The hour beforethe sun is gone.that is whenwe begin.
Editorial destination photography for couples, families and weddings across Cancún, the Riviera Maya, and Los Cabos. Golden hour, only. Bilingual, always. Galleries delivered in three days, never weeks.
IVAE Studios was founded in Cancún in 2023 by Vianey Díaz. a Mexican photographer with a decade behind editorial cameras and a singular conviction: that the most luxurious thing we can offer affluent travellers is not abundance, but restraint.
We do not shoot at noon. We do not photograph fifty families a week. We do not deliver galleries in “four to six weeks.” We work, instead, in the hour the light is honest. and we deliver the work in days, not weeks.
Chapter 02. A Method
Themethodisold-fashioned.Soistheresult.
Every IVAE session begins three weeks before the camera does. We learn your itinerary, your wardrobe, your in-laws’ politics. We scout the resort at the exact hour your shoot will run. we know which palm casts a shadow at 06:14 in March, which cenote turns indigo at 17:38 in October.
On the day, we direct in two languages. We move the way an art director moves on a magazine cover shoot. quietly, decisively, without ever telling you to say cheese.
Chapter 02. A Promise
Theframeyourememberistheframeweremember.
You will receive a private gallery within 72 hours. in most cases sooner. Each frame is hand-edited, never auto-toned, never AI-finished. You will recognise yourself in every image. So will your grandchildren.
That is the IVAE promise. written, signed, and indexed in our terms of engagement.
Twenty-four hours of light. Less than ninety minutes of it look the way memory looks. Here is what that hour does. and why every IVAE session lives inside it.
Sunrise window
0min
From the moment the sky turns rose to the moment the light turns flat. We arrive thirty minutes before. We are working when most resorts are still pouring breakfast coffee.
Sunset window
0min
The shorter, more cinematic window. Long shadows, copper highlights, the Caribbean turning a colour you cannot photograph after 18:20.
Color temperature drop
0K → 2,800 K
From clinical noon white to the warm, candle-coloured glow of late golden hour. The frame remembers the difference; you do, too.
Light through the day
Sunrise
Sunset
05:0010:0014:0018:0021:00
Live · Quintana Roo--:----Cancún · Hotel Zone
Live · Riviera Maya--:----Mayakoba · Tulum
Live · Baja California Sur--:----San Lucas · Pedregal
Chapter 04. The Reel
Twelve frames from the last twelve months.
01 / 12 Roll A
Frame 01A Bride at the Cliff’s Edge
Tulum · 17:42
Frame 02Mayakoba, In Three Languages
Riviera Maya · 17:14
Frame 03Three Generations, One Coast
Cancún · 06:24
Frame 04A Quiet Anniversary
Cancún · 17:31
Frame 05A Cenote, Underwater
Tulum · 11:08
Frame 06The Pacific Side
Los Cabos · 18:02
Frame 07A Resort, A Childhood
Hotel Zone · 06:48
Frame 08Cabo, At The End Of The Day
San Lucas · 18:14
Frame 09A Boat To The Island
Isla Mujeres · 17:24
Frame 10Playa Mujeres, Quietly
Playa Mujeres · 17:38
Frame 11Akumal, At First Light
Akumal · 06:18
Frame 12A Honeymoon, Closing
Akumal · 17:51
Roll A. Drag, scroll, or use arrow keys
Chapter 05. The Atlas
Three coastlines. One studio.
We work the Yucatán Peninsula and the Baja California Sur. Each coast asks for a different camera, a different language of light, a different rhythm. Here is where we shoot.
Quintana Roo · Yucatán
Cancún & the Hotel Zone
JW Marriott, Nizuc, Le Blanc, Ritz‑Carlton, Kempinski. Most weeks, we are here.
Riviera Maya · Yucatán
Mayakoba to Tulum
Cenotes, jungle, Mayan archaeology, Mayakoba bridges. Our most cinematic coast.
Baja California Sur
San Lucas & Pedregal
Pacific cliffs, Esperanza, One&Only Palmilla. Available by travel arrangement.
“We flew in from Milan for our proposal in Tulum and IVAE delivered beyond every expectation. The cenote session afterward was otherworldly. truly editorial work from a bilingual team that understood every detail.”
Marco Benedetti · Tulum proposal
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“Our yacht anniversary shoot in Los Cabos with IVAE was seamless from first email to final gallery. Cinematic, luxurious and incredibly professional. we already booked them again for our Riviera Maya trip.”
Priya Raghavan · Cabos anniversary
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“I have shot with three of the “best” resort photographers in Cancún. None of them came close. Vianey directed us like a magazine cover. and turned a Tuesday family vacation into a small piece of our family’s archive.”
Elena V. · Le Blanc family
Chapter 07. Begin Inquiry
A letter, not a form.
Tell us about the trip the way you would tell a friend. We’ll write back within twenty-four hours, in your language, with a calendar opening. We answer every inquiry personally; nothing here is automated.
I
A letterYou send a few lines. We read every word. (Twenty-four hours, never longer.)
II
A conversationA short call. in English or Spanish. to find your hour, your light, your wardrobe.
III
A signed agreementA 30% retainer holds your golden hour. We send a written timing brief. The rest is the work.
No. 042 / 2026
IVAE®
To Vianey,
a few lines about your trip, your hour, your hopes. Nothing here is required. tell us what you know, we’ll fill in the rest.
