Couples Photographer in Koh Samui

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.

Light, breathable fabrics — linen and cotton — that won't show the heat, in colours that sit well against green water and pale sand. If the route takes in a temple, both of you need shoulders and knees covered: a light shirt over a dress, or a sarong over shorts, solves it in a minute, and shoes you can slip off help, since they come off before you enter a hall. In the hot season, from about mid-February to mid-May with April the hottest month, keep the session to the first hour after sunrise or the last before sunset.

Each photographer sets their own price for a photoshoot on Koh Samui: 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.

Samui runs on the Gulf's calendar, not the Andaman's: January to August is the dependable stretch, February to April the driest, and October to December the wet season, with November the wettest month — which makes Samui the summer answer while Phuket is in its monsoon. The west coast gets the sunsets; Chaweng and Lamai on the east coast get the sunrises. The Big Buddha and the island's temples ask for covered shoulders and knees. If you want drone shots, note that the airport sits in the north-east, close to Chaweng, Bophut and the Big Buddha, and drones may not fly within nine kilometres of an airport without approval.