Nervous Animals
We come out to Beaconsfield and the villages, and photograph the dog where it already feels at home.

Your pet photographer in Beaconsfield, calm coverage of dogs, cats and puppies, with treats, play and plenty of time to relax the animal.
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Work goes in bursts with rests between, since no dog holds a pose to order for long. A nervous animal starts at a distance and on the lead, and by the time we move any closer the camera has become part of the furniture rather than an event.
The edited set is chosen on the eyes, because a frame with soft eyes is not a keeper whatever else it contains. An elderly animal gets whatever the day allows, indoors when indoors is the kinder answer.
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What we offer
We come out to Beaconsfield and the villages, and photograph the dog where it already feels at home.
Ready and checked before the dog appears, so its first curious minutes are not spent waiting on us.
Short bursts with pauses, a slower start for nervous dogs, and indoor visits for elderly ones.
Twenty-five years behind the lens
Lying down suits cats better than sitting, and the camera goes to floor level so the picture comes from their world rather than looking down into it.
Nothing is retouched beyond tidying a lead, a stray hair or a smear on a nose, since an animal's character lives in its imperfections. Multiple pets from one household can be photographed in a single session, alone and together, and bringing a helper for each animal makes the group frame far easier.

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Perfectly normal, and hardly ever an issue. We work alongside a bouncy dog instead of battling it, catching real character between bursts of play, and, when it fits, leaning into the action with lively mid-leap frames. Sitting still is never a requirement for a lovely portrait. Outdoors in Beaconsfield we would head for Hodgemoor Woods, an area of ancient woodland with open glades between Beaconsfield and Amersham.
Yes, and waiting gains nothing. An older animal is best done at home, in the room it usually sleeps in, with no walk at all. Short spells, long rests, daylight from a window or a propped door rather than equipment assembled around a tired dog, and everything stops as soon as the animal has had its fill of it, not when a checklist has. Grey muzzles photograph beautifully.
Regularly, and gladly. Those early weeks pass in a blink, so a puppy or kitten session holds on to them. We keep the mood gentle and playful, photographing in short bursts while the little one explores, capturing all the character of those first few months. Locally in Beaconsfield that takes in Bekonscot Model Village, established in 1929 and regarded as the oldest original model village in the world.
Of course. Portraits of owners with their pets are some of the most touching we take. You are welcome to be in the frame, capturing the bond between you, or to stay just out of shot keeping your animal calm and looking the right way. This applies across Beaconsfield and Penn, Seer Green and Knotty Green.
Yes. Beaconsfield and the villages round about, Penn, Seer Green and Knotty Green, fall inside the normal working area, and junction 2 of the M40 makes an early start from Northwood realistic. Dogs and cats both. A cat is best kept indoors on furniture it owns, because a cat taken anywhere else immediately stops behaving like one.
Serving Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield is an affluent Buckinghamshire town with a historic old town, in Buckinghamshire. It sits close to Gerrards Cross and Amersham, which we cover too. From our Northwood base we reach Beaconsfield easily, whether you prefer a studio sitting or pet photography on location.
Beaconsfield is an affluent Buckinghamshire town split between a historic Old Town and a newer district that grew up around the railway station. Beaconsfield station lies on the Chiltern Main Line towards London Marylebone, with the M40 close by at junction 2. Sessions on location near Beaconsfield often use Hodgemoor Woods, with Bekonscot Model Village close at hand.
More in Beaconsfield
The same studio, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Beaconsfield. Explore the rest: We also cover pet photography across Buckinghamshire, including Amersham, Chalfont St Peter, Chesham, Denham and Gerrards Cross.
A dog in ancient woodland does one thing above all others, which is put its nose down and keep it there. The head up frame, the one everybody actually wants, lasts about a second and arrives when the animal hears something, so the camera has to be ready and pre focused before the noise is made rather than after it. That is the whole method, which is why a woodland session becomes a run of brief attempts rather than one long stretch. Height is the other decision. Hodgemoor is uneven under foot, and a camera at the height of your own eyes looks down at a dog and flattens it into the ground beneath. Dropping the lens to where the dog's eyes already are puts trees behind it instead of floor, and a small dog stops being a shape on the woodland floor and becomes the subject of the picture. That uneven ground is also why a dog with age or a stiff joint against it is kept to the flatter edges and a shorter visit, since no picture justifies a limp the next morning. This is proper countryside, so where a dog may run free is settled when you book and not on the day, and a long lead trailing out of shot is not a compromise but the ordinary answer. Horses are photographed on the yard itself, and there is a good deal of that around this corner of Buckinghamshire.
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How it works
Beaconsfield is outside easy reach of our Northwood studio, so we bring the shoot to you. Weddings, events, team headshots, branding and product work are all photographed on location, with lighting brought in as needed. If you would rather use the studio you are very welcome.
Your photographer is Kaushik Bathia, a fellow of both the BIPP and the MPA with five European Gold awards, working from the studio he opened in Northwood in 2001.
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