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Family sessions on The Green, timed around small children rather than around the best light.
Family Photographer in Croxley Green
Family photography in Croxley Green, from newborns to grandparents, at the Northwood studio or outdoors on The Green, Croxley Common Moor or in Cassiobury Park.
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Croxley Green and nearby
Relaxed family photography in Croxley Green
- What the session includes: 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.
- Where it happens: Studio sittings in Northwood, or a relaxed shoot outdoors within about 20 miles.
- Distance from the studio: Measured in a straight line, the studio on The Broadway in Northwood is about 4 miles from Croxley Green, and the drive is a little further.
- To book: Call 07956 505383, send a WhatsApp message to the same number, or use the enquiry form on this page.
We begin with the frames needing everybody to look the same way, because that cooperation is a finite resource. After those, the session turns into walking, throwing children about, and letting them forget the camera, which is where the printable pictures appear.
Sessions move in short stretches with pauses between them, and the schedule carries enough slack that a meltdown costs nothing at all. The edited set comes back complete, with some frames converted to monochrome where the light suits it better than colour does.
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Kaushik took a photograph of my grand-daughter. The final product was superb. My little 2 year old girl was kept so calm and at ease with Kaushik’s kindness. We will now always use Kaushik for our photography.
Wonderful experienced photographer..clicked our crying 2 year old in minutes
Me and my family had a photo shoot here and I must say Kaushik did a fantastic job. We went to review the photos and they were really good. We will treasure these memories forever.
What we offer
Family photography in Croxley Green
Grandparents included
Prams, grandparents and short legs all planned for, with the session held near where you leave the car.
The Northwood studio in reserve
Rain cancels nothing: the Northwood studio takes the same booking on the same day.
Local and experienced
Patient family photography near Croxley Green
Tell us before the day what the pictures are for, a single wall portrait, prints for grandparents or a record of this year, and we plan the session around it. Teenagers are treated like the adults, told what is happening and asked rather than told, which tends to win them over.
You can also book the studio on The Broadway in Northwood, or have us come to your home in WD3. With small children, the play area at Baldwins Lane greenspace suits a short, low-pressure session, while Croxleyhall Woods has two circular walks of just under 2 km and bluebells in spring.
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Parks, woods and play areas for a Croxley Green family session
Here are some open spaces around Croxley Green where children could run about between photographs, each described from a published source. Before the day, it is worth checking paths, parking and any rules for each place, particularly if a pushchair or grandparent is coming.
- Croxleyhall Woods, reached from All Saints Lane or Harvey Road (WD3 3BS), is over 15 hectares of ancient semi-natural woodland with two circular walks of just under 2 km and bluebells in spring. 1
- Baldwins Lane greenspace in Croxley Green (WD3 3LA) has football pitches, a skate area, an outdoor fitness zone, tennis courts and a play area. 2
- Stones Orchard in Croxley Green is a 19th-century traditional orchard of veteran fruit trees in wildflower grassland and hedgerows, a Local Wildlife Site within the Croxley Green Conservation Area. 3
- Cassiobury Park, Watford's principal public park just east of Croxley Green, covers over 190 acres from the A412 to the Grand Union Canal, and its western 62 acres are a Local Nature Reserve. 4
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Family Photographer in Croxley Green, FAQs
Yes, and the order matters. Older children are photographed with the baby first, while they are still interested, then the baby alone once they have run off. The room wants to be warm rather than tidy. Feeds and changes happen when they happen and we simply stop, so allow more time than the session length implies and bring a spare outfit for everybody.
Pick two or three colours and let everybody work within them rather than all wearing the same thing, which photographs as a uniform. Avoid large logos and busy patterns, since both compete with faces. On The Green, mid tones read best: strong green blends into the background and white goes very bright in sunlight. Bring footwear that copes with damp grass.
Probably not, and that is fine. Asking a two-year-old to sit and smile rarely works, so we make it a game on the grass and photograph what happens. Some of the best frames come when a toddler forgets we are there.
Yes. Large groups need width, so we use an open stretch of The Green and stand back instead of cramming everybody together. Tell us the head count and whether anyone cannot stand for long, because that decides whether the arrangement is built around chairs. The complete group is photographed early, then broken into smaller combinations, which is quicker than working the other way round.
Options run from fine prints and canvases to framed wall art and hand-finished albums, all made from the photographs you choose. After the session an edited gallery goes online and you pick the pictures for your walls and albums at home.
Serving Croxley Green
A family photographer near Croxley Green
Family sessions can be arranged anywhere across Hertfordshire, Croxley Green (WD3) included. It sits close to Chorleywood and Mill End, which we cover too. If the weather turns, the same session can move to the Northwood studio, about 4 miles away.
Croxley Green, in Hertfordshire's Three Rivers District, is said to have the longest village green in England, at 1,207.5 metres. Croxley Common Moor is about 100 yards from Croxley station on Watford Road, so relatives coming by Metropolitan line can walk straight to it. The Green itself is another option for an on-location session.
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The same studio, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Croxley Green. Explore the rest: we also cover family photography across Hertfordshire, including Radlett, St Albans, Watford, Carpenders Park, Kings Langley and Sarratt.
What decides a family session in Croxley Green is not the background, it is how far anybody has to walk carrying something. A pram, a bag and a child who has decided to be carried put a hard limit on distance, and the useful property of a green this long is that one stretch of it photographs much like another, so we pick the section nearest to wherever the car can be left rather than the most photogenic one. Nobody looking at the finished pictures can tell the difference, and the session begins in a better mood for it. Grandparents change the plan more than the children do. If anyone cannot stand for long, or is unsteady on grass, we build the group around them seated and bring everybody else down to that level, which also fixes the standard fault of a family picture where one adult is a head taller than the rest. Order matters because attention is finite. Weather decides the rest. Rain on its own rarely stops anything, but wind across open ground does: a cold wind shuts small faces down within minutes and no amount of coaxing reopens them. On those days we move to the Northwood studio, where the temperature is fixed and the light never shifts, and the session simply happens indoors.
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Dressing the family for a session on The Green or in the woods
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Visiting the studio from Croxley Green
The studio sits at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU, about 4 miles from Croxley Green, and travel for a family session in the village is not charged. Family sittings there are booked ahead, passport and ID photos are also taken, and framing, printing, restoration and scanning are all done on the premises. Call to talk through a family sitting during our opening hours: Mon to Sat 10:30 to 18:00, Sun 13:00 to 18:00.
Your family session is photographed by Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, who opened the Northwood studio in 2001 and holds five European Kodak Gold Awards.
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