Photos worth the flight home
The problem with a beach shoot on Koh Samui isn't the light — it's the other people in the frame. Chaweng at sunset is beautiful and completely full. With a boat, you reach the coves that have no road to them, and at five in the afternoon you have them entirely to yourself.
We pair you with a photographer who shoots here every week and knows which bay works at which hour and which month. Couples and honeymoons, engagement and post-wedding shoots, families who want one good picture of everyone, or creators who need a week's worth of content in an afternoon — same set-up, different shot list.
Highlights
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Locations with no crowdCoves reachable only by boat, a longtail as a prop, and nobody wandering through your shot.
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Shot at the right hourWe build the timing around golden hour — the same beach two hours earlier is a different photo.
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A photographer who lives hereLocal pro, knows the light and the tides, directs you if posing isn't your thing.
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Edited and delivered fastColour-graded selects in a private online gallery within five days, in print resolution.
A golden-hour session
- 3:30 pmPick-up at your hotel with the photographer
- 4:00 pmCast off — first frames on board while the boat is under way
- 4:45 pmFirst location: a beach with nobody on it
- 5:30 pmSecond set-up — rocks, palms or the longtail, depending on the light
- 6:10 pmGolden hour: the shots you'll actually print
- 6:45 pmBlue hour and silhouettes as the sky changes
- 7:15 pmBack to your hotel; gallery link within five days
✅ What's included
- Private boat and crew for the session
- Professional photographer for the agreed duration
- Two to three locations chosen for the light
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Colour-graded selects in a private online gallery
- Full personal usage rights on the delivered images
❌ Not included
- Video and drone footage (available as an add-on)
- Hair, make-up and styling
- Printing, albums and framing
- Commercial usage licence (quoted separately)
Popular add-ons
🎥 Video & reels🚁 Drone footage💄 Hair & make-up👗 Dress rental⏱️ Extra hour🌄 Sunrise session📖 Printed album💼 Commercial licence
💡 Good to know
🌅 Best light: the hour before sunset, every time. Sunrise works too and the beaches are even emptier — it just means a 5:30 am pick-up.
🖼️ Delivery: 40 to 80 edited images for a two-hour session, in a private gallery within five working days. Rush delivery is possible.
🌦️ Rain: an overcast sky is soft and flattering, so we usually shoot anyway. Real rain means we reschedule at no cost.
In pictures
Frequently asked questions
We're awkward in front of a camera. Is that a problem?
It's the normal case, not the exception. The photographer directs throughout — where to stand, where to look, what to do with your hands. Most people relax about ten minutes in.
How many photos do we get and when?
Around 40 to 80 edited images for a two-hour session, delivered in a private online gallery within five working days, at full print resolution and with personal usage rights.
Can you shoot content for our brand or channel?
Yes — tell us the formats you need (vertical video, stills, drone) and we'll plan locations and timing around the shot list. Commercial usage is quoted separately.
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