Dog sessions
Dog sessions at Pinner Memorial Park, timed around the light rather than around the diary.
Pet photography in Hatch End for animals and their owners, in the studio or on a favourite walk such as the circular path in Hatch End Riverside Park.
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Studio in Northwood HA6 · free consultation
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We work at the animal's height and at its pace, which means most of a session is spent kneeling or lying on the grass waiting for a look rather than directing anything. Bring the food it actually cares about and a toy that makes a noise.
Sessions run forty minutes to an hour and we stop when the animal has finished, not when the hour is up. You get the full edited set in colour, plus monochrome conversions where a frame earns one.
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We had a great experience with our family photoshoot. The photographer made everyone feel relaxed and comfortable, which really shows in the final photos. The images are natural, well-captured, and beautifully edited. We’re all really happy with the results and would highly recommend.
Fantastic service, Kaushik captured some amazing shots of our family. He is patient, professional, friendly and creative which really helps when trying to get pictures with young children. You never feel rushed and the final product will be something we cherish for years to come. This was our second time with Kaushik and we will be going back again. We have no hesitation in recommending him. Thank you Kaushik!
Amazing experience with Kaushik Bathia photography. Professionalism and picture quality are top notch. My wife is extremely impressed with the pictures and we received them right on time for the holidays.
What we offer
Dog sessions at Pinner Memorial Park, timed around the light rather than around the diary.
Cats, rabbits and older animals photographed at home, where nothing new has to be introduced.
Studio pet portraits on a clean background, for owners who want a print rather than a snapshot.
Why choose us
Sessions stay short so they remain fun, and we stop while your pet is still enjoying it. We aim for both the calm, dignified portrait and the joyful blur of a dog at full speed across the grass.
You pick favourites from an edited gallery, and we will advise on print sizes, because a large dog rarely looks right in a small frame. Dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, rabbits, guinea pigs and horses are all welcome, and we are glad to talk about other animals.

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Hatch End has riverside paths and a playing field, with Pinner Memorial Park close by, and the notes below set out what each open space offers a dog and its owner. Details are summarised from the linked council and reference pages.
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Both, and they produce different pictures rather than better or worse ones. Outdoors near Hatch End could mean Pinner Memorial Park, and you get movement, grass and whatever the weather is doing. The Northwood studio gives a clean background, a still animal and something that will hang in a hallway. Cats and rabbits have a third option, which is that we come to the house.
Yes. Hatch End is one of the places we cover as standard out of Northwood, and there is nothing to arrange beyond a date. The one thing to tell us at enquiry is whether the animal can be let off the lead, because it decides everything after it: one that cannot go loose is worked on a long line at Pinner Memorial Park, and the line comes out of the pictures afterwards.
Yes, we would come to the yard or stables where your horse lives. Horses are never brought to a studio, so the session is built around the yard rather than around us: turnout and feed times set the hour, not the light, and a dark coat pushes us to early morning or the last hour of the day. The yard's own ground decides the rest. Hatch End is within the area we travel to as standard.
Of course. Owner-and-pet portraits are often the pictures people treasure most. You can join your pet in the picture to show the bond between you, or stay just out of shot to keep it calm and looking the right way.
Yes, and families are welcome in the frame. It needs one more adult than people expect, because somebody has to hold the lead just outside the frame, take the animal away between frames and get its attention over the photographer's shoulder. At Pinner Memorial Park that is easy enough to arrange. Expect the animal in perhaps half the frames and the family in all of them.
Serving Hatch End
Pet owners across HA5 can book a studio or outdoor session. It sits close to Eastcote and North Harrow, which we cover too. Your pet can be photographed in the studio or outdoors in Hatch End, wherever it is most at ease; in Harrow's parks the council's Public Spaces Protection Order covers dog control and clearing up.
Hatch End, in Harrow's HA5 district, has two open spaces for dogs to stretch their legs: Hatch End Riverside Park on Uxbridge Road and Hatch End Playing Fields on Headstone Lane. If you are coming without a car, Hatch End station is on the Overground's Lioness line in zone 6. For on-location sessions, Pinner Memorial Park nearby is another option.
More in Hatch End
The same studio, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Hatch End. Explore the rest: we also cover pet photography across Greater London, including Ruislip Manor, Rayners Lane, Sudbury, Park Royal, North Wembley and Harrow.
Two things decide a pet session in Hatch End and neither of them is the weather. The first is that the tree-lined streets, which are the reason the area photographs well for people, are the wrong ground for an animal. They are pavements with parked cars, moving traffic and front gates, which means a lead on throughout and number plates behind every frame. The open grass at Pinner Memorial Park is worth the short move, and a dog session starts there rather than at the house. The second is coat colour, which does more to the plan than any decision about where to go. A black, dark chocolate or liver coat under a full canopy has nothing lifting it, and the face collapses into an outline with no eye, no muzzle and no texture in the fur. The fix is not to add light but to change what is above the animal: out on open grass under a wide bright ceiling, a dark coat picks up a rim along the spine and enough fill in the face for the eyes to read. A pale or white dog wants the reverse and belongs under the tree line, where an open sky would burn the chest to blank paper. Older and anxious animals are better not brought out at all, and are photographed on their own floor in their own room, where nothing has to be negotiated first.
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At the studio
From Hatch End it is 1.7 miles to the studio at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU. Portrait, family and headshot sessions can be booked there too, and prints, frames, old photographs and negatives can be left with us for work done on the premises. Passport and ID photos need no appointment. Pet sessions in the studio can be booked any day: 10:30 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday, and 13:00 to 18:00 on Sunday.
Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, photographs every pet session himself from the Northwood studio he opened in 2001, and his work holds five European Kodak Gold Awards.
Beyond Hatch End, see pet photography across North West London. For every other service, see photography across North West London.
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Pets are welcome at a Christmas family photoshoot too, and the whole family can be photographed together in a family session.
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