Hanbok Palace

We meet at Gyeongbokgung Station (Seoul Subway Line 3), Exit 4, ten minutes before your booked time. The station is one stop from Anguk and about 20 minutes by taxi from Myeongdong. Your photographer will be holding a small Aurea Studio sign.

You don't need to choose one. We meet you at the station and walk you to the shop we work with, a few minutes from the palace gate, and stay while you pick. Rental is 40,000–90,000 KRW depending on the fabric, paid at the shop. If you've already booked elsewhere, tell us and we'll meet you there instead.

No. We walk in together and you choose on the day. On peak weekends in April and October the racks thin out by midday, which is one reason to take an early slot.

Ten minutes before your booked time, at Gyeongbokgung Station (Line 3), Exit 4 — not at the rental shop. Allow about two hours end to end: roughly 40 minutes to choose your hanbok and get fitted, then 60 minutes of shooting inside the palace.

No. Palace admission is free for anyone wearing hanbok, so your rental covers it. If you shoot in your own clothes instead, admission is 3,000 KRW per adult at Gyeongbokgung, paid at the gate.

The session is ₩150,000 (about $110) per adult and ₩80,000 for each child aged 15 or under. Five guests or more is a flat ₩500,000 for the whole group. Hanbok rental is 40,000–90,000 KRW per person on top, paid at the shop, and palace admission is free while you are wearing it. For one adult a typical total lands around ₩190,000–240,000.

Gyeongbokgung has the widest courtyards, the Geunjeongjeon throne hall and a mountain backdrop; it's best before 10 a.m. Changgyeonggung is quieter, with sloping grounds and softer light. If you're unsure, we book Gyeongbokgung.

Gyeongbokgung closes on Tuesdays. Changgyeonggung closes on Mondays. We schedule around these, so there is always a palace open on any day of the week.

Morning, clearly. Gyeongbokgung before 10 a.m. gives low light on the granite and courtyards that are still nearly empty; by midday the same frames are full of visitors. Sessions start on the hour from 10 a.m., with the last start at 4 p.m. — so afternoons are available. If that's what your trip allows, book Changgyeonggung, which holds soft light and stays quiet all day.

A private photographer for your group, 60 minutes of shooting inside the palace, 300+ frames taken, 15 edited photos delivered within 48 hours, and 2 Polaroid prints. Hanbok rental (40,000–90,000 KRW, paid at the shop) is separate so you can choose exactly the garment you want.

You receive all unedited previews to choose from, then 15 fully edited photos — color grading, skin retouching — within 48 hours, as a download link sent to your email or WhatsApp. The 48 hours run from your choice, so choosing within a day of the shoot has them with you two days after it. The two Polaroid prints are shot and printed on the spot, and you take them home the same day.

Light rain shoots go ahead; wet stone and empty courtyards photograph well. In heavy rain you get a free reschedule to any open date, or a full refund if your travel dates don't allow one.

The shop we work with stocks hanbok from children's sizes up to roughly 2XL (chest 120 cm / waist 110 cm), and skirts are wrap-style, so fit is forgiving. If you're concerned, message us your measurements and we'll confirm with the shop before you fly.

Hair styling — braiding and traditional accessories — comes with the hanbok rental, so it's included either way. Makeup is separate and not part of the session price. Most guests arrive in their everyday makeup, which reads fine on camera.

Yes. The session works the same in your own outfit — many couples shoot in suits and dresses. Note that without hanbok, palace admission (3,000 KRW per adult) applies.

Two to three weeks ahead is usually enough. For April (cherry blossom) and late October (autumn foliage), book four to six weeks ahead — the early slots go first.

All of them. Solo portraits, couples, families and groups of friends all book the same session. Up to four people it is ₩150,000 per adult and ₩80,000 for each child 15 or under. Five or more is ₩500,000 for the whole group, whoever is in it — so a group of six pays less per head than a couple does.

We don't run child-only sessions; every booking needs at least one participating adult. Children 15 and under are ₩80,000 each rather than the ₩150,000 adult rate, and they get the same session and the same photographs. From 16 the adult rate applies.