Photographer in Hayes
A photographer with a studio near Hayes, for family sessions, professional headshots and branding work, backed by more than two decades behind the camera.
★★★★★ Rated 4.8 from 580+ reviews
Northwood studio about 7 miles from Hayes · UB3 and UB4 location shoots · weddings from £750 · free consultation
In short
Visiting the studio from Hayes
Kaushik Bathia's studio is at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU, about 7 miles from Hayes 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 Hayes: portrait sessions, family and newborn sessions, headshots, pet portraits and commercial photography.
Looking for one service? Start with weddings, portraits or family sessions in Hayes; every service we offer here is listed just below.
Services in Hayes
Photography services in Hayes
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- Family Photographer in Hayes
- Newborn & Baby Photography
- Commercial Photographer in Hayes
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The Owner is very friendly and professional. I have been using Mr Bathia for over 15 years and have seen him through multiple family weddings.
…The gentleman took my family and I last minute for a photoshoot. Although we were running extremely late as we had a newborn, he waited patiently for us. He initially said he could only do 30 minutes because we were late but he ended up spending the entire hour and some minutes making sure we had the best photos.
Kaushik did a great job in taking both formal and informal portrait photos. He is an enthusiastic professional photographer who made me feel at ease. The photographs were excellent and have been greatly admired.
What we photograph in Hayes
What we can photograph for Hayes households and businesses
Hayes is a west London town. Whether it is a headshot at the studio or a wedding at a venue in Southall, Hillingdon and West Drayton, we photograph clients across homes, gardens and premises alike. A newborn session can lead to a first birthday and later a milestone group portrait, and we would be glad to photograph each of those stages for a Hayes family.
A graduation, a big birthday or a family reunion in Hayes can be photographed at home, at the studio or outdoors, and the portraits are printed to hang on the wall for decades. Maternity sessions, newborns and graduation gowns can all be photographed at your home in UB3 or UB4 or at our Northwood studio, whichever suits the family, and a first-birthday cake smash takes place at the studio.
Back at the Northwood studio we also frame and enlarge prints, restore faded or torn photographs and take passport and visa pictures that meet the rules. For businesses around Hayes we photograph products, branding, conferences and staff headshots, and supply files ready for print, web and social media. Headshots and branding pictures for business owners, portfolio shots for actors and event coverage for companies all run alongside the studio's restoration of damaged family photographs.
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Across Hayes
Getting the camera to Hayes
Hayes sessions can be held at the studio or on location. Hayes is a west London town, and Southall and Hillingdon are close by from Northwood. Hayes and the towns around it offer venues such as Spice Village Southall and Monsoon Banqueting Hall.
Hayes is a west London town in the London Borough of Hillingdon with a large South Asian community. Hayes and Harlington station is served by the Elizabeth line towards Paddington and Reading. We can take couples to Barra Hall Park for a few quiet portraits, with Barra Hall as a lovely backdrop nearby.
Plenty of people booking a first proper portrait feel unsure, and that is fine. We explain each step as we go and keep things relaxed. Sessions can be at the studio, at your home or at an outdoor spot such as Barra Hall Park on Freemans Lane, and we plan around whichever setting suits you.
Why book us in Hayes
Consistency Hayes can count on
We have been trusted with a thousand of the most important days people have, which is a responsibility we carry into every booking, whether it is a wedding or a single headshot. Weddings, newborns, families, pets, headshots and commercial work are all handled by one studio, so there is no need to find someone new as your needs change.
We travel out to Hayes and cover the wider area, taking on location shoots throughout Southall, Hillingdon and West Drayton. Location shoots cover all of Hayes, including Hayes End, Harlington and Yeading, and reach across Greater London from Northwood.
Finished photographs from a Hayes session arrive in a private online gallery to view, download and share, with high-resolution files that print at any size. Fine-art albums are made by hand at the studio on archival papers, with layouts and covers you choose.
Hayes in brief: venues, parks and history
For a wedding at an approved Hillingdon venue, a family hour in Barra Hall Park or headshots near Stockley Park, the short notes below describe places in and around Hayes. Sources sit beside each entry, which is worth a look before an outdoor session, as Hillingdon Council asks for permission for professional photos in its green spaces.
