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Family Photographer in Abbots Langley

Family photography for Abbots Langley, outdoors in Leavesden Country Park or in the Northwood studio, with every generation in the frame.

★★★★★ Rated 4.8 from 580+ reviews

Studio in Northwood HA6 · free consultation

Serving Abbots Langley

Capturing your family in Abbots Langley

  • What is included: About an hour in front of the camera, unhurried and patient with little ones, followed by an online gallery; favourites can become fine-art prints, framed pieces or an album.
  • Studio or on location: In the natural-light Northwood studio, or outdoors at a park or place you love within about 20 miles.
  • Getting to the studio: Measured in a straight line, the studio on The Broadway in Northwood is about 7 miles from Abbots Langley, and the drive is a little further.
  • Booking: Call 07956 505383, send a WhatsApp message to the same number, or use the enquiry form on this page.

Families from Abbots Langley, Bedmond, Hunton Bridge and Garston can be photographed in Leavesden Country Park, or indoors at Northwood where weather or a newborn's routine makes that the sensible call. One booking, one hour, whichever it turns out to be, and the start time is set by whoever in the group is youngest.

One thing to sort before you arrive: pick a precise meeting point and send it round, because a group that assembles in ones and twos loses the first quarter of its hour standing about. Once everyone has landed, the full group goes first, and every smaller combination comes out of what is already gathered.

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Google reviews

What families say

4.8 from 580+ Google reviews

Very pleased with the quality of photographs. Kaushik is very patient and accommodating with requests, and full of enthusiasm and energy. His friendly demeanour immediately put us at ease, resulting in some wonderful family pictures. Would recommend him to family and friends.

Paromita C., Google review, 2015

Kaushik is an amazing guy, and took lovely family photos when requested. I would definitely recommend him!

Sahil M., Google review, 2022

I attended Northwood Hills Studio-Kaushik Bathia photography with my family and I had the most amazing time. My family was made to feel extremely relaxed and welcomed, and the result was some fabulous images He was organised and professional and kept everything stress free. A very enjoyable day out with fantastic photos as a result.

Jermaine D., Google review, 2014

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What we offer

Family photography in Abbots Langley

01

Extended family groups

One hour in a single corner of Leavesden, with the full group done before anybody starts flagging.

02

Three generations together

Three generations inside a single booking: couples, siblings and solo portraits from the same hour.

03

The studio when the weather turns

Northwood indoors when rain, cold or a very small baby makes open ground the wrong answer.

Why choose us

Family sessions in Abbots Langley, calmly run

The hour is spent in one corner of the park, so nobody with a pram or a bad knee is walked across a field to reach us. Everything works outwards from wherever we meet.

Bring an adult who is staying out of the pictures if you possibly can. Somebody at our shoulder pulling faces at a toddler does more good than any instruction of ours ever will. You keep the group shots, the unposed ones taken between them, and the individual portraits from the same hour.

Little girl in a white party dress smiling in the studio

Recent work

Recent family sessions

Parks and play spaces around Abbots Langley for a family session

Below are a few green spaces and landmarks near Abbots Langley where children would have room to move while the group is photographed. Opening times and rules can change, so it is worth confirming access with each place before the family gathers.

  • Leavesden Country Park play area. The play area at Leavesden Country Park on College Road (WD5 0NX), managed by Three Rivers District Council, has a willow tunnel, an aeroplane climber, a disc roundabout, a flying-carpet swing and crawling tunnels, near the Woodlands Cafe. 1
  • Bedmond play area. Bedmond's play area on Toms Lane, managed by Abbots Langley Parish Council, has a zip wire, a flying-saucer roundabout, a basket swing with rope net, a junior play unit and a large multi-play tower. 2
  • The Manor House Grounds play area on Gallows Hill Lane (WD5 0BU), managed by Abbots Langley Parish Council, has a zip wire, a flying-saucer roundabout, toddler swings and a play tower with a tube slide, next to a skate and tennis multi-games area. 3
  • Leavesden Asylum site. Leavesden Country Park occupies grounds that belonged to the Leavesden Asylum and St Pancras Orphanage, both built in 1868, and two of the original hospital buildings can still be seen from the north side of the park. 4

Sources

  1. Abbots Langley play areas | Three Rivers District Council
  2. Abbots Langley play areas | Three Rivers District Council
  3. Abbots Langley play areas | Three Rivers District Council
  4. Leavesden Country Park | ParksHerts

Good to know

Family Photographer in Abbots Langley, FAQs

Just let us know as soon as you can. Children get ill and have off days, and a rearranged date is always better than photographing a tired or poorly child. We will find a new date that works for everyone, whichever households are gathering.

Yes, and it works far better when the hour is built around them from the outset rather than tacked on at the end. We stay in one corner of Leavesden Country Park so nobody crosses a field. If staying on your feet is hard, mention it at the booking. A seated grandparent makes a natural centre, with everyone else arranged around the chair, and that group is best taken early while everybody is fresh.

Yes. Please give us numbers at the booking, because past a dozen the running order has to change: everybody at once, then household by household, then couples and children, a few minutes apiece. That way nobody stands about for an hour. One adult who is out of the photographs, whose job is rounding people up, saves more time than anything else on offer.

Fine art prints, framed pieces, canvases and hand-finished albums are all available, chosen from the images you like best. After the session you look through an edited gallery online and pick what suits your walls and your family.

The first couple of weeks are ideal, while newborns sleep soundly and stay curled up. Get in touch during pregnancy so we can pencil in a date around your due date and move it when the baby arrives.

Serving Abbots Langley

A family photographer near Abbots Langley

From Northwood the drive to WD5 is about 7 miles, so Abbots Langley is close to home for us. It sits close to Carpenders Park and Kings Langley, which we cover too. The session can be at the studio or out in Abbots Langley, and because the village is about 7 miles from Northwood, travel is not charged.

Leavesden Country Park, off College Road, has a children's play area, walking paths and wildlife areas across more than 27 hectares, and dogs are welcome, so the family dog can come too. For relatives coming by train, Kings Langley station on Station Road has partial step-free access and is served by London Northwestern Railway. For younger children, the play area at Leavesden Country Park gives them somewhere to burn off energy between group frames, and its walking paths leave the whole family room to spread out.

At the studio

Studio sessions for Abbots Langley

The studio is at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU, around 7 miles away, for days when the weather or a newborn makes indoors the better choice. Family, portrait and headshot sittings are booked in advance at the studio, passport photos are taken there too, and prints, frames, restoration and scanning are done in house. For a studio family session from Abbots Langley, the doors are open Monday to Saturday 10:30 to 18:00 and Sunday 13:00 to 18:00.

Call 07956 505383 Get directions

Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, photographs each family session himself; he has run the Northwood studio since 2001 and holds five European Kodak Gold Awards.

Not in Abbots Langley? See family photography across Hertfordshire, where Kaushik comes to you. For every other service, see photography across Hertfordshire.

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