Choose your Maui photography session.
Honestly priced. No hidden fees. Every session includes professionally edited, high-resolution digital images.
Have a question? We probably already answered it.
Aloha friends — we’re the Balter Family, just four photographers. We focus on what we do best: beach sessions and hand-editing every photo the next day. To protect our family time, we built our own AI Concierge, trained on real conversations with guests. Ask it anything — pricing, dates, weather, tides, what to wear, flowers, even where to eat after. Prefer a person? Call or text us anytime at 808-298-5188. Mahalo, Laurence.
Beautiful styles, performed at precisely calculated start times.
First Half of Sunset — "Light & Bright"
Natural light and the true-to-life colors of Maui, all at the start of golden hour. Great for couples or families with children, and good for toddlers — vibrant, bright light before the early bedtime, helping avoid the meltdown risk. Available only in Wailea.
Special Offer—extend your session to include the Last Half of Sunset. Ask about it when you book.
Last Half of Sunset
The golden tones of the best sunsets in Maui. Best for dramatic golden hues, the rich ever-changing Maui sky colors, and classic dusk silhouettes. Ideal for romantic couples, maternity and more formal family portraiture.
For clients who appreciate exceptional detail and beautifully rendered color, Leica® APO optics add clarity and refinement to the final light of sunset. Available at checkout.
Turquoise + Water Experience
Best for ocean lovers who want a late-morning session with crystal-clear turquoise coral reef background. Water so turquoise it feels otherworldly, ringed by a coral reef teeming with life. In all our sessions here, we've never seen another tourist on this stretch of beach — it feels like a private world.
Best for families with children under 6.
For the bigger stories.
The Large Family Legacy
For the gatherings of 10 or more — anniversaries, family flown in from across the world, everyone together at once. However rare the occasion, we make sure it's held onto.
A Poetic Wedding in Maui
Every Maui photographer promises a beautiful wedding. We shoot yours through the same Leica glass built to hold true color into a sunset most cameras wash out — because you don't get a retake.
Sessions are priced for up to five people, with larger parties warmly welcomed — your exact price appears when you choose your date and time. Availability is shown live in each session's calendar above — please book directly rather than emailing to ask about open dates.
Honestly priced, openly compared.
We know you are spending valuable time shopping around for photographers. So we had Claude AI look up what 15 other photographers publish for a session, and collected all the data. Move the slider to view where we sit comparatively across the island.
How we checked this — all fifteen, with our workings
Between 19 and 21 September 2026 we read the published pricing page of every Maui photographer we could find offering a short beach portrait or family session. A business is included only where it states a flat price on its own website. Wedding, elopement and multi-hour packages are excluded, as is any business that quotes only after an enquiry.
Where a business writes “35+ images” we record 35 — the only number they publish. We apply that rule to ourselves too: our sessions deliver 50+, and we count them as 50.
| Photographer | Published price | Length | Edited images |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | $195 | 30 min | RAW files, unedited |
| B | $195 | not stated | not stated |
| C | $275 | 30 min | 15 |
| D | $325 | 30 min | not stated |
| E | $349 | 45 min | 40 |
| F | $350 | 30 min | 10 |
| G | $395 | 30 min | 20 |
| Wailea Photo | $399 | 30 min | 50+ |
| H | $400 | 30 min | 35+ |
| I | $425 | 60 min | not stated |
| J | $450 | 30 min | 45+ |
| K | $495 | 20 min | 15 |
| L | $599 | 30 min, morning only | 25 |
| M | $700 | not stated | not stated |
| N | $700 | 30 min | 35+ |
| O | $750 | 20 min | 10 |
One caveat we think matters. Photographers who publish their prices tend to be those competing on value and transparency; those who quote privately skew more expensive. So the true market median is likely higher than the published median of $400, not lower. We say “median published price” rather than “average Maui photographer” for that reason. We also make no claim about how many photographers work on Maui in total, because no reliable source for that number exists.
Last verified 21 September 2026. We re-check quarterly.
Your session will be personally photographed by Laurence, Jude, Max, or Solomon Balter — never an outside contractor.