We cover half-day elopements, full wedding days and multi-day celebrations, in Bangkok and across both coasts. Photo and film from one crew, in English and Thai, wherever in Thailand your day happens.
Real ceremonies, not styled shoots with models, across resorts, villas, ballrooms and beaches.
Some of the most important work happens once the ceremony is over, guests are eating and the couple may be away changing or taking a break. What our crew does with that time decides how the second half of your gallery looks.
That is when we prepare the second half of the day. Someone walks the reception room before it fills, finds where the light will land during the speeches, and settles where to stand for the first dance so the band stays out of frame.
By the time the reception starts, we have already made those decisions, so we are not figuring out positions in front of two hundred guests. When the weather or the running order moves, we adapt from a plan rather than from scratch.
On our two-person coverage, two cameras work different jobs. One stays wider for the room and the reactions around the edges, and the other works closer on faces and moments.
For the past two years we have covered weddings across Thailand, more than 100 ceremonies across the two names we trade under. Beach vows for eight people, city ballrooms for four hundred, and multi-day celebrations that never leave one resort. Wedding days run with Siamelle, our sister brand under the same ownership, and Bird and his team lead every wedding we accept. Booking is direct with us either way, at the same rates.
We eloped at a small temple ceremony and were not sure we needed anyone there at all. We booked the elopement package anyway, and Kitsana briefed the monks in Thai before we arrived. Our parents cried looking at the photos. They were not even at the ceremony.
Wioletta Karge, Poland
Our reception ran long and the crew stayed with us, no clock watching. The film alone made the whole day worth it. We have watched it more times than I want to admit.
Desmond Achterberg, Netherlands
I was nervous about the heat by the ceremony hour, but they worked fast through golden hour and it all looks effortless. The gallery and the film both came back exactly when they said.
Solveig Andresen, Norway
Every package below is a starting point, with travel anywhere in Thailand already included. Hiring us in Chiang Mai costs the same as hiring us on Koh Samui. There is no separate domestic travel fee added to the final invoice. The right package depends on how long the celebration runs and how many parts of it happen at the same time.
A photo-only elopement in Bangkok with no guests can run as a normal session at our hourly rates from 11,000 THB, usually with Jay. Anything with guests, film, or outside the city runs as a wedding.
The list below applies to an elopement for two and to a four-day celebration alike. Only the crew size and the hours move.
Extended hours run ฿10,000 per hour for photo and film together, or ฿6,000 per hour for one of the two. We quote multi-day bookings one at a time, since no two of them divide up the same way.
A 30% deposit holds the date. The balance falls due 7 days before the wedding. Payment by bank transfer, Thai QR, Wise or cash, and we issue invoices for planners who need them.
Cancel more than 30 days ahead and the deposit is refunded in full. Inside 30 days it's non-refundable, though the date can move within 12 months if we're available.
Many of the South Asian weddings we cover run for three to five days on a single property. We staff the whole run of functions with one crew, so nothing gets handed to a different team halfway through.
What families ask us is rarely about the rituals. It is how the crew divides across the days, and what we need from the running order before the first function starts.
A five-function celebration does not need five identical crews. Mehndi and haldi sit close and domestic, and we send a smaller team that reads the room.
Sangeet and the reception get two people at minimum, one working the stage and one working the tables. The ceremony carries the most weight and takes the full crew. We build the staffing around your running order, function by function, and we itemize it in the quote.
Zari and mirror work throw light straight back at a flash. We bring off-axis lighting to every function so the thread keeps its texture, and we schedule family portraits into warm late-afternoon light where the timeline allows it.
Tell us the outfit plan when you enquire and we bring the right kit for it. It costs you nothing extra and it changes what the reception frames look like.
We walk the running order through with your pandit, granthi, imam or planner ahead of time, so seating rules and camera positions are agreed before anyone is standing there.
We also confirm outside-vendor clearance, drone permission and the muhurat time with your venue directly, in Thai if that is faster. A night ceremony changes the lighting plan and the crew we bring, so we would rather know it early than on the day.
Multi-day and South Asian celebrations are always quoted directly by Jay or Bird rather than from the rate card.
Couples rarely book only the ceremony. Most add something before or after it, and booking those with us keeps the color and the look consistent across everything you end up printing.
A styled couple shoot in the days before the ceremony, usually while both families are already in the country. Different locations, different clothes, no timetable pressing on it.
Scouted ahead and shot from a distance, so the moment stays yours. Plenty of these turn into a wedding booking with us twelve months later.
Couple and family sessions, useful when relatives have flown in and this is the only week everyone is in the same place.
Wedding films, engagement films and welcome dinners by Siamelle, our sister studio, shot by the crew that covers your ceremony.
Introductions to artists we have worked with repeatedly, including people used to a wide range of skin tones and hair types. No commission changes hands.
Color work and retouching on the galleries we shoot for you. Every frame corrected on its own.
Bird and his team lead every wedding we accept, with one crew from the first function to the last. Three Lukfoto team members also work around your day, each in the part they know best.
