Outdoor family sessions
Sessions on the green at Lowndes Park, with Northwood taking over when conditions rule it out.
Family Photographer in Chesham
Maternity, newborn and family photography in Chesham, at home, in Lowndes Park.
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Chesham and nearby
Natural family portraits in Chesham
- 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.
- Where we photograph in Chesham: Your home or garden, or a park or open space such as Lowndes Park, The Moor or Chesham Riverside and Woodland Walk. We travel from Northwood, about 11 miles away. Newborn sessions can be photographed at your home, or at the Northwood studio if you prefer.
- How to book: Use the form at the end of this page, or call or WhatsApp 07956 505383, and we will arrange a date and place in Chesham.
Around forty minutes is what a small child has to give, so a booking is built to end inside that instead of filling a slot. Nothing gets asked of anybody twice.
The children are photographed doing whatever they are already doing, with pairs and singles picked off in between, and the one arranged frame of everybody taken when the mood permits rather than on cue. You choose from the whole take and receive files ready to print and to carry on a phone.
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We recently did a family photoshoot with our 8 months old daughter, and it was such a lovely experience. Kaushik was brilliant with her, so patient and playful, and he managed to get so many genuine smiles from her, which made a huge difference. He made us feel really comfortable throughout the shoot and never rushed us.
Brilliant photography session with the whole family! Great service and would definitely recommend to anyone looking to take outstanding photos.
Amazing experience with Kaushik Bathia photography. Professionalism and picture quality are top notch. My wife is extremely impressed with the pictures and we received them right on time for the holidays.
What we offer
Family photography in Chesham
Paced for children
Built to finish inside forty minutes, roughly what a small child has to give.
Extended family groups
Prams, grandparents and dogs are all fine, and the route avoids sending anyone twice over soaked ground.
Why choose us
Relaxed sessions children enjoy
At a cake smash we let the mess happen and photograph the fun as it unfolds. Where there is a new baby, older brothers and sisters have their turn first, which usually makes them far happier to help afterwards.
The same photographer meets your children, directs the session, edits the pictures and hands them over. Grandparents, siblings and parents can each have their own frames once the full group is done.
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Family portraits for Chesham
Chesham parks and playgrounds for family photographs
For a family session in Chesham we would look first at open, level ground such as The Moor beside the River Chess, or the playground at Lowndes Park, so little ones can wander between frames. Each Chesham spot here is summarised from a linked published source, with an eye to where children would have room to run and explore. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
- The Moor is a large flat open space beside the River Chess, used for weekend football, with a small waterfall, stepping stones and wet woodland. 1
- Meades Water Gardens in Chesham occupy the former millstream of Amy Mill, later used as watercress beds and then ornamental gardens, and the river through them was restored in 2008. 2
- The clock tower in Market Square marks the site of the old market hall, demolished in 1965; the tower was rebuilt in 1992 with the old clock and the bell was reinstalled in 2014. 3
- The Chesham Riverside and Woodland Walk is a 2.5-mile stile-free circuit from Chesham Moor car park on Moor Road, climbing through the Woodland Trust's Hodds Wood and Great Bois Wood and returning along the chalk-stream River Chess. 4
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Family Photographer in Chesham, FAQs
Please do not worry, it is completely normal. Tears, squirming and sudden sleepiness are expected, so we just stop, help settle your little one and pick up where we left off. Because we are in no hurry, an unsettled spell rarely shows in the finished photographs.
Plan on roughly an hour, though nothing is rushed. For newborns and toddlers we leave room for feeds, naps and cuddles. Your children set the pace, not the clock.
Absolutely. Parents are very much part of a family session in Chesham. We start with everyone together, then move to smaller groups and each child alone, so every combination you want is there.
Both, and they hand you different pictures. Outdoors in Chesham could mean Lowndes Park, where the family is set in a place, season and weather included. Indoors at Northwood strips all of that away and leaves the faces. We keep both open until the day before and decide on the forecast. Pack a full change of clothes for the youngest either way.
Yes, and to Chartridge, Ley Hill and Bovingdon on the same footing. We begin from wherever you park rather than from an agreed gate, so tell us where the car is going and the route gets built from there. If grandparents are only coming for a slice of it, give us their window and those frames get taken before anything else.
Serving Chesham
A family photographer near Chesham
Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book, so you know the full cost of a Chesham family session in advance. It sits close to Amersham and Chorleywood, which we cover too. We cover Chesham and the wider Buckinghamshire area for family photography, on location, with travel from Northwood set out in your written quote before you book.
Lowndes Park, the town's large central park, has a big pond, a new playground opened in 2025 and woodland walks towards the Pednor Valley, while The Moor offers flat open ground beside the River Chess with stepping stones and a small waterfall. Chesham station, the Zone 9 terminus of the Metropolitan line, is on Station Approach, which is handy if grandparents are coming in by Underground. Chesham Old Town is a short walk from the park.
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The same photographer, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Chesham. Explore the rest below. We also cover family photography across Buckinghamshire, including Amersham, Chalfont St Peter, Denham, Gerrards Cross and Beaconsfield.
Lowndes Park gives you open green in the centre of Chesham, and what open green is worth with young children is sightlines. Nobody spends the booking counting heads, and a child who bolts stays visible rather than vanishing round a corner, which removes much of the anxiety from a morning. The pond marks one edge of that ground, so it is worth settling at the start who is watching the water while the camera is busy. Past that, the honest advice is about what you are actually buying. A picture made outdoors is a picture of your family somewhere, with season and weather and the town behind them, and that is the version that ends up large on a wall. An indoor one at Northwood removes all of that and leaves the faces with nothing to look at except each other, and that one is what relatives ask copies of. The two are not interchangeable, and most families want both while booking only one. Say which of those you want and the morning gets built for it. On clothes, choose a run of tones out of one family rather than matching outfits, since a row of identical shirts photographs as a uniform. Where the youngest is under three, the keepers almost always arrive during the stretches when nobody is being asked for anything.
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How it works
On-location photography in Chesham
We are based in Northwood, about 11 miles from Chesham, so a family session there would normally be outdoors or at your home. Family sessions are photographed on location, with lighting brought in as needed.
Your photographer is Kaushik Bathia FBIPP FMPA: established 2001, with five European Kodak Gold Awards.
Not in Chesham? See family photography across Buckinghamshire, where Kaushik comes to you. For every other service, see photography across Buckinghamshire.
Popular sessions
Families in Chesham often book around a milestone: a maternity photoshoot before the birth, a cake smash photoshoot near Chesham at one, christening photography on the day, a birthday photoshoot later on, and a Christmas photoshoot for the cards each December.
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