Portraits
Individual and couple portraits with gallery-quality lighting, from graduation to milestone birthdays.
Portrait sessions
Photo Studio and Studio Photoshoots in Northwood
Looking for a photo studio or a studio photoshoot near you? This is a working photographer's studio at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU: portrait, family, baby and headshot photoshoots by appointment, and a walk-in counter for passport photos, printing, framing and restoration, open seven days.
The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU · Mon–Sat 10:30–18:00, Sun 13:00–18:00 · walk-in counter, no appointment needed
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Where to find the studio
The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU is the studio address, and we are open Mon to Sat 10:30 to 18:00, Sun 13:00 to 18:00. Walk in for passport and ID photos, or book a portrait, family or headshot session in the studio. Northwood, Northwood Hills and Moor Park are the closest neighbourhoods to us.
We are open seven days, including Sunday afternoons from 13:00, and the work is done in house at the studio.
The short answer
Looking for a photo studio near you?
If you are searching for a photo studio in North West London, ours is at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU, two minutes from Northwood Hills station (Metropolitan line) and within easy reach of Pinner, Ruislip, Rickmansworth, Harrow and Watford. It has been a working photographer's studio since 2001, run by Kaushik Bathia, a five-time European Kodak Gold Award winner. Two things happen here. Sessions (portraits, family portfolios, newborn and baby photography, professional and actor headshots) are booked in advance so the lighting and backdrops are set up for you. Everyday services (passport and visa photos, photo printing, framing, scanning and restoration) are walk-in with no appointment, Monday to Saturday 10:30am to 6pm and Sunday 1pm to 6pm. Either way, you deal directly with the photographer, not a chain counter.
Est. 2001
A studio with a photographer behind it
Plenty of places call themselves a studio. What makes this one different is who is holding the camera: an award-winning photographer with twenty-five years of weddings, portraits and commercial work, five European Kodak Gold Awards, and more than 1,000 weddings photographed. The studio is where all of that experience is at your disposal for an hour, without hiring you a church hall's worth of kit you do not need.
Controlled lighting, proper backdrops, privacy and patience are what a real studio buys you. Skin tones come out true, glasses do not glare, toddlers can melt down and recover without an audience, and the photographer has time to wait for the expression that actually looks like you.
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In the studio
What happens here
Family & Baby Sessions
Relaxed family portfolios and newborn sessions, paced around naps, feeds and small attention spans.
Family and baby sessionsHeadshots
Professional, LinkedIn and actor headshots that look like you on a good day.
HeadshotsPassport & ID Photos
Compliant passport and visa photographs taken and printed while you wait, no appointment needed.
Passport photosPrint Counter
Photo printing from your phone, file or negative, from album prints to canvases and enlargements.
Photo printingFraming & Restoration
Bespoke framing, careful restoration of damaged photographs, and scanning of prints, slides and negatives.
All studio servicesStudio or location
When the studio wins, and when it doesn't
The studio earns its keep when control matters: headshots that need clean, even light; newborn sessions that need warmth, safety and no interruptions; product photography that needs consistency across a whole range; winter portraits when the weather will not cooperate. Nothing outdoors can guarantee those conditions. But we are not precious about four walls. Family sessions often work beautifully in a favourite park, pet portraits can mean a walk on the common, and weddings obviously come to you. Because the studio is a base rather than a limit, we advise honestly on which setting suits your brief, and price is never the reason to choose one over the other; every commission is quoted individually either way. If you are weighing it up, our portrait page shows both settings side by side, or just ask when you enquire and we will recommend the right one for your brief.
Finding us
Getting to the studio
The studio sits on The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU, in the middle of the Northwood Hills shopping parade. By Tube, take the Metropolitan line to Northwood Hills station, two minutes' walk from the door, which makes dropping in with framed artwork, a box of old photographs or a baby in a car seat straightforward. Pinner, Ruislip, Rickmansworth and Moor Park are a few minutes away, with Harrow and Watford a short drive; see all the areas we serve. Read more about the studio's home town on our Northwood page.
Good to know
Photo Studio FAQs
The studio is at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU in North West London, two minutes from Northwood Hills station (Metropolitan line). We are open Monday to Saturday 10:30am to 6pm and Sunday 1pm to 6pm.
Portrait, family, baby and headshot sessions are booked in advance so the studio is set up and lit for you. Walk-in services (passport and visa photos, printing, framing, scanning and restoration) need no appointment: just pop in during opening hours.
Individual and family portraits, newborn and baby sessions, professional and actor headshots, pet portraits and product photography for businesses. Anything that benefits from controlled lighting and a calm, private space works well in the studio, and we shoot on location when the brief suits it better.
Yes. Baby and family sessions are a core part of what the studio does, and sessions are paced around feeds, naps and moods rather than the clock. Parents are always welcome in the room, and there is space for prams and changing.
Take the Metropolitan line to Northwood Hills station; the studio on Joel Street is two minutes' walk away. The studio is within easy reach of Pinner, Ruislip, Rickmansworth, Harrow, Watford and Moor Park.
The studio is run by Kaushik Bathia, an award-winning photographer established in 2001, with five European Kodak Gold Awards, more than 1,000 weddings photographed and twenty-five years of portrait, family and commercial work behind the counter. Read more about Kaushik.
One roof
Capture, print and preserve, in one place
Most photography today stops at a file. This studio is built around the whole life of a photograph: the session that creates it, the print that makes it real, the frame that puts it on the wall, and, decades later, the restoration and scanning that bring it back.
Whatever brings you in first, whether a passport photo before a holiday, a headshot before an interview or a frame for a gift, you will know where to come for the rest.
Just need passport photos in Northwood? Walk in during opening hours; they are taken and printed while you wait.
Sessions & walk-ins
Come and see the studio
Book a session, or just walk in for passport photos, printing and framing during opening hours.