Paced for children
Outdoor family sessions at the Aquadrome, planned around the youngest child rather than a shot list.

Family photography for Rickmansworth, at the studio or outdoors, taken at a pace that suits small children.
★★★★★ Rated 4.8 from 580+ reviews
Studio in Northwood HA6 · free consultation
Serving Rickmansworth
Family sessions run at the Aquadrome, across the grassland and the woodland walks between Batchworth and Bury Lakes, and Batchworth, Maple Cross and Mill End are reached just as easily. Sessions suit a couple with small children, and a grandparent is welcome to come along for the walk as well.
We build the afternoon around whichever child runs out of patience first, rather than around a list of set pieces we have decided on in advance. The picture needing everybody gets taken early, then the session loosens off, because the second half is where the frames families keep tend to appear.
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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!!!
Highly professional and took very nice pictures of our family, most impressed. Will surely be coming back in the future. Thank you
Kaushik was great when he took photos of our wedding, and was equally great when doing a family studio session, involving entertaining 8 children (ages 0 up to 11).
What we offer
Outdoor family sessions at the Aquadrome, planned around the youngest child rather than a shot list.
Indoor sessions in the Northwood room for babies, hard weather, and anyone who cannot walk far.
One gallery shared with the whole family, so grandparents get the pictures without asking for them.
A family photographer since 2001
We meet at whichever gate you choose, hold the walking to a minimum, and photograph the group while it is occupied rather than while it is holding still. Nobody is asked to perform on command, and no child is bribed into it.
A session lasts about an hour, which is roughly the point at which a four year old stops cooperating. Everybody present gets the same gallery afterwards, so the pictures reach relatives without one person having to forward them all round.

Recent work
Below are published notes on a few Rickmansworth places, from its canal-side history to its station, to help when picking a spot where children have room to roam. Opening times, parking and any rules on photography can change, so we would confirm each spot before a family session is booked there.
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Mostly. One arranged picture including the whole group is worth having and we take it early. After that the session is a walk between Batchworth and Bury Lakes with a camera alongside, and a nature reserve hands children something to look at that is not us. A child watching something real has an unguarded face, and that is where the keepers come from.
Yes. At The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 the floor gets cleared before you arrive, so there is room to crawl about, and there is somewhere to feed and change a baby. It is the better option when the wind is up, because open grassland gives a small child nothing to stand behind. Toddlers give about twenty minutes of genuine interest indoors, so we work at that speed.
You can indeed. One option follows baby through the first twelve months: newborn photographs, then sitting up, first steps and a cake smash at one. Seen together, the set shows just how fast that first year goes.
Yes, and normally in your own home in Rickmansworth instead of at the studio. Newborn sessions follow feeding and sleeping rather than a clock, so a long window gets set aside and a single warm room does all of it. There is nothing to carry anywhere. The Aquadrome becomes worth the trip later in the year, once the baby holds its own head up.
It is a fun way to mark a first birthday. Baby is given a small cake of their own, and we photograph the first curious poke, the mess and the giggles. It is easily among the most fun sessions we offer.
Serving Rickmansworth
For an outdoor family session we would suggest the Rickmansworth Aquadrome, with its lakes, a dog-free picnic area and free parking off Frogmoor Lane, or the ancient woodland of Bishop's Wood. It sits close to Chorleywood and Croxley Green, which we cover too. For a session at home or outdoors in Rickmansworth, we come to you from Northwood, about 4 miles away, and there is no travel charge.
Rickmansworth sits inside the M25 in south-west Hertfordshire, mostly north of the Grand Union Canal, and the meeting of the Chess and Gade with the Colne here gave Three Rivers District its name. Rickmansworth station and Northwood Hills, the studio's nearest station, are both on the Metropolitan line. For relaxed outdoor photographs around Rickmansworth, the Rickmansworth Aquadrome is one option.
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At the studio
The studio at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU, is roughly 4 miles from the centre of Rickmansworth, with Northwood Hills the nearest station. Family sittings are booked ahead at the studio, and prints, frames, restoration and digitising are all handled on site. Families from Rickmansworth are welcome to visit the Northwood studio to talk a session through, Monday to Saturday 10:30 to 18:00 and Sunday 13:00 to 18:00.
Kaushik Bathia photographs each family session himself; he opened the Northwood studio in 2001, is FBIPP and FMPA, and holds five European Kodak Gold Awards.
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Popular sessions
Families in Rickmansworth often book around a milestone: a maternity photoshoot before the birth, a cake smash photoshoot near Rickmansworth 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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