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Photographer in Harrow Weald

An award winning photographer serving Harrow Weald, for weddings, christenings, family days and pet portraits, and a quarter of a century of experience to draw on.

★★★★★ Rated 4.8 from 580+ reviews

Northwood studio about 3 miles from Harrow Weald · HA3 location shoots · weddings from £750 · free consultation

In short

Visiting the studio from Harrow Weald

Kaushik Bathia's studio is at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU, about 3 miles from Harrow Weald in a straight line (a little further by road). The studio is two minutes from Northwood Hills station on the Metropolitan line, with parking close by for anyone driving.

The studio opens Monday to Saturday from 10:30am to 6pm and on Sunday from 1pm to 6pm. To book a session, call 07956 505383, send a WhatsApp message or use the form on this page.

Portraits, families and newborns, headshots, pets and commercial work are photographed in the studio or on location within about 20 miles, and weddings further afield. Each has its own page for Harrow Weald: portrait sessions, family and newborn sessions, headshots, pet portraits and commercial photography.

Looking for one service? Start with weddings, portraits or family sessions in Harrow Weald; every service we offer here is listed just below.

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What clients say

4.8 from 580+ Google reviews

…Kaushik's work is fantastic and he took so much stress out of our special day. He and his team are highly professional, fun and friendly and work with you to capture the shots that you want. He captured some amazing moments of both us and our guests, some natural, some posed but all truly wonderful. We were blown away by our albums and videos and have no hesitation in recommending him to our family and friends.

Reesha G., Google review, 2015

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

Highly recommend!!! I came from Qatar and found this famous Photographer Kaushik Bathia who took my photographs! Absolutely incredible. He touched up on blemishes and really made the photo look so beautiful!

Farrah, Google review, 2023

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What we photograph in Harrow Weald

What we photograph in Harrow Weald

Harrow Weald is a northern Harrow suburb on the edge of the green belt. For business photography we visit your premises across Harrow and Wealdstone, and for portraits and headshots you are welcome at our Northwood studio. An Asian, Hindu or Muslim wedding in or near Harrow Weald, perhaps with a civil ceremony at Grim's Dyke Hotel or The Pavilion in Harrow, would be planned ritual by ritual with the family, so the pictures keep step with each custom and with the relatives at its centre.

For a nikah, an Anand Karaj or a Hindu ceremony near Harrow Weald, we go through the timing of each ritual with the family beforehand, so we are in place before the moments that cannot be repeated. For families in Harrow Weald that could mean a newborn session at home, a maternity shoot, a first-birthday cake smash in the studio or a graduation portrait on the edge of Harrow Weald Common. At a christening we would photograph the service, the family group outside and the small moments at the gathering afterwards, not only the posed shots.

Alongside the photography, the studio frames and enlarges prints and takes passport and visa pictures that meet the official rules. For businesses in and around Harrow Weald we cover headshots, corporate events, branding and product work, and the studio also restores old photographs and takes compliant passport and visa pictures.

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Bride and groom together in soft garden light

Across Harrow Weald

Harrow Weald, from the common to the high ground

Every shoot in Harrow Weald is planned around its setting, and the district offers woodland, heath, lawns and a view over London within a short distance. Harrow Weald is a northern Harrow suburb on the edge of the green belt, and we work across Wealdstone, Hatch End and the surrounding Greater London. We are glad to travel to Harrow Weald-area venues such as Blackwell Hall and Grim's Dyke Hotel.

Harrow Weald is a northern Harrow suburb that runs up to the wooded green belt at Harrow Weald Common, with a quiet residential character. It is served by Harrow and Wealdstone station to the south on the Bakerloo line and London Overground, with buses along the A409 Uxbridge Road. For portraits away from the celebration, Harrow Weald Common and the adjacent Bentley Priory Nature Reserve is one option, with Grim's Dyke adding a real sense of place.

You set the brief and we adapt as the session goes, whether that is a relaxed walk at Bentley Priory open space or a set of formal groups at home. Before the day we agree timings, a meeting point such as the car park at Harrow Weald Recreation Ground, and any must-have shots, so the session itself is unhurried.

Bride in a pink lehenga with her groom in a garden

Why book us in Harrow Weald

Twenty-five years of practice, 3 miles away

On the day we carry backup cameras, build slack into the timings and keep calm if the weather over Harrow Weald turns. Working quickly and quietly on the wedding morning means couple portraits in the 40 acres of gardens and woodland at Grim's Dyke could be fitted in without holding up the day.

Getting to Harrow Weald from the studio is quick, and we cover on location shoots right across Harrow and Wealdstone. Northwood puts us within easy reach of Harrow Weald, and we take on location bookings throughout Harrow and Wealdstone.

Faded or torn family photographs can be brought to the studio to be repaired, reprinted and framed. Around two weeks after your session a curated gallery arrives; you choose the frames you want and we handle printing and framing at the studio.

