We LOVE The Shalom Imaginative! Trying to find a photographer felt very daunting, but once we saw their more documentary style, we knew it would be a great fit. Nate and team made every aspect of the planning process so easy. They were always available for any questions we had in the lead up to our wedding. Vanessa, our photographer, was absolutely stellar! She made us feel so at ease in front of the camera and made all the pre-wedding photos such a fun experience. During the ceremony and reception/dancing, she was everywhere capturing moments. She felt like one of our guests in the way she integrated with everyone else. We LOVED our final gallery - she really captured awesome details and the joy our guests felt throughout the day. You must work with the amazing group- you won't regret it.

We researched for hours trying to find a photographer that did weddings in Joshua Tree, but found that a lot of them did "bohemian" weddings and used a lot of weird vintage-y looking filters on all of their work which really wasn't our vibe. BUT then we cam across Shalom Imaginative & fell in love instantly! After lots of stalking of their work we found that we loved Igor's documentary style the most. Igor's photos were all amazing. All of our family & friends said our photographer was really great. Igor was super friendly and put us to ease (which was hard because we aren't very good picture people) and we loved his sense of humor. Hands down, 100% recommend Igor & Shalom Imaginative!

We specifically sought out The Shalom Imaginative, and especially Nate, for our wedding photography because we love the studio’s style of candid event photography. We wanted to make sure that we ended up with pictures of everyone enjoying our wedding rather than hundreds of identical-looking, highly-staged photos. Neither of us really like to be the center of attention, and the one thing we wanted to make sure of was that we didn’t end up feeling like we had to act or perform for the camera on our wedding day. Even with cameras pointed at us, Nate made us feel comfortable, resulting in pictures that look natural and bring back great memories of the day. The entire time, Nate made us feel heard, and he made our vision for photography even better than we imagined, delivering exactly what we’d hoped for and more. That said, if you go into wanting a more candid feel, make sure you are okay with more candid results! Especially if you are always closing your eyes in pictures.