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Photographer in Kensington and Chelsea

Your trusted photographer across Kensington and Chelsea, from personal portraits to corporate headshots and branding, with fine art albums and prints you will want to display.

★★★★★ Rated 4.8 from 580+ reviews

We come to you, from Northwood HA6 · weddings from £750 · free consultation

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Where we photograph in Kensington and Chelsea

We come to you in Kensington and Chelsea: at your home or in the garden, at a local park or open space such as Holland Park or Kensington Memorial Park, at your office or workplace in Kensington and Chelsea for headshots and team photography, or at your venue for weddings and events, Kensington Palace or Royal Hospital Chelsea among them.

We travel from Northwood, about 11 miles away, so the shoot happens where you are; the Northwood studio is there as an option if you would ever prefer it. To book, call 07956 505383, send a WhatsApp message or use the form on this page.

Portraits, family sessions, headshots, pets and commercial work are photographed on location within about 20 miles, and weddings further afield. Each has its own page for Kensington and Chelsea: portrait sessions, family sessions, headshots, pet portraits and commercial photography.

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

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What clients say

4.8 from 580+ Google reviews

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!

Roshni R., Google review, 2022

Beautiful family photos, everyone was made to feel comfortable and relaxed so we got lovely photos with everyone smiling and happy. Photographs are beautiful. Thank you!

Monica B., Google review, 2020

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 Kensington and Chelsea

The occasions we know best

Kensington and Chelsea is an elegant central London borough. For a family in the borough that might mean a newborn session at home, a first birthday a year later and a milestone group portrait in Holland Park, and we would be glad to photograph each stage.

We photograph weddings of every tradition, from a civil ceremony at Chelsea Old Town Hall to a multi-day Asian celebration, as well as engagements, christenings and family milestones. Muslim and Asian celebrations bring their own customs and a fast-moving day, so whether yours begins at a licensed venue such as Chelsea Old Town Hall or somewhere else entirely, we go through the running order with you beforehand and agree where we will stand for each ritual.

Pet portraits in Holland Park, headshots for businesses around the King's Road, branding shoots and corporate events are all part of what we offer here, each handled with a calm, prepared approach.

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Across Kensington and Chelsea

From Northwood to the royal borough

Kensington became a royal borough in 1901 because Queen Victoria had been born at Kensington Palace, and the merged borough formed in 1965 kept the title. Kensington and Chelsea is an elegant central London borough, and we reach Hammersmith and Fulham, Acton and the rest of Westminster, Hammersmith and Fulham with ease. Venues we cover in and near Kensington and Chelsea include Kensington Palace and Chelsea Old Town Hall.

It is one of London's most affluent royal boroughs, known for elegant garden squares, Georgian townhouses and the museums of South Kensington. The borough is served by South Kensington and Sloane Square Underground stations on the District and Circle lines. When there is time for couple portraits, we can head to Holland Park, with The Natural History Museum on Cromwell Road for a memorable setting.

Once your Kensington and Chelsea date is booked we stay in touch, answer questions as they come up and make sure you feel ready long before the day.

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Why book us in Kensington and Chelsea

On location in Kensington and Chelsea

From Northwood we travel to Kensington and Chelsea, about 11 miles away, and we take on location bookings throughout Westminster, Hammersmith and Fulham.

Your gallery is a considered edit rather than every frame, so it reads as a finished collection you are proud of.

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Around Kensington and Chelsea: places worth knowing

London's smallest borough still holds licensed ceremony venues, museums and 54-acre Holland Park, so these notes set out places in Kensington and Chelsea that could shape a wedding, a family portrait or a business shoot. Use the link beside each note to confirm details such as guest numbers at Chelsea Old Town Hall before you book anything. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.

