You can book via:

• Prepaid online booking (for headshots)
• Direct email inquiry (for all other services)

Whether it’s a $99 headshot or a bespoke commercial shoot, we aim to make the booking process quick, clear, and low-effort.

We keep it simple:

• Inquiry – Via email or online form
• Brief – We ask the right questions to understand your needs
• Quote – Fixed price for prepaid packages or a tailored project estimate
• Approval & Deposit – Once accepted, we lock in your booking
• Shoot Day – Executed with efficiency and ease
• Post-Shoot – Edited, retouched, and delivered fast

No confusion. No surprises. Just a smooth path from idea to delivery.

Digital delivery via Dropbox or Google Drive

All images are provided in high and low resolution, web-ready and print-ready

Need ongoing access? We can keep your project files live for 30 days post-delivery.

We’re proud of the results—and the relationships—we build through our work.

If you had a great experience with us, we’d love to hear about it.

Include a Simple Review Page or QR Code linking to your Google review page

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Loved the experience? Let others know. We appreciate kind words, and we reward them.

Leave us a review and get $10 off your next session or a bonus retouched image as thanks!

For your convenience, we offer you a variety of payment options. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Paypal, and Bank Transfer.

No surcharge on direct bank transfers. 2.6% surcharge on credit card transactions. 2.6% handling fee on Paypal transactions.

Yes, we do. We recommend following us on Instagram and Facebook to get the latest updates and discover special offers for your next photographic project.

Photography gift vouchers make awesome gifts for your recipient! So yes, we do offer. If you’re interested to purchase one, just contact us contact@gothamstudios.net or call 0422 756 825.

If, for any reason, you are not completely satisfied with your delivery of finished images via email or a cloud service such as Dropbox, we will give you a 7 day money-back guarantee from the time you receive the goods. Please email us at contact@gothamstudios.net within that time so that we can resolve any problems.

This refund policy does not apply to photographic images that you have decided that you just don’t like the delivered images or if you change your mind. All images produced by Gotham Studios Melbourne for Lisa Saad Photography Pty Ltd will have client approval on the day of the shoot for each and every image produced that will be deemed the final image/product of either the person, location, event or product photographed.

Our studio is open approximately from 7 am to 6 pm on weekdays and approximately between 9 am and 5 pm on Saturdays.

If you need to book an appointment beyond these hours, we can schedule a session on a case-by-case basis based on our availability.

Gotham Studios Melbourne is located at 32 Garfield St, Richmond VIC 3121, Australia

If you’re taking the public transport, the following transport lines have routes that pass near North Richmond

Bus: 246, 302, 304, 906, 907

Train: HURSTBRIDGE, MERNDA

Tram: 109, 12

Yes, as of now we have just one studio location in Richmond, VIC. But we do shoot throughout the state and sometimes destinations outside Melbourne or even outside Australia.

No, parking is on the street. Just please be mindful of the parking signs and times

Our studio has both heating and air cooling facilities for all seasons so you can be comfortable any time of the year!

Yes, we have a changing room and bathroom facilities for you to use.

Yes you may, however, our studio is compact and we will ask your friend/partner to be mindful of the areas they can view the shoot from.

Sorry, no pets are allowed in the studio. If you are allergic to cats or have some other pre-existing condition involving cats, please let us know as we have three very friendly studio cats that sometimes like to come and say hello.

Our principal photographer, Lisa Saad, registered her business in 1988 whilst she was still in her second year studying BA of Photography at RMIT. She then went on to incorporate the business in 1993. Three years later, Gotham Studios Melbourne was officially launched in 1996 in Richmond, Victoria not far from where we are now.

We specialize in providing high-end photography services to B2B clients across Australia. We offer a variety of photography services such as commercial, corporate, dealership, event, location, logistics, and product photography. We also do retouching services and full production shoots.

Very easy! Just follow the steps below for a hassle-free booking experience at Gotham Studios Melbourne.

1. Visit Our headshot packages page
2. Choose the package you want to book.
3. Pick your preferred date and time
4. Click add to cart and/or proceed to checkout.
5. Fill in the billing details

Choose from different payment options then click place order.

