Paced for children
Outdoor family sessions at Pinner Memorial Park, led by the children rather than by a shot list.
Family Photographer in Hatch End
Family photography in Hatch End for every generation, from newborns and toddlers to grandparents.
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For Hatch End
Family photography for Hatch End, at the studio or outdoors
- What the session includes: 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.
- Studio or on location: 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 2 miles from Hatch End, and the drive is a little further.
- To book: Ring or WhatsApp 07956 505383 during opening hours (Monday to Saturday 10:30 to 18:00, Sunday 13:00 to 18:00), or leave your details in the form below.
We meet you at the park gate rather than asking you to find us. The session runs about an hour and moves as the children move, along the paths and across the grass, with a pause whenever somebody needs one.
Afterwards the full set goes into a gallery you look through at home in your own time. Chosen images are finished individually and supplied at a size that prints properly at wall scale, not only at the size a phone wants.
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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
We have been getting our pictures clicked with Mr. Bhatia for many years now, he is very reliable, excellent at his job and he is great with kids as well! I'd really recommend his services.
What we offer
Family photography in Hatch End
Newborn and baby sittings
Newborn and baby sittings at the Northwood studio, warm and quiet and worked around feeds.
Extended family groups
Extended family groups covered in one booking, so nobody has to be photographed separately later.
Why choose us
Choosing a photographer for your family
If a baby is truly unhappy, they go straight back to a parent. Pushing on never helps, and the pictures taken after a baby has settled are always better.
Fitting every grouping into one visit takes time, so allow for a longer session than you might expect. We photograph groups of three up to about twenty-five; for a bigger gathering, talk to us first so we can work out where everyone stands.
Recent work
Recent family sessions
Hatch End parks and playing fields for a family session
Toddlers need room to wander and parents need a path a pushchair can manage, so a Hatch End family session outdoors would start from one of the open spaces below. Each place is summarised from a published source linked beneath it, from riverside meadows to a playing field with space to run.
- Hatch End Playing Fields on Headstone Lane has two cricket pitches and football goals, with parking on Uxbridge Road and beside Hatch End swimming pool and Harrow Arts Centre. 1
- Saddlers Mead in Hatch End is a 4.17-hectare open space with a small children's play area, home to Parkfield Sports Club, and contains a section of Grimsditch, an Iron Age earthwork. 2
- Hatch End station. Hatch End is a London Overground Lioness line station in fare zone 6; the present building was designed in 1911 by architect Gerald Horsley. 3
- Hatch End is an area of north-west London in the London Borough of Harrow, 12.2 miles north-west of Charing Cross, with Pinner as its post town and the HA5 postcode district. 4
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Good to know
Family Photographer in Hatch End, FAQs
A cake smash marks a first birthday: your one-year-old is given a cake to prod, squash and taste. We photograph the wary first touch, the mess that follows and every delighted face in between. Expect mess and a lot of laughter; it is one of the most cheerful sittings in the studio diary.
Yes. Hatch End is on the standard list of places we cover out of Northwood, alongside Pinner, Carpenders Park and Headstone, so nothing extra needs arranging. Pinner Memorial Park is one option for an outdoor session, and we confirm which entrance in advance so nobody ends up walking the perimeter with a pram trying to find us. Sessions at your own house in Hatch End work the same way.
Mostly, and by design. The one frame where everybody looks at the camera is taken early, while the children still find the whole thing interesting, and the rest of the hour is spent walking the paths at Pinner Memorial Park and photographing what happens. Children being carried, chased and talked to give better pictures than children being arranged. Posing goes no further than telling adults where to stand.
Yes, please join in. Parents belong in the frame, holding, lifting and laughing with the children, rather than standing behind the camera. We start with everyone together, then work through smaller groupings and a portrait of each child, so every combination you want is covered.
Absolutely, pets are welcome. Your dog is part of the family, and a well-behaved one fits into a session easily. Mention the dog when you book and we will order the pictures so it is not kept waiting too long.
Serving Hatch End
A family photographer near Hatch End
Families from anywhere in HA5 can come to the studio or ask us to meet them at a park close to home. It sits close to Eastcote and North Harrow, which we cover too. A family session can take place in the Northwood studio or outdoors in Hatch End, depending on the ages involved and the season.
Hatch End is an area of the London Borough of Harrow in the HA5 postcode district, with Pinner as its post town. For anyone coming by train, Hatch End station is on the Lioness line of the London Overground, in fare zone 6. For an outdoor session we would suggest Hatch End Riverside Park on Uxbridge Road, where the accessible circular path, wildflower meadows and River Pinn give children room to move; Hatch End Playing Fields on Headstone Lane is another open option.
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More photography services in Hatch End
The same studio, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Hatch End. Explore the rest: we also cover family photography across Greater London, including Wealdstone, Stanmore, Park Royal, South Ruislip, Ickenham and North Wembley.
A family of five cannot be lit by the same tree that flatters one adult. Under a canopy the light arrives in patches, and with a group spread across two metres of ground one person gets a bright forehead while the person beside them is in full shade, which nothing done afterwards will even out. A single sitter can be moved eighteen inches and the problem disappears. A group cannot. That is why a family session suits the open ground of Pinner Memorial Park rather than the tree-lined streets that suit a portrait, and why a flat overcast afternoon is the better booking for a group rather than a disappointment. Ground decides more than it sounds like it should. After rain the grass holds water for a day or two while the made paths drain, so a pram, an older relative who would rather stay on a firm surface, and anyone in decent shoes all end up on the path while the children use the lawn. That works for the running-about pictures and fails for the one with everybody in it, because a family split across two surfaces is a family at two different heights, with the ones on the path a few inches up and leaning down into the frame. For the group frame we put the whole family on a single plane, usually the grass, and accept the wet feet as the price of it.
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At the studio
Visiting the studio from Hatch End
Our studio at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU is about 1.7 miles from Hatch End. The studio takes bookings for family, portrait and headshot sittings, and prints, frames, restores and scans on the premises. Family sessions at the studio can be booked from 10:30 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday, and from 13:00 to 18:00 on Sundays.
Kaushik Bathia FBIPP FMPA photographs every family himself; he opened the Northwood studio in 2001, and his work has earned five European Kodak Gold Awards.
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Popular sessions
Families in Hatch End often book around a milestone: a maternity photoshoot before the birth, a cake smash photoshoot near Hatch End 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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