Michael & Theresa: A Relaxed Couple Photoshoot Through Hoi An & Da Nang

When Michael and Theresa planned their trip to Vietnam, they wanted more than a few phone snapshots to remember it by. They travelled all the way through Ho Chi Minh City, Da Lat, Da Nang and Hoi An, and asked us to come along and quietly document the two of them as they went. This is the Hoi An and Da Nang chapter of their journey, and it is exactly the kind of relaxed, wander-and-play couple photoshoot we love most.

Wandering Hoi An Ancient Town

We started early, before the crowds, and simply walked. Michael and Theresa held hands, laughed, and let the old town happen around them. A curious street dog trotted over to say hello. They slipped through a narrow ochre-yellow alley, paused by an old shophouse as a street sweeper rolled past, and posed with a red bicycle under a canopy of silk lanterns. There was no stiff posing, just the two of them being themselves in the most photogenic town in Vietnam.

Holding hands and laughing down a narrow yellow lane in Hoi An's old town.
Holding hands and laughing down a narrow yellow lane in Hoi An's old town.
A local street dog wandered over to say hello, so we just kept shooting.
A local street dog wandered over to say hello, so we just kept shooting.
A quiet moment by an old shophouse as the morning street woke up around them.
A quiet moment by an old shophouse as the morning street woke up around them.
Running along one of Hoi An's famous weathered yellow walls.
Running along one of Hoi An's famous weathered yellow walls.
A red bicycle and a canopy of lanterns, pure Hoi An.
A red bicycle and a canopy of lanterns, pure Hoi An.
Mid-kiss beneath a curtain of silk lanterns in every colour.
Mid-kiss beneath a curtain of silk lanterns in every colour.
Caught in a shop mirror among the lanes of the ancient town.
Caught in a shop mirror among the lanes of the ancient town.

We finished the old town at the Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An's most iconic landmark, as the afternoon light turned soft and gold.

The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An's most famous landmark, as the light went soft.
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An's most famous landmark, as the light went soft.
On the footbridge in front of Chua Cau by day.
On the footbridge in front of Chua Cau by day.
Just the two of them, laughing, by the Japanese Covered Bridge.
Just the two of them, laughing, by the Japanese Covered Bridge.
From above, two small figures on a quiet old-town street among the tiled roofs.
From above, two small figures on a quiet old-town street among the tiled roofs.

The Da Nang coast

Then we headed for the beach. Barefoot in the sand, her dress catching the wind, the Da Nang skyline far behind, it was a completely different mood from the lantern-lit lanes. From above, our drone caught them as two tiny figures walking the shoreline, and lying inside a heart drawn in the sand. We even framed the two of them through their own wedding rings, resting on the sand.

Barefoot on the sand as the Da Nang coast opened up in front of them.
Barefoot on the sand as the Da Nang coast opened up in front of them.
Laughing on the beach with the Da Nang skyline behind.
Laughing on the beach with the Da Nang skyline behind.
A drone's view of the shoreline, and the two of them walking it together.
A drone's view of the shoreline, and the two of them walking it together.
A heart drawn in the sand, and the couple inside it, seen from the air.
A heart drawn in the sand, and the couple inside it, seen from the air.
Framed through their own two rings, resting on the sand.
Framed through their own two rings, resting on the sand.
One last walk along the water before the light was gone.
One last walk along the water before the light was gone.

Travelling Vietnam with a photographer

The best photos happen when nobody is posing. If you feel awkward in front of a camera, that is exactly who we love photographing, we keep it light, let the real moments happen, and hand back every edited photo so you can relive your trip forever. Whether it is your honeymoon, an anniversary, or simply a once-in-a-lifetime journey through Vietnam, a relaxed couple session turns your trip into something you will look at for years.

Planning your own trip to Vietnam? We would love to wander it with you, from Hoi An and Da Nang to Da Lat and beyond. Learn more about a couple photoshoot in Hoi An, or tell us your dates and what you are dreaming of and we will put together a couple session quote just for you. Get a couple session quote.

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