And you’re done. Just wait for your booking confirmation via email.h as commercial, corporate, dealership, event, location, logistics, and product photography. We also do retouching services and full production shoots.

If you are not sure what you need or how to go about a photography project, we will be more than happy to help plan your shoot, discuss the booking steps, and customise pricing too! Just message us at contact@gothamstudios.net or call 0422 756 825.

Yes, definitely. You only have pay the difference between the two packages.

Yes, we do. We have provided photography services to various businesses and corporate entities. 

Yes, we do. Our principal photographer, award-winning commercial photographer Lisa Saad, runs workshops and mentoring courses. For more information email us at contact@gothamstudios.net

Gotham Studios Melbourne has been organising workshops since 2015. These workshops are designed to be exclusive and affordable. Each session is packaged to help accelerate your rate of learning within the topic. All workshops are facilitated by Lisa Saad, principal photographer and owner of Gotham Studios Melbourne.

Yes, we do. For the past 15 years, experienced retouchers at Gotham Studios Melbourne have been providing high-end photo retouching services in Melbourne and Sydney. We specialize in realistic retouching and have collaborated with photographers, graphic designers, ad agencies, and corporations, demonstrating an excellent record of professionalism over the years.

At this stage we do not offer this service.

No, not at this time.

Our packages are designed in a way to make them affordable and efficient. If you book a package, please read the inclusions of that specific package. If you would like a more bespoke style shoot, please email us at contact@gothamstudios.net and we can talk about your requirements.

Oh yes, don’t worry, we got you! We’ll be there to find the right angle, smile, and mood that suits who you are and what you would like to share on your LinkedIn profile.

Don’t worry, we got you. Check out this style guide we prepared for you.

We make sure to give out the best version of you and your image/s taken at Gotham Studios Melbourne so no, we do not provide the unedited RAW images.

Yes, we have decades of experience in image editing, making us capable to remove and improve your images. Just please let us know on the day what you would like changed or removed so we can do it for you.

You definitely don’t have to wait long. Your photo/s will be emailed to you asap so you can put it to use, usually within 24 – 48 hours.

Selected photo(s) once retouched will be sent via email as high and low resolution (if requested) files.

We shoot in native RAW file which we edit in Capture One software and export high resolution JPEGs.

It depends on the package you choose. To check which package suits your needs, visit this link to choose your package.

Gotham Studios Melbourne generally gives unrestricted usage of their photography and video produced, for a website, intranet, internal and external publications in Australia for 36 months. No contact for permission to use the photography and video is required during this time. After 36 months, we request that you contact us to further extend the time or update the photography and video. Please message us at contact@gothamstudios.net if you have any concerns.

When reproduction occurs, our accreditation request is due as follows: ©gothamstudiosmelbourne. These are our ‘moral rights’ and it’s our return for unrestricted usage. Longer usage periods can easily be negotiated upfront and usually involve a percentage of the original fee.

Third-party usage is not granted and if required, we request that you message us at contact@gothamstudios.net for negotiation and consent via written form by both parties. You do not have the right to sell the photographs and videos to stock libraries, or any other organisations.

Yes, we may, at our discretion, create a social media post or a blog image of your photos. If you prefer it not to be published, just let us know during the shoot so we can take note of your request.

All scheduled appointments are by appointment only and are kept to 15-minute blocks.

Please come at your allotted time. Arriving early may impede on a session before you just as staying longer may affect the session after you. We will let you know if we can have extra time added to your session at no extra charge.

Please come at your allotted time. Arriving late may affect the session after you. If you are running late, please give us a heads up by calling 0422 756 825 or emailing us at contact@gothamstudios.net ahead of scheduled time to avoid booking cancellation.

If your booking needs to be cancelled due to government restrictions, you are entitled to reschedule, at no added cost, provided that you inform us at least 48 hours before your scheduled appointment. In case of a client exhibiting symptoms on the day of the booked session, we may arrange for a rescheduling of your appointment to a later date.

If you need to reschedule, please email us with your booking confirmation with your desired rescheduled date and we will be happy to accommodate as much as possible.

Unfortunately, no. We are strictly by-appointment only.