Wedding Photographer in Koh Phangan

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.

It depends on the coast. Phuket, Krabi, Khao Lak and Koh Lanta are driest from about November to April; their rainy season runs roughly mid-May to mid-October and peaks in September. Koh Samui and its neighbours have the opposite pattern, with the heaviest rain from October to December. Plan the ceremony for the last hour before sunset — the sun sets between about six and seven all year — and give the photographer time for portraits in that light before the reception. If the ceremony is at or near a temple, ask the temple first: rules for weddings and shoots differ from one temple to the next.

Each photographer sets their own price for a photoshoot on Koh Phangan: 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 beach session against a longer one before you book.

Like Samui, Phangan is driest from about February to April and wettest from October to December. Here the date matters more than the season: the Full Moon Party takes over Haad Rin's Sunrise Beach every month around the full moon, with thousands of people, full ferries and minimum stays at the nearby hotels. Unless the party is the shoot, avoid the days around it, or stay on the quiet north and west coasts, which have the empty sand and, on the west, the sunsets. There is no airport: boats come from Samui and the mainland, and rough seas from October to December can cancel them.