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Christmas Photoshoot in Kent

A family Christmas portrait for the card, the grandparents and the hallway wall, taken in your Kent living room, under the trees of a Kent park, or at the studio in Northwood.

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The short answer

Can I book a Christmas photoshoot in Kent?

Yes. Kaushik photographs Kent families for Christmas in November and December, either at home with the tree, outdoors in a park such as Mote Park in Maidstone or Dunorlan Park in Tunbridge Wells, or at the Northwood studio. Mini session dates are released for the season, so ask by phone or WhatsApp on 07956 505383. Kent is 30 miles or more from Northwood, and travel is set out in your written quote before you book.

Our usual session area is within about 20 miles of the studio. Further out in Kent, sessions are by arrangement, with travel quoted in writing before you book.

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What families say

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Very good experience. Did a family shoot at Kaushik Bathia's studio yesterday. He was amazing at getting all of us to give natural smiles.

Niyati G., Google review, 2024

We had a fun and relaxing family photoshoot. Kaushik managed to make us all at ease and smile, especially our 1 yr old son. He was very efficient, professional and friendly. We viewed the beautiful images promptly, without any pressurised selling. Can't wait to receive the photos. Thanks for the great photoshoot!

Ling L., Google review, 2017

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

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Card deadlines

Working back from the day your Kent Christmas cards go in the post

From Kent, a Christmas card plan has more steps than it would near the studio, because the session needs a date that suits a drive from Northwood as well as your family. Ask early in the autumn, settle the day, and leave time afterwards to choose a picture and get the cards printed and posted from Maidstone, Sevenoaks or wherever home is.

If you already know when the cards need to leave the house, say so when you first get in touch, and the session is booked in time for the cards. You receive high-resolution files ready for any card printer, and prints, frames and albums can be ordered as presents for the Kent grandparents.

If the booking comes later in December, a portrait for the wall or for New Year is still possible, though the card may have to wait a year. Our national Christmas photoshoot page sets out the general timetable.

Family of four in red and black lying on the studio floor

Your living room

The tree, the fireplace and the sofa in your own Kent home

For a family living in Maidstone, the Medway towns or the Weald, the simplest Christmas session can be the one that happens at home. The tree is already up, the children are on familiar ground, and the grandparents do not have to travel anywhere. Kaushik comes to you with the camera and works with the room you have, guiding the groups so nobody is left wondering where to stand.

A home session is planned around a few set-ups rather than one long sitting: the whole family by the tree, the children together, each household if the grandparents are visiting, and a couple of quieter frames of the little ones with a decoration or a stocking. Little ones set the pace, and the session stops before anyone is tired or cross.

Tidy one corner rather than the whole house. A clear space in front of the tree and a sofa or a staircase nearby is usually all the room a family group needs.

Winter parks

Frost, lakes and bare trees: outdoor Christmas portraits in Kent parks

If you would rather have coats, scarves and a winter walk than a living room, Kent has large parks that suit that kind of session. Mote Park in Maidstone covers 440 acres, with a lake of around 30 acres formed by damming the River Len at the end of the 18th century. Dunorlan Park in Tunbridge Wells covers about 78 acres, including a 6-acre lake fed by the River Teise, in grounds landscaped by Robert Marnock.

Near Sevenoaks, Knole Park has been a deer park since the 15th century and covers 1,000 acres, which gives a wide, open winter backdrop. In Tonbridge, Haysden Country Park mixes river, lakes, marsh and woodland across about 65 hectares on the western edge of the town.

Winter daylight is short, so an outdoor session is booked for the middle of the day, and we keep a back-up date in mind in case the weather turns. Coats and scarves in a couple of colours that sit together read better against Mote Park's lake or Knole's bare trees than matching novelty jumpers.

Family of five in grey, black and red, studio group portrait

Mini sessions

Christmas mini sessions at the Northwood studio, and how dates are released

The studio runs short Christmas mini sessions of around 20 to 30 minutes, which give you a small set of edited images: enough for the card, a framed present and a few to share. Mini session dates are released for the season rather than fixed far in advance, so the only reliable way to hear them is to ask by phone or WhatsApp on 07956 505383, or to send the form on this page.

Prices for mini sessions and for home or park sessions are given on request, so you always get the current figure for the session you want. A studio session is unaffected by rain or short winter daylight, which is worth weighing when the cards have a deadline.

