About this vendor
Hi there! My name is Ivan Duran, and I am an award-winning wedding photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. I specialize in capturing stunning, timeless images that showcase the authenticity of each couple's unique bond. With years of experience, my work has taken me around the world, allowing me to create beautiful memories for couples in a variety of settings.
At Ivan Duran Photography, I believe that the best wedding photography comes from a combination of artistic skill and genuine connection with my clients. That's why I take the time to get to know you and your partner, to understand your personalities and your vision for your special day. I am committed to delivering images that you will cherish forever, images that capture the uniqueness of your love story in a way that is both beautiful and timeless.
I understand that your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life, and my goal is to capture every detail flawlessly. From the intricate lace on your gown to the emotional tears in your loved ones' eyes, I strive to create a visual legacy that tells the story of your love for years to come. Whether you are camera-shy or love being in front of the camera, my kindly, grounding presence will help you feel comfortable and at ease during your photo sessions.
In the end, Ivan Duran Photography does more than just document one special day - I create memories that you will cherish forever. Contact me today to learn more about my services and how I can help make your wedding day unforgettable. I would be honored to be a part of your special day and to capture the memories that will last a lifetime.
Details
Business Attributes
- Hispanic or Latinx-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Boudoir
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Drone
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Printed Proofs
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
2-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2022.2021.
Best of Weddings
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5
out of 5.038 reviews
We are very happy with our choice in selecting Ivan Duran photography for our wedding day! The team produced beautiful photographs that were expertly edited. Ivan and his team were...
a pleasure to work with and made us feel very comfortable while shooting out photos as a couple and with our guests. The team was also able to take full advantage of our venues to create amazing compositions. Their customer service was excellent in making sure we had everything we needed the day of and post our wedding. Their contracting and pricing were straight forward. We recommend their services!
Ivan Duran is an outstanding photographer. His talent and creativity shine through in every shot. Ivan made us feel comfortable, capturing natural and candid moments effortlessly. ...
The final images were beautifully composed and edited, exceeding our expectations. If you need a photographer who goes above and beyond, I highly recommend Ivan Duran Photography.
It was a pleasure working with Ivan. He is very professional, made us comfortable and at ease. The engagement pictures are wonderful!
Ivan was great to work with from the start to the very end. He was very flexible with our schedule and photo requests, and made sure to accommodate all of our desires for our weddi...
ng day. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for a professional, kindhearted, and talented photographer for your wedding. Thank you Ivan!
I cannot say enough about how amazing Ivan was to work with. I got great vibes from our first meeting and I loved how he expressed that he wanted to make sure everything ran on tim...
e. Having been to multiple weddings, I know how rushed pictures can be because they weren't planned for. He took the time to visit the venue and the location for our pre-ceremony pictures with me before the wedding so we could plan how things would flow on the day of. He also spent time reviewing the pictures I wanted and putting together a timeline. The photos came out absolutely gorgeous and I could not have asked for a better experience. He was also very responsive to emails after the wedding when there were specific photos I needed. His assistant, Juan, was also a delight to work with. I will (and already have) recommend him to anyone and everyone I know!
Ivan did an absolutely incredible job on our wedding photos! He is a true artist and master of his craft. Everything from the posed shots to the candids captured our beautiful surr...
oundings and the absolute love and joy in our eyes. We could not be happier with the outcome and have so many great shots we are having trouble choosing which ones to print.
If you're wondering who to hire for your big day, look no further. Ivan is simply the best!
I cannot recommend Ivan enough! He was right on time for our special day and was invisible for most of the event, always there, but we never noticed him! We got some wonderful stag...
ed shots and he was very clear with his vision and how he wanted poses, but also let us do our own thing if we wanted. We just got our photos back four weeks after our wedding and they are AMAZING. His angles and the lighting are incredible. He really has vision and is a true artist. Do yourself a favor and hire him!!
