Extended family groups
Meeting points are chosen with paths and parking in mind, so prams and grandparents can manage.

Family photography in Barnet for every generation, with grandparents, parents and children photographed together in one easy session.
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Family sessions in Barnet's parks and commons, or at our Northwood HA6 studio · talk it through first
Serving Barnet
Oak Hill Park in East Barnet, crossed by Pymme's Brook, is one setting for a family session, and sessions in Finchley, Whetstone and Mill Hill can be planned the same way. Once a pram or an older relative is joining, we would check paths and parking beforehand, so nobody is hauling bags any distance before the session has started.
The youngest present sets the pace. Roughly forty minutes is what a small child has in them, so anything arranged happens early and the unstructured part follows, once nothing important is depending on it. Anyone who has had enough can drop out without the whole session stopping.
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What we offer
Meeting points are chosen with paths and parking in mind, so prams and grandparents can manage.
Allow an hour or so, with arranged frames early and everybody loose afterwards. There are no forced grins.
The Northwood studio is there if the weather turns, warm and private, with exactly the same time given.
Local and experienced
About an hour, and no list of required shots. The arranged group is dealt with early, after which everybody moves, since the pictures families keep tend to be the unplanned ones. Young children get photographed from where they are, not from adult height looking down.
An edited gallery comes back, with prints on request. Beforehand, a short note goes out covering what to wear and when to come, so the hour goes on photographs and not on questions settled at home.

Recent work
In Barnet we would plan an outdoor family session around open grass or woodland paths, where children can wander between photographs without being called back. Each one below is described from a published source, linked beside it, so you can check paths and access before choosing. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
Good to know
Just tell us as soon as you can. With small children, colds and bad days happen, and a session on another day in Oak Hill Park will give you far better pictures than one with an unhappy toddler. We will then agree a new date that suits you.
Yes, and mention it at booking, since it affects our choice of meeting point. We would pick a meeting point with firm paths and parking close by, so somebody who would sooner avoid wet grass is still in the group frames. The whole family gets photographed early on, and anybody who wants to sit down afterwards can while the children keep going.
Yes, we do. Milestone sessions record the stages of a baby's first year, from sitting up to first steps and the first birthday. Spreading a few sessions across the year means each stage is recorded and the changes are lovely to revisit.
That is what it was built around. Northwood is warm, contained and quiet, with nothing breakable low down and floor enough to crawl or run about between frames. Feeds, changes and a nap can all happen on site with nobody stepping outside. In the colder months, or with an infant on a two-hour rhythm, that beats waiting about in a Barnet park.
Of course you can. A calm family dog is welcome. Some parks set dog rules, including the Hampstead Heath Extension, where signs can require a lead, so we would choose a spot with that in mind. A quick word beforehand helps us plan the frames and keep people and pet settled.
Serving Barnet
Our studio is in Northwood, and for families in Barnet we travel out to parks and homes across the borough, from EN5 to NW7. It sits close to Enfield and Brent, which we cover too. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book, whether we meet you in East Barnet, Finchley or Mill Hill.
Oak Hill Park in East Barnet, laid out as a park in 1933, is crossed by Pymme's Brook and the Pymmes Brook Trail, and part of it has been the Oak Hill Wood Local Nature Reserve since 1997. For a woodland setting, Monken Hadley Common has about 72 hectares of oak, hornbeam and beech between Monken Hadley and Cockfosters, with Jack's Lake on Pymme's Brook. For a landmark backdrop, the Hadley Highstone, an 18-foot obelisk put up in 1740, marks the site of the Battle of Barnet.
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The same studio, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Barnet. Explore the rest below; we also cover family photography across London, including Westminster, Havering, Redbridge, Bromley, Ealing and Barking and Dagenham.
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Guides
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How it works
Barnet is about 9 miles from our Northwood studio, so a family session there would normally be outdoors or at your home. Coming to you in Barnet suits bigger groups and outdoor sessions, since we bring everything needed to the park or your garden. If a baby is very new or the weather turns, the Northwood studio is always an option.
Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, photographs every Barnet family session himself, from the Northwood studio he opened in 2001, and holds five European Kodak Gold Awards.
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