Hindu Wedding Photographer in Sevenoaks
25+ years behind the camera, now in Sevenoaks, across every ritual from haldi to bidaai, and a second shooter to catch what one camera cannot.
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Wedding photography from £750
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Your Hindu wedding photographer in Sevenoaks, at a glance
Book us for a Hindu wedding near Sevenoaks and Kaushik Bathia photographs it himself, with 25+ years behind the camera, five European Kodak Gold Awards and fellowships of the BIPP and the MPA. Before the pheras begin we meet your videographer and agree where each of us will stand, so neither camera ends up in the other's frame. For a ceremony in the town, West Heath on Ashgrove Road offers exclusive use of its mansion house with the Recital Room for 100, and we would photograph the whole sequence from the ganesh puja and jaimala to the saptapadi and reception, whichever customs your families follow. Gujarati, Punjabi and North Indian running orders place the same rituals differently, and we go through yours with you in advance so nothing needs explaining mid-ceremony. What you want covered shapes the plan more than where it happens, and travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book. We travel across the UK, Kent included, and can add a second photographer, a relaxed pre-wedding shoot and a hand finished fine art album.
Squerryes Court and St Julians Club both suit a Hindu wedding that wants Kent countryside rather than a ballroom. A mandap under a marquee works well on grounds of that size, and the baraat has a drive to arrive along. Ganesh puja, jaimala, kanyadaan and the pheras around the agni fill the ceremony. Riverhill Himalayan Gardens is a genuinely unusual portrait location, and Knole Park's thousand acres of parkland and fallow deer are the alternative before the vidaai. Riverhead, Seal and Dunton Green lie just outside for relatives who stay over.
Would 100% recommend Kaushik Bathia Photography! Kaushik and his team photographed all my wedding functions and I couldn't be happier with the results. He listened to us, got to know our family and close one's and captured all the special moments. We had a great mixture of romantic portraits and natural candid photos of the ceremony. Thank you so much for the most beautiful, treasured wedding photos!
We hired Kaushik for our wedding. He was a fantastic photographer, very professional and great to work with. Kaushik was very flexible with timings, he was patient, and produced amazing photos! We received our photos really quickly and the quality of them are really nice!! His communication throughout was really good and understood what I wanted. My family were also very happy with Kaushik and the photos.
Kaushik photographed out wedding on september last year. He was so professional and was great with everyone making them laugh before taking all the snaps. We really couldn't have asked for more he worked hard all day to get the best pictures. We are very pleased with all the pictures and love the photo album. We will differently be using you again in the future Thank you!
Serving Sevenoaks
Space for a baraat in west Kent
Room is what Kent buys you, and a Hindu wedding photographs differently for having it. An estate with its own approach road lets the groom's party assemble and make its noise across open ground, not squeezed beside parked cars, and you see that in every arrival frame. Ask early where guests will leave their vehicles, and along which elevation the baraat will walk. That answer alone fixes where the sun sits through the loudest ten minutes of your morning.
Being this close to the capital means much of your guest list can come out for the day and sleep at home, which lets a tight schedule stay humane. We would rather spend the hour that saves on one unhurried preparation sequence than on driving between sites. Country venues holding their own land usually keep ceremony and portraits within a short walk. Options nearby include Squerryes Court, Riverhill Himalayan Gardens and St Julians Club.
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Every Hindu ritual
Fire, canopy and window light
The awkward technical problem here is a low flame alight beneath a canopy while daylight floods in through windows behind it. Two sources of wholly different character, one warm and unsteady near floor level, one broad and blue from outdoors, reach the same faces at once. Skin sets our exposure; the rest is permitted to sit wherever it falls. Correct a frame for those windows and the agni turns grey; correct instead for the agni, and everything behind it collapses to black.
Our standing positions are limited by the mandap. Corner posts, a roof overhead and often a cloth stretched behind leave perhaps two usable gaps, and the priest's family would like to sit in exactly those. We settle that with the room still bare, rather than negotiating in whispers later. Around the pheras we move on each circuit, so seven passes yield seven frames rather than seven copies of one, and we hold a wide lens for sindoor and for the mangalsutra, since both land faster than a zoom ring turns.
Why choose us
Knowing every ritual in Sevenoaks
Nobody has to pause and brief us on the order of things. The kanyadaan finds us already placed, not still reading the room. That kind of knowledge is worth more than glass, because it buys a second of anticipation, and a second is about all you get for a moment that lasts four.
A local guide for couples marrying in Sevenoaks
Here are some places in and around Sevenoaks that a wedding day could involve, from ceremony rooms to open spaces for portraits. Details come from the linked sources and can change, so check them before you book. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
- Squerryes Court near Westerham (TN16 1SJ) is a Grade I listed late 17th-century manor house held by the same family for over 280 years, with ceremonies for up to 90 in The Hall and marquee receptions in the grounds. 1
- The Bat and Ball Centre on Cramptons Road, Sevenoaks (TN14 5DN), is an approved venue for civil marriages with the Harry Garrett Hall and a garden gazebo for outdoor summer ceremonies, each for up to 160. 2
- Sevenoaks School was founded in 1432 by William Sevenoke and is one of the oldest lay foundations in England. 3
- Sevenoaks station on Tubs Hill (TN13 1DP) is run by Southeastern and has 663 parking spaces. 4
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What your Hindu wedding photography in Sevenoaks includes
What's included
- Wedding photography from £750, priced for the events you choose
- The baraat, the mandap ceremony and the pheras, the vidaai and the reception, as you plan them
- A pre-wedding planning meeting to agree the timings and the family groups that matter most
- A second photographer available for the largest celebrations
- An edited private online gallery to share and download
- Hand-finished albums and wall art as an option
How booking works
- Check your date. Call or WhatsApp 07956 505383, or use the enquiry form on this page.
- Free consultation. In the studio, by phone or over video, with sample albums to look through.
- Written quote. The events, the hours and any album, with travel from Northwood set out in writing before you book.
- Confirm the booking. A simple booking agreement holds your date in the diary.
- After the day. Your edited gallery arrives online, followed by any album you have chosen.
Good to know
Wedding photography in Sevenoaks, frequently asked questions
Long lenses and a fixed position for most of it. We move when the room moves, keep the shutter in its quiet mode, and never step between an elder and the couple. By the second hour most of the room has stopped noticing us.
Two commissions, one couple. The rooms differ, the tempo differs, usually the colour differs too, and the finished pictures ought to read as two chapters rather than one long blur. The join between them takes most of the planning.
Yes, as added days. Both run late indoors under mixed household lighting, so we work closer and warmer than daylight would allow. A mehndi is quiet and full of detail; a sangeet wants width and volume, and the two should not resemble each other.
Never aimed at anyone. If a room really has run out of light, we lift a small amount off something pale overhead, so nothing fires into people's eyes. Agree it with your priest first, and if he would rather we used none, we use none.
Yes. Several days are booked together rather than as separate jobs, which holds one consistent look across the whole run. Send us the full Sevenoaks schedule at the outset so rest, card changes and backups can be planned around it.
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