Dog sessions
Dog sessions in Lambeth on ground your dog walks anyway, at the quiet end of the day.
Pet Photographer in Lambeth
Pet photography on location in Lambeth, with park sessions in places like Kennington Park where energetic dogs can run, play and be themselves.
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Pet portraits at home in Lambeth, in a local park · free consultation
Lambeth and nearby
Relaxed pet sessions in Lambeth
- Included in the session: A calm sitting for dogs, cats and other pets, led by the animal's temperament rather than a rigid plan, with fine-art prints, framed pieces or canvases to order from the favourites.
- Where we photograph in Lambeth: Your home or garden, or a walk at Kennington Park, Brockwell Park or Archbishop's Park. We travel from Northwood, about 15 miles away. A sitting at the Northwood studio is also possible if you would rather.
- Booking: Ring or WhatsApp 07956 505383, or leave your details in the form below.
We begin with nothing much happening: lead attached, camera lowered, a few minutes of standing about. That part is deliberate. A dog that has concluded we are boring is a dog that can be photographed. The lead comes off, if it comes off at all, only once the animal has stopped watching us.
What you receive is a set finished by hand, the still frames and, where recall allows it, the moving ones, on a private link. A line in shot is no obstacle, since it lifts out afterwards without leaving a trace.
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Fantastic photographer . Relaxed atmosphere and even made my young children laugh and look at the camera ( which they normally don’t do ) . Amazing results ! Would highly recommend.
In one word "AWESOME" We arranged a family photo shoot for six, four children and two adults.. the whole family was made to feel very comfortable (even allowing a change of clothes from smart to casual) and the children although apprehensive at first (being children) were literally in hysterics by the time we left... would definitely HIGHLY RECOMMEND and use again when everyones a little older...
I love his services, he was very very patient even though we got there late he still took his time capturing a very good family pictures. He also gave us time to satisfy our 6months old one in order to capture her great smile despite the fact that it was passed his closing hours. I would definitely recommend him as you won't be disappointed, you will love him.
What we offer
Pet photography in Lambeth
Older and nervous pets
Nervous and elderly animals photographed slowly, from further back, with nothing demanded that they have not offered.
Edited files
Files sized so the good one can go on a wall, not just on a phone.
Why choose us
Patient pet photography, from Kennington to Brockwell
Horses are photographed from a distance with a longer lens, because standing close distorts the head and a stabled horse rarely likes a stranger crowding it. Most cats are photographed at home, because one carried into an unfamiliar room will spend the hour under a chair.
Wherever possible a cat is photographed on its own furniture, since a windowsill or favourite chair gives a more honest picture than a backdrop. You can include the whole family with your pet, so everyone, two legs and four, is in the frame.
Recent work
Wagging tails and curious whiskers
Lambeth parks and dog areas for a pet session
An outdoor pet session in Lambeth would start on ground away from traffic, where a dog can sniff about on a long line before any photographs are taken. Below are Lambeth parks with dog exercise areas and quieter grounds nearby, each summarised from a published source; rules for dogs can change, so check the linked page. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
- Lambeth professional dog walking licence. Professional dog walkers using Lambeth parks must hold a council licence for up to two, four or six dogs, follow a code of conduct and wear an identification armband. 1
- Streatham Common dog guidance. The Friends of Streatham Common say dogs are welcome on the Common, that owners must by law pick up after them, and that dogs should be kept on a lead if they cannot be controlled by command. 2
- Lambeth Dog Control PSPO proposal. In 2023 Lambeth Council consulted on a borough-wide Dog Control Public Spaces Protection Order proposing to exclude dogs from children's play areas, sports facilities and formal ornamental gardens and to require leads in churchyards, nature reserves and café seating areas. 3
- Vauxhall Park dog exercise area. Vauxhall Park, a Victorian park off Fentiman Road (SW8 1QY) opened on 7 July 1890, has a dedicated dog exercise area on its western side just north of the café, created in 2020. 4
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Pet Photographer in Lambeth, FAQs
Yes. As well as the edited digital gallery, fine prints, framed pictures and canvases are available, so the best images can go straight on your wall at home. We can help you choose sizes and finishes that suit your home.
Kaushik Bathia has 25+ years of photography behind him, and every pet session is paced for the animal: slow movements, quiet voices and time to explore before the camera comes out. Dogs, cats, horses and small pets of every age and temperament are welcome.
Budget an hour from start to finish. Perhaps half of that involves the camera at all. Dogs are best early on. We would rather stop at forty minutes with an animal still enjoying itself than push to ninety and fill the last frames with a tired dog. A cat or a rabbit at home takes less than that, and never leaves one room.
Very little at all. A good walk before the session settles an excitable dog, and a slightly hungry pet is keener on treats. Pack a favourite toy, then simply let your pet be itself. Leave the patience, play and timing to us.
Serving Lambeth
A pet photographer near Lambeth
Our pet sessions cover London, and for Lambeth we would normally meet you at a park near home, such as Kennington Park or Brockwell Park. It sits close to Southwark and Wandsworth, which we cover too.
Kennington Park, where more than 25,000 Chartists gathered in April 1848, became a public park in 1852 and has two dog exercise areas, one in the north and one in the south. For a larger park, Brockwell Park has meadows, ponds and ancient oaks, and it has been open to the public since 1892. When a session suits an outdoor setting, Brockwell Park near Herne Hill and Brixton is one option.
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More photography services in Lambeth
The same photographer, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Lambeth. Explore the rest: we also cover pet photography across London, including Westminster, Richmond upon Thames, Newham, Merton and the City of London.
Brockwell Park is where a Lambeth dog session would go, though the lead question is yours to answer rather than ours, and it matters less than people expect. A long training line can stay on for a dog with patchy recall and be edited out later without anyone noticing; what a line cannot survive is a dog coming at speed towards the lens, so recall really decides whether the pictures move or stand still. Coat colour decides more. A dark dog under trees matches the tone of everything behind it and the outline simply vanishes, so dark coats belong on open grass with the light arriving from one side, photographed low enough that most of what sits behind the dog is sky rather than shadow. Pale coats bring the opposite difficulty, and do better in the shade a dark one has no use for. Nerves count for more here than they would in a quiet town. This is a borough with two big stations in it and a park that plenty of local dogs use, so an animal that flinches at strangers or squares up to others is booked into the emptiest part of the morning and photographed at a distance, on a long lens, with nobody standing over it. An old dog gets the reverse treatment again: we stay put and let the pictures come to us, because walking is what tires them and not the camera. A wet week pushes us onto the firmer paths, since open ground here stays soft for days.
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How it works
How we work in Lambeth
We travel to Lambeth from Northwood, about 15 miles away, so we bring the shoot to you. Most dogs are photographed on location, in a park they know, with any extra lighting brought along.
Pet sessions are photographed by Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, who has worked from Northwood since 2001 and holds five European Kodak Gold Awards.
Beyond Lambeth, see pet photography across South London. For every other service, see photography across South 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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