Flying dress photoshoot
A long-train dress thrown into the desert wind at sunset — the dress, the assistant who throws it and the dune are all part of the price.
- Starting from
- $390
- Duration
- 30 min
- You receive
- 20+ edited photos
- Delivery
- 48–72 h
Only-in-the-UAE shoots
What’s included
- 20 edited photos
- Flying dress included, chosen from our wardrobe before the day
- An assistant on set to throw and arrange the train
- Private online gallery within 48–72 hours
Add to the booking
Bought with this shoot, never on their own. Fixed prices in US dollars.
Drone add-on
A licensed operator joins the photoshoot for aerial frames — only at locations where flying is permitted, which rules out most of Downtown, the Palm and the areas near the airports.
+$150
Reel add-on
One vertical reel of 30–60 seconds, filmed between frames during the photoshoot and delivered within 3–5 days.
+$120
Extra hour
Another hour of shooting, for a second location or for staying on from sunset into the blue hour.
+$120
Hair & make-up artist
Hair and make-up at your hotel before the shoot, done to last in heat and humidity, with a touch-up kit on location.
+$180
Express 24 h delivery
The full edited gallery within 24 hours instead of 48–72 — useful when you fly home the next day.
+$60
4×4 desert transfer
Pick-up from your hotel in a 4×4 with a driver who knows the sand, out to untracked dunes and back after dark.
+$90
Portfolio
Flying dress photoshoot: portfolio
Frames from recent shoots, to plan yours against.
Where to book it
Book Flying dress photoshoot where you are staying
Available in 14 places across the UAE. Choose the one nearest your hotel — travel within it is included.
About this shoot
How the dress flies
- Starting from
- $390
- Duration
- 30 min
- Edited photos
- 20
- Places
- 14
The dress is included, in several colours and sizes with long trains, and the effect is made by hand as much as by the wind: the fabric is thrown out of frame on a count and the shutter catches it at the top of the arc. Each throw takes a few seconds and a reset, which is why thirty minutes produces 20 edited photos rather than more — every frame is staged.
Wind decides the session. A light, steady breeze holds the fabric in the air; dead calm lets it fall, and strong gusts bring sand with them. Most flying dress shoots happen on the dunes at sunset or sunrise, with red, emerald or white against orange sand. In summer the Jebel Jais viewpoints in Ras Al Khaimah are the alternative, several degrees cooler than the coast, though about two hours’ drive from Dubai. The fitting takes ten minutes on site; wear nude underwear and bring flat shoes for climbing the dune.
The private gallery arrives within 48 to 72 hours.
Before you book
Frequently asked questions: Flying dress photoshoot
What sizes and colours are there?
The dresses lace up at the back, so one dress fits a range of sizes — roughly XS to XL — and a maternity cut is available. Red, white and blush are the classics against orange sand; emerald and black also work. We send photographs of what is free on your date, and you choose before the shoot, not on the dune.
Who throws the train?
Our assistant, who comes with the photographer and spends the session just out of frame doing nothing else. A partner can try, but the timing of a throw against the wind is the whole trick, and it takes a few hundred practice runs.
What if there is no wind?
There nearly always is on a dune crest in the hour before sunset. On a dead-calm evening the assistant throws the train and the frame is made at the top of the arc — the photographs look the same.
Next step
Plan your Flying dress photoshoot
Reply within 2 hours. No deposit required to enquire.