Dubrovnik works best when a photographer treats the city walls and the Adriatic behind them as one frame, then finds the angle where both read at once.
Our pick
The Stradun's polished limestone glows differently morning and evening, and the view from the walls out toward Lokrum island is the shot that says Dubrovnik. A photographer who shoots the old town knows when the cruise crowds thin and where the Pile Gate steps catch clean light. They can also pull you up to a quiet bastion for the sea backdrop. The whole session turns on reading that interplay of stone and water.
If our pick doesn't fit
A local professional around the old town without a costume, much more affordable and better suited to travel portraits than fashion shots.