  • The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea was formed in 1965 from the metropolitan boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea and, at 4.68 square miles, is the smallest London borough. 1
  • Chelsea Old Town Hall on King's Road (SW3 5EE) is a licensed ceremony venue in the borough, where the Small Hall seats up to 138 guests and the Main Hall up to 338. 2
  • King's Road runs just under two miles from Sloane Square through Chelsea, was a private road used by Charles II until 1830, and is Chelsea's main shopping street, home to Peter Jones and the Saatchi Gallery. 3
  • The Natural History Museum on Cromwell Road, opened in 1881, was designed by Alfred Waterhouse in a Romanesque style clad in terracotta, and its Hintze Hall displays a blue whale skeleton nicknamed Hope. 4
  • Sloane Square station, opened on 24 December 1868 on the Circle and District lines in zone 1, has the River Westbourne carried above its platforms in an iron pipe. 5
  • The Royal Hospital Chelsea, designed by Sir Christopher Wren and home to the scarlet-coated Chelsea Pensioners, offers weddings in its Grade I and II* listed buildings and courtyards. 6

Sources

  1. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea - Wikipedia
  2. Small Hall or Main Hall at Chelsea Old Town Hall - Kensington and Chelsea Council
  3. King's Road - Wikipedia
  4. Natural History Museum, London - Wikipedia
  5. Sloane Square tube station - Wikipedia
  6. Venue Hire - Royal Hospital Chelsea

Good to know

Photography in Kensington and Chelsea, frequently asked questions

Every image is hand-edited for colour, exposure and tone, so a set that moves between indoor rooms and open parkland still looks consistent and polished. We keep the style natural rather than heavily filtered, so the greenery of Holland Park or the terracotta of Cromwell Road looks just as it did on the day. Any frame you choose for an album or a large print gets extra attention before it goes to the printer.

Yes, and for Kensington and Chelsea families a newborn session can take place at home, whichever is easier in those first weeks. Wherever it happens, we keep the room warm, calm and safe and work gently around your baby's feeds and naps, so there is never any rush. A newborn session in a Kensington or Chelsea home, centres on tiny fingers, sleepy expressions and quiet closeness, and parents and siblings are welcome to join in.

Absolutely, and we encourage it. A multi-generation session is especially worthwhile when it is rare for everyone to be in London at the same time. Let us know the numbers when you book, so we can allow enough time and choose a spot with room for everyone. Send a list of the groupings you want and we will work through every one.

It is a blend. Most of the time we let things unfold and photograph quietly from the edge, so you barely notice us working, whether at home or out in the borough. When a moment needs a little shaping, perhaps a family arranging itself in the formal gardens of Holland Park, we step in with a gentle prompt rather than a rigid pose. That balance keeps the pictures relaxed while still looking considered, which matters in front of a setting as formal as the terracotta facade of the Natural History Museum.

It depends on the session. A portrait or headshot sitting in the borough typically yields a curated set of the strongest frames, while a wedding, whether a small ceremony at Leighton House or a larger one at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, produces several hundred edited images covering the full day. Rather than send every frame, we select and finish the pictures that genuinely deserve keeping, whether they were taken in Holland Park or at your own front door. Tell us what you are planning in the borough and we will give you a realistic number for that booking when you enquire.

It is about 11 miles from Northwood to the borough, and travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book, so there are no surprises. If an early start or a full day is needed, say for a wedding at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, that is planned into the same written quote.

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Photography near Kensington and Chelsea

We come to you on location 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 Hammersmith and Fulham and Camden.

How it works

How we work in Kensington and Chelsea

We travel to Kensington and Chelsea from Northwood (about 11 miles) rather than asking you to travel to us. That might be an office off Kensington High Street, a family home in W8 or a licensed venue in Chelsea, and we bring whatever lighting the space needs.

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Wedding venues near Kensington and Chelsea

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

Behind every Kensington and Chelsea booking is Kaushik Bathia FBIPP FMPA, established in Northwood in 2001 and holder of five European Kodak Gold Awards.

Venue guides

What each venue publishes on capacity, catering, ceremony rules and parking, and the questions it leaves unanswered.

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

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