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02 — Couples & Honeymoons

Couple Photoshoots in Sri Lanka

For honeymoons, anniversaries, or an ordinary morning on the island you would like to keep.

I'm Yehen Fernando, a couple photographer based in Kandy, Sri Lanka, photographing honeymoons, anniversaries and holiday sessions across the island — Sigiriya, Ella, Galle, Nuwara Eliya and the hill country around Kandy. Sessions start at USD 180 for 45 minutes and run to USD 480 for a half-day. Sneak peeks reach you within 48 hours and the full gallery within two weeks, so you will have them before the tan fades.

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Every session includes

How it works

Planned before you land, so the day itself is easy.

A planning call

Before you fly. Where the light will be, what time to wake, which corner of the island actually suits the two of you.

Gentle direction

No poses to hold. Walk, talk, ignore me. I will tell you when to turn and otherwise stay out of it.

Sneak peeks in 48 hours

Enough to send home while you are still here, and still slightly sunburnt.

Your gallery in two weeks

Hand-edited in the film-toned style, private online gallery, full download access wherever you live.

A couple holding each other on a hilltop with Sigiriya rock and the plains behind them

Sunrise at the rock

Up before the crowds

Pidurangala at sunrise is worth the alarm. We climb in the dark, the light arrives over Sigiriya, and for about forty minutes the whole plain is gold and almost empty. Sunrise shoots outside Kandy need an overnight stay nearby, which you arrange.

Sigiriya spots
A travelling couple laughing together in front of a painted red mural wall

Towns & tea country

Somewhere that looks like your trip

Galle Fort's ramparts at dusk, the old shopfronts and painted walls, the tea terraces above Ella. A photograph that could have been taken anywhere is a waste of being here — the place should be as recognisable as the two of you.

Galle spots

Sessions

Three lengths, in dollars

Rates in USD, valid through 31 December 2027.

Golden Hour

A short session in the best light

USD180

  • 45 minutes
  • One location
  • 30 edited images
Most chosen

Holiday Story

The session most couples choose

USD280

  • 90 minutes
  • One or two spots nearby
  • An outfit change
  • 60 edited images

Island Day

A half-day photo journey

USD480

  • Up to 4 hours
  • Two or three locations
  • Outfit changes
  • 120 edited images

Elopements & small ceremonies

From USD750

Half-day coverage of your ceremony and portraits, about 200 edited images. Ceremony venue, officiant and styling arranged through trusted local partners on request.

Elopements

Travel

  • Kandy areaIncluded
  • Up to 150 km (e.g. Sigiriya)USD 50
  • Beyond 150 km (Ella, Galle)Quoted

Add-ons

  • Extra half hourUSD 40
  • Drone, where permittedUSD 85
  • 12 × 18 framed printUSD 25
  • Proposal setup & flowersAt cost
Birds circling above the rooftops and colonial towers of Kandy under a grey sky

Where I shoot

Tell me where you will be staying and I will come to you.

Questions

Before you ask

How much is a couple photoshoot in Sri Lanka?

Golden Hour is USD 180 for 45 minutes and 30 edited images. Holiday Story, the one most couples choose, is USD 280 for 90 minutes and 60 images. Island Day is USD 480 for up to four hours and 120 images. The Kandy area is included; up to 150 km is USD 50.

We are only in Sri Lanka for a week. Is that enough notice?

Usually yes, and often a few days is enough. Message me with your dates and where you will be staying and I will tell you straight away whether I am free. A 30% deposit holds the date.

Where should we do the shoot?

It depends where you are and what time you can be awake. Sigiriya and Pidurangala at sunrise, the tea country around Ella and Nuwara Eliya, the Galle Fort ramparts at dusk, or the lake and temple streets in Kandy. We agree it on a call before you fly.

Neither of us is good in front of a camera.

Nobody is, and I do not expect you to be. There are no poses to hold. I give gentle direction — walk there, talk to each other, ignore me — and then I wait. About twenty minutes in, people forget I am there. That is when the photographs start.

When do we get the photographs?

Sneak peeks within 48 hours, so you can share them while you are still on the island. The full edited gallery follows within two weeks, online, with full download access wherever you live.

A couple standing apart against the weathered doorways of an old colonial street

Let's begin

Tell me your dates

Send me the dates you'll be in Sri Lanka and roughly where you're staying. I'll come straight back about whether I'm free.

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