Judy + Claude - Secret Spots in Center City And Also A Puppy In A Tux

January 05, 2017Ian Shiver

Judy+Claude are a two neurosurgeons that drive a sick mustang and have an adorable dog who looks amazing in a tuxedo. They also throw an awesome party and are some of the most easy-going people I've ever met. I had a great time photographing their engagement (aka riding around the city in their mustang) and the wedding was no different. Taking a good photograph can sometimes mean having a really really good idea, or sometimes just executing an okay idea in a really cool way. And sometimes it means just having a beautiful couple who are easy to photograph so all you have to do is click the shutter. This wedding had elements of all of those things for me, and I'm really proud of how these photographs came out. I want you to look through these slowly, so I'm including a slow song with this one. Press play and enjoy!

Max + Melissa - Manhattan Portraits

December 20, 2016Ian Shiver

I met Max and Melissa in Manhattan for wine and bruschetta at a bar around the corner from a photo studio i was working at, just west of Times Square. They told me a funny story about getting a CSA but having to get really creative when they were given boxes of just lettuce for an entire season, and I told them about swimming in a secret quarry in the pine barrens just outside of Philly. Sometimes I feel like my meetings are like first dates... they're funny, there is food and drink, and I always end up telling at least one embarrassing story. Their engagement shoot started with espresso in their upper east side apartment, and ended with us walking and uber-ing throughout the whole city, ducking in to garages and parks and tunnels and ice cream shops.... Okay okay I'll stop talking. Just press play on this really great Afterglows track and enjoy the photographs =)