Outdoor family sessions
Waterlow Park's terraces and ponds for family sessions with room to wander.
Family Photographer in Highgate
Highgate family photography that feels like playtime rather than posing, with genuine smiles from children and grandparents.
★★★★★ Rated 4.8 from 580+ reviews
Family photographer in Northwood HA6, coming to Highgate homes and parks
Serving Highgate
Capturing your family in Highgate
- 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 Highgate: Your home or garden, or a park or open space such as Waterlow Park, Highgate Wood or Queen's Wood. 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: Ring or WhatsApp 07956 505383, or leave your details in the form below.
East Finchley and Crouch End families are planned in exactly the same way.
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Fantastic photographer . Relaxed atmosphere and even made my young children laugh and look at the camera ( which they normally don’t do ) . Amazing results ! Would highly recommend.
Great service and fantastic photos taken of myself and family. We were given a very warm welcome by Kaushik and I feel that was also reflected in the photos he took. So very pleased with the photos and would highly recommend Kaushik.
We have known Kaushik Bathia for many years and he has photographed many weddings and events for the family. We also go to him for our family portraits and as the family grows, we keep returning to him not only because of his high quality work, but because of his great nature and light hearted approach that always makes the session so enjoyable. Highly recommended for all your photography needs!
What we offer
Family photography in Highgate
Highgate Wood's playground and cafe
Highgate Wood's playground and cafe for energetic families who need breaks between pictures.
25+ years behind the lens
A safe pair of hands in Highgate
We take the whole family together first, then break into smaller groups: siblings, parents with each child, grandparents with the youngest. Children get room to play between set-ups, and guided posing keeps adults comfortable without anyone feeling stiff. On sloping ground, seated groups are arranged so nobody is perched awkwardly.
You look through the online gallery afterwards and select favourites in your own time. Retouching is gentle, files arrive web-ready and print-ready, and albums, frames and canvases can be ordered for your own home or as presents for grandparents.
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Moments from our family sessions
Highgate outdoors: settings for family photographs
Below you will find Highgate parks, green spaces and landmarks that a family session might use. Confirm access and any permission needed for a family shoot at each one beforehand. If the family session is held in Highgate, travel from Northwood appears in your written quote ahead of booking. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
- Waterlow Park is a 26-acre (11 ha) hillside park in the London Borough of Camden, given to the public in 1889 by Sir Sydney Waterlow as 'a garden for the gardenless', with three spring-fed ponds and views across the City. 1
- Kenwood (bordering Highgate). On Hampstead Lane at the edge of Hampstead Heath, English Heritage's Kenwood is a Robert Adam neoclassical house in 112 acres of Humphry Repton parkland, with paintings by Rembrandt and Vermeer, and it hosts wedding ceremonies and receptions. 2
- Queen's Wood (N6 6UU) is an ancient oak and hornbeam woodland dating back at least to 1600, a Local Nature Reserve since 1990, with a café and wood anemones and bluebells in spring. 3
- Highgate Wood on Muswell Hill Road (N10 3JN) is 70 acres of ancient woodland run by the City of London as a charity, with a café, a large playground and a sports field; cycling is not allowed. 4
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Family Photographer in Highgate, FAQs
Yes. The pace is the children's own, with pauses for snacks, feeds and play so nobody feels hurried. Bring a favourite toy or comforter, a change of clothes and anything that reliably makes your child laugh.
After the session the photographs go into an online gallery, where the whole family can look through them and pick favourites without pressure. Turnaround varies, so ask for the current timing when booking. Your chosen pictures are then retouched with a light touch and delivered in web-ready and print-ready versions.
Absolutely. Parents are usually the ones holding the camera, so the session deliberately includes them: the full family, each parent with each child, and a couple portrait if you want one. Guided posing keeps adults relaxed, and the frames with parents are taken early, before small children lose patience.
Prints, frames, canvases and albums can all be ordered after you have chosen your favourites from the online gallery. A wide family group from the hillside of Waterlow Park suits a large canvas, while a sequence of smaller moments works well in an album. Prices for prints and albums are given on request by phone or WhatsApp.
Yes. Pairing a maternity session with a newborn session follows the whole journey from bump to baby.
Serving Highgate
A family photographer near Highgate
Family sessions are taken from Northwood out to Highgate and the places around it. It sits close to East Finchley and Crouch End, which we cover too.
Highgate's High Street of Georgian houses, historic pubs and independent shops gives family photographs a village feel. A place rich in literary and cultural history, Highgate makes a memorable backdrop for a family's photographs. Relatives can travel directly from the City or West End to Highgate station on the Northern line. Waterlow Park, with its terraced gardens and spring-fed ponds, suits a relaxed outdoor family session, while Highgate Cemetery, which has a contact line for photography requests, is the area's famous landmark.
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Family guides for Highgate
Family guides from the journal to read before a Highgate session.
How it works
On-location photography in Highgate
We travel to Highgate from Northwood, about 11 miles away, so we bring the shoot to you. Family sessions are photographed on location, with lighting brought in as needed.
Your photographer is Kaushik Bathia FBIPP FMPA: established 2001, with five European Kodak Gold Awards.
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