From Kent, the studio at 21 Joel Street, Northwood Hills, is a long trip for a short sitting. Dartford, the nearest of the larger Kent towns, is about 30 miles away. If you would rather Kaushik comes to you, travel from Northwood is quoted up front and set out in writing before you book.

Busy weekends

Planning around Rochester's December Dickens Festival and Kent's Christmas calendar

Rochester holds two Dickens Festivals a year, one of them in December. If your family wants a portrait in the old town, with Rochester Castle's Norman keep or the Esplanade Gardens by the Medway behind you, check the festival dates before picking a day, because a busy weekend changes parking, crowds and how quickly a group can move between spots.

The Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells, a Georgian colonnade whose Walks were laid out in 1638, can be the setting for a smart winter portrait. Town-centre places like these are shared spaces, so a quiet weekday morning gives you more room than a Saturday afternoon in December.

Tell us where you are thinking of and we will suggest a time of day that suits the light and the crowds. For a family portrait at another time of year, see family photography in Kent.

Three-generation family in black and red, studio group portrait

Planning

Planning around Kent

01

Ask in early autumn

For Christmas cards from Kent, settle the session date early in the autumn so it is booked in time for the cards and your posting date.

02

Ask for mini session dates

Studio mini session dates are released for the season. Call or WhatsApp 07956 505383 to hear what is on offer this year.

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Midday in Mote Park

For a winter walk portrait in Maidstone's 440-acre park, book around the middle of the day while the light lasts.

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Rochester in December

Check the dates of Rochester's December Dickens Festival before planning a portrait near the castle or the Esplanade.

05

Bring the grandparents

Tell us who is coming, including the dog, so the posing and the space suit the whole group.

Winter settings in Kent

Kent parks and open spaces that suit an outdoor winter family portrait, with the source for each detail.

  • Gravesend Town Pier: Gravesend Town Pier, built in 1834, is the world's oldest surviving cast iron pier. 1
  • Maidstone Museum: The core of Maidstone Museum is housed in Chillington Manor, an Elizabethan manor house completed in 1577. 2
  • Central Park: Central Park in Dartford has the River Darent flowing through it, home to roach, bream, pike, perch and eels, along with flower beds, a new wildflower meadow and orchard and the Buccaneer Bay play park. 3

Sources, facts checked October 2026

  1. Gravesend - Wikipedia
  2. Maidstone - Wikipedia
  3. Central Park - Dartford Borough Council

Town by town

Christmas sessions across Kent

These are the Kent towns we cover for Christmas sessions, with their distance from the Northwood studio, so you can see what travel means for your home.

Good to know

Christmas photoshoots in Kent: questions answered

Mini session dates at the Northwood studio are released for the season. Call or WhatsApp 07956 505383 to hear them. If cards are the goal, ask in the autumn and say when they need to be posted, so the session is booked in time for the cards.

Yes. Kaushik can come to your Kent home in November or December and photograph the family by the tree, on the sofa or on the stairs. The price is given on request, and travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.

Both work. Mote Park in Maidstone is large, with a lake of around 30 acres and plenty of open ground. Dunorlan Park in Tunbridge Wells is smaller, at about 78 acres, with a 6-acre lake. Choose the one nearer home so the children arrive fresh.

Prices are given on request by phone or WhatsApp, for a studio mini session or for a session at your home or in a Kent park. For a Kent session, travel is quoted as its own line in the written quote, so you see the full cost before you book.

Yes. Knole stands in a 1,000-acre deer park immediately south-east of Sevenoaks, which gives open ground and old trees for a winter family group. Keep a respectful distance from the deer, and plan a midday start in December.

Yes, if you ask early in the autumn and tell us your posting date when you first get in touch. The session is then booked in time for the cards, and the edited images come as high-resolution files ready for any card printer or for prints and frames.

Yes. Diwali and Eid sittings for Kent families run in the same short format at the Northwood studio, and a Diwali session can also come to your Kent home among your own diyas and decorations. See the Diwali photoshoot and Eid photoshoot pages, and ask in good time, because the days around Diwali fill quickly.

Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, photographs every session personally and has done so from the Northwood studio since 2001, with five European Kodak Gold Awards along the way.

Christmas in Kent

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