Sunrise photoshoot
The places everyone photographs, photographed before anyone is there: the Burj Khalifa boulevard, the Marina walk, a beach with no footprints.
- Starting from
- $230
- Duration
- 30 min
- You receive
- 20+ edited photos
- Delivery
- 48–72 h
Only-in-the-UAE shoots
What’s included
- 20 edited photos
- Start 15 minutes before sunrise: the end of the blue hour, then the first sun
- One spot, all yours before the crowds arrive
- 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
Flying dress rental
A long-train dress from our wardrobe, laced to fit, chosen before the day; best in the dunes or on a windy beach.
+$150
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
Sunrise photoshoot: portfolio
Frames from recent shoots, to plan yours against.
Where to book it
Book Sunrise photoshoot where you are staying
Available in 13 places across the UAE. Choose the one nearest your hotel — travel within it is included.
About this shoot
Why the early start pays
- Starting from
- $230
- Duration
- 30 min
- Edited photos
- 20
- Places
- 13
Sunrise in Dubai falls between about 5:30 and 7 am depending on the month, and the session starts 15 minutes before it, in the last blue light while the city lights are still on, and runs into the first sun. For the next hour places that are impossible later — the Dubai Fountain promenade, the front of the Museum of the Future, Kite Beach — are close to empty. That matters for clean frames, and because photographing identifiable strangers without consent is not allowed here.
In summer it is also the only safe slot: at 6 am the air may be in the low thirties, by 9 am it is near 40 °C and the light has gone flat. A camera brought out of an air-conditioned car fogs instantly in summer humidity, so it comes out ten minutes early, and so do sunglasses. In winter the desert gives the strongest colour, with the sun rising straight over the dunes; Downtown is best in the blue half hour, before direct sun reaches the street.
You receive 20 edited photos within 48 to 72 hours.
Before you book
Frequently asked questions: Sunrise photoshoot
How early is early?
Sunrise in Dubai runs from about 5:30 in June to about 7:00 in January, and we start 15 minutes before it, so the session holds both the blue light and the first sun. In summer it is also the only time of day the air is under 35 °C.
Next step
Plan your Sunrise photoshoot
Reply within 2 hours. No deposit required to enquire.