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Family Photographer in Hemel Hempstead

Relaxed newborn and family photography in Hemel Hempstead, at home or in open parkland, paced around your children.

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Capturing your family in Hemel Hempstead

  • 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.
  • Where we photograph in Hemel Hempstead: Your home or garden, or a park or open space such as Gadebridge Park, The Water Gardens or Box Moor Trust estate. We travel from Northwood, about 11 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.

We travel to Hemel Hempstead for family sessions, and to Redbourn, Bovingdon and Boxmoor on the same footing, meeting you at a gate you can find rather than a spot described over the phone. A session can include three generations, so tell us if grandparents are joining.

The concrete part is the ground. We pick flat open grass so a pram rolls and nobody who tires easily has far to walk, and we name a second date at the outset in case the day turns out unusable. Rain with a two year old is not a session worth salvaging.

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What families say

4.8 from 580+ Google reviews

We had a fun and relaxing family photoshoot. Kaushik managed to make us all at ease and smile, especially our 1 yr old son. He was very efficient, professional and friendly. We viewed the beautiful images promptly, without any pressurised selling. Can't wait to receive the photos. Thanks for the great photoshoot!

Ling L., Google review, 2017

Had a wonderful experience at Kaushik Bathia photography. He was really patient with my kids , encouraging them to smile while always looking for the best angle to make the photos great.

Tega O., Google review, 2025

We had a family photo session with grandparents, parents sons and our dog too. Mr Bathia is good humoured, he got the best out of all of us and took some great photos.

Google review, 2025

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What we offer

Family photography in Hemel Hempstead

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Extended family groups

Family sessions on flat open ground in Hemel Hempstead, chosen so prams roll and grandparents stay seated.

02

Three generations together

Three generations in one booking, with a place kept for anyone who cannot stand about for long.

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Colour and monochrome

Files back in colour and black and white, ready to print and ready to send round.

Unhurried family sessions near the River Gade

Experience that shows in Hemel Hempstead

A session runs about forty five minutes, which is short on purpose, and it is led by whoever is smallest. Nobody is asked to hold a smile. We set a simple task, walking, carrying, being lifted, and photograph what happens around it.

You get a mixed set: the formal one everybody will ask for, plus the frames nobody posed for. If the ground is impossible, the session moves indoors to Northwood rather than being called off. Nobody is asked to choose anything on the day; the edited set follows in the week after.

Family of four lying side by side in white shirts, studio portrait

Recent work

Every generation, in one gallery

Parks and moorland around Hemel Hempstead for a family session

With toddlers or older children, we would choose open grass away from roads and time the session before anyone gets tired or hungry. Every place in the list comes from a published source you can follow up. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.

  • Station Moor chestnut avenue. Station Moor at Boxmoor has a horse chestnut avenue planted in 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII. 1
  • Jarman Park, named after former mayor Henry Jarman and once farmland, is Hemel Hempstead's main leisure location. 2
  • Frogmore Paper Mill at Apsley is a working paper mill and visitor centre in original mill buildings of the area where John Dickinson pioneered continuous papermaking after buying Apsley Mill in 1809. 3
  • Box Moor Trust estate. The Box Moor Trust looks after almost 500 acres of watermeadows, chalk downland, woods and pasture around Hemel Hempstead and Bovingdon, most of it open access. 4

Sources

  1. The Estate - The Box Moor Trust
  2. Hemel Hempstead - Wikipedia
  3. Apsley, Hertfordshire - Wikipedia
  4. The Estate - The Box Moor Trust

Good to know

Family Photographer in Hemel Hempstead, FAQs

Yes. The open ground at Gadebridge Park takes a big group without anybody having to squeeze in, and that matters more than it sounds. A row of twelve people on a narrow path bends into a curve and the ends drift out of focus. On flat grass a large group stands in two shallow rows with every face sharp. Tell us the headcount when you book so we allow the time.

Yes. A milestone session records the stages of your baby's first year, from sitting up to first steps and the first birthday. Spread two or three sittings across the year, at home or under the 1902 horse chestnut avenue on Station Moor in Boxmoor, and you can see each stage side by side.

Yes, and they are often the reason the booking exists. Tell us in advance if anyone needs a seat, whether grass underfoot is manageable and how long they can comfortably stay out, because all three change where we meet you. Three generations in one frame is the picture most families ask for, and it is easier outdoors than in a living room where the walls dictate the arrangement.

Yes. Boxmoor, Bovingdon and Redbourn are covered too. Give us two or three possible dates when you enquire, since we hold a spare one against bad weather. A family session in rain is not worth attempting with small children.

Yes, and at your address rather than ours. We come to you in Hemel Hempstead with everything needed, work around feeds instead of a schedule, and expect two or three hours with much of it spent waiting. The first fortnight is the easiest window, though later is perfectly workable.

Serving Hemel Hempstead

A family photographer near Hemel Hempstead

It sits close to Kings Langley and Abbots Langley, which we cover too. A family session can be at home, outdoors in Hemel Hempstead; travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.

Beyond Gadebridge Park, the Box Moor Trust looks after almost 500 acres of watermeadows, chalk downland, woods and pasture around Hemel Hempstead and Bovingdon, most of it open access, which gives a family session plenty of room. If relatives are coming by train, Hemel Hempstead station is in Boxmoor, a mile south of the town centre, on the West Coast Main Line from London Euston. For an on-location session, Gadebridge Park is one option.

How it works

How we work in Hemel Hempstead

We are based in Northwood, about 11 miles from Hemel Hempstead, so a family session there would normally be outdoors or at your home. Family sessions are photographed on location, with lighting brought in as needed.

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Your family session is photographed by Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, who has worked from Northwood since 2001 and holds five European Kodak Gold Awards.

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