Outdoor family sessions
Family sessions in Verulamium Park, worked on one agreed spot rather than a long march around it.
Family Photographer in St Albans
Family photography in St Albans, outdoors in Verulamium Park or Clarence Park, at home, for every generation from newborns to grandparents.
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Family sessions in St Albans parks, at home · free consultation
St Albans and nearby
A family photographer for St Albans
- Included in the session: About an hour in front of the camera, unhurried and patient with little ones, followed by an online gallery; favourites can become fine-art prints, framed pieces or an album.
- Where we photograph in St Albans: Your home or garden, or a park or open space such as Verulamium Park, Clarence Park or Nomansland Common Green Flag. We travel from Northwood, about 11 miles away. Newborn sessions can be photographed at your home, or at the Northwood studio if you prefer.
- How to book: Use the form at the end of this page, or call or WhatsApp 07956 505383, and we will arrange a date and place in St Albans.
A young child gives roughly half an hour of honest attention and then it is spent, so the pictures that matter get taken at the front of a session and everything afterwards counts as a bonus. Nobody is asked to arrange their face.
Each household in the party ends up with the same finished gallery, which saves the usual fortnight of forwarding pictures around, and grandparents get files they can take to a print shop without needing to ask anybody for help.
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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.
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.
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.
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Family photography in St Albans
On location in St Albans
Sodden week or fading afternoon, the same booking moves indoors to Northwood with no loss of plan.
Paced for children
Children photographed at their own height, in short bursts, with the important frames taken first.
Local and experienced
St Albans family shoots shaped around your children's day
Twins are booked with extra time from the outset, since two babies rarely settle at the same moment. Tell us beforehand what the pictures are for, a single print for the wall, copies for grandparents or a record of this year, and we will plan the session around it.
Recent work
A selection of our family photography
St Albans parks and landmarks for a family morning
With small children, level grass, a nearby path and room to run count for more than a famous view. The places below in and around St Albans are each summarised from the source linked with them. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
- Roman Verulamium. The Roman town of Verulamium lay south-west of modern St Albans on Watling Street, and a hypocaust still in place under a mosaic floor and parts of the city walls can still be seen. 1
- Verulamium Park covers 175 acres close to the city centre, holds Green Flag and Green Heritage Site awards, and stands on the Roman city of Verulamium, whose walls and the outline of the London Gate can still be seen. 2
- The Clock Tower in the Market Place, completed by 1405, is the only surviving medieval town belfry in England and a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and it rang the town's curfew until 1863. 3
- Clarence Park is a 25-acre Victorian-style park in the heart of St Albans between the main railway line and Hatfield Road, and it is home to St Albans Cricket Club with St Albans City FC's ground on its edge. 4
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Family Photographer in St Albans, FAQs
They do not need to. We turn the time into play instead, a game of chase or a hunt for something hidden, and photograph what happens along the way. A child absorbed in a game usually gives a truer picture than one asked to smile.
Yes. With a baby a few weeks old we work at your address in St Albans, because the session has to fit around feeds, not around us. Warmth matters more than daylight at that age, so we carry light in and you keep the heating up. Allow a couple of hours, most of which is spent waiting for a settled baby.
Yes. It is a room at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6, with floor space a toddler can sit on, enough length for a short run, and nothing at knee height worth breaking. It is heated, which is the real argument for it in January, when the park ground near the lakes is soft and nobody wants photographing inside a coat.
Yes. Send the headcount and rough ages when you get in touch; both change the lens and the ground we pick. Outdoors in St Albans we need level standing wide enough to hold everybody without a back row on a slope. Everyone together comes first, while the smallest child is still interested, then we work down through the smaller combinations.
The first two weeks are best, while a newborn still sleeps deeply and settles easily, so we would aim to visit your St Albans home in that window. Getting in touch during pregnancy lets us pencil in a provisional date around your due date and move it once the baby arrives.
Serving St Albans
A family photographer near St Albans
St Albans is about 11 miles from Northwood, a comfortable distance for a family session outdoors. It sits close to Radlett and Abbots Langley, which we cover too. We cover St Albans and the wider Hertfordshire area for family photography, on location, with travel from Northwood set out in your written quote before you book.
Verulamium Park covers 175 acres close to the city centre and holds Green Flag and Green Heritage Site awards, with the Roman city walls and the outline of the London Gate still visible. Clarence Park, 25 acres between the main railway line and Hatfield Road, is a smaller Victorian-style alternative and home to St Albans Cricket Club. For relaxed outdoor photographs around St Albans, Verulamium Park is one option.
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More photography services in St Albans
The same photographer, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in St Albans. Explore the rest: we also cover family photography across Hertfordshire, including Kings Langley, Radlett, Hemel Hempstead, Bushey, Mill End and Oxhey.
Over 100 acres sounds like an advantage for a family session, and it is closer to a trap. A three year old and a grandparent both arrive with a fixed budget of walking and a fixed budget of patience, and Verulamium Park is easily big enough to spend both before a single picture has been taken. So we agree one pitch, work it properly, and treat the scale of the place as something to ignore. A pram settles the same argument from the other direction: made-up path is fine, mown grass is not, and the ground gets chosen by the wheels rather than by the view. Water is the second planning point, and not for the reason people assume. To a child under about four a lake is a destination, and a sitting held beside one becomes a sequence of frames of the back of a head walking away. So the water goes behind the camera, and it gets held back as the reward they are allowed to go and inspect once we have finished, which buys roughly fifteen minutes of honest attention that would otherwise have leaked away. Low ground near the lakes drains slowly, which is worth a look at the forecast for the week before, not just the day. After a wet spell, or when the afternoon light has run out, the sitting happens in the Northwood room instead: dry floor, fixed temperature, and a small child who is warm will last about twice as long as one who is cold.
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How it works
How we work in St Albans
For St Albans, about 11 miles from Northwood, we work on location. That might mean Clarence Park, Verulamium Park or your own living room, and we bring whatever light the setting needs.
Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, photographs every family session himself and has worked from Northwood since 2001, with five European Kodak Gold Awards to his name.
Not in St Albans? See family photography across Hertfordshire, where Kaushik comes to you. For every other service, see photography across Hertfordshire.
Popular sessions
Families in St Albans often book around a milestone: a maternity photoshoot before the birth, a cake smash photoshoot near St Albans 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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