Locations — Nuwara Eliya
Nuwara Eliya Couple Photoshoot Spots
Nuwara Eliya is the cold one: tea estates, mist that sits in the valleys until mid-morning, and colonial buildings that look nothing like the rest of the island.
Locations — Nuwara Eliya
Nuwara Eliya is the cold one: tea estates, mist that sits in the valleys until mid-morning, and colonial buildings that look nothing like the rest of the island.
Nuwara Eliya is the cold one: tea estates, mist that sits in the valleys until mid-morning, and colonial buildings that look nothing like the rest of the island. Bring something warm — people never believe me until they arrive.
I'm Yehen Fernando, a wedding and couple photographer based in Kandy. I shoot couple sessions, surprise proposals and pre-shoots in Nuwara Eliya and across Sri Lanka. Traveller sessions start at USD 180; wedding collections at LKR 125,000. Travel to Nuwara Eliya: Quoted — ask me and I will work it out from where you are staying.
Where to shoot
And roughly when each of them works.
Endless green, and the rows give a frame structure nothing else does. Ask before entering a working estate.
Morning, once the mist lifts a little
Open water with the hills behind. Quiet early; a fairground by afternoon.
Early morning
Post office, the pink-and-white colonial buildings, hedges and gardens. Strange and lovely and very un-Sri Lankan.
Any time, best when overcast
Pull-ins with the whole valley below, usually with mist moving through it.
Late afternoon
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Nuwara Eliya
It is the reason to come. Flat white mist behind a couple is some of the most atmospheric light you can get, and it hides a multitude of untidy backgrounds.
Cold enough for a jacket between the frames, especially at dawn. It catches almost every visitor out.
Header photograph: Rowan Heuvel / Unsplash
Let's begin
Send me your dates and where you're staying. I'll come straight back about whether I'm free.