- Hillingdon ceremony rooms, Civic Centre Uxbridge. Hillingdon Council's own ceremony rooms include the Nova Room (up to 20) and the Astra Suite (up to 80) at the 1970s Civic Centre in Uxbridge, and the Great Barn at Manor Farm, Ruislip (up to 200). 1
- EMI and The Old Vinyl Factory. Hayes was the home of EMI; 'Hayes, Middlesex' appears on the back of Beatles albums made at the Old Vinyl Factory, and a town centre 'gold disc' marks 50 years since Sgt. Pepper's was made there in 1967. 2
- Barra Hall Park on Freemans Lane (UB3 2NH) is a 20-acre formal park with ornamental lawns, rose beds, a bandstand and an open-air theatre around a Grade II listed manor house that was once Hayes's town hall. 3
- The Navnat Centre on Printing House Lane, Hayes (UB3 1AR), run by the Navnat Vanik Association UK, hosts weddings, parties and conferences and is on Hillingdon's list of approved ceremony venues. 4
- Hayes & Harlington station, in fare zone 5 on the Great Western Main Line, is managed by the Elizabeth line and sits at the start of the rail spur to Heathrow Airport. 5
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Good to know
Photography in Hayes, frequently asked questions
It means recording what actually happens instead of staging each frame. We watch and follow the rhythm of the day, whether that is a ceremony at the Navnat Centre or an afternoon in the park, and let genuine expressions lead. The result is a set of pictures that look like you, not like a pose held too long.
We do, at the studio or at your home in Hayes, and a maternity sitting pairs well with a newborn session afterwards. Around thirty to thirty-four weeks usually works best, while the bump shows clearly and standing for a while is still comfortable, so it helps to pencil in a date once your due date is known. Most maternity sittings take place at the Northwood studio, where gowns are provided and we guide you into relaxed, flattering poses.
Of course. Once your Hayes gallery is live, prints in a range of sizes can be ordered straight through us. Printing is handled at the Northwood studio, so colour and detail match what you saw on screen. Favourite frames can be enlarged and framed too, ready to go straight on the wall.
With an established studio you deal with Kaushik himself from the first enquiry to the final print. Before a session in Hayes we would check the practical side, including Hillingdon Council's rule that professional photography in its green spaces needs its permission, and we are easy to reach with questions. Booking us also means dealing with an independent studio established in 2001, not a chain.
No pose ever outranks safety. Whether the session is at the studio or in your home in Hayes, we keep the room warm, work slowly and never put a baby in a position that is not fully supported. Several poses seen online are really two safe frames joined in editing. A parent stays within arm's reach throughout, and the baby's cues set the pace.
Kaushik's studio is rated 4.8 from 580+ Google reviews, and his work has earned five European Kodak Gold Awards. They come from 25+ years of looking after people from first enquiry to finished album. The reviews themselves are the best guide, and we are glad to point anyone planning a session in Hayes towards them.
It depends on what is being photographed, how long we are needed in Hayes and whether prints or an album follow. A single headshot or portrait sitting is the smallest booking, while a wedding at a venue such as the Navnat Centre or a full commercial day is quoted on its own terms. Tell us the plan and you will get an itemised figure in writing before you commit, and because Hayes is within our near area there is no charge for travel.
Nearby
Photography near Hayes
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 Yeading.
At the studio
Studio sessions for Hayes
From Hayes the studio at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU is about 7 miles away, and the nearest station is Northwood Hills on the Metropolitan line. Booked portrait, family and headshot sessions happen there, passport and ID photos are taken there too, and printing, framing, restoration and digitising are all done on site. The Joel St studio opens 10:30 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday and 13:00 to 18:00 on Sunday, so a weekend passport photo or print collection fits round a trip from Hayes.
Wedding venues near Hayes
Our guides to venues within reach of Hayes set out what each publishes on capacity, catering, ceremony rules and parking, and note what it leaves out.
Every Hayes booking is photographed by Kaushik Bathia FBIPP FMPA, who set up the Northwood studio in 2001 and holds five European Kodak Gold Awards.
Hayes is in North West London: see every service across North West London, town by town.
Popular sessions
Popular sessions for Hayes right now include Christmas photoshoots, maternity photoshoots, couples photoshoots, cake smash sessions and corporate headshots.
Weddings · Portraits · Family · Headshots · Commercial · Pet
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