Jay has been behind the camera since 2018 and started with three years as a photojournalist. He catches real expressions without stopping the day, and he shoots most photo-only elopements in Bangkok. He speaks English and Russian.
Kitsana comes from journalism, including reporting for Business Insider, and her community storytelling was exhibited in Washington, D.C. She is the person Thai families and venues deal with, in Thai, English or Mandarin.
Jami studied fashion communication at India’s National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). She leads makeup, hair and styling on bigger shoots, and she speaks English and Hindi, which helps many South Asian families.
Our team has shot 1,250+ sessions since 2021. Meet Jay, Kitsana and Jami on our About page.
Travel anywhere in Thailand is included, with no separate fee to reach you. We take no commission from resorts or venues, so where you choose to marry does not affect what we recommend.
If you are hiring a Bangkok wedding photographer for a city ceremony, we build the schedule around traffic rather than distance, and plan rooftop and riverside portraits around the best light. Outside the city we work both coasts on the same rate card.
Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao, Koh Lanta, Khao Lak and Phi Phi are all workable on request. Nearby countries, meaning Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar, are +20,000 THB. Further in Asia, including Singapore, is +30,000 THB. Anywhere outside Asia we quote individually. If your ceremony happens somewhere that never appears in a brochure, we will still be standing there.
A film is the only record that keeps the voices. Everything below follows from that, because sound decides where a filmmaker stands and when they cannot move.
Vows go onto independent microphones rather than off the camera, so the words survive a rooftop wind or a ballroom PA. On photo and film bookings the two operators split the room: the filmmaker holds a locked angle through the ceremony so the vows run unbroken, while the photographer moves.
Bangkok adds two things to plan around. Drone airspace over most of the city is restricted, so we confirm what your venue allows before you pay for it. And moving between a hotel suite, a temple and a reception is a traffic problem rather than a distance one, which is what the call sheet is built around.
Bilingual vows run long. A locked angle carries both languages unbroken, so the edit is never forced to cut mid-sentence to hide a camera move.
Photo-only or film-only is usually one person, and photo and film together is a team of two. Larger and multi-day bookings scale to five, so two suites, a ceremony and a reception can run at once. Everyone on your day is a professional we work with regularly.
Photos come back in 10 days and films in 5 weeks. Express photo editing returns the full gallery in 24 hours, and express film editing takes 7 days. Raw footage is available on request for up to 2 months.
Up to 400 edited images on 4-hour bookings and over 800 on 8-hour ones. The Full Team package delivers over 800 for each day. All come in high resolution, with no watermarks and no charge per image.
A 30% deposit holds the date, and the balance is due 7 days before the wedding by bank transfer, Thai QR, Wise or cash. Cancel more than 30 days ahead for a full refund. Inside 30 days the deposit is non-refundable, but the date can move within 12 months if we are free.
Dry-season dates on the Andaman side go first, often eight to twelve months out, while Gulf and mainland dates book later. We cap how many weddings we take each year, so an early message helps and commits you to nothing.
Yes. Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar add 20,000 THB, and further in Asia, including Singapore, adds 30,000 THB. Travel inside Thailand is already in the rate, and anywhere outside Asia we quote individually.
Bird and his team lead every wedding we accept, and his portfolio is on the Siamelle about page. The crew briefs venues and monks in Thai and works with you in English. Photo-only elopements in Bangkok are usually shot by Jay, who also speaks Russian.
Yes, ask and we will send a complete gallery from a real booking. It shows every image from one whole day, which a highlight set can’t.
A wedding gets one take. We spend the planning on sunset times, running orders and covered fallbacks precisely so that nobody has to think about any of it once the day starts.
Loved shooting with Jami! She has a great eye for fashion, light, and details. The whole shoot felt easy and comfortable, while she still knew exactly how to guide and bring the looks to life. The final shots turned out stylish, natural, and full of character - exactly my vibe. Would definitely love to work together again 🖤
I really enjoyed working with Jami. The whole shoot was relaxed and professional, and she had some great ideas for different shots
My experience with Jami was really professional it was very fun working with her she made sure every detail was perfect!
Great photography❤️ work goes beyond simply taking beautiful photographs—you have a real gift for capturing atmosphere, emotion, and character . Specially Jami she put life in each photograph 🫶
I had the most wonderful time shooting in Bangkok! Lucas made booking super easy, and Jami is a phenomenal photographer. Working with Jami felt so natural and fun, and the final pictures blew us away. Such an amazing experience can't wait to return and book another session..❤️
I live right here in Bangkok and booked a session with Jami. Everything went super smoothly from start to finish. Really happy with how the photos look, and I'll definitely be back for another shoot soon !! 🫶🏻
a great photoshoot with Jami, she made me feel comfortable in front of the camera and gave really helpful direction with posing Very good photo!!!
Wow, thank you to the amazing photographer Jami! It was my first time in Thailand, and I wanted to create some beautiful memories here. I’m really grateful to Jami and her team for capturing such beautiful moments of my life in Thailand. ❤️
Its amazing experience i love jami work...and she has something uniqueness that a professional photographer required and jami's work is so perfect.. looking forward to my next work with jami
