Outdoor family sessions
Family walks along the sculpture trail in Oxhey Woods, easy for pushchairs.
Family Photographer in South Oxhey
Family photography for South Oxhey at every age, from a baby's first days to grandparents and grandchildren together.
★★★★★ Rated 4.8 from 580+ reviews
Studio in Northwood HA6 · free consultation
For South Oxhey
From newborns to grandparents in South Oxhey
- Included in the session: Natural portraits and candid moments of everyone together, from newborns to grandparents, paced for the youngest, then a private online gallery to choose your favourites.
- Where it happens: In the natural-light Northwood studio, or outdoors at a park or place you love within about 20 miles.
- Getting to the studio: South Oxhey is about 2 miles from the Northwood studio as the crow flies, and the studio is two minutes' walk from Northwood Hills station on the Metropolitan line.
- How 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.
Sessions run at the children's pace, with time for snacks, cuddles and the occasional run around between pictures. Kaushik arranges the main family group early, while everyone is fresh, and then follows the natural moments as they unfold.
Your gallery goes online after the session, and you pick favourites whenever it suits you, without any pressure. Each picture is gently retouched and supplied ready to print or share, with prints, frames, canvases and albums available for your home or as gifts.
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Kaushik is a fantastic photographer and has captured some superb family memories for us! Great service with high quality, professional images.
We had a family photo shoot, 11 people in toto. Great experience, lots of fun and laughter had during the session, resulting in some great pictures 😀
Very good experience. Did a family shoot at Kaushik Bathia's studio yesterday. He was amazing at getting all of us to give natural smiles.
What we offer
Family photography in South Oxhey
The session
Quick, playful sessions at South Oxhey Playing Fields, with a play area for afterwards.
Newborn and baby sittings
Newborn sessions take place in the warm studio, just a few minutes from South Oxhey.
Why choose us
A photographer for every stage of childhood
At a cake smash the mess is all part of it, and the camera simply follows the delight as it happens. A handful of relaxed group shots is mixed with lots of candid moments between grandparents, parents and children.
Albums, canvases, prints and framed pieces are built around the portraits you love most. Once the session ends, the best frames are chosen and edited, and you look through the gallery online before deciding on prints or an album.
Recent work
A look at our family work
South Oxhey outdoors: settings for family photographs
The notes below describe a few parks, open spaces and landmarks in and around South Oxhey that could suit a family session. Before you go, confirm access and whether any permission is needed at each spot.
- Oxhey Woods ancient woodland. Parts of Oxhey Woods are ancient woodland, wooded for at least 400 years, with sunken paths, old boundary ditches and the unusual wild service tree, known as the chequers tree for its patterned bark. 1
- Oxhey Woods Local Nature Reserve. Oxhey Woods is a woodland of about 100 hectares, the largest local nature reserve in Three Rivers, with a one-kilometre firm-surfaced sculpture trail from the car park at Prestwick Road and Oxhey Drive. 2
- Prestwick Road Meadows Local Nature Reserve is a surviving patch of old farm meadow in South Oxhey with ancient hedgerows and a seasonal pond, and is at its best in flower in summer. 3
- Former Bakerloo line link. Carpenders Park was part of the London Underground network on the Bakerloo line until 1982, and trains now run between Watford Junction and London Euston. 4
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Good to know
Family Photographer in South Oxhey, FAQs
After the session you can order prints, frames, canvases and albums, as well as receiving files ready for printing and sharing. A large canvas suits a family room wall, while an album keeps a whole session together in one place. For prices, ask by phone or WhatsApp and they will be given on request.
Probably not, and that is fine. Sessions run at the children's pace, so a toddler is allowed to explore, play and wander between pictures. The main family group is taken early while patience lasts, and the rest is captured on the move, which often gives the most natural and loved images.
After the session an online gallery is ready to look through at home, so you can choose your favourite family pictures in your own time. After you have chosen, the images are gently retouched and delivered as print-ready and web-ready files. If you have a date in mind, such as a birthday, mention it when booking.
Tell us as early as you are able to. Little ones get poorly or have bad days, and a session is better moved than spent photographing a child who is unhappy. A fresh date is then arranged to suit your family.
The studio is a few minutes from South Oxhey, sessions run at the children's pace and everyone from newborns to grandparents is welcome. The studio was founded in 2001 by Kaushik Bathia FBIPP FMPA, whose work has won five European Kodak Gold Awards and who is rated 4.8 from 580+ Google reviews. Outdoor sessions in Oxhey Woods or the studio are both options.
Serving South Oxhey
A family photographer near South Oxhey
Our coverage from Northwood extends across Hertfordshire, and family sessions reach South Oxhey. It sits close to Oxhey and Carpenders Park, which we cover too. A family session can take place in the Northwood studio or outdoors around South Oxhey, as suits you.
South Oxhey began in the late 1940s as a London County Council estate for families moving out of post-war London, and today's families are a few minutes from the studio. It lies in Three Rivers, on the Hertfordshire edge of Greater London, beside Carpenders Park and Oxhey. Carpenders Park station, with a subway exit on the South Oxhey side, links the area to Watford Junction and London Euston on the London Overground. Outdoor family sessions could follow the firm-surfaced sculpture trail in Oxhey Woods Local Nature Reserve.
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Families in South Oxhey get the same studio, the same photographer and the same unhurried personal care as every other client. Explore the rest: we also cover family photography across Hertfordshire, including Rickmansworth, St Albans, Sarratt, Maple Cross, Kings Langley and Oxhey.
Guides
Family guides for South Oxhey
Journal guides to help you plan a family session in South Oxhey.
Families in South Oxhey have woodland, meadow and playing field within reach, and each gives a different feel to a family session. Oxhey Woods offers ancient trees, sunken paths and a firm-surfaced trail of about a kilometre from the car park off Prestwick Road and Oxhey Drive, which is kind to pushchairs and older relatives alike. Along the way, the sculptures dotted along the trail give children something to point at and run towards, which tends to produce natural, unforced expressions. Prestwick Road Meadows, with its old hedgerows and a seasonal pond, is a softer summer option when the flowers are out. South Oxhey Playing Fields, a former golf course with a car park off Green Lane and two play areas, is ideal for a quick, energetic session with the promise of a playground afterwards. Children set the pace, every generation from babies to grandparents is welcome, and posing is guided so no one is left wondering where to stand. Newborns and very young babies are much better off in the warm studio at Northwood Hills, a few minutes away, and the studio is the obvious choice once autumn evenings close in. Dress the family in muted, toning colours that sit well against green, and bring layers, because woodland shade feels cooler than the open field.
At the studio
Your family studio near South Oxhey
South Oxhey families can be at the studio at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU in a few minutes. Family, portrait and headshot sittings are booked here in advance, passport and ID photos are done without one, and prints, frames, restorations and scans are made in the building. The studio welcomes visitors 10:30 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday and 13:00 to 18:00 on Sunday.
Kaushik Bathia, Fellow of the BIPP and MPA and winner of five European Kodak Gold Awards, photographs your family at the Northwood studio he founded in 2001.
Popular sessions
Families in South Oxhey often book around a milestone: a maternity photoshoot before the birth, a cake smash photoshoot near South Oxhey 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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