Just the two of you, a quiet stretch of sand, and the kind of light only Koh Samui gives at golden hour. We document elopements and intimate weddings up to 25 guests across Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao — photo, cinematic film and drone, delivered fast.
Plan your elopement on WhatsAppEloping on Koh Samui is a quietly radical decision: you trade the seating charts and the 150 polite acquaintances for a morning that belongs entirely to the two of you. As a husband-and-wife team with 20 years behind the camera, Thomas and Angela have spent two decades learning the island's secret hours — when the light goes amber over Choeng Mon, when the tide pulls back at Lipa Noi to leave a mirror of wet sand, when a hidden cove near Taling Ngam empties of footprints. An elopement here isn't a smaller wedding. It's a different, more intimate art form, and it deserves a photographer who shoots it that way.
We are MyWed Top 3 in Thailand and ranked among the world's Top 30 family photographers, with a perfect 5.0 from 14 verified couples. But the number that matters on an elopement day is closer to one: the one of us standing a respectful distance away, anticipating the glance, the laugh, the tear you didn't plan for. Our style is elegant, natural and emotion-led — no stiff posing, no shouted directions across the beach. Just your real morning, captured like a film.
Samui makes elopements feel effortless in a way few destinations can. The island is compact enough that your ceremony spot, your getting-ready villa and your celebratory dinner are rarely more than twenty minutes apart, yet it holds wildly different moods within that small radius. The north coast — Bophut, Choeng Mon, Maenam — gives you calm, shallow water and soft morning light ideal for barefoot vows. The west, around Lipa Noi and Taling Ngam, faces the sunset and the silhouetted peaks of the Five Islands, which is where we take couples who want their first kiss framed against a sky on fire. And because the island runs on tourism, the logistics that paralyse couples elsewhere — a celebrant, fresh florals, a chilled bottle carried to the sand — are genuinely simple to arrange. You can be legally or symbolically married, toes in the Gulf of Thailand, with nobody to please but each other.
Whether it's just the two of you or a tight circle of up to 25 guests, we build the day around presence rather than production. We'll often start with the quiet getting-ready moments — Angela has a gift for the unguarded half-light of a villa bedroom — then move to the ceremony as the heat softens. Our full in-house team means everything you might want lives under one roof: photography, cinematic video, licensed drone for those impossible aerial frames of two figures alone on a vast beach, and make-up so you're camera-ready without a separate vendor to chase. One of our couples called the result "simply stunning, just like a movie," and that cinematic instinct runs through both our stills and our films. Because we're a small team you booked directly, there's no hand-off to a stranger on the day — the people you spoke to are the people who show up.
Elopement and intimate-wedding coverage starts from 10,000 THB for photography and from 38,000 THB for cinematic video, with our flagship Platinum collections bringing the full photo-and-film team together for couples who want everything documented. A 30% deposit secures your date and our team for the day. Beyond the camera, we're happy to point you toward the celebrants, florists and dinner spots we trust after years on the island, so you arrive with a plan rather than a spreadsheet. Tell us your dates, your rough guest count and the feeling you're after — barefoot and wild, or polished and editorial — and we'll suggest the beach, the hour and the package that fits. The fastest way to start is a message on WhatsApp at +66 62 349 2430.
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Our elopement coverage is built for everything from just the two of you up to around 25 guests. Below that number a Samui beach ceremony stays genuinely intimate — easy to keep private, easy to move between spots, and small enough that we can capture every face without anyone feeling watched. If your guest list is climbing past 25, we'll talk about a full wedding collection instead.
It depends on the light you want. For a glowing sunset and the silhouetted Five Islands, we love the west coast around Lipa Noi and Taling Ngam, including quiet coves most visitors never reach. For soft morning light and calm, shallow water, the north coast at Choeng Mon, Maenam and Bophut is hard to beat. Many private villas also have their own stretch of beach, which is the simplest way to guarantee real seclusion.
We're a photography, film and make-up team, not a full planning agency — but after 20 years on the island we know exactly who to call. We'll happily connect you with the celebrants, florists and private-dinner venues we trust, so the day comes together without you managing a dozen strangers from overseas. Many couples handle the rest by WhatsApp before they even land.
You'll have a teaser set within 1 to 3 days — often before you've even left the island — so you can share the news while the emotion is still fresh. Your full edited gallery follows in roughly 1 to 2 weeks on our higher-tier collections. Cinematic films take a little longer to colour-grade and score, and we'll give you a clear timeline when you book.
Yes. While Koh Samui is home, we regularly shoot intimate weddings and elopements on neighbouring Koh Phangan and Koh Tao. If you'd like your elopement to include a boat trip, a quieter neighbouring beach or a dive-island backdrop, tell us early and we'll plan the logistics and timing around the crossing.
Elopements
Your Koh Samui elopement should feel like the most personal day of your lives — and it should be photographed by people who treat it that way. Send Thomas and Angela a message on WhatsApp at +66 62 349 2430 with your dates and a few words about the day you're imagining. We'll reply with honest advice on beaches, light, timing and the package that fits, and reserve your date with a 30% deposit. Just the two of you, the Gulf of Thailand, and a morning you'll relive every time you look at the gallery.
WhatsApp +66 62 349 2430 · thomaskart.ph@gmail.com · Bophut, Koh Samui
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