Congrats everyone, you have found your photographer! Seriously, look no further! Ivan and his team were extremely amazing from start to finish on my wedding day! Ivan and his team ...
were on time, professional, tells you exactly what you need to do to look absolutely perfect, and was so much fun as well! We used him for our engagement photo shoot as well, and we have been getting nonstop compliments ever since we received the images! His work is 100% top notch and I can’t thank him enough!
Ivan was very professional and has a good eye for photography. Not only did he take great quality pictures, but he was able to capture great moments to show the joy in our wedding ...
event. He was easy to communicate with, timely, and easy to work with. Highly recommended!
Ivan was our photographer for our engagement photos and September wedding. I can be very awkward with photo taking but Ivan did a good job in directing with poses during the enga...
gement photos so I was more comfortable. He also did a great job capturing our wedding day and am very grateful for that. Thanks again!
My husband, family, and I are thrilled with Ivan's photographs from our wedding and post-wedding brunch. The images are fun, artful, and really capture the feeling of being there o...
n the day. We asked Ivan to be sure to get photographs of all attendees (not just us!) and he definitely delivered. He was great to work with. Highly, highly recommend.
Ivan photographed my wedding in August, and he was wonderful! He was clear and communicative beforehand, and timely and attentive at the wedding itself! He clearly strove to captur...
e each element of the wedding, and the photos he produced were just magical! They were really marvelous, and we could not be happier. The signature shot in particular is a gem.
Ivan was so amazing - before, during, and after our wedding. He was very easy to coordinate with before the wedding - asking simple, professional questions and giving us the basic ...
input we needed to decide when and how to do photos during the wedding day.
On the day itself, he and his assistant were amazing - they stayed completely out of the way while we were getting ready and during the ceremony, but somehow managed to capture amazing shots of everything. We had a ton of fun with them doing our couples portraits - they were game to try out an unexpected photo venue and made it silly and sweet - with gorgeous photos.
I received a huge number of photos just a few weeks after the wedding - all very easy to sort through, share with family and download.
I'm so grateful to Ivan for making the day of very stress-free and fun and for capturing such wonderful shots.
It was great working with Ivan for our wedding. The photos turned out great and he was easy to work with.
Our wedding was in the red wood forest and as far as photography we were mainly focused on beautiful landscapes where we just happened to be in the frame as well. Ivan did not disa...
ppoint. He was on time, professional, flexible (especially with our tight schedule), and a pleasure to work with.
He gave us the pictures we had in mind and more. He gave great direction to people, and took candid photos of the dancing. We can not wait to share these breathtaking photos with our family and friends.
His rates are extremely reasonable. I can not express enough how wonderful he is!
My husband and I really enjoyed working with Ivan for our wedding this summer. He and his assistant arrived on time, stayed late, and were easy to work with. Most importantly, Ivan...
's pictures turned out amazing! I would definitely recommend him for wedding photography.
First of all Trust Ivan. Ivan made our Engagement photo shoot experience fun and relaxing for my fiancé and I. I have never done anything like this before and felt extremely nervou...
s, but Ivan made those fears go away. Our photoshoot was a remote location in San Francisco which meant dealing with people possibly walking into frame and some looking at my fiancé and I trying to strike a pose in a public location. But Ivan is a professional and made my fiancé and I feel comfortable striking a pose in fact he made us feel like we wanted to keep the photoshoot going. He even suggested a 2nd locate nearby with even better lighting. We had the Wind to fight with that day blowing my fiancé dress North, East, South and West. Ivan found a way to use the Wind to our advantage and took some AMAZING Pictures. TRUST IVAN is my best advice I can give he has a clear vision on how your photo will turn out. I can't wait to have him shoot our Wedding now!
Ivan is an extremely personable individual, with an artistic eye, he will make your experience memorable!!
Great photographer to work with. Ivan was energetic, engaging, and a lot of fun! We love our wedding pictures!
If I could I will give Ivan more stars! He is just “ The Best” photographer. We hired him for our engagement pictures during the week of the fires in San Francisco and he didn’t he...
sitate. He was very responsive and took our project and pictures into another label. Some of them look like a work of art. We could have not been more lucky that he was available and not only took our engagement pictures but will do our wedding pictures as well. He is an artist and a true professional! Anyone hiring Ivan is lucky to have him as their photographer!
