Dogs on the lead
Dogs photographed on the lead, framed so the line can be taken out later.
Pet Photographer in Westminster
Relaxed pet photography in Westminster, at home or in St James's Park, at your animal's pace with treats and play, finished as prints, frames and canvases.
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Dog sessions in Westminster's parks · free consultation
Westminster and nearby
Pet sessions at home and in St James's Park
- What is included: 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 Westminster: Your home or garden, or a walk at St James's Park, Victoria Tower Gardens or The Green Park. We travel from Northwood, about 14 miles away. A sitting at the Northwood studio is also possible if you would rather.
- Booking: Call 07956 505383, send a WhatsApp message to the same number, or use the enquiry form on this page.
Forty minutes is the plan, and we stop on the animal's terms rather than working down a shot list. Treats stay in your pocket and not ours: an animal fixed on the person it belongs to is far easier to photograph than one fixed on a stranger.
Most of it is photographed from floor level, because a picture taken from standing height only shows the view of the dog you already have every day of the week. Blinks and half-turns are thrown out before the gallery reaches you.
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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...
We have been getting our pictures clicked with Mr. Bhatia for many years now, he is very reliable, excellent at his job and he is great with kids as well! I'd really recommend his services.
What we offer
Pet photography in Westminster
Cats and small animals
Cats, rabbits and old dogs photographed where they live, with nothing arriving from behind them.
Dog sessions
Forty minutes at floor level, ending when the dog is finished with us rather than when the clock says.
Why choose us
How a pet session runs
Light is set up first, so the shutter speed needed to freeze a leap is ready before any ball is thrown. If a dog cannot settle, a short walk works better than pushing on. A few minutes outdoors calms an animal far faster than more attempts indoors.
Just one photographer runs the session, keeping things calm, with an assistant only if the work genuinely needs one. We take pictures of your pet alone and with you, because the ones with you are often the ones people treasure later.
Recent work
Pet portraits from our portfolio
Westminster parks and dog rules for a pet shoot
Among these Westminster places are Royal Parks such as St James's Park, where dogs generally need not be on a lead but must be under control, which suits a relaxed pet shoot. Every note below condenses a published source, and the link lets you check it. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
- Dogs in The Green Park. The Royal Parks says dogs in The Green Park generally need not be on a lead but must be under their owner's control, the exception being the Memorial Gardens in front of Buckingham Palace. 1
- Trafalgar Square opened in 1844 and is faced by the National Gallery and St Martin-in-the-Fields, with the 169-foot Nelson's Column at its centre and the fourth plinth showing changing artworks since 1999. 2
- Rembrandt Gardens are sunken canal-side gardens overlooking Little Venice, laid out in the early 1950s as Warwick Avenue Gardens and renamed in 1975 when Westminster was linked with Amsterdam; dogs are not welcome. 3
- Dog-friendly Westminster council parks. Westminster City Council says all its parks are dog friendly except a named list that includes Soho Square, Golden Square, Norfolk Square Gardens, Rembrandt Gardens and Drury Lane Gardens. 4
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Pet Photographer in Westminster, FAQs
Yes, gladly. Puppies and kittens change by the week, and a session keeps a record of those early weeks. Sessions with young animals run in short, playful bursts, letting them explore so their character comes through.
Yes. As well as the digital gallery, we offer fine prints, framed pictures and canvases for the walls of your Westminster home. We can advise on print sizes and finishes to suit your walls.
That is normal, and it seldom causes a problem. An energetic dog is photographed between games, and mid-leap if it suits. A great pet portrait does not need a still animal.
Sooner than you might expect. Editing is done promptly, so the wait is short. Your edited gallery arrives online to view, share and choose from, and we can help you pick prints, frames or canvases.
Because we will tell you what Westminster can and cannot give you. St James's Park has water birds on the lake, so a dog session there stays on the lead, and we frame it so the lead can be lifted out of the finished pictures. Everything else is done where the animal lives, at floor level, in about forty minutes, stopping when the dog is done with us.
Serving Westminster
A pet photographer near Westminster
From Northwood it is about 14 miles to Westminster, and we come to homes across the borough for pet sessions. It sits close to Camden and Kensington and Chelsea, which we cover too. Wherever the session happens, whether your flat, the park, travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
In St James's Park dogs generally need not be on a lead but must be under control, and a lead is needed in the fenced grass area around the lake. Owners without a car can reach central Westminster on the Circle, District and Jubilee lines at Westminster station. Pet photography in a Royal Park such as St James's Park needs a lifestyle photography permit from the park office, covering up to ten people for one hour, which should be in place before the session.
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More photography services in Westminster
The same photographer, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Westminster. Explore the rest: we also cover pet photography across London, including Kensington and Chelsea and Lewisham.
It is worth being plain about what Westminster can offer a pet session rather than dressing the borough up as something it is not. St James's Park is a royal park with a lake and water birds on it, pelicans among them. A lake full of birds and a dog with no lead attached is not an arrangement anybody should be setting up on purpose, so plan for the lead staying on throughout and plan the pictures around that rather than against it. Standing, sitting, walking beside a person, looking up at somebody it trusts: all of those photograph well on a lead. The frames of a dog at full stretch, which is what most owners picture when they imagine a session, are not what this ground can offer, and hearing that beforehand is better than discovering it on the day. A lead is simple to lift out of a finished picture where it crosses plain path and awkward where it crosses grass, railings or anything patterned, so we place the handler to drop the line against the simplest thing available. Stone is the other consideration. It is pale and a black or chocolate coat is not, and a camera set for the stone renders the dog as an outline. The fix is to work closer, give the animal more of the frame and let the background go bright, rather than trying to hold both ends. Old dogs, and any animal that finds the street hard going, do better indoors where they live and nothing arrives from behind.
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How it works
On-location photography in Westminster
We are based in Northwood, about 14 miles from Westminster, so a pet session there would normally be outdoors or at your home. Pet sessions are photographed on location, with lighting brought in as needed.
Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA and winner of five European Kodak Gold Awards, photographs your pet himself, and has worked from Northwood since 2001.
Beyond Westminster, see pet photography across Central London. For every other service, see photography across Central London.
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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