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Family Photographer in Chalfont St Peter
Relaxed family photography for Chalfont St Peter, at home, on a parish common or in our Northwood studio, with babies, children and grandparents all welcome.
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For Chalfont St Peter
Relaxed family photography in Chalfont St Peter
- Included in the session: A relaxed session of usually about an hour, led by the children's mood, with a private online gallery afterwards and the option of prints, framed wall art or a hand-finished album.
- Studio or on location: In the natural-light Northwood studio, or outdoors at a park or place you love within about 20 miles.
- Distance from the studio: Measured in a straight line, the studio on The Broadway in Northwood is about 6 miles from Chalfont St Peter, and the drive is a little further.
- To book: Ring or WhatsApp 07956 505383 during opening hours (Monday to Saturday 10:30 to 18:00, Sunday 13:00 to 18:00), or leave your details in the form below.
An hour on the ground is the plan, though we will stop earlier if the children are done. We bring nothing that needs setting up outdoors, so there is no waiting about while equipment goes together.
Afterwards you get a gallery of finished images rather than a folder of raw files, and we always include a few frames of the children on their own and one of the grandparents with them, whether or not anyone asks. Those frames often make the best prints.
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Me and my family are coming to this studio since last year to have our Christmas picture taken. We've been this year and for sure we are gonna come next year!!!
…Kaushik has photographed our family on a number of occasions, and the experience has always been fantastic. Not only is the time that he spends with us very enjoyable, it is also a very relaxed experience as Kaushik manages to take phenomenal photos of you and your family in your everyday environment. Therefore, the photos always look very natural and relaxed.
We have been to Kaushik’s studio over many years for photos for passport renewals. He is very professional and has always taken the best pictures. We booked a family session recently and he did an amazing job and put us at ease for the portrait shots. Beautiful and artistic photos. We are very pleased with them. We would highly recommend his services.
What we offer
Family photography in Chalfont St Peter
Grandparents included
Grandparents can meet us at the location, so nobody has to be collected first.
Studio or outdoors
Bad weather moves the booking indoors to our Northwood studio instead of cancelling it outright.
Why choose us
From newborn curls to first birthdays
Newborns photograph best between roughly six and fourteen days, while they still curl and sleep deeply, though a session at any age is far better than no session. An unsettled baby goes straight back to mum or dad for a feed or a cuddle. We wait it out, because the frames taken once a baby is calm again are always stronger.
Families who book a newborn session can return for a first-birthday sitting, with both sets edited in the same style so the year reads as one story. We keep retouching light on family pictures. A smear of dribble or a grazed knee can be removed if you ask, but otherwise children are left looking their age.
Recent work
Recent work with families
Chalfont St Peter commons and green spaces for family photographs
Children in Chalfont St Peter photograph best when they can run about first, so an outdoor family session starts on open grass before we gather everyone for the group picture. Every description below is drawn from a published source and linked so you can read more.
- Mill Meadow and Cheena Meadow play areas. The parish council's Mill Meadow play area, behind the Community Centre next to Chalfont St Peter Football Club, was refurbished in 2022, and the Cheena Meadow play area off Denham Lane in 2022-23. 1
- Gold Hill Play Area. Chalfont St Peter Parish Council's Gold Hill Play Area, at the top of Gold Hill Common, was refurbished in 2023. 2
- Commons byelaws on vehicles and golf. The Commons Act byelaws for Gold Hill and Austenwood Commons ban riding a cycle or bringing a vehicle onto the commons without the parish council's consent, and ban driving, chipping or pitching golf balls there. 3
- Chalfont St Peter village. Chalfont St Peter is a large village and civil parish in south-east Buckinghamshire, between High Wycombe and Rickmansworth, with a population of 12,766 and the post town of Gerrards Cross (SL9). 4
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Family Photographer in Chalfont St Peter, FAQs
We certainly do. A milestone session can mark sitting up, first steps or a first birthday, at home in Chalfont St Peter or at the studio. Spread across the year, those sessions build into a record of how quickly the first twelve months go.
Yes, and we love to. Photographing a newborn with big brothers and sisters records the first days of that bond. We let the older children set the pace, so everyone stays calm and the bond between them shows.
Yes, and usually at your own home in Chalfont St Peter rather than at the studio, since a newborn settles better somewhere familiar and you are not loading a car. Warm the room past what feels comfortable for adults, because a warm baby sleeps deeply and that is when the best frames happen. Late morning tends to suit. Have a feed, a spare change and plain bedding to hand.
Because you are not choosing the location blind. We talk through Gold Hill Common against the Northwood studio before the booking is made, based on the ages of the children and the time of year, and you can still switch on the day if the weather turns. We also cover Chalfont St Giles, Amersham and Chorleywood. Bring wipes, a snack and one spare outfit per small child.
The turnaround is quick. We pick and edit the best frames ourselves and send them to you in a private online gallery. Then you can choose prints, canvases or an album at your own pace.
Serving Chalfont St Peter
A family photographer near Chalfont St Peter
Chalfont St Peter (SL9) is about 6 miles from our Northwood studio, so travel to a family session there is not charged. It sits close to Gerrards Cross and Denham, which we cover too. A family session can be at your home in Chalfont St Peter, on one of the parish commons or at the Northwood studio.
The parish council looks after plenty of green space for a family session, including Gold Hill Common, Austenwood Common, Mill Meadow and St Peter's Memorial Garden and the Water Splash Garden. For relatives coming by train, Gerrards Cross station is 1.2 miles south of the village on the Chiltern Main Line, so grandparents travelling from London Marylebone can join without driving. Gold Hill Common also has a parish play area at its top end, refurbished in 2023, which can help keep younger children happy.
More in Chalfont St Peter
More photography services in Chalfont St Peter
The same studio, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Chalfont St Peter. Explore the rest: we also cover family photography across Buckinghamshire, including Amersham, Chesham, Denham, Gerrards Cross and Beaconsfield.
Gold Hill Common sits near the centre of the village, and for a family session that proximity does more work than the scenery does. The distance between where the car stops and where the camera goes is the whole battle with young children, because every minute spent walking is a minute of good humour spent before anything has been photographed. There is room to find three or four different frames without crossing the whole common, so we settle in one corner and let the group stay put. Grass is the other thing to plan around. It is forgiving for a child who wants to be on the floor and unforgiving for anyone who does not, and from autumn through to spring it holds water long after the sky has cleared, which means an older relative in good shoes ends up standing for the entire session. When the group includes somebody who cannot get down onto the ground, we build the frames around a standing adult with the children arranged low, so the arrangement reads as a decision rather than a compromise. Small children spend their best behaviour early and have little left afterwards, so we photograph the children first and the adults second, never the other way round. The studio earns its place more often than families expect. In the dark half of the year the Common has usable light for a short window in the middle of the day, and that window is frequently when the youngest child sleeps. Indoors that clash disappears and the session runs to your timetable instead of the sun's.
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At the studio
Studio sessions for Chalfont St Peter
The studio at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU is roughly 6 miles from Chalfont St Peter, an easy fallback when rain rules out the commons. Family sittings are booked ahead there, and passport pictures, framing, restoration and scanning are all handled in the same building. The studio keeps Mon to Sat 10:30 to 18:00 and Sun 13:00 to 18:00 hours, so a Sunday afternoon slot can fit around naps.
Your family session is photographed by Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, who has run the Northwood studio since 2001 and holds five European Kodak Gold Awards.
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