Bride's hands with mehndi and stacked bangles

Harrow Weald's woods, venues and stations in brief

From the gardens at Grim's Dyke to the ponds at Bentley Priory, the entries below describe settings a Harrow Weald wedding, family walk or team portrait could draw on. A link after each entry points to the original page, worth a look before choosing between the common, Bentley Priory or a studio sitting.

  • Grim's Dyke grounds. The Grim's Dyke Hotel says it is a Grade II listed building set in 40 acres of formal gardens and woodland, 12 miles from the West End. 1
  • Bentley Priory open space, north of the Uxbridge Road, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest with woodland, two ponds and meadows grazed by cattle in summer, next to a private deer park with about 24 fallow deer. 2
  • Harrow & Wealdstone station, in fare zone 5, is served by the Bakerloo line, the London Overground Lioness line and National Rail trains on the West Coast Main Line, and first opened in 1837. 3
  • Harrow Register Office is at The Pavilion, Perceval Square, College Road, Harrow HA1 1GX, where The Pavilion ceremony room suits ceremonies of 50 guests or fewer. 4
  • Harrow town centre, south-east of Hatch End, is a regional shopping centre with two shopping malls and a nine-screen cinema. 5

Sources

  1. History - Grim's Dyke Hotel
  2. Parks and open spaces - London Borough of Harrow
  3. Harrow & Wealdstone station - Wikipedia
  4. Marriage and civil partnership venues - London Borough of Harrow
  5. Hatch End - Wikipedia

Good to know

Photography in Harrow Weald, frequently asked questions

Yes. Teams can come to our Northwood studio, or we bring portable lighting to your premises, whether that is an office in Harrow town centre or a practice run from a house in HA3. Each person sits for a few minutes, and we keep the framing and background identical so the whole team reads as one set, whether it is taken in Northwood or at your office. Tell us how many people need photographing and whether they work from an office in Harrow or from home, and we will plan the session around that.

Being based nearby means we can walk a venue such as Grim's Dyke Hotel, or plan a route across Harrow Weald Common, with you before the day rather than meeting the place for the first time on the morning. You can also call in at 21 Joel St to meet us, plan the shoot and come back later for prints, albums or another session.

We edit every frame by hand for colour, exposure and tone, so a set taken under the trees and in open light still matches. Colours are kept true to life, so the greens of the common or the light in a ceremony room look as they did on the day. Any picture picked for an album or a large print gets a further, closer edit.

Most sessions come with high-resolution digital files you are free to keep, share and print. What comes with each package varies, and prints, albums and framing are usually extra. Your written quote lists all of it before you book, so nothing comes as a surprise.

Getting started is simple. Ring 07956 505383 or use the website form, and give us a rough idea of the shoot, whether a christening group at home in HA3 or headshots for a Harrow office, plus the dates you have in mind. From there we recommend the session that fits, confirm the details in writing and secure your date with a small deposit. After that we plan the location and timings together, so nothing is rushed.

Almost any shoot in Harrow Weald can be booked with one photographer, because the studio covers the full range. That includes weddings, from Grim's Dyke Hotel to Harrow Register Office, as well as family and newborn sessions, headshots, portraits, pets and commercial or event work. Framing, enlargement, photo restoration and passport and visa photos are handled at the studio as well.

Plenty of pets are wary of a stranger at first, and that is fine. We let your pet sniff around and settle before the camera comes out, and you stay beside it throughout, whether we are at home or out on Harrow Weald Common. We work quietly and slowly, and if an anxious animal needs a break on the common or a return to the garden, we would rather take it than push on.

Nearby

Photography near Harrow Weald

From our Northwood studio we photograph clients right across the area. Browse all the areas we serve, or see our wedding, portrait and headshot photography. We also photograph clients across Greater London, including nearby Stanmore, Belmont and Pinner.

At the studio

Studio sessions for Harrow Weald

The studio is at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU, about 3 miles from Harrow Weald, and travel between the two for a session is not charged. Portrait, family and headshot sessions there are booked ahead, the studio also takes passport and ID photos, and printing, framing, restoration and scanning all happen on the premises. The studio is open Monday to Saturday from 10:30 to 18:00 and on Sunday from 13:00 to 18:00, so a weekend visit from Harrow Weald is easy to fit in.

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Wedding venues near Harrow Weald

Guides to what each venue publishes on capacity, catering, ceremony rules and parking — and what it does not say.

Whatever you book in Harrow Weald, the photographer is Kaushik Bathia FBIPP FMPA, who has run the Northwood studio since 2001 and holds five European Kodak Gold Awards.

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Popular sessions

Popular sessions for Harrow Weald right now include Christmas photoshoots, maternity photoshoots, couples photoshoots, cake smash sessions and corporate headshots.

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