There are many "best" places for a Kauai family shoot.
Often, people just want to have their photos taken right outside their hotel or resort for obvious reasons of convenience. Please feel free to ask us about your particular property, and we will give you our honest feedback about the pros and cons of the beaches both in front of where you are staying as well as close by. We are happy to take your photos any time of the day, anywhere you want. However, there are more and less preferable places and times of the day to take any photos in terms of showing off Kauai’s amazing tropical colors and, of course, you!
The most important things in terms of photography for your photo shoot are firstly the number of people in the background and surrounding area, and secondly the lighting.
The most important things in terms of photography for your photo shoot are firstly the number of people in the background and surrounding area, and secondly the lighting.
Background
Sometimes people say they don’t care if there are people in the back of their photos or not (we especially here this for clients staying in Poipu where there are pretty much always people on every beach.) If this is truly the case, we are happy to take photos anywhere you want. However, Timory strongly feels that photos are of a much higher quality if there are not people showing in the background. This is why she so often recommends Lydgate Beach or other more private beaches/locations. Beaches that are nearly always filled with people and hard to get a clear shot at include Hanalei Bay and nearly all beaches in Poipu.
Lighting
It is preferable to have softer lighting, later in the evening or very early in the morning. That way people can relax their eyes and they don’t look uncomfortable or as if they have closed eyes. It also helps people look less shiny from sweat. Sometimes this could be achieved more towards the middle of the day if it’s overcast or partially cloudy, but of course we won’t know the weather until very close to the photo shoot.
Here is a link to what we wrote about some of the most popular locations to have photos taken that we posted on our wedding site. You can just ignore the references to weddings, because the same things that make a place a good or bad spot for taking wedding photos also apply to any photo shoot:
http://www.alohaeverafter.com/kauai-wedding-locations/
Sometimes people say they don’t care if there are people in the back of their photos or not (we especially here this for clients staying in Poipu where there are pretty much always people on every beach.) If this is truly the case, we are happy to take photos anywhere you want. However, Timory strongly feels that photos are of a much higher quality if there are not people showing in the background. This is why she so often recommends Lydgate Beach or other more private beaches/locations. Beaches that are nearly always filled with people and hard to get a clear shot at include Hanalei Bay and nearly all beaches in Poipu.
Lighting
It is preferable to have softer lighting, later in the evening or very early in the morning. That way people can relax their eyes and they don’t look uncomfortable or as if they have closed eyes. It also helps people look less shiny from sweat. Sometimes this could be achieved more towards the middle of the day if it’s overcast or partially cloudy, but of course we won’t know the weather until very close to the photo shoot.
Here is a link to what we wrote about some of the most popular locations to have photos taken that we posted on our wedding site. You can just ignore the references to weddings, because the same things that make a place a good or bad spot for taking wedding photos also apply to any photo shoot:
http://www.alohaeverafter.com/kauai-wedding-locations/