Wedding 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.

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 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.