Orkid. Photography

Sessions & pricing

Priced by the occasion, not by the minute

Published in the open, so you can tell straight away whether we are a fit. Every session includes fully edited high-resolution images and a full print release. No hidden print packages, no image-by-image upsell after the shoot.

Festival portrait session

Diwali, Valentine’s, spring and holiday studio days

$75 per family

  • 20 minutes on a styled set at the studio
  • 10 fully edited high-resolution images
  • Private online gallery with print release
  • Delivered within 10 days

Eight slots per day, paid in full at booking. Announced by email first.

Legacy session

Four generations in one frame, while everyone is in the same country

$350 up to 8 people

  • Two hours, at home or on location
  • All the strong frames, fully edited
  • A printed 20-page keepsake album
  • Additional guests at $150 each
  • Delivered within 14 days

Built for visiting grandparents. Book the window, not the date.

Book the first two years at once

Milestone bundle

Four sessions across fifteen months, so you are not finding a photographer four separate times while raising a small child. Payable in installments, and the sessions move with you if a date needs to shift.

  • Maternity or godh bharai
  • Newborn, in your home
  • Milestone ceremony or six-month session
  • First birthday and cake smash
  • Payable in four installments
$575 $700 booked separately Ask about the bundle

Most families start this at the maternity or godh bharai session.

Commercial

For businesses and teams

Weekday work, so it never competes with a family’s weekend. Studio in San Bruno or on site at your office.

Team headshot day

Founders, teams and personal brands

$2,400 half day, up to 10 people

  • Four hours at the studio or on site
  • Two retouched selects per person, all frames delivered
  • Consistent lighting and background across the whole team
  • Same-day preview gallery
  • $250 per person beyond ten, $3,800 for a full day

Weekdays. Product and catalog shots can be added at $75 an image.

Social content retainer

Local businesses that need to post consistently

$199 per month

  • A 45-minute slot on the monthly content day
  • 12 edited stills and 2 short-form reels
  • Captions drafted and scheduled to two platforms
  • No contract, cancel any time
  • Within 12 miles of San Bruno

Momentum at $449 and Full Story at $899 add shoots, reels and reporting.

Add-ons

Extras, priced plainly

Extra hour$250
Second location$150
Additional guests beyond eight$150 each
Printed 20-page album$450
Product or catalog images$75 each
Rush delivery, 48 hours$250
Hair and makeup, arrangedAt cost
Event coverage, 3 hour minimum$400 / hour

Questions

The things people ask first

When should a newborn session happen?

Between five and fourteen days old, with seven to ten the sweet spot, while the baby still curls and sleeps deeply. So we book a window around your due date rather than a fixed day, and I hold slots either side. Tell me the due date as early as you like.

Do you photograph the ceremony itself, or portraits around it?

Both, and I would usually suggest both. The ceremony gives you the real moments and the portraits give you the frames that get printed. For a milestone ceremony — annaprashan, mundan, or any other tradition — a Signature session covers the ritual plus family groupings afterwards.

What if grandparents are only here for a few months?

That is exactly what the Legacy session is for. Book the window while they are in the country and we will work around the visit rather than the calendar. This is the one session I would not put off.

How many photographs do we get, and can we print them?

Forty or more fully edited high-resolution images from a Signature session, all the strong frames from a Legacy session, delivered in a private online gallery with a full print release. Print them anywhere you like, at any size.

How long until we see them?

Ten days for a portrait session, fourteen for a Legacy session with the album, seven for newborns because you will want to share them while everyone is still asking.

What holds the date?

A deposit, with the balance due on the day. Festival portrait days are paid in full at booking because the slots are limited and they fill.

Do you travel?

Across San Francisco to Palo Alto at no extra charge. Further than that, ask me and I will quote it honestly.