Family Photographer in Phi Phi Islands

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 on the Phi Phi Islands: 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.

November to April. Phi Phi Don has no cars, so sessions move on foot and by longtail, and the viewpoint above the village is at its best around sunrise and sunset. Maya Bay, on Phi Phi Leh, is inside a national park and run under strict rules: boats no longer enter the bay but moor on the other side of the island, visitors walk in along a boardwalk, swimming is not allowed, time on the beach is limited, and the bay has closed every year from 1 August to 30 September — check the current dates. Arrive at opening for a beach with fewer people on it. From May to October, monsoon swells can cancel boats at short notice.