
Photographer in Auckland | BearHugs Photography
We are passionate about capturing the connection and love between mamas and their little ones and create beautiful photos. As an internationally recognized and Multi International award winning photographer in Auckland, BearHugs Photography has developed a reputation over the last couple of years as one of the best and most affordable Newborn photographer in Auckland. We feel inspired and proud to capture all the incredible details and curly nature of the newborn babies in our portrait studio.
Welcome to the portrait studio!
Our in home photography studio in Ellerslie, Auckland is designed especially with your baby photography session in mind. A calm and cozy place, it has everything to hand that we will need for your session to keep to our defined style and give our clients exactly what they see and love on our website.
Every newborn has a personality, and with years of working with newborn we have developed instinct about what color, prop, tieback, headbands, hats/bonnets and little adorable outfits for newborns will look best for the little one. Choosing a color palette that matches their unique personality and our style. When our clients see the family portraits, they are wowed every time.
Newborn photography is the first photo shoot for a baby, and they have to shine. Cake smash is the first time they taste sugar. This is special time and milestones in a child’s life that should be captured. The experience of being photographed with us is always relax and people are feel comfortable to be themselves.
Arrival of a tiny baby is a time of transition for the whole family. Lets capture those precious, peaceful and aww-worthy moments with newborn
Images featuring mommy to be something magical about it, come and experience an intimate maternity photo shoot Click for details.
Cake smash session is a fun way to capture this special one year milestone. Click here for details to capture beautiful images.
Family photos are very important as they tell the story of relationships, love and life. Click for details of family portraits
Capture your baby’s monthly portraits with these affordable monthly pop ins! Click here for details to book a pop.

All our packages are fully inclusive. You will get High Resolution professionally edited ready to print images included in your package price. So there are no nasty surprises and your beautiful images are included in the package price and there are no hidden cost to get your HD digital images and social media resolution. All our packages are fully inclusive. You will get High Resolution professionally edited ready to print images included in your package price. So there are no nasty surprises and your beautiful images are included in the package price and there are no hidden cost to get your HD digital images and social media resolution.
Our newborn packages are tailored to suit different clients and allows us to guarantee the highest standards with affordable prices. Choose from baby only or include whole family.
Partner and siblings are welcome to join in all our Maternity photo shoot. Choose the pregnancy photography package for your budget.
Cake smash photography session is exclusively designed for the Birthday baby. To capture this special milestones click here.

Lightening style for portrait photography
Lightening style is an important part of bearhugs photography brand. We use state-of-the-art lightening equipment for creating amazing looking photos every time. Our passionate and professional photographers know their craft very well. They are determined to consistently create on-brand pictures with their unique lightening style.
Post processing for perfect photographs
Portrait photography is an artwork in itself and post processing is an important fragment of it. In fact, the real magic of stunning newborn images happens in the background.
People are not fascinated by ordinary images these days. They are always looking forward to see something innovative. Here is where our creative post production team steps in. By combining photography and manipulation of images we create artistic and astonishing images for you to enjoy and share with your upcoming generations.
Kind words

“Highly recommend BearHugs Photography. They are very professional and handled my newborn baby so well. The studio is amazing and feels like home where you can relax and enjoy the experience.“
Alex Mouton

"Amazing experience!! The setups were adorable, they were great with my newborn and we loved the entire shoot. Would definitely book a family shoot next time.“
Tasha Lacock

"Best experience with great outcome. We loved our photoshoot in the studio, very welcoming and flexible team who understands the requirements. And satisfied with high standards on time. Highly recommended to all.“
Bharath Subramanian
Photographer in auckland - Meet Our Photography team
My name is Asif and I am the photographer behind BearHugs photography. I work with my amazing wife, she loves to snuggle the sweet precious, innocent little ones getting to hold them and soothe them. We just LOVE children and admire their purity and respect their innocence. Our style is super creative, unique, and glamorous!