Hawaii Photoshoot1-Hour Photography Session in Honolulu
This Honolulu photo session is the outlier in the catalog: $135 for an hour, two fixed meeting points instead of a beach of your choosing, and a promise of more than a hundred photos per person — several times what the edited-set listings hand over. It is run by the team trading as level5, holds a 5.0 rating from six verified bookings, and works two locations that most visiting photographers ignore: the Prince Waikiki lobby in the morning and the Waikiki Yacht Club in the afternoon. Compare it against every other Honolulu photo session and photoshoot in the catalog.
About This Honolulu Photo Session
1 hour
From $135, priced per group as listed at checkout
5.0 from 6 verified reviews
More than 100 photos per person, per the listing
Morning: Prince Waikiki lobby, 100 Holomoana St. Afternoon: Waikiki Yacht Club
Private group; a separate family package and a photo-plus-video option are listed
Listing at a Glance
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- Tour name 1 Hour Photography Honolulu Beautiful and Magical
- Operator level5
- Booking platform GetYourGuide
- Product ID 492210
- Starting price $135 USD
- Price last checked August 2026
- Rating 5.0 out of 5
- Review count 6 reviews
- Review source GetYourGuide verified bookings
- Duration 1 hour
- Options Standard session, family package, or an hour of photography plus video
- Morning meeting point Prince Waikiki hotel lobby, 100 Holomoana St, Honolulu HI 96815
- Afternoon meeting point Waikiki Yacht Club
- Transport On foot — hotel pickup and drop-off are not included
- Group size Private group
- Languages English
- Photos included More than 100 photos per person; the listing does not state how many are edited
- Phone shots The team will also shoot on your own phone during the session if you ask
- Delivery Not stated on the listing — confirm with the operator
- Not included Food and drinks, hotel pickup and drop-off
- Cancellation deadline 24 hours before the session, full refund
- Reserve now, pay later Available
- Minimum age None stated
- Wheelchair accessibility None stated
- Weather policy None stated — the harbour location has little shade
- Alternative session A stated edited count instead of a raw total: /honolulu-vacation-photoshoot/
- Currency All prices in US dollars
- Island Oahu
- Session type Private photo session — you are photographed
Check Dates and Availability
Live prices and start times from GetYourGuide, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before the session.
Quick answer
A one-hour Honolulu photo session for $135 that meets at the Prince Waikiki lobby in the morning or the Waikiki Yacht Club in the afternoon, and promises more than a hundred photos per person. It is the cheapest hour with a professional in this catalog and the one with the largest raw frame count — but the listing never states how many of those frames are edited, or when they arrive.
Key takeaways
- Two fixed meeting points, both at the Ala Wai harbour end of Waikiki — no beach of your choosing
- The team will shoot on your own phone during the session as well, which no other listing here offers
- Delivery time is not stated: ask before you book around a flight
- Want a guaranteed edited count instead? The Honolulu vacation session commits to 45 images in 4–5 working days
The Harbour End of Waikiki
Most Honolulu sessions are shot on the sand between the Royal Hawaiian and Diamond Head. This one works the other end of the strip, and that choice shapes the photographs.
Prince Waikiki and the Ala Wai harbour, mornings
The morning meeting point is the lobby of the Prince Waikiki on Holomoana Street, which sits at the edge of the Ala Wai Boat Harbor. The immediate backdrop is masts, water and the Honolulu skyline rather than open ocean — cleaner, more graphic, and considerably less crowded at eight in the morning than the beach half a mile east. If your idea of a Hawaii photograph involves nobody else in the frame, this is a serious advantage.
The Waikiki Yacht Club, afternoons
The afternoon location moves to the Waikiki Yacht Club, on the harbour's west side. The listing's own description is plain about what it is selling — brightly coloured clothes, an ocean view and the light on the water — and it is a west-facing position, which puts the late sun over the water in front of you rather than behind the buildings. It is the closest thing to a sunset-over-water frame you get without leaving town for the leeward coast.
The phone thing
One line in the listing is easy to miss and genuinely useful: the team will also help you use your own phone to make images during or after the shoot. Nobody else in this catalog offers that. If you post as you travel, an hour that produces a hundred professional frames plus a handful of phone shots you can put up the same evening is a different proposition from one that ends with a promise of a gallery next week.
The Shape of the Hour
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Book
Pick the option, not just the date
Three options sit under one title: the standard hour, a family package, and an hour with video added. They are chosen at checkout.
