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Newborn sessions for families in Kharadi — most of whom are doing the first few weeks without any relatives in the city. Calm, unhurried, and paced entirely around your baby.
What is different about doing this here
Most families here are getting through the first month with no grandmother in the house.
In a joint family somebody else holds the baby while you shower. In a Kharadi flat there are two exhausted people and a newborn.
That changes what a newborn session is for. It is often the first time anyone has photographed the three of you together, because there has been nobody around to pick up a camera — and the parents in those frames look genuinely tired, which is the honest record of a month nobody warns you about properly.
It also changes the timing. Grandparents frequently fly in for a fortnight and then go home, and families ask us to fit the session inside that window so the photographs include them. Tell us when they land and we will work to it rather than to a tidy calendar.
And it changes who the photographs are really for. A large share of them are going to relatives a thousand kilometres away who will not meet this baby for months. That is worth saying out loud when we plan the session, because it changes which frames matter.
There is also the question of what a newborn session replaces here. In a household with relatives nearby, the first weeks are photographed constantly by whoever happens to be holding a phone. In a flat with two exhausted people, almost nothing gets taken — so the session is not a supplement to a hundred casual pictures, it is very nearly the whole record.
That is worth knowing when deciding how much to book. Families who treat it as one item among many tend to underbook; families who understand it is the record of a month nobody else witnessed tend to allow more time and are glad they did.
Something else worth planning for: the flat will be the busiest it has been in months. Deliveries, well-wishers, a grandparent asleep on the sofa. We work around all of that rather than asking anyone to clear out, and the photographs are more honest for it.
Families here also tend to want more parent frames than they initially ask for. When nobody else is photographing you, the record of the two of you learning to do this is the part that goes missing, and it is easily included at the time.
If you are undecided between the studio and home, the deciding factor is usually who else is around. Visiting relatives make home the obvious answer; the two of you alone often makes the studio simpler.
Getting ready
What to have ready when nobody else can help
Pack the bag the night before, because on the morning there will be two of you doing the work of five. Feeds, a full change of clothes, muslins, and anything sentimental you want photographed — a wrap sent by family, a blanket someone knitted, jewellery that has been in the family.
If grandparents are visiting, put their clothes on the list too. The frames with them in are the reason a lot of families here book at all, and they are the ones that cannot be retaken once the visit ends.
Do not tidy the flat. Home sessions here are photographed close, and nobody is looking past the baby at your kitchen. The half hour spent cleaning is better spent asleep.
Planning it
What we work out before the session
Whether anyone is flying in, and when. That single answer reorders the entire session — if grandparents are here for ten days, the multi-generation frames happen first and everything else fits around them.
Whether both of you can be there. A session with one parent runs differently from one with two, because a parent holding the baby cannot simultaneously be photographed with them.
And who the photographs are actually for. A large share of these are going to relatives who will not meet this baby for months, and knowing that changes which frames matter and how they are delivered.
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Newborn sessions for Kharadi families
How the session itself works is covered in full on the main newborn photography page.
- 1st Floor, Behind G S Mahanagar Co-op Bank Ltd, Sai Nagari, Mathura Nagar, Wadgaon Sheri, Pune, Maharashtra 411014
- +91 79032 43332
Our parents are only visiting for two weeks. Can you fit us in?
Tell us the dates and we will try. Sessions built around a grandparent visit are common here and we would rather move things to catch it than have you miss the only fortnight they are in the country.
It is just the two of us. Who holds the baby during the session?
We do the supported posing, and one of us is beside your baby throughout. You are not expected to manage the shoot and the baby at once — that is the part we take off you.
Can you photograph grandparents with the baby if they are here?
Yes, and it is worth planning for. Multi-generation frames are the ones families ask for most when the generations do not live in the same city.
Which parts of Kharadi and nearby do you cover?
Kharadi, Wadgaon Sheri, Viman Nagar, Chandan Nagar, Keshav Nagar, Mundhwa, Kalyani Nagar and Vishrantwadi are all close, and we take newborn bookings from across Pune.
We have no help at home. Is a session going to be too much?
It is less work than a normal morning, not more. We handle the setup, the posing and the resets, so the two of you are looking after a baby rather than running a photoshoot.
Can we do this at our flat instead of the studio?
Yes, and plenty of families here prefer it — nothing to pack, nothing to travel with, and the baby stays somewhere familiar. We need one room with usable daylight.
What if we want photographs to send rather than print?
Say so and we will make sure the set works on a phone screen as well as on paper. When the audience is family in another state, that is the format that matters most.
Our parents arrive next week. How quickly can you fit us in?
Ask and we will tell you honestly what is open. Sessions built around a visit are common here and we would rather move things than have you miss the only fortnight they are in the country.
How long should we allow for the session?
Longer than the photography needs. Feeding, changing and settling take up most of a newborn session by design, and a session run to a clock is a session that ends badly.
Can siblings be included?
Yes, and early while their patience holds. Twenty minutes is the realistic budget for a small child, so we spend it first and let them go and play.
Do you provide wraps and props?
Tell us what you have in mind when you book and we will confirm exactly what is provided, so nothing is assumed on either side.
Will we see every photograph taken?
You receive the selected, edited set. Test frames, blinks and duplicates help nobody, and a curated gallery is far easier to actually use.
Can we book before the baby arrives?
Yes, and most families do. We hold an approximate window rather than a fixed date, because babies rarely arrive to schedule and a newborn session has to move with them.
Is there a best day of the week?
Whichever suits you. Weekends are busiest, so if either of you can manage a weekday the choice of slot is wider and the studio quieter.
Our parents are flying in for a short stay.
Then tell us the dates at booking. Frames with them are planned into the session rather than squeezed in at the end.
Neither of us has family here to help on the day.
That is the usual situation. The session is paced so nobody is managing a baby and a photographer at once.
Tell us your due date
And tell us if family are flying in. We would rather build the session around their visit than around ours.