Outdoor family sessions
Family sessions on Harrow Weald Common, planned within a short walk of wherever you leave the car.
Family Photographer in Harrow Weald
Family and children's photography for Harrow Weald, at home, at the Northwood studio or out on Harrow Weald Common, with albums and wall art to follow.
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Harrow Weald and nearby
Photographing families in Harrow Weald
- What is included: 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 it happens: In the natural-light Northwood studio, or outdoors at a park or place you love within about 20 miles.
- How far: Measured in a straight line, the studio on The Broadway in Northwood is about 3 miles from Harrow Weald, and the drive is a little further.
- How to book: Call 07956 505383, send a WhatsApp message to the same number, or use the enquiry form on this page.
A session runs forty-five minutes to an hour, roughly as long as a small child stays interested. The whole-family frame gets made early while attention is fresh, then the children are let go and we photograph what actually happens. Grandparents get somewhere to sit down between frames.
You receive the edited gallery in colour, with monochrome treatments of the frames that earn them, and the group picture supplied at print resolution as a matter of course rather than as an extra.
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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.
Having had Mr Bathia to do our family studio photos with our first child, we again went for him second time round with our second child 5 years later. He is extremely good in getting our girls attention to capture lovely photos. He is a great photographer and would definitely recommend him.
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!!!
What we offer
Family photography in Harrow Weald
Grandparents included
Kept short enough for small children, with somewhere for grandparents to sit down between frames.
Studio or outdoors
Northwood studio held in reserve for wet days and for babies too young for unsurfaced ground.
Family photography from Northwood to Harrow Weald
Sessions sized for Harrow Weald families
Before the camera comes out we spend a few minutes chatting with everyone, so the children are used to us. When several generations gather, we would photograph the big group early, before lunch and while the youngest still have patience.
Kaushik runs every family session himself, so the person who meets your children is the one who directs them, edits the pictures and hands them over. After the session your edited gallery arrives, and prints, frames, canvases or a hand-finished album can be ordered from it.
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Harrow Weald parks and playgrounds for family photographs
With young children, a playground, a café and a car park close at hand will do more for a Harrow Weald family session than any view. The places listed here, each summarised from a linked source, range from a recreation ground with a playground to formal hotel gardens.
- Harrow Weald Recreation Ground has open space for walks and informal games, four bookable tennis courts, a children's playground, a café and a car park, with Headstone Lane the nearest station. 1
- Byron Recreation Ground in Wealdstone, next to Harrow Leisure Centre, has a children's playground, a skate park, a green gym and a basketball court, near Harrow & Wealdstone station. 2
- Bentley Priory Nature Reserve paths. Bentley Priory Nature Reserve covers 66 hectares, and its hard-surfaced Deer Path and Weald Path are suitable for pushchairs and outdoor wheelchairs, with a 2.9 km nature trail from the Old Lodge Way entrance. 3
- Harrow Weald is a suburban district of the London Borough of Harrow, about 2 miles north of Harrow, made up of 1930s suburban housing and the ancient woodland of Harrow Weald Common. 4
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Family Photographer in Harrow Weald, FAQs
Yes. Family sessions in Harrow Weald are done on your ground rather than ours: we drive over from Northwood with everything needed and meet you at whichever entrance to the common you have parked at. Stanmore, Belmont and Pinner work the same way. If the forecast turns, we move the session indoors to the Northwood studio instead of losing it, and the booking simply transfers.
We certainly do. Milestone sessions follow a baby's progress, from sitting up unaided to first steps and the first birthday. Spread across the first year, a few of these give you a record of each stage, perhaps one at home and one on the open grass at Harrow Weald Recreation Ground once your child is walking.
Yes, and for part of the year it is the sensible choice. The room at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 is warm, has clear floor for a crawling baby and nothing fragile at child height. That matters here because the alternative in Harrow Weald is unsurfaced common ground, which is no place for a six-month-old between November and March.
It is a first-birthday shoot where your baby meets a cake. Your one-year-old is given a cake of their own, and we photograph the first cautious poke, the mess and the delight that follows. It is easily among the most fun sessions we offer.
Yes, and newborn sessions happen at your house in Harrow Weald rather than at the studio or on the common. A baby that age needs the room it already sleeps in, kept warm, with feeds and settling setting the pace. We work beside a window, use the family's own bed and blankets, and allow several hours so that nothing has to be rushed.
Serving Harrow Weald
A family photographer near Harrow Weald
We photograph family sessions right across Greater London, and Harrow Weald (HA3) is well within our regular patch. It sits close to Harrow and Wealdstone, which we cover too. On a wet day, or with a very young baby, the Northwood studio is the alternative.
Harrow Weald's streets of 1930s housing run north to Harrow Weald Common, 18 hectares of woodland, heath and pasture that survive from the Forest of Middlesex. Harrow Weald Recreation Ground, with Headstone Lane the nearest station, has a children's playground, a café and a car park, which makes it an easy option with toddlers. When a session suits an outdoor setting, Harrow Weald Common and the adjacent Bentley Priory Nature Reserve near Harrow Weald is one option, close to Grim's Dyke.
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The same studio, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Harrow Weald. Explore the rest: we also cover family photography across Greater London, including Rayners Lane, Hillingdon, Ruislip Manor, Southall, South Ruislip and Edgware.
A family session in Harrow Weald is decided by ground surface more than by anything else. The common and the Bentley Priory Nature Reserve beside it are unmanaged land: there is no tarmac, the paths are earth and leaf litter, tree roots break the surface, and after rain the low sections can hold water for days. A pram will manage the first stretch from where you leave the car and then stop being worth pushing. A grandparent who is careful on uneven footing has much the same limit. So these sessions get planned as a small radius around the parking rather than as a walk, which sounds like a restriction and is not one: close to most entrances there is wood edge, open ground and a change of backdrop, which is more variety than a walk would earn. Small children set the running order. A three-year-old gives their best attention early and spends it fast, so the picture that needs everybody facing the same way gets made near the start, and the loose material, the running, the being carried, comes afterwards and benefits from the child having stopped caring about us. Autumn and winter suit this ground better than people expect, because leaf-off light reaches the floor and the mud is at least honest about itself. In heavy rain, or with a baby under about six months, we move indoors to Northwood: warm, dry, no footing to negotiate, and nobody spends the hour managing coats and wet shoes instead of enjoying it.
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The studio, 3 miles from Harrow Weald
Harrow Weald families will find the studio about 3 miles away at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU. Family, portrait and headshot sessions are booked there, and you can drop off prints, old photographs and negatives to be framed, restored or scanned. The studio also takes passport and ID photos. Doors are open from 10:30 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday, and from 13:00 to 18:00 on Sundays.
Family sessions are photographed by Kaushik Bathia, a fellow of the BIPP and the MPA with five European Kodak Gold Awards, who opened the Northwood studio in 2001.
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