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Arrive
Meet at the lobby or the club
Prince Waikiki lobby for morning slots, Waikiki Yacht Club for afternoon ones. No pickup is included — walk, drive or take a ride.
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The hour
Harbour, water and skyline
One hour of shooting around the harbour front. Reviewers describe direction on poses and timing around the waves.
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During
Phone shots if you want them
The team will use your phone as well, so you leave with something to post before the main set arrives.
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After
The photo set
More than a hundred photos per person, per the listing. Delivery time is not stated — agree it with the operator on the day.
Things to Know Before You Book
The listing does not say when the photos arrive
This is the gap in an otherwise strong-value listing. Frame count is stated, delivery is not. Every other portrait session in this catalog gives a number — four to five working days on the moments sessions, five days with the concierge service, two weeks with the sunset specialist.
Here you should ask on the day, and ask again before you leave the harbour. If your flight is in 48 hours, that answer decides whether this is the right booking.
A hundred photos is not a hundred edited photos
More than a hundred frames per person is a real number and a genuine selling point, but raw frames and finished images are different products. The listing does not commit to a retouched count. Treat the total as what it is: a large set to choose from, likely with basic correction, rather than a hundred magazine-ready portraits.
If a defined edited set matters more to you than volume, the 45-image Honolulu vacation session is the straight comparison at $183.
Nothing is included except the photography
The listing excludes food, drinks and hotel transfers. There is no shade at either meeting point worth speaking of and no water provided, which in a Honolulu afternoon is worth planning around: bring a bottle, and if you are shooting midday rather than at the ends of the day, expect hard light. The best-time guide covers what the sun does here month by month.
Six reviews, spread over two years
The reviews run from March 2024 to November 2025 and are uniformly five stars, with three of them naming the same photographer, Wade. Mary, May 2024, credited him with "suggestions for great poses and timing of the sun and the waves"; Elmira, November 2025, named a three-person team. It is a small but consistent record over a long period, which is a different and in some ways better signal than a burst of recent reviews.
Who This Session Suits
Book it if
You want the most frames for the least money and you are relaxed about the fine print on delivery.
- $135 is the cheapest hour with a professional photographer in this catalog
- You would rather have a large set to choose from than a curated forty-five
- You are staying at the harbour end of Waikiki, or do not mind getting there
- You want phone shots you can post the same evening
Book something else if
You need a guaranteed edited count and a delivery date. The Honolulu vacation session states both. If you want the beach itself rather than the harbour, the island-wide Oahu session meets you at a beach you name, and the sunset specialist works the west-coast lagoons where the sun sets over water.
Groups larger than a couple should compare the per-group listings on the comparison table.
Honolulu Photo Session Questions
How much does a 1 hour photo session cost?
This one is $135, the lowest hourly price in the catalog. The same hour costs $183 with the Honolulu vacation session, which commits to 45 edited photos, and $425 with the concierge service, which adds a matched photographer and a pre-shoot consultation.
Where does the session meet?
Two fixed points, depending on your slot: the Prince Waikiki hotel lobby at 100 Holomoana Street for morning sessions, and the Waikiki Yacht Club for afternoon ones. Hotel pickup is not included, so plan your own way there.
How many photos do you get?
More than a hundred per person, according to the listing — the largest raw count in this catalog. How many are edited is not stated, so ask on the day. For a defined edited set, the 45-photo session is the alternative.
When do the photos arrive?
The listing does not say, which is its one real weakness. Confirm the turnaround with the operator before or during the session, particularly if you are flying home within a few days. Every other listing on the comparison table states a delivery window.
What is the golden hour in Hawaii?
The hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset — in Honolulu that means roughly 5:50 to 6:50 in the morning and 18:15 to 19:15 in the evening in June, shifting to about 7:00 and 17:55 in December. Book at those ends of the day if you can: midday sun on white sand and open water is the hardest light there is for portraits.
Can they take photos on my phone too?
Yes. The listing offers to help you use your own phone during or after the shoot, which is unique among the sessions here and useful if you want something to post before the main set is delivered.
What Travelers Said
Wade was awesome. Full of suggestions for great poses and timing of the sun and the waves. Very engaging and confident to work with. Would select him again for a photoshoot next time we're in Hawaii!
Such a great experience. Wade is very talented and professional! The pictures are amazing and I really enjoyed it. I'm very satisfied having this experience with the team. Highly recommended.
Great experience, Wade is a friendly and creative photographer.
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