Couples and pairs
Individual and couple sittings in Lloyd Park or indoors, with our own light carried to every location.
Portrait Photographer in Croydon
Portraits and portfolios for Croydon actors and models, with varied looks and careful lighting.
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We come to you · portraits outdoors in Croydon · free consultation
Serving Croydon
Portrait photography for Croydon
- What is included: Guidance on pose and expression throughout, more than one set-up, a private online gallery after the shoot, and natural retouching on each chosen portrait, delivered for screen and for print.
- Where we photograph in Croydon: Your home or garden, or outdoors at Lloyd Park, Wandle Park or Addington Hills. We travel from Northwood, about 21 miles away, by arrangement. A sitting at the Northwood studio is also possible if you would rather.
- How to book: Ring or WhatsApp 07956 505383, or leave your details in the form below.
Portrait sittings can take place anywhere in Croydon, from Addiscombe to Waddon and Selhurst. A portrait might be wanted as one good picture that is not a phone snap: something for a wall, a retirement, a milestone birthday, or simply because no decent photograph of you exists anywhere.
Lloyd Park, with its mature trees and woodland, is a practical outdoor choice. One light and a stand travel to every outdoor sitting, which is why a grey afternoon is still a sitting: the sky handles the background, the light handles the face, and the two stop competing.
Every session type and what each sitting includes are set out on our main portrait photography page.
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I had an amazing experience with Kaushik Bathia. They were professional, friendly, and made me feel completely comfortable during the shoot. The photos came out beautifully — natural, vibrant, and exactly what I hoped for. Highly recommend
I did a fabulous photoshoot with Kaushik and thoroughly enjoyed it! I was very nervous, but he made me feel at ease! I will hopefully return for another one at a later date!
Kaushik did a great job in taking both formal and informal portrait photos. He is an enthusiastic professional photographer who made me feel at ease. The photographs were excellent and have been greatly admired.
What we offer
Portrait photography in Croydon
Clean backgrounds
One background worked properly rather than a rushed circuit of the park, so the frames hold together.
Edited files delivered
All the finished images are edited to one standard and delivered together, sized for print and for screens.
Portraits with time to relax into them
A portrait photographer covering Croydon
Light and background are sorted before anyone has to perform, so the opening frames are already usable instead of being warm-up. Posture gets adjusted out loud, in small instructions, rather than left to you to guess at.
The screen gets turned round while we work, so what you are getting is agreed there and then. You leave with a finished set, edited to one standard, in a large version for printing and a smaller one that uploads without falling apart. Retouching handles a stray hair or a temporary mark and stops.
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Individual, couple and group portraits
Croydon landmarks and open spaces for portraits
Portraits on location depend on light, backdrop and access. Here are a few places in and around Croydon, described from published sources. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
- Lloyd Park beside Coombe Road (CR0 5RA) covers 114 acres (46.13 hectares) of parkland with mature trees and woodland and has its own tram stop on route 3. 1
- The Whitgift Almshouses at the corner of North End and George Street, founded in 1596 by Archbishop John Whitgift as the Hospital of the Holy Trinity, are Grade I listed and still house beneficiaries of the Whitgift Foundation. 2
- Addington Hills in Upper Shirley covers 130 acres, is open at all times and has a viewpoint and the London Loop walk, with the Coombe Road tram stop nearby. 3
- Wandle Park off Cornwall Road in Waddon, a town centre park redeveloped and reopened in 2012, has the River Wandle running through it with a rose garden, pond and bandstand, and its own tram stop. 4
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Portrait Photographer in Croydon, FAQs
Yes, happily. A session around Croydon can combine individual portraits with a few couple or group frames, and that slots easily into the time. Tell us beforehand who is coming, and we will plan the light and the setups for everyone.
Little ones set the pace, and we adapt the session to their mood. Whether it is one child or several, we keep it playful so the portraits look natural.
Yes. Lloyd Park is the practical choice for a group, because the tram stop lets people arrive separately without a convoy of cars or a car park to coordinate. Meet at the stop, walk in together, and the whole group is standing in one place at one time. Give us a headcount when the date is agreed, so the right lens comes along for the size.
We carry a plain background and our own lights, so nothing depends on the room. In Croydon that matters most for indoor bookings, where meeting rooms and front rooms rarely have a wall clear enough to use. Outdoors at Lloyd Park the backdrop is chosen on the day from what the park offers, and the light we carry goes on the face only, never on the scene behind.
Yes. As well as the digital files, you can order fine prints, framed portraits, canvases and hand-finished albums. A portrait framed on the wall or kept in an album is how most people end up enjoying these pictures.
Serving Croydon
A portrait photographer near Croydon
Portrait sittings extend from Northwood to Croydon and the towns beside it. It sits close to Bromley and Sutton, which we cover too.
For an outdoor sitting we would suggest the viewpoint at Addington Hills, or Wandle Park in Waddon, where the River Wandle runs past a rose garden and bandstand. Lloyd Park, 114 acres of parkland beside Coombe Road, is another option for an on-location session.
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How it works
How we work in Croydon
We are based in Northwood, about 21 miles from Croydon, so a portrait sitting there would normally be outdoors or at your home. Portraits are photographed on location, with lighting brought in as needed.
Your photographer is Kaushik Bathia FBIPP FMPA: established 2001, with five European Kodak Gold Awards.
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Other popular portrait sessions include a couples photoshoot near Croydon, graduation photos in gown and cap, a model portfolio photoshoot, and birthday portraits.
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