Thomas and Angela are a husband-and-wife photography and film team based in Bophut, Koh Samui — twenty years of experience, an award-winning eye, and a quiet way of capturing the real you.
Say hello on WhatsAppWhen people search for a Koh Samui photographer, they usually find a name and a price list. With Thomas Kart Studio, you find two people. Thomas and Angela are married, they work side by side on every wedding, couple session and family shoot, and after twenty years behind the camera they still treat each gallery as if it were their own.
Thomas Kart is not a faceless brand or a rotating roster of freelancers. It is a husband-and-wife studio that has put down roots on Samui's north coast in Bophut, learned the island's light and its hidden corners, and built a full in-house team around photography, cinematic video, drone and make-up. This page is the honest version of who we are, how we work, and why a couple-led team gives you something a solo shooter simply cannot.
We met, married, and chose to build a life and a business together on Koh Samui — and that overlap is the whole point. Twenty years of weddings, elopements, proposals and growing families have taught us that the best images are never the posed ones; they are the half-second between poses, the look a groom gives before he thinks anyone is watching. Thomas leads the photography and drone work, Angela shapes the direction, styling and the calm that keeps a wedding day on time, and together we move through a day reading each other without a word. Couples often tell us afterwards that they forgot we were there, which is exactly the result we are quietly working toward.
Reputation on a destination island is earned one gallery at a time. Thomas Kart Studio is ranked MyWed Top 3 in Thailand and sits among the Top 30 family photographers worldwide — peer-judged recognition that matters more to us than any follower count. Closer to home, we hold a 5.0-star rating from fourteen verified reviews. Vanessa described her photos as "simply stunning, just like a movie." Minar called the images from his proposal "incredible." Elies thanked us for the "amazing photos by camera and drone." We share these not to boast but because, with our Instagram and Meta pages currently suspended, the trust we build here on our own site is what carries us — and we take that responsibility seriously.
A single photographer has to choose: catch the bride's tears or the groom's reaction, the wide drone sweep or the quiet detail. A couple-team never makes that choice. With Thomas and Angela working together, two perspectives are covered at once, your timeline stays relaxed, and there is always a familiar, friendly face nearby whether you are nervous on a clifftop at Silver Beach or wrangling children for a family portrait on Chaweng. Being a married pair also changes the feeling on set — we understand the dynamic between two people who love each other, because we live it. That empathy is why our couple and wedding work feels intimate rather than staged.
Living in Bophut means we shoot where we walk. We know the golden window when the light softens over Big Buddha and Fisherman's Village, the calm shallows of Choeng Mon for barefoot couple sessions, the dramatic granite boulders of Lamai, and exactly when the tide and crowds turn at each beach. Our work reaches across the islands — sunrise elopements toward Koh Phangan, intimate sessions on the quiet reefs of Koh Tao — and our drone and cinematic team turn that geography into film. Fast delivery is part of the promise too: a teaser within one to three days while the emotion is still fresh, and your full gallery within one to two weeks on our higher collections.
Good to Know
Thomas Kart is a husband-and-wife photography and film studio on Koh Samui, run by Thomas and Angela. Thomas leads photography and drone work while Angela directs styling and the flow of the day. Together they bring twenty years of experience to weddings, couple sessions, proposals and family shoots across Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao.
Yes. Working as a married team is the core of what we offer, so both of us are present and shooting on weddings and most sessions. That means two angles captured at once, a more relaxed timeline, and a familiar pair of faces with you all day rather than a stranger you met that morning.
We are ranked MyWed Top 3 in Thailand and among the Top 30 family photographers worldwide, and we hold a 5.0-star rating from 14 verified reviews. These are peer-judged and client-verified, which matters to us especially while our social media pages are suspended.
Yes — our base is in Bophut on Samui's north coast, and we live here year-round. That local presence is why we know the island's beaches, light and tides intimately, and why we can also cover nearby Koh Phangan and Koh Tao with the same confidence.
We work English-first and specialise in international destination couples who fly in to marry or celebrate in Thailand. From the first WhatsApp message to your final gallery, you will be looked after in clear, friendly English by the same two people throughout.
About
The easiest way to know whether we are right for you is simply to talk. Message Thomas and Angela directly on WhatsApp at +66 62 349 2430 — tell us your dates, the kind of day you are dreaming of, and where on Samui, Phangan or Tao you imagine it. We will reply personally, with honest advice and no pressure. Photo collections start from 10,000 THB and cinematic video from 38,000 THB, with a 30% deposit to hold your date. We would love to be the two people behind the camera on the day you will remember forever.
WhatsApp +66 62 349 2430 · thomaskart.ph@gmail.com · Bophut, Koh Samui
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