Book a Wedding Photoshoot
in Chios

Photoshoots on Chios start from €279, with one- and two-hour packages up to roughly €450 depending on duration and the number of edited images. The mastic villages are around forty minutes from Chios town, so the longer package is usually the sensible one — it pays for the drive and still leaves time for two villages rather than one.

Pyrgi, where every wall is covered in grey and white xysta patterns and the square in front of Agioi Apostoloi is the tightest frame on the island. Mesta's vaulted passages, which stay usable in the middle of the day. Anavatos, the near-empty stone village stacked on a cliff. And Mavra Volia at Emporios, black volcanic pebbles under red rock.

Early morning and the last two hours of daylight for Pyrgi and Anavatos, when low sun brings out the relief in the plaster and the stone. Mesta's covered lanes are the exception and work all day. May, June, September and October are the best months; July and August are hot, and the north wind can be strong on the coast.

Chios has flights from Athens and Thessaloniki and overnight ferries from Piraeus, so most people plan around one arrival rather than a day trip. Nea Moni is a working monastery and a UNESCO site: the courtyard and the cypress alley are the parts to shoot, modest dress is expected, and photography inside the church is usually not allowed — check on the day.

For peak-season dates — May through October, and especially Saturdays on Santorini or Mykonos — book 6-12 months ahead. The best-reviewed photographers are often the first vendors to sell out after the venue itself. Shoulder-season and weekday weddings are far more flexible; three to four months is usually comfortable. If your date is closer than that, don't assume it's hopeless: availability shifts, and Photo Greece can check the whole vetted roster for your date at once instead of you emailing photographers one by one. When comparing, look at full wedding galleries rather than portfolio highlights — how a photographer handles a dim taverna dinner tells you more than their best ten frames.

Work backwards from the moments you can't lose. An intimate ceremony with dinner fits in 4-5 hours: preparations, vows, couple portraits at golden hour, first toasts. A classic full wedding day — getting ready through the first dances — runs 8-10 hours. Greek weddings tend to run long and warm up late; if your party will peak at midnight with plate-worthy dancing, budget coverage for it or arrange a set finishing time you're at peace with. One Greece-specific tip: schedule couple portraits around sunset, not the ceremony's end — in summer that golden window is what your photographer will plan the whole timeline around. Discuss your running order with your photographer and they'll recommend honest hours, not maximum hours.