7 Maui Spots That Photograph Best at Golden Hour

Photographers travel from around the world to shoot on Maui because the quality of light, especially in the hour before sunset, is hard to match. In this guide, we cover seven locations we use regularly for golden-hour wedding portraits: the lava fields at Makena, the bamboo forests upcountry, the Kapalua Coastal Trail cliffs, hidden waterfalls along the Hana coast, and a few others. Each location has a different feel. We include the best time of year and time of day to shoot at each one, because timing matters as much as the location itself.