Cats and small animals
Dogs photographed on Wandsworth Common; cats and house rabbits on the floors they already know.
Pet Photographer in Wandsworth
Pet photography for Wandsworth, with dogs on Wandsworth Common or in Battersea Park and cats, rabbits and guinea pigs photographed at home.
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Dog, cat and small-pet sessions in Wandsworth parks or at home · free consultation
Wandsworth and nearby
The pet photographer for Wandsworth
- What the session includes: A patient, treat-friendly session where your pet sets the pace, with or without you in the frame, and the chosen portraits finished as prints, framed pieces or canvases if you want them on the wall.
- Where we photograph in Wandsworth: Your home or garden, or a walk at Battersea Park, Wandsworth Common or Wandsworth Park. We travel from Northwood, about 14 miles away. If you would ever rather come to us, the Northwood studio is an option.
- To book: Ring or WhatsApp 07956 505383, or leave your details in the form below.
A session opens with the dog doing whatever it was going to do anyway, and the camera stays out of it for the opening stretch. Once we have stopped being interesting, the real work starts, low down and from a good distance back.
You get edited frames in a private album inside the week, in colour, with a mono version wherever a coat suits one. If a dog will not settle at all, we say so and rebook instead of using up the hour on frames nobody wants.
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Great service and fantastic photos taken of myself and family. We were given a very warm welcome by Kaushik and I feel that was also reflected in the photos he took. So very pleased with the photos and would highly recommend Kaushik.
Took brilliant pictures this year for me and my family! and even before hand 16 years ago took very professional pictures hence why we came back!
Highly professional and took very nice pictures of our family, most impressed. Will surely be coming back in the future. Thank you
What we offer
Pet photography in Wandsworth
Dog control maps checked first
Sessions kept short and worked from the dog's own eye line, never looking down at it.
Dark coats done properly
Colour and monochrome versions where a dark coat suits it, edited and delivered within the week.
Sessions paced by the animal
Letting each animal set the pace
We move fast but let the animal set the pace, so its expressions stay natural. We work differently with working dogs and house pets. A trained gundog listens to commands, whereas a family dog answers to its name and a squeaky toy.
At home, a cat, rabbit or nervous dog never has to leave the place where it feels safest.
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On location in Wandsworth
Commons and parks for a Wandsworth dog-walk session
A dog relaxes fastest where it can sniff and roam, so a Wandsworth session would begin with a proper walk. Each spot below is summarised from its linked source and has its own dog rules, which we would read before choosing where the lead comes off. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
- Heathbrook Park in Battersea, opened in 1978 on land left derelict by wartime bombing, has a large green with a circular path that is well used by dog walkers and an open area for dog exercise. 1
- King George's Park off Buckhold Road (SW18) has formal gardens, a lake, a riverside walk, a play area and adventure playground, and an open area for dog exercise, and has its own dog control map. 2
- Furzedown Recreation Ground on Ramsdale Road (SW17 9BP), opened in 1924, has children's playgrounds, a skate park and tennis courts, and dogs are not allowed in any part of the park. 3
- Falcon Park in Battersea, known locally as the 'Banana Park' for its shape between two railway lines, has an open expanse of grass used for dog exercise and was laid out on land left by Second World War bomb damage. 4
- Wandsworth Park is a Grade II listed Edwardian park with ornamental shrubberies and an avenue of London plane trees, and has its own dog control map. 5
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Pet Photographer in Wandsworth, FAQs
About an hour from meeting to finishing, though the dog is only really working for perhaps half of that. The rest is walking between spots and waiting for a dog to decide we are boring, which is when the good frames arrive. Older or anxious animals get less, deliberately. We finish once the dog has stopped enjoying itself rather than when a shot list runs out.
Quickly. Edited frames arrive promptly in your private album, so there is no long wait after the session. When your edited gallery is ready you can share it and choose favourites, and we can advise on prints, frames or canvases.
Yes, indeed. Alongside the digital gallery we make fine prints, framed pictures and canvases of your pet. We can help you choose sizes and finishes for your walls.
Yes. We can photograph several animals from one household, together and individually. Cats and dogs together are fine; we take our time getting everyone to look the right way at once. An extra pair of hands per animal helps a great deal.
Yes, gladly. Puppy and kitten months go quickly, and a session keeps them. Short, playful bursts let a young puppy or kitten explore while we photograph, so its character comes through.
Serving Wandsworth
A pet photographer near Wandsworth
We photograph pet sessions across London, and we travel to Wandsworth (Greater London) from Northwood, about 14 miles away. It sits close to Lambeth and Merton, which we cover too.
Wandsworth Common's SW11 and SW18 sides each have their own dog control map, and Wandsworth Park has one too, so we check the right map before letting a dog off the lead. Battersea Park, a 200-acre Victorian park with a riverside promenade and a large lake, is another option for a dog that enjoys space. A dog that loves to explore could be photographed on Wandsworth Common's heath, while the restored Battersea Power Station on the riverfront suits an on-lead city portrait of you and your dog.
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The same photographer, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Wandsworth. Explore the rest: we also cover pet photography across London, including Kensington and Chelsea, Southwark, Merton, Kingston upon Thames, Sutton and Newham.
Two features of Wandsworth Common shape a dog session there, and they pull against each other. The lakes are the strongest thing on the common as far as a dog is concerned, and recall that works perfectly well on the green stops working within sight of water, so frames that need the lead off get made on open ground first and the water gets walked to afterwards, once the session is effectively over. The woodland is the other feature, and it sets a problem of tone rather than behaviour. A dark dog standing among trees has nothing behind it lighter than itself, so the outline goes and the picture reads as a hole. Turning round to put sky behind produces the opposite fault and the coat drops to a cut-out. What works is the join between the two, the animal on open green with the tree line well behind, far enough back to go soft and give a mid tone the coat can sit against. Pale dogs want the reverse and belong in front of the trees. Footing is the other consideration, since ground under the canopy stays wet for a long stretch after rain, which is a poor combination with a light-coated dog and an owner in good shoes. An anxious dog, or one that is simply old, is better photographed at its own address on a familiar floor, where the common asks nothing of it at all.
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How it works
Wandsworth sessions, on location
For Wandsworth, about 14 miles from Northwood, we work on location. For animals that usually means your home or a local green space, so they stay on familiar ground while we bring the kit.
Your photographer is Kaushik Bathia FBIPP FMPA: established 2001, with five European Kodak Gold Awards.
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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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