How to book a baby photoshoot in Bengaluru

Under a month old? That's a newborn shoot, a different job with sleepy, curled-up poses. Our newborn photography guide covers it.

Before your baby sits alone, a studio can still shoot them propped in a chair or lying down, like the 4-month photo above. Healthy babies first sit without support anywhere from 3.8 to 9.2 months. One photographer on our list takes only babies who sit up alone.

The first birthday is the age parents ask us about most: 17 of the 45 who wrote to mytribe for a baby or kids shoot. A shoot before the party gives you photos for the invite and the board at the entrance, and a cake smash fits in as one set (Q5).

Monthly photos are easy at home. Pick one spot by a window, one time of day and one prop, and use the same three every month, so the twelve photos line up. Then pay for one shoot. Some studios sell a whole year of monthly shoots as one package. Ask what it costs and what each month holds before you sign up.

You pay for how many themes, how many edited photos and who's in them. Two studios plan about 30 to 45 minutes a theme, so if your baby tires in under an hour, one or two themes is what you'll use. Another theme costs ₹2,000 at Magic Moments. Another setup with 5 more edited photos is ₹1,499 at Prismika and ₹5,000 at Alluring Lens Studio.

Count the edited photos. At about ₹5,000, one package on our list has 50 and another has 8. The count says nothing about how they look, so judge that from a full set (Q3).

Ask about tax. Prismika, Alluring Lens Studio and Baby's Backyard include GST in their prices. Ask the other eight. One studio we read outside mytribe adds GST on top, which at 18% turns its ₹5,999 package into about ₹7,079 (our sum).

Doing it yourself. A paper backdrop and clamps cost about ₹3,000 to ₹4,000 by our estimate, close to a small studio's price for one theme with edited photos. So use a bedsheet and the window, and spend the money on one paid shoot.

What the extra pays for. At Alluring Lens Studio the baby's outfit, the props and the accessories come with the ₹9,000, and so does GST. Nitu Rungta's sheet doesn't say whether she has an outfit for your theme or adds GST, so ask her both. Alluring Lens Studio is run by two sisters, whose own posts credit them with each set's idea as well as the photos. Nitu Rungta shoots in a studio in her own home.

What you give up. Nitu Rungta's sheet gives you two hours and the good unedited photos too, and the edited ones come in 7 to 15 days. Alluring Lens Studio's sheet gives no hours and doesn't mention unedited photos, and the edited ones take 40 days after you pick. If the photos are for a birthday invite, that wait matters.

Where the two sheets differ: Nitu Rungta's sheet has 8 edited photos and 2 hours. Alluring Lens Studio's has 7 edited photos and no hours. Both are each studio's one-theme baby package.

For the first kind on mytribe, one theme in a small studio or at your home: Little Boss Photography, Nitu Rungta and Prismika, from ₹3,000 to ₹5,499 in the table below.

For the second kind, a bigger studio: Alluring Lens Studio from ₹9,000, with the outfit and props included. Baby's Backyard starts at ₹10,000 for an hour, 3 to 4 themes and 15 edited photos, and Casper Photography at ₹10,000 for two themes and 10 edited photos, with you bringing the outfits. Both are bigger packages than one theme.

Paying more within one studio buys more photos and looks. Casper Photography told us every package, whatever it costs, gets the same camera and the same quality.

Judge the look from one full gallery: every photo they delivered from a single shoot with a baby your child's age. Their Instagram shows only the best few. Ask who will be behind the camera on your day, too.

In a studio

At home

Built theme sets, props and studio lights

Your own rooms and window light

You travel, and feed and change your baby there

Your baby naps and feeds in their own bed

Ask who brings the costume

Clear a corner of floor, and ask how much space they need

9 of the 11 on our list work from a studio

5 of the 11 on our list come to you

Get the travel charge as a number before you agree a price. The first five here come to your home.

Parks: not Lalbagh or Cubbon Park. Professional shoots have been banned in both since 2018, though visitors can still use a phone. In 2025 a ban on all shoots at Lalbagh, baby shoots included, was drafted. We couldn't confirm whether it's in force. Ask your photographer which park they use and who pays the entry.

Distance counts with a baby. An hour in traffic can use up your baby's good mood before the first photo. The eleven here are spread from Yelahanka to Electronic City, so pick one near you, or one who comes to you.

What it costs. On our list, Baby's Backyard has a cake smash as an option in its ₹15,000 and ₹20,000 packages, and Casper Photography as one of four themes in its ₹30,000 one. Magic Moments adds ₹500 for cleaning. None of the eleven has a standing price for a cake smash on its own. Outside mytribe, one studio sells a session for ₹11,000.

The cake. Ask your bakery for a small cake your baby can get both hands into, and say who it's for. If your baby has never had egg, milk or nuts, bring foods like these in one at a time, so you can spot a reaction, and try the cake's ingredients at home first. An eggless cake works just as well in the photos.

When. If the photos are for the invite, shoot three to four weeks before the party. Six of the seven who gave us a delivery time deliver within three weeks. Alluring Lens Studio takes 40 days, so give it six weeks.

You pick the photos to be edited. At most studios here you choose from the unedited set, and the count in your package is how many you pick. Every extra one is charged, so decide your number before you see them.

Settle the posting in writing before you pay. On a ₹30,000 package, saying no costs ₹9,000 more (our sum).

What the extras cost, where a studio has told us:

Ask the other four before you book.

• Costumes. Some studios provide them, and some ask you to bring one for every theme (Q8). Ask before you buy one.
• Files to print. For a big frame or a board at the party, ask for the full-size files.

Book around the nap, and away from a vaccination. Pick the slot after your baby's usual nap and feed. We'd also keep a couple of days clear after a vaccination: a mild fever and a fussy baby are common afterwards.

Ask whether the clock keeps running while your baby takes a break, and what an extra hour costs (Q6).

1. The day before

   Try every outfit on, so nothing pinches or scratches. At Little Boss Photography, and in Magic Moments' studio, pack the outfit for each theme.

2. In the bag

   Milk or a feed, snacks for an older child, nappies, wipes, two spare sets of clothes, a towel and a favourite toy. For a cake smash, a second outfit for after.

3. Before you leave

   Feed and change your baby, so the first theme starts with a full, dry baby.

4. At the studio

   Settle in before the first photo, and shoot the theme you care about most first, while your baby is fresh.

5. With an older child

   Do the photos with the brother or sister first. A toddler's patience runs out before the baby's.

6. Any time

   Ask for a break to feed. If your baby is done, say so.

Your own look. Alluring Lens Studio's ₹25,000 and ₹30,000 baby packages include the mother's outfit, makeup and hair.