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Family Photographer in Hackney
Family and milestone photography in Hackney, at home or in parks such as Clissold Park and London Fields.
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Family sessions in a Hackney park, at home · free consultation first
Hackney and nearby
Relaxed family photography in Hackney
- Included in the session: 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 we photograph in Hackney: Your home or garden, or a park or open space such as Clissold Park, London Fields or Springfield Park. We travel from Northwood, about 16 miles away. Newborn sessions can be photographed at your home, or at the Northwood studio if you prefer.
- To book: Call 07956 505383, send a WhatsApp message to the same number, or use the enquiry form on this page.
You get a call first to agree a gate to meet at, a time of day that misses naps, and what everybody is wearing, which we keep to a family of tones rather than matching outfits, because matching everybody reads as a uniform in the finished pictures.
On the day we photograph the arranged frames early and let the session loosen off after that. Everything usable gets edited, not just a chosen dozen, and the gallery arrives ready for printing and for sending round to relatives who could not come.
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Brilliant photography session with the whole family! Great service and would definitely recommend to anyone looking to take outstanding photos.
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.
Kaushik Has magical touches!! We did a family session and were surprised that we could not find any flaw with circa 200 pictures taken by Kaushik. Kausik is simply amazing , we highly recommend to give job to Kaushik to capture special moments of life !! Well done Kaushik!!
What we offer
Family photography in Hackney
Extended family groups
Arranged group frames taken early, then an hour of the running about that children actually enjoy.
Local and experienced
How a family session runs
Newborns and toddlers get all the time they need, and we never cut a session short to keep to a schedule. We keep things cheerful, so a house full of children feels like fun rather than hard work.
Your favourite frames can be made into prints, canvases, framed pieces or an album.
Recent work
Recent work with families
Hackney parks and playgrounds for a family session
Outdoors in Hackney, we would pick a lawn with room for children to run, ideally near a play area for a break between frames. Each Hackney park below is described from a published source, linked so you can check the details. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
- Victoria Park, on Hackney's southern border in Tower Hamlets, covers 86.18 hectares and opened to the public in 1845. 1
- Sutton House and Breaker's Yard. Sutton House on Homerton High Street was built in 1535 by Sir Ralph Sadleir as his family home and is cared for by the National Trust, with Breaker's Yard, a garden on a former car scrapyard, beside it. 2
- Hackney Central and Hackney Downs. Hackney Central is on the London Overground's Mildmay line in fare zone 2, with an out-of-station interchange to Hackney Downs, which is on the Weaver line and served by Greater Anglia trains between Liverpool Street and Tottenham Hale. 3
- Springfield Park opened as a public park in 1905 and covers 14.73 hectares of formal gardens and conservation areas, with views across Walthamstow Marshes. 4
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Family Photographer in Hackney, FAQs
There is no need. Toddlers keep a photographer on their toes, and we love that, so we never demand stillness or forced smiles. We play games and let them lead, and the unplanned moments often turn out to be the pictures parents like best.
Yes, and late pregnancy is exactly why we come to Hackney instead of asking for the trip out to Northwood. Victoria Park suits it well: flat ground, short distances between one spot and the next, and somewhere to stop. The comfortable window is the last couple of months. Wear something fitted rather than loose, because loose fabric hides the shape the pictures exist to record.
Tell us as early as you can, even on the morning itself. Little ones get poorly or simply have a bad day, and we would much rather move the date than photograph an unhappy child. We then agree a new date between us.
Mostly, yes, and the park is the reason. Open lawns give children room to run without anything being set up, so most of a Hackney session gets photographed while something is genuinely happening. There will be a few arranged frames, because somebody always wants one with every face visible, but they are quick and they happen early while patience holds.
Plan on roughly an hour, though we never hurry it. Feeds, naps and cuddles are built into the time with babies and toddlers, so nobody gets upset. The children set the pace, not the clock.
Serving Hackney
A family photographer near Hackney
We come out to families across Hackney, from Stoke Newington to Clapton. It sits close to Islington and Tower Hamlets, which we cover too. A family session can be in Hackney, and for a Hackney date, travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
Clissold Park in Stoke Newington opened in 1889, has held a Green Flag award since 2006 and keeps a small herd of fallow deer, which gives younger children something to look for between photographs. Grandparents coming by train can use Hackney Central on the Mildmay line or Hackney Downs on the Weaver line, which also has Greater Anglia trains from Liverpool Street. Springfield Park, open since 1905, covers 14.73 hectares of formal gardens and conservation areas with views across Walthamstow Marshes, and London Fields has two play areas and a wildflower meadow.
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The same photographer, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Hackney. Explore the rest: we also cover family photography across London, including Lambeth, Ealing, Kensington and Chelsea, Enfield, Sutton and Tower Hamlets.
The lakes at Victoria Park are the part of a family session that needs planning, not the part that sells it. Open water is the one edge nobody can supervise and photograph at the same time, so we keep the working area well back from it and use the lake as distance behind the group instead of a rail to lean on. Wind is the second argument for standing back. Air crossing open water is colder than air over the lawn, and cold is what finishes a family session early, not boredom. Grandparents stop cooperating once they are chilled, coats go back on over the clothes everybody carefully chose, and the pictures after that point are all coats. Open lawns also offer nothing to sit on except the ground, which turns out to be an advantage. Once everyone is down on the grass the adults arrive at child height, the ladder of heights that makes standing group pictures awkward disappears, and small children stop being handled and start being included. Rain the day before matters more than rain on the day. Wet lawn takes wheels badly, and it also rules out kneeling, which is the position half of a family session is photographed from. After a wet week we work off the harder ground and keep the grass for the running-about frames only. Northwood earns the booking outright in two situations: when the youngest is small enough that warmth and a clean floor beat scenery, and when the forecast is bad enough that everyone would spend the hour negotiating rather than being photographed.
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How it works
How we work in Hackney
We travel to Hackney from Northwood, about 16 miles away, so we bring the shoot to you. Family sessions happen at your home or in a park such as London Fields or Clissold Park, and we bring a little lighting for darker indoor rooms.
Family sessions in Hackney are photographed by Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, who has worked from Northwood since 2001 and holds five European Kodak Gold Awards.
Not in Hackney? See family photography across East London, where Kaushik comes to you. For every other service, see photography across East London.
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