About this vendor
When you include me on your wedding day you are getting someone who is invested in every moment. From the planning process, to getting ready, to sending you off with your new boo, I'll be there. Wedding photos are such a special lifelong investment and my hope is to deliver you honest + beautiful pictures that will be cherished years into your marriage. I love the candid moments just as much as I love stealing you two away for portraits. Your portraits are what you will hang on your walls in your home, but what will tell your story is the thoughtful moments in between the bridal party pictures and the first dance. When you say yes to me you're saying yes to still moments that will forever move your heart. My degree in photography has influenced my love for realistic colors and artistically composed shots but, people's stories have given me the passion for wedding photography! I can't wait to learn more about you and hope to talk with you soon.
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
- Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Documentary
- Lifestyle
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
Awards and Affiliations
2022 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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Courtney was by far the best photographer we have ever worked with. She is bubbly, easy going and makes every picture feel fun and light hearted. From day 1, she had the best commu...
nication and was trust worthy through the entire process. Courtney truly went above and beyond our wedding photography vision!!
Courtney is INCREDIBLE at what she does! From the initial phone call to our engagement shoot to our wedding day, she was so wonderful to work with. She was always willing to bounce...
ideas off of and was willing to try something new that I was interested in (live photo booth portraits during cocktail hour). It was extremely easy to communicate with her and she was always quick to reply. We loved how down to earth she was and she felt like a friend to us - and hopefully will remain one! Our wedding day was amazing and it also was a testament to her amazing work that so many of our vendors were excited that she was our photographer, because they too, love working with her! We are so grateful that she was our *photo girl* and LOVE the photos that she captured on our special day. Do not hesitate to book Courtney for your wedding!
One of the first and best choices I made during wedding planning. We used Courtney for engagements, bridals, and wedding day coverage. It literally rained on us during our engageme...
nt pics and you wouldn’t even know. The pictures are beautiful! I was so blown away by my bridal portraits, she made me look and feel like a Vogue bridal model. We haven’t gotten our full wedding photos back yet but she sent me several sneak peaks a couple days after the wedding and I am OBSESSED!!!! She captured our day so beautifully. On top of the gorgeous photos, she is so easy to work with and made me feel at ease and comfortable in front of the camera, and helped keep stress at bay on wedding day. Hire Courtney and you will not regret it!!!!
Courtney was our first booked vendor and the absolute saving grace of our wedding day!! She was impeccable throughout the entire process. Her photography skills are unmatched and s...
peak for themselves, but her coordination, communication, execution, and overall awesomeness brought our wedding days to a new level. HIRE HER! Can’t wait for all the future photos we’ll take together!
We live in Houston but held our wedding in DFW - we wanted to take our engagements in our home city and decided to hire Courtney to keep it local. We actually scheduled our engagem...
ent shoot prior to COVID but then had to postpone due to the shutdown - Courtney was flexible during the entire process. She helped us feel comfortable in front of the camera, really allowing us to input what we wanted in our photos. We love the photos! We can't wait to use her again!
Courtney and her husband photographed our wedding on 10/3/2020. There were so many last minute changes due to COVID and they were extremely adaptable. I initially chose Courtney ...
because her gallery of photography was such good quality and she was affordable. Overall I received such high value service from Courtney, she was independent on my wedding day, needed almost no direction, and gave me continuous coaching to ensure the photos turned out wonderful. I would highly recommend her without reservation!! We are an African American couple and our Nigerian ceremony was cancelled but if we ever get to do it in the future we will absolutely book Courtney.
I had the opportunity to work with Courtney at a recent wedding and she really captured my work as a hair and makeup artist just wonderfully!! She also had the pictures edited rea...
lly fast and I just loved them so much!! Highly recommend her!
Look no further. Courtney is the best of the best. She’s affordable, personal, and super talented. I booked her after falling in love with her photos. She has now done my engagemen...
t pictures, family photos with our puppy, and wedding photos. I’m totally obsessed with her and her talent. Courtney and her husband Jonathan made us feel so special on our wedding day. I can’t imagine doing our big day without them there. Book Courtney Tate Photography. I promise you won’t regret it!!
We had the pleasure of working alongside Courtney at a recent wedding, and her team was absolutely phenomenal! As wedding planners, we never want to micro-manage moments photograph...
ers are capturing, and want to allow photographers to have creative freedom within their photo windows without us lingering. Courtney and her team managed the wedding day photo timeline perfectly, allowing us to do our job effectively.
If you are looking for a team player to help your day run smoothly, keep you and your loved ones at ease in front of the camera, and capture your special day fabulously- then Courtney Tate Photography is a stellar option!
