Portrait Studio · Seoul

Hearthlight Studio

A portrait studio for the people you love most — families, newborns, professional headshots, seniors and maternity, all made in warm natural light. Browse a few recent sessions below, then book the day that's yours.

Family portrait in soft daylight, hung as a framed print on a white gallery wall
Quiet portrait against a white studio wall in warm natural light
Newborn portrait framed in white, resting in gentle window light

Recent sessions

The Gallery

A living archive of recent portrait sessions — families, newborns, headshots, seniors and maternity — arranged the way prints hang on a wall rather than crammed into a grid. Click any image to open the full collection.

Approach

How we photograph people

Three principles shape every portrait session, from the first message to the framed print. They're the reason families rebook year after year — and the reason a newborn or a graduation portrait still feels true a decade later.

Warm natural light

Our Seongsu studio was built around one enormous north-facing window, so almost everything is shot in soft daylight. The result feels calmer and truer to skin than a wall of strobes — never over-lit, never harsh. When a session needs a little help, we add just enough to keep it gentle and honest.

Comfortable people

Great portraits come from relaxed people, so we spend the first minutes just talking — no clicking. Toddlers get to explore, newborns get fed and settled, nervous headshot clients get coached through the awkward part. Ease is the whole difference between a stiff frame and one you love.

Prints, not just files

A private online gallery arrives within two weeks with high-resolution downloads and a plain-language print license — but we'll also help you choose wall art and albums so the pictures live somewhere better than a phone. One photographer from first message to final print, no hand-offs.

Process

From first hello to framed print

No mystery, no surprises. Here's exactly how a portrait session runs once you get in touch.

  1. 01

    Tell us who's in the frame

    Send a short note through the booking form — who's being photographed, the occasion, and roughly when. We reply within two business days with availability, session options, and an honest all-in quote. Newborn dates are reserved around your due date, not a fixed day. No obligation and no pressure at this stage.

  2. 02

    Plan the session together

    Once we're agreed, we settle the details: studio or on-location, timing around naps and daylight, wardrobe guidance, and how many outfit changes you'd like. A small deposit holds the date. For headshots and seniors we'll share a short look-book so we're picturing the same thing before the day arrives.

  3. 03

    Session day

    Family and portrait sessions run about an hour; newborns can take two to three, at the baby's pace, with all the feeding and settling breaks they need. We'd rather have real moments and a handful of true frames than rush a checklist. You'll see a few images on the back of the camera as we go, so nothing is a surprise.

  4. 04

    Gallery and prints

    Within two weeks you receive a private online gallery of fully retouched, high-resolution images — yours to download and share under a clear license. Then we help you turn favourites into wall art, albums and gift prints, professionally finished and delivered to your door.

Sessions book two to three weeks out

If the process above sounds like your pace, check an upcoming date now — weekday golden-hour slots go first.

Investment

Session pricing

Starting points, not final quotes. Every session is priced honestly around who's in the frame and how you want to remember it — prints, albums and travel are always itemised up front.

Individual Portrait

₩380,000per session

  • Up to 1 hour in the studio
  • One outfit change included
  • 25+ retouched high-resolution images
  • Private online gallery + print license
Most booked

Family & Newborn

₩620,000per session

  • Up to 2 hours at the baby's pace
  • Everyone in the room, all generations
  • 40+ retouched images
  • Wall-art and album consultation

Headshot Day

₩290,000per person

  • 20-minute coached session
  • Team & on-site booking available
  • 3 final retouched selects, same week
  • LinkedIn & print-ready crops

Sample pricing — your final quote is tailored to your session. On-location sessions outside Seoul are quoted separately.

Kind words

What families say

Our ten-day-old slept through most of it and they never once rushed us. The prints on our wall still stop me every morning — it genuinely looks like the first week we'll never get back.
Ji-woo & Hana·Newborn session
I've hated every headshot I've ever taken until this one. Twenty minutes, a bit of coaching through the awkward start, and I finally look like myself on a good day. My whole team booked in after.
Minseo K.·Startup founder, headshots
Three generations, two toddlers, one very patient photographer. They got everyone actually looking and laughing in the same frame, which I'd told them was impossible. The album arrived beautifully made.
The Park family·Family session

Good to know

Frequently asked

Three to five weeks is comfortable for family and portrait sessions. For newborns, reach out during pregnancy and we'll pencil in your due-date window rather than a fixed day, then confirm once your little one arrives. Weekend and golden-hour slots fill first, so earlier is always safer.

Ready to be photographed?

Tell us who's in the frame and we'll reply within two business days with availability and a tailored session quote.