception including grand entrance, first dance, parent dances, toasts / speeches, cake cutting, and grand exit.
$600
Well Wishes Video Booth
Our Well Wishes Booth allows your family and friends to record heartfelt and hilarious video messages to you!
Includes the first four consecutive hours of active use
Film will be edited to only include the messages from your guests
Available to Stream Online
Delivered in less than a month
$900
Heirloom wedding albums
Our heirloom wedding albums are the Grande Finale! Each handcrafted album beautifully tells the story of your wedding day unfolding from one page to the next. These lifetime-quality albums provide a lasting keepsake that even will allow your future children to expeirence the highlights of your wedding day in vibrant detail.
Heirloom Wedding Album
Includes a collaborative design process
The first 15 spreads
Leatherette cover with custom embossing
A protective album case
Free shipping
Large 12×12: $1800
Medium 10×10: $1500
Parent Albums
Duplicate Parent Album
Includes all spreads in the couple’s album
Leatherette cover with custom embossing
A protective album case and free shipping
Small 8×8 – $900
Medium 10×10 – $1200
Our All-in Wedding Album!
Upgrade your album cover and max out your wedding album with all the spreads possible and save 15%! Our All-In Wedding Album is perfect those couples who prefer to include all of your wedding album costs up front to account for them in your wedding budget.
Includes:
12×12 Album
Maximum number of spreads – 50
Upgraded Leather or Acrylic Photo Cover
A collaborative design process
Custom embossing
A protective album case
Free shipping
$3800
The Photo Station
The Photo Station is not your typical photo booth — it is a professional photography studio! We provide a dedicated photographer that helps your guests create epic photos with flattering lighting and fantastic props. Plus, the Photo Station is connected to a projector that instantly displays each picture on a large screen so that everyone can be entertained by the Photo Station fun!
$1200
What's Included?
First 4 Consecutive Hours of Active Use
Seamless clean white backdrop or glam gold sequin backdrop
Props include picture frames, chalk board, lips & mustaches, hats
Online image gallery available the next day where guests can view all photos, download them at no cost, and order professional quality prints in whatever size they prefer.
Guests can order their first 4×6 print for free using promo code: freeprint
Wedding weekend additions…
Rehearsal dinner coverage
up to 3 hours of coverage with one photographer
100+ high resolution digital images
delivered via online gallery & usb drive
$1600
Third Photographer
Highly recommended for weddings with more than 250 guests and weddings with multiple locations.
Includes up to 6 hours of coverage, typically getting ready through first dance.
Especially helpful for capturing reception space before it’s full of guests and cocktail hour festivities.
$1400
Can't Wait, Won't Wait Photo Delivery
Your wedding becomes our highest photo processing priority.
2 day 50+ wedding photo sneak peek (12 days earlier delivery)
2 week wedding slideshow reveal party (6 weeks earlier delivery)
$1500
The next step is to schedule an in-person meeting, video, or phone call with us!
“Nate Messarra Photography will help you remember the magic of your wedding day with the most breathtaking photos and films you could ever have!”
Peter & Matt
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Frequently Asked Questions
Will you travel to capture our wedding?
Yes, please! While the majority of the weddings we capture each year are within a two hour drive of Houston, each year we look forward to capturing a handful of weddings in other wonderful places. We’ve had the pleasure of traveling to more than 25 countries and have captured weddings on the white sand beaches of Key West, high up in the Rocky Mountains mountains, on the coast of Greece’s Aegean Sea and many places in between.
When will my wedding photos and films be delivered? And in what format?
Nate typically spends 30-40 hours individually processing each image from a wedding day. Wedding galleries are typically delivered within 2-3 months of your wedding day. All galleries will contain high-resolution jpeg images that can be downloaded from your gallery and delivered on a USB drive.
How long have you been capturing weddings?
Wedding photography has been our full time career since 2012.
What’s your favorite part of a wedding day?
This is a difficult question… but our favorite part of a wedding day is capturing a diverse collection of couples portraits. We aim to deliver at least 100 couples portraits captured at different times and places throughout the day (indoors, outdoors, sunset portraits, etc). It makes us sad to think that some couples might only receive a handful of photos of just the two of them together.
Why should I hire your team for photo and video?
When you hire our photography and videography team to capture your wedding we are able to provide a seamless, high-quality experience. With years of capturing weddings as a team, we are able to communicate effectively throughout the planning and wedding day. And perhaps most importantly, we are able to provide each other with fresh ideas and creative collaboration for images and films you will treasure for decades to come.
Can you help create a great wedding timeline?
Absolutely! The last thing we want is for our couples to feel stressed about the timeline on their wedding day and not have the proper time allotment for capturing great photos. We will work with you to craft a stress-free timeline that builds in buffer in the right places.
What happens if….?
Planning for “worst-case” scenarios is part of our job. What if we get sick? What if our house burns down? What if? What if? We have a lot back up plans and “worst-case” scenarios for any given situation. Plus, creative problem-solving is one of our favorite parts of any wedding.
Can you provide my venue with a Certificate of Insurance?
Absolutely!
Can I see your wedding work from a wedding day that has a similar venue or lighting environment to mine?
When choosing a wedding photographer, we highly recommend viewing a wedding day that has a similar venue or lighting condition to the day that you are planning. A church ceremony will look different than an outdoor ceremony. During our initial consultation we’ll aim to understand the overall vision of your wedding day and send you some of our work that has a similar lighting and spaces to the wedding that you are planning.
Are there any additional fees we should know about?
We are required to charge an additional Texas Sales Tax rate of 8.25% on all services and products. We absolutely hate extra invoicing and try to be as all-inclusive and transparent as possible. Common additional add-on items are wall art, additional album pages, and travel fees outside of the greater Houston area.