We had our photoshoot with Ivan on 3/15/21 in Walnut Creek, CA. He arrived on time and greeted us with a face mask on(Covid protocol). Ivan made us feel very comfortable and it sho...
ws through our pictures. He loved using the clouds as our backdrop for some of our pictures. Those pictures came out amazing. He was great to work with and we didn’t feel pressured into doing any Glamour Shot style photos.
Our second location for our 4hr photoshoot was in Berkeley, CA in front of Smitten. Ivan took a lot of candid photos and we loved them. He was able to catch on camera how easily Laurice and I laugh with one another. It was easy to be ourselves in front of Ivan and his camera. I don’t take pictures well and it seems that I’m always forcing a smile on pictures. I didn’t feel like I was forcing anything while working with Ivan. If he can make me look okay, then he can make anyone look great.
I highly recommend Ivan, I look forward to what he will capture at our wedding. If you have the opportunity to work with Ivan, do it. Thank you Laurice for finding Ivan on the Knot. Thank you Ivan for capturing the love I have for Laurice on camera.
Ivan is an amazing photographer! Not only is he an artist, but he is also very personable and made the actual photoshoot very comfortable for both me and my fiance. He gave us suc...
h variety in styles that gave us some gorgeous dramatic looks but he was also able to capture fun candid shots that truly showed the happiness and love we have for each other. He owns his own business which makes this whole experience more personal.
So far, we just had our engagement shoot with Ivan but I'm so excited to have him as our wedding photographer as well!
Ivan went above and beyond for our suprise proposal and engagement photos.
First, he went with me to scout of the location and discuss the setup, free of charge. He helped me to d...
etermine the correct time and location for a shoot and actively brainstormed ideas with us.
Ivan was punctual and on time, bringing an assistant to help with shooting. He caught our special moment perfectly and it is something we will be forever indebted to him.
After the surprise, he led us through a number of creative photo shoot ideas to take advantage of the ocean view and sunset.
Finally, Ivan put in significant effort to edit and process the photos, producing amazing work which you will see just by looking at his online portfolio.
I whole hearted endorse Ivan for your next engagement or wedding shoot. He is up there with the best of the best, you will not regret it!
Hands down the best wedding decision I made was booking Ivan! My fiancé and I were completely blown away by his portfolio and all the awards he’s received. His work truly speaks fo...
r itself. We got married right in the middle of the fires happening across California and Covid on what turned out to be the hottest day of the year. Ivan made communication a breeze and arrived on time the day of the wedding, I think he had a 2 or 3 hour drive to our venue. He knew exactly where he wanted to shoot and how he wanted the lighting to look. He brought along his awesome assistant, a drone and even his underwater camera. His pricing is amazing as well, he honestly could charge triple and he’d still be 100% worth it! Also, he even stayed later than planned because I had been running behind when he arrived. I can’t say enough about how fantastic he was to work with, Also he had our photos back to us in I think less than 2 weeks! My friends and family have raved over the moments he was able to capture and how amazing all the photos looked, we still haven’t been able to decide on what to print because they all were so phenomenal! You honestly won’t find better on this website or any other wedding app, if Ivan is available for your special day, he’s a must!
My fiancé surprised me with both a ring & a photoshoot with Ivan. I wasn’t involved in the planning, but my fiancé said Ivan was very helpful and thoughtful with picking the right ...
time and location for the shoot. He was really patient and took his time with us getting great shots. He had really great ideas and perspective, but was also open to our ideas!! We had a lot of fun on the shoot and the pictures came out amazing. My friends love the sunset silhouettes that he took. I would highly recommend him for your engagement photos.
Through out the whole process which including the planning Ivan was very helpful since day one. Coming from the east coast and not being familiar with the area he suggested amazing...
locations until we decided on Sutro Baths. He was punctual, walked us through our very first professional photoshoot and we couldn't have been happier to work with him.
Each of Ivan's photographs is a real work of art. The colors, the lighting, the way he posed and framed each shot, make them a collective treasure that we will enjoy for many years...
to come and are excited to share with family and friends.
