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Portrait Photographer in Eastcote

Portraits in Eastcote, made at the studio or somewhere that means something to you, with prints and albums to follow.

★★★★★ Rated 4.8 from 580+ reviews

Studio in Northwood HA6 · free consultation

Serving Eastcote

Natural, flattering portraits in Eastcote

  • What the session includes: 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.
  • Studio or location: Either the studio on The Broadway in Northwood or a location within about 20 miles, whichever suits the pictures.
  • Distance from the studio: Measured in a straight line, the studio on The Broadway in Northwood is about 2 miles from Eastcote, and the drive is a little further.
  • Booking: Use the form at the end of this page, or call or WhatsApp 07956 505383; sessions are booked in advance so the studio is ready when you arrive.

We photograph portraits across Eastcote and out to Ruislip Manor, Rayners Lane and Northwood Hills on the same basis. Outdoor sittings can run at Eastcote House Gardens, which gives a sheltered walled garden and open green in one place, with our Northwood room kept back for anything that should not depend on the sky.

Mention glasses when you book. Reflections in an enclosed garden come off the bright strip of sky overhead, and the cure is the angle of the head and the height of the light rather than taking the lenses out, which is worth knowing before you arrive wearing them.

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What clients say

4.8 from 580+ Google reviews

Highly recommend!!! I came from Qatar and found this famous Photographer Kaushik Bathia who took my photographs! Absolutely incredible. He touched up on blemishes and really made the photo look so beautiful!

Farrah, Google review, 2023

We were a little nervous as it was our first photo shoot but Kaushik was very friendly and quickly had our nerves calmed with his charming personality. A great all round experience and we have some fab professional photos that we are very happy with. Highly recommended, 5 Stars :)

Chris K., Google review, 2015

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.

Maria B., Google review, 2014

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What we offer

Portrait photography in Eastcote

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Outdoor sittings

Sittings at Eastcote House Gardens, using the walled garden for shelter and the open green for camera distance.

02

Clothing advice

Clothing worked out against warm brick before the day rather than guessed at on the morning itself.

03

Grey days welcome

A Northwood room in reserve, a short drive from Eastcote, for days when the forecast is a gamble.

Why choose us

How an Eastcote portrait sitting unfolds

A sitting is unhurried and mostly talk. The camera comes up when something is worth keeping rather than on a count, and we move through two or three backgrounds without leaving the one location, so a single address is normally enough.

Afterwards you see a proofing gallery, mark what you want finished, and get those back at full size for printing plus smaller versions for anywhere online. Unselected frames stay with us, so a picture you passed over is still there months afterwards.

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Recent work

Portraits from the studio and on location

Landmarks and light for an Eastcote portrait

An Eastcote portrait outside the studio starts with deciding which light and backdrop suit you, from a walled garden to woodland shade. Each setting below is summarised from the source linked with it, including the listed station and the historic gardens on High Road.

  • Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve (Reservoir Road, Ruislip) is the largest block of ancient semi-natural woodland in Greater London and includes one of the most extensive oak and hornbeam coppice woods in south-east England. 1
  • Eastcote Village conservation area. Eastcote Village, which reaches towards Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve, surrounds a park-based conservation area on the upper slopes of the River Pinn that takes in the cricket pitch, Eastcote House Gardens and Haydon Hall Park. 2
  • Eastcote House dovecote. The wall and dovecote east of the Old Coach House in Eastcote House Gardens are Grade II listed, the dovecote being a square red-brick building of 18th-century appearance with a pyramidal tiled roof and a central louvred turret. 3
  • Eastcote House Gardens on High Road, Eastcote (HA5 2FE), has been at the heart of Eastcote for more than 500 years and has a walled garden, a 17th-century timber-framed stables, a dovecote and old and new orchards. 4

Sources

  1. Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve - Hillingdon Council
  2. Eastcote - Wikipedia
  3. Wall and Dovecote to East of the Old Coach House - British Listed Buildings (Historic England list entry 1285861)
  4. Eastcote House Gardens - Hillingdon Council

Good to know

Portrait Photographer in Eastcote, FAQs

Set aside two hours in Eastcote and expect to finish inside that. The advantage of Eastcote House Gardens is that the enclosed garden and the open green share one site, so none of the booking is spent moving between backgrounds. Bring a second thing to change into. It costs a few minutes and roughly doubles how varied the finished set looks.

It depends on the sitting and what you want afterwards, from digital files alone to prints, frames, canvases and albums. Let us know what the portrait is for, such as personal branding or a graduation, and a clear quote will follow.

An online gallery of edited portraits comes first, so you can pick your favourites. Then choose fine prints, framed pieces, canvases or a hand-finished album, or simply keep the digital files. Retouching is light, so you still look like yourself on a good day.

Certainly. Alongside the digital files there are fine prints, framed portraits, canvases and hand-finished albums, all made to a high standard. A printed portrait on the wall or an album in your hands keeps the sitting alive for years.

Yes, and two people are what a walled garden handles best. The enclosure caps how far back the camera can stand, which is a real problem for a large group and no problem at all for a pair. Choose tones that differ from each other so you do not merge together, and expect to be kept moving rather than held in a pose.

Serving Eastcote

A portrait photographer near Eastcote

Eastcote, in the HA5 and HA4 districts, lies around 1.6 miles from our Northwood studio. It sits close to Pinner and Hatch End, which we cover too. A portrait can be made at the studio or on location in Eastcote without any charge for travel, and for a sitting in a council park we would first obtain the permission Hillingdon Council requires.

Eastcote House Gardens on High Road (HA5 2FE) has been at the heart of Eastcote for more than 500 years. Eastcote station on Field End Road (HA5 1QZ) serves the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines in Zone 5. An outdoor portrait could pair the walled garden at Eastcote House Gardens with the Grade II listed Eastcote station, Charles Holden's 1930s design, for two quite different backdrops in one sitting.

At the studio

Visiting the studio from Eastcote

Sitters from Eastcote will find the studio at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU. Portrait sittings there are booked ahead, and the printing, framing, restoration and digitising are all done in the building. Portrait clients can reach the studio from 10:30 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday and from 13:00 to 18:00 on Sunday.

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Each portrait is made by Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, winner of five European Kodak Gold Awards, who has worked from his Northwood studio since 2001.

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