Baby patience
Reviews describe patient newborn and toddler photography, including passport photos for a newborn and shoots with a difficult four-year-old.
Alandalus Studio
Dubai Festival City
Alandalus Studio is a professional photo studio in Dubai Festival City for practical passport photography and more personal family sessions. Reviews especially highlight patient newborn and toddler shoots, along with edited photos and prints for family occasions.
Reputation Score
4.3
★★★★☆
118 ratings
Source: Google Maps
The Good Stuff
Family shots
Family sessions have produced well-received Eid, Christmas and birthday pictures, with one photographer praised for getting superb family shots.
Digital passports
Digital passport pictures are available, which is useful when you need both a submission-ready file and printed copies.
Quick jobs
Some customers report fast turnaround, including passport photos completed quickly and edited photos sent within an hour.
Print selection
Customers use the studio for prints as well as digital files, and one review specifically reports printing many pictures at a good price and quality.
Helpful staff
Several reviews describe the staff as accommodating, including a last-minute family shoot that was accepted and handled kindly.
Tips for a Better Visit
Confirm timing. If you need prints urgently, confirm the current printer status and delivery time before waiting in the mall.
Check prints. Inspect passport prints before leaving; one customer found the reprint just as unclear as the first.
Review images. For portraits, ask to review images during the process so preferences or adjustments can be addressed before final delivery.
Find parking. The studio is next to Costa Coffee opposite the Food Hall; the review identifies North parking by Marks & Spencer as the closest.
Plan the visit
Practical details
Dubai Festival City Mall
Al Kheeran - Dubai Festival City, Dubai
| Mon | 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Tue | 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Wed | 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Thu | 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Fri | 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM |
| Sat | 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM |
| Sun | 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM |
Popular Mentions
New Born Package
A customer described the New Born Package as a good experience from start to finish, including baby care and photo quality.
Family photoshoot
Family photoshoots appear in reviews as both planned sessions and last-minute bookings, with customers mentioning memorable final images.
Baby’s first birthday pictures
One family used the studio for both a family shoot and their baby’s first birthday pictures.
Common Concerns
Unreliable delays
Turnaround can fall far short of promises: one family waited over three hours after being told prints and soft copies would take one hour.
Print quality
Some customers reported unclear or poor passport-photo prints, including a reprint that was still not clear.
Editing errors
A passport-photo order was edited from the wrong selected image, with the customer reporting that the eyes were badly retouched.
Appointment waits
One customer with a weekly appointment waited 45 minutes while the photographer handled another family shoot.
Poor communication
Customers have reported not being told about equipment problems or delays, and one urgent request was deferred for three hours.
Customer-reported prices
These are customer-reported mentions, not a current price list. Prices may have changed.
50 dh
8 id photos
“Charged 50 dh for 8 id photos (seller wanted to give 6 only) then asked for 15 minutes to print them and printed wrong photos and sent it to a wrong email”Google review · May 2022
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The Bottom Line
Alandalus Studio in Dubai Festival City handles everyday passport photography as well as more involved family sessions. You can request digital passport pictures, printed copies, family portraits, or a newborn shoot. Reviews are especially encouraging about photographing babies and toddlers: customers describe patient sessions for a newborn and a four-year-old who was difficult to keep still.
Family photography is another strong point in the feedback. Customers mention Eid portraits, Christmas photos, a baby’s first birthday pictures and prints they were happy to keep. Some last-minute bookings were accommodated, and a few customers reported edited images arriving within an hour or passport photos being completed in around 15 minutes.
Prices mentioned by customers include 50 AED for passport-size photos with eight copies and a digital copy, though these are historical review reports rather than a current price list. The main caution is consistency. Other visitors waited 45 minutes for an appointment or more than three hours for promised prints, while complaints also mention wrong edits, unclear passport prints and poor communication when a printer problem caused a delay.
If timing matters, confirm turnaround and inspect both the selected image and printed result before leaving. The studio is next to Costa Coffee opposite the Food Hall, with North parking by Marks & Spencer identified as the closest.