Proposal 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.

Choose the coast by the month. The Andaman side — Phuket, Krabi, Phi Phi, Khao Lak, Koh Lanta — is at its best from about November to April; its rainy season runs roughly mid-May to mid-October, wettest in September. The Gulf islands — Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao — work the other way round: wettest from October to December, with November the peak. Agree a spot and a signal with the photographer beforehand; they arrive early, blend in with the other people on the beach and start shooting as you walk into frame.

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.