Baza Booking Calendar is photo studio booking software for WordPress that helps you manage studio rentals, hourly reservations, equipment, payments, and schedules in one place. Whether you rent a single daylight studio or manage multiple creative spaces, the system brings your bookings and daily operations together directly inside WordPress.

Give photographers and production teams the freedom to book online while you stay in control of availability, pricing, equipment, and schedules.

See a Photography Studio Booking Website in Action

Explore our photography studio demo to see how a modern creative space can present its facilities and offer an online booking experience. The demonstration shows the type of website you can build around a studio rental business.

One Booking System for Your Entire Photography Studio

Running a photo studio involves more than filling available hours. You need to coordinate studio rooms, photographers, lighting equipment, additional services, payments, and customer communication.

Managing these tasks through messages, spreadsheets, and disconnected calendars creates unnecessary work. Baza Booking Calendar brings your reservations and studio operations together directly inside WordPress.

Let Clients Book Studio Space Online, 24/7

Your website can accept reservations even when your team is unavailable. Clients see available dates and time slots, select their preferred studio service, choose a booking duration, and submit their details through a customizable form.

  • Real-time availability with AJAX calendar updates.
  • Flexible time slots and hourly reservations.
  • Multiple calendar layouts and booking selection modes.
  • Configurable working hours, holidays, and unavailable dates.
  • Booking capacity management for services and time slots.
  • Mobile-friendly booking experience.

Availability updates help prevent conflicting reservations and reduce the risk of accepting more bookings than your studio can accommodate.

Manage Multiple Photography Studios and Rental Spaces

Whether you operate a daylight studio, cyclorama, portrait room, podcast set, or product photography space, you can configure each rental option as a separate service with its own availability and pricing.

For example, your website can offer a daylight studio for portrait sessions, a larger production hall for fashion campaigns, and a smaller room for product photography – all managed through the same booking system.

Offer Photography Equipment and Additional Services

Studio rentals often include more than the room itself. Clients may need extra lighting, backdrops, modifiers, stands, or assistance during a shoot.

With the additional services module, you can offer equipment and optional services during booking, configure prices and quantities, and track selected extras.

  • Studio lighting and softboxes.
  • Paper backdrops and background systems.
  • C-stands, reflectors, and modifiers.
  • Makeup stations and dressing facilities.
  • Studio assistants and optional production services.

Use the Additional Services Tracker to monitor equipment usage across reservations and help avoid availability conflicts.

Multi-Day Studio Bookings & Equipment for Each Date

Planning a multi-day fashion shoot, commercial production, or recurring studio rental? Baza Booking Calendar lets clients select multiple dates and time slots in a single booking, without submitting a separate reservation for every session.

With date-specific additional services, clients can choose different equipment and quantities for individual booking dates. For example, a photographer can reserve a daylight studio with two softboxes on Monday and select a different lighting setup and backdrop for Wednesday.

  • Select multiple studio dates and time slots in one booking.
  • Add lighting, backdrops, and other extras to specific dates.
  • Configure equipment quantities and reservation limits.
  • Review selected services and booking costs together.
  • Manage complex reservations through one booking workflow.

This flexibility makes it easier to organize multi-day photography projects while keeping studio reservations and equipment requirements connected.

Flexible Hourly Pricing, Discounts and Automatic Surcharges

Photography studio pricing rarely follows a single fixed rate. Weekends, peak hours, longer sessions, additional participants, and equipment rentals can all affect the final price.

Baza Booking Calendar supports configurable hourly rates, secondary pricing rules, minimum booking durations, discounts, promotional codes, and conditional surcharges.

For example, you can configure different rental rates for selected hours, offer incentives for longer sessions, or apply an additional fee when a booking meets specified conditions.

Accept Online Payments and Studio Booking Deposits

Depending on your configuration and plan, Baza Booking Calendar integrates with payment providers such as Stripe, Square, PayPal, Paddle, Revolut Business, Mollie, SumUp, Klarna, iDEAL, WooCommerce payment methods.

Configure deposit or partial-payment options where supported, helping clients secure reservations while keeping payment information connected to their bookings.

Build Custom Booking Forms for Different Studio Services

A portrait session and a commercial video production may require completely different booking information. Instead of using one rigid form for every client, create forms that adapt to the selected service and booking conditions.

Use the form builder to add custom fields and display relevant questions conditionally. Collect details such as the purpose of the shoot, team size, special equipment requirements, or additional production needs.

Synchronize Bookings with Google Calendar

Keep studio reservations aligned with your schedule using Google Calendar synchronization. Baza Booking Calendar supports two-way calendar synchronization, helping your team coordinate reservations and schedule changes without maintaining separate calendars manually.

For more advanced workflows, connect supported services through Zapier and integrate booking operations with other business tools.

Automated Notifications and Client Reminders

Keeping clients informed is essential for a smooth studio rental experience. Automated notifications help communicate booking updates and reminders while reducing repetitive administrative work.

Supported notification channels include email, Telegram, WhatsApp, and Viber, with SMS integrations available through compatible providers such as Twilio, Vonage, and seven.io.

Track Studio Revenue, Expenses and Performance

Understand how your photography studio performs without relying entirely on separate spreadsheets. The built-in accounting and analytics tools help track income, expenses, profit, and booking activity.

  • Booking-related income and payment records.
  • Business expenses and manual accounting entries.
  • Revenue and profit reporting.
  • Studio workload and booking statistics.
  • CSV export for additional analysis or accounting.

Manage Studio Reservations from Your Phone

Baza Booking Calendar also lets you manage bookings from your phone, including viewing reservations, updating statuses, creating bookings, and checking payment details.

Connect Your Photography Studio with WooCommerce

If your studio website already uses WooCommerce, Baza Booking Calendar can integrate bookings with your store. Clients can select booking dates and times through supported WooCommerce product workflows, while reservations and orders remain connected.

Who Can Use This Photography Studio Booking System?

  • Portrait studios: Manage individual sessions and studio availability.
  • Daylight studios: Rent naturally lit creative spaces by the hour.
  • Fashion and editorial studios: Coordinate production bookings and equipment extras.
  • Product photography studios: Schedule commercial shoots and specialized spaces.
  • Content creation studios: Manage reservations for social media and brand productions.
  • Video and podcast studios: Organize room rentals and additional production services.

Frequently Asked Questions

A dedicated booking plugin such as Baza Booking Calendar lets clients select available dates and times directly on your website while you manage reservations, pricing, and additional services in WordPress.

Yes. Baza Booking Calendar supports flexible time slots, hourly booking durations, and configurable pricing rules for studio rentals.

Yes. Additional services can be configured with prices and quantities, allowing clients to choose available equipment and optional extras during the booking process.

Yes. You can configure separate booking services for different rooms or studio spaces, each with its own scheduling and pricing settings.

Baza Booking Calendar updates availability in real time and uses booking capacity controls to help prevent conflicting reservations.

Yes. The plugin supports multiple payment integrations and configurable deposit or partial-payment options. Specific capabilities depend on the selected plan and payment setup.

Yes. Two-way Google Calendar synchronization is supported in eligible plans, helping keep studio reservations aligned with your calendar.

Yes. The product page currently offers a 7-day trial for one website. Visit the official pricing section for the latest terms and available plans.

Yes. Visit our photography studio demo to explore the example website.