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Headshot Photographer in Kingston upon Thames
Business, LinkedIn and acting headshots for Kingston upon Thames, lit simply and taken at an easy pace.
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For Kingston upon Thames
Headshots that work in Kingston upon Thames
- Included in the session: Relaxed guidance even if you dislike being photographed, a look at the frames on the day, and edited headshots supplied in the formats you need for LinkedIn, a website or casting.
- Where we photograph in Kingston upon Thames: Your office or workplace, for example around Kingston town centre retail, Kingston First BID or Kingston Guildhall, or outdoors nearby for a more relaxed look. We travel from Northwood, about 14 miles away. A sitting at the Northwood studio is also possible if you would rather.
- Booking: Use the form at the end of this page, or call or WhatsApp 07956 505383, and we will arrange a date and place in Kingston upon Thames.
Twenty minutes of actual photographing is enough for one person. We start with the safe frame, then work outwards through the variations once the first one is banked.
The picture is chosen before you leave rather than emailed over a week later for you to puzzle over. Retouching stays on the temporary things, a spot or a stray hair, so the face still matches the person who walks into the meeting. Glasses come off for a frame or two as insurance, since a reflection sitting across one lens is the single thing that cannot be tidied up later.
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I needed a few photographs for my website but ended up buying all the pictures taken by Kaushik as they were all beautiful and I couldn’t leave any behind! He was responsive, accommodating and flexible. I’ve already recommended him to a friend. I’ll be back when I need more pictures taken. Thanks Kaushik!
Thank you for the photos taken for my son's lookbook. They are fantastic!
Kaushik has been absolutely fantastic!! I called him to book for a photoshoot session for my parents anniversary, last minute with just one day in advance. he was super responsive and was able to accommodate. He was also understanding when they were running late. Even more impressive is that he put my parents at ease and was able to get great shots, its their first photoshoot and it turned out great!
What we offer
Headshot photography in Kingston upon Thames
Matched team headshots
Whole teams photographed at your Kingston premises with one lens and one lighting setup for every face.
Light retouching
Retouching limited to what is temporary, so the picture still looks like the person across the table.
Why choose us
Experience that shows in Kingston upon Thames
For an acting headshot, come as yourself rather than as a role. Casting directors want your resting face first; the range comes later. We go through the frames together, pick the strongest, and finish those lightly.
For a working-day session, we would suggest two outfits, two backdrop tones and two crops, which between them cover LinkedIn, a company site, press use and an email signature. Kaushik takes every frame himself. The same person takes, edits and delivers your pictures, and a second photographer is added only for a large team day.
Recent work
Recent headshots, on location
Kingston upon Thames offices, stations and streets for headshots
For a team headshot day in Kingston, these notes cover the town-centre business district, a landmark and the station colleagues would use to arrive. Every Kingston note below links to the page it was summarised from. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
- Norbiton station on the Kingston Loop Line, in zone 5 and a short walk from Kingston Hospital, has South Western Railway trains to London Waterloo via Wimbledon and via Richmond. 1
- Kingston Guildhall on the High Street, a Grade II listed Neo-Georgian building by Maurice Webb opened in 1935, is the headquarters of Kingston upon Thames Council. 2
- Out of Order sculpture. Out of Order, a 1988 sculpture by David Mach, is made of twelve disused red telephone boxes tipped against one another like dominoes. 3
- Market Place. Kingston's historic Market Place still trades daily, selling fish, jewellery, food and flowers. 4
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Headshot Photographer in Kingston upon Thames, FAQs
The best ones combine an easy, confident expression with clean light and a plain background. It should still look like you when it is shrunk to a thumbnail on LinkedIn or a company page.
Yes. A branding sitting goes beyond one frame, giving founders, coaches and consultants a small set of pictures for LinkedIn, a website, press and social media. We plan two or three looks so the set covers your website and social profiles.
Solid mid to dark colours, with a neckline that gives the face something to sit above. No logos, no fine stripes or small checks, which shimmer once the file is shrunk for the web, and no mid grey, which sinks into our backdrop. You are travelling to Northwood for this, so bring the alternative shirt with you and decide here, rather than booking a second sitting to try it.
A little, and always lightly. Stray hairs, shine and small distractions are tidied, and your face is left as it is. The finished file should look professional without looking processed.
That depends on what is needed, anything from one person to a branding set or a team day at your premises.
Serving Kingston upon Thames
A headshot photographer near Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames lies about 10 miles south-west of Charing Cross and is the main town of its Royal Borough, with KT1 and KT2 postcodes. It sits close to Richmond upon Thames and Merton, which we cover too. From our Northwood base we travel to Kingston upon Thames, about 14 miles away, for headshot photography on location.
Kingston First, the town centre's Business Improvement District, is based at Neville House, 55 Eden Street, and Kingston University and Kingston College are both in the town. Kingston station on Wood Street runs direct South Western Railway trains to London Waterloo, with links to Shepperton and Richmond. The Rose Theatre is one of Kingston's major cultural venues, and for actors we shoot casting headshots to the same plain, honest standard as business ones.
More in Kingston upon Thames
More photography services in Kingston upon Thames
The same photographer, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Kingston upon Thames. Explore the rest: we also cover headshot photography across London, including Southwark, Barnet, Lambeth and Wandsworth.
Kingston station puts its passengers on South Western Railway into Waterloo, and that detail says more about who books a headshot here than about how they reach one. The working population commutes into central London, so the picture has to hold its place on a company page beside colleagues photographed in half a dozen other cities. The convention that row imposes is narrower than most expect. A close frame, the eyes on the upper third, an even background, and nothing in shot that will date it. An environmental headshot with the river behind it can be a fine photograph and still be the wrong one, because it reads as a different kind of image next to the plain ones, and the person who wanted to look like part of the team looks like a visitor. The craft point particular to Kingston is hair. With a large South Asian and Korean community here, a real share of sitters have genuinely black hair, and black hair in front of a dark backdrop welds itself to the backdrop: no edge, no shape, a head that just ends. So the background gets a light of its own, lifted roughly a stop above the hair until a rim of separation appears, or the tone is swapped for a paler grey. It takes two minutes and it decides whether a head stands in front of the background or is cut out of it.
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How it works
Kingston upon Thames sessions, on location
We are based in Northwood, about 14 miles from Kingston upon Thames, so most Kingston upon Thames work happens at your venue, office or home. For team headshots we bring lights and a backdrop to your premises.
Each headshot, whether a single sitting or a whole Kingston team, is taken by Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, who has worked from Northwood since 2001 and holds five European Kodak Gold Awards.
Beyond Kingston upon Thames, see headshots across South London. For every other service, see photography across South London.
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For a whole team, corporate headshots at your Kingston upon Thames office keep everyone on one consistent lighting set-up, and performers can book a model or actor portfolio with several looks in one sitting.
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