On the wedding day, Ivan was punctual, professional, and fun and easy to work with. He has serious, high quality equipment and knows how to use it. I would gladly work with Ivan again for any type of event photography.
Ivan was professional, kind, and excellent before, during and after the wedding! The photos came out gorgeous and he provides a unique and artistic perspective with his lens that c...
annot be find with other wedding photographers. He’s also an award winning photographer- internationally and this is a rare opportunity to book someone with his artistic eye !
I would highly recommend Ivan for wedding or engagement photography sessions. Ivan was professional and had a great attitude throughout the process. He was open to our ideas and pr...
ovided his professional opinion on the best places to shoot and how to pose. It was so helpful and the photos turned out amazing! If you are looking for beautiful, memorable photos, go with Ivan!
Ivan did an amazing shoot with my Fiancee and me for our engagement photos. Ivan was very helpful in taking our preference and providing great suggestions and picking excellent spo...
ts to take our photos. Ivan was also super flexible and getting the right day scheduled for the locations we wanted. On top of all that we really loved Ivan's style. Would definitely recommend!
We hired Ivan for engagement and (upcoming) wedding photos, and after the engagement shoot, we couldn't be happier with his work. He had both the artistic flair we were looking for...
in our photos together, and the range to get some more traditional shots that we will also want to commemorate the occasion with. He has been very easy to coordinate with, and he also recommended a make up artist he often works with, who I also booked for both shoots (and am also very happy with). We loved our engagement shots so much that we will even print a few for the wedding and our home!
Ivan captured and created something magical and we will forever be able to look back and truly feel the emotions we felt during our wedding. Ivan is comfortable with all the punche...
s thrown at a wedding and we had a tone of personalities with their own agendas that he gracefully handled. Ivan is an incredibly talented artist and very professional. We are so grateful for our photos and feel like some came straight from a story book.
Ivan took my engagement photos and was absolutely fantastic. He was the consummate professional and got some amazing shoots. I would recommend him to anyone!
I cannot speak too highly of Ivan, who recently took my engagement photos and will DEFINITELY be hired for the wedding. He is incredibly professional and competent while also being...
patient, laid-back, and fun to work with. It is evident when working with Ivan that for him photography is not just a business, it’s an art. He finds beauty in everything.
My fiancé and I both hate being photographed, yet our experience with Ivan was a pleasure. He helped us to relax so that our personalities could shine through. When we received the final product we were blown away by Ivan’s precise, natural editing and his attention to detail. Suffice it to say—we looked good.
I highly recommend Ivan Duran to anyone who is seeking a stress-free wedding day and beautiful, creative photographs that will show your love and your individuality.
Not sure where to start with our experience with Ivan! It was by far the best decision we made on having him snap our special day! His work speaks for itself! I promise you! You wo...
n’t regret booking him for any event you may have. If your anything like me and stresses for perfection and professionalism! Ivan Duran Photography will definitely be for you!
Very very professional. Smart. Intelligent. Knows what he is doing. Aware of venue and light. Great freelancer.
Having a great photographer at your wedding is so important because the day just flies by and everyone is dressed so lovely that it is just really nice to have images that last bey...
ond the occasion. What drew me to Ivan was the fact that he is an award winning photographer who is constantly pushing himself to become better and better. He is a true artist with lighting, editing, and finding the most beautiful frames. On top of that, he is really good at giving direction on your posture and body placement depending on where the camera is so that he captures just the right angle. He arrived early and was already knowledgable about the space. Also, he is a really nice person and very professional so he adds only positivity when he is there. The photos came out gorgeous!!! Highly recommend!!!
So please with the work and professionalism. Ivan was extremely patient with me while I went on a bride rant fueled by my nervous and anxiety of the big day. He moved quickly makin...
g sure we moved along. But gave enough time at every location to make sure he got all the picture he needed. He was there taking pictures when I had totally forgotten he was still there. He was a silent ninja taking photos seamlessly throughout the wedding. Very happy.
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