I had the pleasure of working with Courtney and her team for a recent client's wedding, and I can honestly say they are the most relaxed and stress-free, yet professional and elega...
nt photography team I've ever worked with! I'm the owner of a wedding DJ company, and I cannot stress enough how important it is to have someone like Courtney by your side on one of the most important days of your life. Wedding days can become chaotic if you don't have the right team of vendors running the show behind the scenes, and Courtney + Team have mastered the art of capturing amazing organic moments while simultaneously calming any storms. Absolutely worth the investment! Highly recommend!!
I've said it before and I'll say it again...Courtney is the best of the best and SO talented. We were originally supposed to get married in May of 2020, but had to postpone due to ...
Covid. Throughout the postponing process, Courtney was so helpful and reminded me that everything was going to be okay and that our day would be amazing regardless. Throughout the whole wedding planning process Courtney was communicative, reliable, organized and very professional. Throughout the wedding day, Courtney's peace overflowed and was contagious...I couldn't help but feel at peace when she was around. She did an amazing job at making sure all of the pictures I asked for were captured, and then some. After the wedding, she sent me a sneak peek within TWO days, and we are just absolutely in love. We can't wait to see the rest of the pictures from Courtney and we highly recommend her. You will not regret it!!!
Courtney is an incredible photographer and an amazing human. We loved her from the first time we spoke with her and it was truly our easiest decision to book her for our engagement...
and wedding photos. She is so sweet, fun and easy to be around, she made us feel comfortable and she captured us perfectly. I couldn't be happier with the quality of her work and her level of care and professionalism. We will cherish our photos forever!
Courtney did an amazing job for our wedding! She was so kind prior to the wedding and answered all of our questions. The details that she captured from our ceremony and reception a...
re incredibly beautiful. She quickly organized our big families and crazy wedding party in the August heat in south Texas. We absolutely love our photos and are so glad we used Courtney! Everything turned out better than we could have hoped!
If you’re looking for a photographer, look no further because she’s your girl! We hired her to shoot our engagements as well as our wedding day and we are so happy we did. She work...
ed alongside our videographer to make our day go so smooth. If I had a question she was quick to answer. She’s SO sweet and goes above and beyond for you. We loved our experience!
When a friend referred me to Courtney, I didn’t really know what to expect. Everyone’s experience is different—personalities, style, things that hold importance, but after leaving ...
our initial meeting, I felt nothing but peace and excitement. Courtney displays a passion that is genuine and comforting. She not only listens to your vision, but makes it better and offers affordable options that bring comfort to your planning.
Upon the day of our wedding, we were blessed with the gift of rain and Courtney continued to beautifully capture the moments and memories that help us relive our fast paced and exciting day. Both her and our videographer’s from Arbor Films kept saying, “The lighting is perfect!” I didn’t quite know what they were talking about until we got our photos. They.are.AMAZING! Apparently overcast skies are the way to go!
One of my favorite things about working with Courtney is her ability to snap a perfect photo even when her clients aren’t the best at being romantic. My husband and I don’t do well with serious photos—we’re constantly goofing off and making things weird, but Courtney still managed to capture sweet moments that were authentic and some of my favorite photos.
I absolutely would recommend Courtney for any event you are planning and am no doubt going to reach out to her again for future events!
My wife and I were very pleased with the professional photography Courtney Tate provided for us at our wedding in May. Courtney was very patient and helpful throughout our ceremony...
and knew just how to catch the most special moments, before and after the ceremony. We will forever be grateful and cherish the memories she provided. We are so happy we chose her to do our wedding!
I was referred to Courtney for my wedding in November of 2018 and I couldn’t be any more thankful that I was!!! She was so easy to talk to, always responded to any questions I had,...
was very organized and is just a really sweet person. She even drove me to my first look on my wedding day when I completely overlooked that detail. That could have turned into chaos and stress but instead she was there to help me have the best day ever, even when she didn’t need to go above and beyond. And on top of that our wedding pictures are PERFECTION! I absolutely love them. I thought I would be uncomfortable having my pictures taken, but Courtney had great ideas and made us both feel comfortable in front of the camera. By the time we landed for the honeymoon, she had already sent us a couple teaser photos. I highly recommend using Courtney Tate as your photographer for any and all of life’s big events :)
Courtney is the best!! My entire wedding planning process was crazy (our venue was changed 3 months away and then again 3 days away because of bad weather!!) and she was so support...
ive and easy going the entire time! For my wedding day she was so kind and did such an incredible job organizing our huge wedding party and getting pictures done fast outside before bad weather came. The pictures are absolutely beautiful and I am completely over the moon about them!! Her pictures are all so light and beautiful, and they don't look too over edited (even with the needed touch ups!!)! In my pictures you couldn't even tell that the day was actually a yucky, rainy day; instead it looked like a beautiful sunny spring day. It was super windy but she made it so fun and the pictures turned out perfect. Couldn't recommend her enough!
Courtney is an amazing photographer! She took my husband and I's engagement pictures, and we absolutely love how they turned out. She did a great job at making us feel comfortable,...
and finding locations that were fun and our style. I would highly recommend her services to anyone!
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