Family Photographer in Bangkok

Most sessions run between forty-five minutes and two hours. In Thailand the time of day matters more than the length: the sun rises and sets between roughly six and seven o'clock all year, the soft light lasts only a short while because the sun climbs fast, and by mid-morning heat and hard overhead light take over. An hour that starts at sunrise or ends at sunset usually gives more than two hours at noon. The photographer's packages on their profile say exactly what each length includes.

Not if the session is planned around it. Book the first hour after sunrise or the last before sunset, keep it to about an hour, and bring water, a hat for the walk there and a spare outfit — children end up in the sea whether it's planned or not. The cooler months, roughly mid-October to mid-February, are the most comfortable, though that is also the rainiest stretch on Koh Samui and its neighbours. On the Andaman coast — Phuket, Krabi, Khao Lak, Koh Lanta — the rainy months bring rough seas and red-flag days, when children shouldn't swim.

Each photographer sets their own price for a photoshoot in Bangkok: every package on their profile shows an all-inclusive price, and nothing is added at checkout. Packages differ by how long the session runs and how many edited photos you receive, so compare a one-hour walk against a half day before you book.

November to February is the comfortable window: drier air, cooler mornings and clear evenings. From March the heat builds to its peak in April, and the rains run from about mid-May to mid-October, usually as a heavy afternoon downpour rather than a grey day. In any month, shoot at the ends of the day — the riverside temples as soon as they open, and sunset from the Tha Tien side of the river, with Wat Arun across the water as its lights come on. Chinatown's Yaowarat Road is at its best after dark. The Grand Palace is the strictest site in the city: shoulders and knees covered, and no photography inside the chapel of the Emerald Buddha.