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Cheslyn House gardens for toddlers, with ponds and aviaries in a compact space.
Family Photographer in Garston
Maternity, newborn and family photography in Garston, gentle, unhurried and full of natural smiles.
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Studio in Northwood HA6 · free consultation
Serving Garston
Photographing families in Garston
- What is included: Natural portraits and candid moments of everyone together, from newborns to grandparents, paced for the youngest, then a private online gallery to choose your favourites.
- Where it happens: Studio sittings in Northwood, or a relaxed shoot outdoors within about 20 miles.
- How far: Garston is about 6 miles from the studio at 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU, measured in a straight line; the road distance is longer.
- To book: Use the form at the end of this page, or call or WhatsApp 07956 505383; sessions are booked in advance so the studio is ready when you arrive.
Family sessions for Garston households can take place in the Northwood studio or outdoors at Cheslyn House gardens, Leavesden Country Park or Cassiobury Park. Babies, children, parents and grandparents are all welcome, and the session follows the children's pace.
Cheslyn suits small children who wander, the Leavesden trail is buggy and wheelchair friendly, and Cassiobury has splash pools and a miniature railway. The studio is the warm option for newborns and winter dates. Each option can be talked through when you book.
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Amazing service from Mr Kaushik Bathia. He is very professional, friendly and helpful. He made the family photoshoot a funny and pleasant experience. We highly recommend him! Thank you.
Very good experience. Did a family shoot at Kaushik Bathia's studio yesterday. He was amazing at getting all of us to give natural smiles.
Highly professional and took very nice pictures of our family, most impressed. Will surely be coming back in the future. Thank you
What we offer
Family photography in Garston
Three generations together
Leavesden Country Park's buggy and wheelchair friendly trail for mixed generations.
Newborn and baby sittings
A warm Northwood studio for newborns, babies and colder months.
25+ years behind the lens
Why book a family session in Garston
Kaushik takes the full group photograph early, then works through smaller combinations: siblings, each child alone, parents together and generations side by side. Play is built in, so children are photographed doing things rather than holding a pose.
Later on, the whole family can browse the online gallery at home and settle on favourites at their own pace. Files are supplied for sharing and for printing, and canvases, frames and albums can be ordered from the selection.
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From our family sessions
Where to photograph a Garston family
Children relax faster in a park with grass to run on and paths a buggy can manage than at a showpiece location. Here are some places in and around Garston, each summarised from a linked source.
- Leavesden Country Park (College Road, WD5 0NX) was restored with funding from Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and has woodland walks, a play area and a café. 1
- Leavesden Heritage Trail. Leavesden Country Park's Heritage Trail links nine sculptures in three groups, Minds, Machines and Movies, recalling the site's hospital, aerodrome and film studio history, on a route suitable for buggies and wheelchairs. 2
- Cassiobury Park, the principal public park in Watford and one of its biggest, has cafés, splash pools and a miniature railway. 3
- Garston station on Garston Lane (WD25 9RT) is managed by London Northwestern Railway and has step-free access to all platforms. 4
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Family Photographer in Garston, FAQs
Both. Outdoors, Garston families can choose from Cheslyn House gardens, Leavesden Country Park and Cassiobury Park, each with a different character. The studio in Northwood is about 6 miles away and suits newborns, winter months and anyone who would rather avoid a walk. Some families combine the two over separate dates to get both styles.
Yes, and it is worth insisting on it. Parents are often missing from family albums because they are usually the ones taking the pictures. Every session includes frames with the whole family, the parents on their own and each parent with the children, as well as plenty of the children by themselves.
Yes. Milestones such as a baby sitting up, a first birthday, starting school or a grandparent's significant birthday are all good reasons for a session. Repeating the same set-up at intervals, perhaps in the same spot at Cheslyn House gardens, makes a lovely sequence showing how a child has grown.
Your images are prepared after the session and shared in an online gallery that the whole family can browse together. Take your time choosing; there is no pressure. Your chosen pictures arrive as screen and print files, ready to be ordered as prints, frames, canvases or an album.
Children get ill and plans change, so just get in touch as soon as you can and a new date will be arranged. For outdoor sessions, the weather is also a reason to move the date if the forecast is poor, or to switch to the studio instead so the session can go ahead.
Serving Garston
A family photographer near Garston
Garston, between Watford town centre and Leavesden, is one of the Hertfordshire neighbourhoods we serve from Northwood. It sits close to Leavesden and Abbots Langley, which we cover too. Garston families can choose the studio or an outdoor session somewhere such as Leavesden Country Park's buggy-friendly heritage trail.
Garston is a suburban village just north of Watford town centre, best known for the Building Research Establishment, with Cassiobury Park in Watford as a nearby option for family sessions. Nearby Garston Manor, dating from about 1813, is surrounded by 21 acres of grounds and woodland. Families with buggies can use Garston station, which has step-free access to every platform on the Abbey Line between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey. When a session suits an outdoor setting, Cassiobury Park near Garston is one option, close to the Building Research Establishment (BRE) campus.
More in Garston
More photography services in Garston
Families in Garston can book the other services below with the same photographer and studio. Explore the rest: we also cover family photography across Hertfordshire, including Potters Bar, Bushey Heath, Mill End, Leavesden, Bushey and Abbots Langley.
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Family guides for Garston
A few journal pieces to help plan a family session from Garston.
At the studio
From Garston to the Northwood studio
Garston families will find the studio about 6 miles away at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU. Family, portrait and headshot sessions there are booked ahead, and printing, framing, restoration and digitising happen in house. Doors open 10:30 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday and 13:00 to 18:00 on Sunday.
Kaushik Bathia photographs every family himself; he is FBIPP and FMPA, has five European Kodak Gold Awards, and has worked from Northwood since founding the studio in 2001.
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Planning a particular occasion in Garston? There are dedicated pages for a maternity photoshoot near Garston, a cake smash for a first birthday, christening and naming day photography, birthday photoshoots for any age and Christmas family photoshoots.
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