Dogs outdoors
Working dogs taken where they work, character ahead of comfort, rather than relocated somewhere the lighting is simpler.
Dog, cat and puppy photography in Watford, in Cassiobury Park, at home or in the Northwood studio, with prints made to last.
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Studio in Northwood HA6 · free consultation
Serving Watford
Dogs, cats and rabbits all get photographed across Watford and the surrounding towns, in the studio or out where the animal walks anyway.
Treats lose their power quickly. By the twentieth piece of chicken an animal has stopped believing the twenty first is worth anything, so we ration them and keep changing what they are. A squeak nobody in the house has produced for months buys three seconds of a genuinely interested expression, and three seconds is the whole of what a frame requires. Bring along whatever noise your animal has never learned to ignore, then keep it pocketed until framing and light are both settled.
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I would HIGHLY recommend Northwood Hills Studios to anyone who wants to do family photos or special occasion photos.
Having had Mr Bathia to do our family studio photos with our first child, we again went for him second time round with our second child 5 years later. He is extremely good in getting our girls attention to capture lovely photos. He is a great photographer and would definitely recommend him.
Amazing experience with Kaushik photography. Pictures came out very high quality. The studio is also very nice and family friendly. The photographer there took his time to capture very memorable detail and that meant a lot to my family and I. I’ll definitely recommend Kaushik Bathia
What we offer
Working dogs taken where they work, character ahead of comfort, rather than relocated somewhere the lighting is simpler.
Slow indoor sittings for cats a wary cat map the room before a single piece of kit comes on.
Canvases and fine prints so the animal on your wall reads life size rather than shrunken.
Why choose us
Focus goes on the near eye and stays there. With a long nosed breed at close range there is barely the depth to hold eye and nose sharp at once, so that gets chosen deliberately instead of being left to whatever the camera decides on its own. It is also why we shoot from slightly further back than feels natural.
You choose from an edited selection, and we will be blunt about size. A large dog printed small stops being a portrait and turns into a snapshot of a dog.

Recent work
A dog tends to relax on ground it can sniff and explore, so an outdoor Watford session would begin with a slow lap before the camera comes out. Each place below is summarised from a linked source, and the council's dog rules are included because they decide where in a park a session can run.
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Most Watford dog sessions happen either at home, where your dog is already relaxed, or outdoors somewhere it knows well, and a session moves at your dog's pace rather than the clock's.
For the rest of the county, from St Albans to Hemel Hempstead, see dog and pet photography in Hertfordshire, and for how a studio session works, the main pet photography page.
Good to know
Yes, and it goes better here than in a room. A dog standing on ground it walks often already knows what to do with itself, and the people loosen up alongside it. Those sittings stay on open grass well back from the canal, which spares an hour spent steering an animal that would sooner be swimming.
Absolutely. A nervous cat needs time more than anything, and we never hurry one. The room stays quiet, your cat is free to explore at its own pace, and we only pick up the camera once curiosity has replaced caution. A shy animal shows its real personality once it has been left to relax, never when it is pushed.
Yes. Cassiobury supplies everything a dog sitting wants: grass to run over, a tree line to break up whatever sits behind, and the towpath for slower frames on the lead. Being a large park, it keeps quiet corners even at the weekend, which matters a great deal with a dog that cannot settle while others walk past.
Yes, though we travel to the yard rather than bringing a horse anywhere. Give us the yard and we fit around turnout, feeds and whoever else wants the school that day, since those govern the timetable far more than weather does. First and last light both beat anything around noon, particularly with a dark horse.
An hour is normally right, and the animal decides that, not us. A dog gives twenty good minutes in Cassiobury before the smells start winning, so whatever matters gets taken first and the remainder becomes a walk. With an older animal, or one tiring quickly, the circuit stays short and we stop before the enjoyment runs out.
Serving Watford
Watford's parks and homes are close to our Northwood studio, so a location session there is easy to arrange. It sits close to Bushey and Oxhey, which we cover too. Since Watford is only about 4 miles from Northwood, travel is not charged when we come to your home or a local park.
Cassiobury Park covers 250 acres, with the River Gade running through it and the Grand Union Canal on its western edge, and two of its cafés welcome dogs. Watford Underground station on the Metropolitan line and Watford Junction on the West Coast Main Line are the town's two main stations, handy if a family member is travelling in for the session. For a session out of doors we would suggest Cassiobury Park or the gardens at Cheslyn House in north Watford, where dogs are allowed on leads; the council asks for dogs to be on a lead in the nature reserve and kept out of fenced play areas, paddling pools and sports pitches.
More in Watford
The same studio, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Watford. Explore the rest: we also cover pet photography across Hertfordshire, including Rickmansworth, Croxley Green, Carpenders Park, Hemel Hempstead, Radlett and Oxhey.
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Guides
A little reading from our journal before you bring your dog, cat or rabbit to a session in Watford.
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At the studio
For a studio sitting, we are at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU, about 4 miles from Watford. Portrait, family and headshot sessions are booked there, passport and ID photos need no appointment, and printing, framing, restoration and scanning are handled in house. Studio pet sittings can be booked Monday to Saturday between 10:30 and 18:00, and on Sunday between 13:00 and 18:00.
Kaushik Bathia photographs every animal himself; he is FBIPP and FMPA, holds five European Kodak Gold Awards and has worked from the Northwood studio since 2001.
Beyond Watford, see pet photography across Hertfordshire. For every other service, see photography across Hertfordshire.
Popular sessions
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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