Outdoor sittings
Outdoor sittings can use Trent Park's woodland, lakeside and grassland in a single visit, without a second drive.
Portrait Photographer in Enfield
Portrait sessions in Enfield's parks, with prints, canvases and hand-finished albums to follow.
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A portrait photographer for Enfield
- What is included: A conversation about the style you like before the camera comes out, unhurried direction during the sitting, then a private gallery and natural retouching on the portraits you choose; prints, frames and albums can be ordered afterwards.
- Where we photograph in Enfield: Your home or garden, or outdoors at Forty Hall Estate grounds, Trent Country Park or New River Loop and Town Park. We travel from Northwood, about 15 miles away. The Northwood studio is there too, if you ever prefer it.
- Booking: Ring or WhatsApp 07956 505383, or leave your details in the form below.
Ninety minutes is the usual allowance, and a fair part of that goes on walking between settings while you get used to a camera being there. Nothing is held rigidly: we give direction on hands, chin and weight, then photograph in the gaps between instructions.
Selection happens together, from the whole take, so nothing is decided on your behalf. Edited files arrive in a private gallery at screen size and at full size for printing, in colour, with mono versions where a picture asks for one.
Our main page for a portrait photographer near Enfield sets out every session type and what each sitting includes.
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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
Kaushik has been absolutely fantastic!! I called him to book for a photoshoot session for my parents anniversary, last minute with just one day in advance. he was super responsive and was able to accommodate. He was also understanding when they were running late. Even more impressive is that he put my parents at ease and was able to get great shots, its their first photoshoot and it turned out great!
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 Enfield
Why choose us
What goes into an Enfield portrait sitting
Small things get our attention, from a turned collar to the angle of the light, so the finished portraits look polished.
Wardrobe, colour and preparation advice is part of the booking, so you arrive ready. Graduates can be photographed in gown and cap, with prints and frames to mark the day.
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Enfield landmarks and light for a portrait sitting
A location portrait in Enfield would be timed for soft early or late light, with a backdrop chosen from the ornamental lake and walled garden of the Forty Hall Estate or the open ground of Trent Country Park. The landmarks below are described from linked sources, from Forty Hall, built between 1629 and 1632, to the 16th- to 18th-century houses of Gentleman's Row. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
- Library Green on Cecil Road, Enfield, is a small public garden beside Enfield Central Library, built in 1910 and opened in 1912 on land from the Chase Side House estate, and was re-landscaped in 2009-10. 1
- Forty Hall was built between 1629 and 1632 by Sir Nicholas Rainton, a Master Haberdasher and Lord Mayor of London, and remained a family home until the local authority bought it in 1951 and opened it as a public museum. 2
- Whitewebbs Park on Whitewebbs Road (EN2 9HW) is a 99-hectare council-owned open space containing a 16th-century Conduit House and an ornamental lake formed from an abandoned stretch of the New River; the estate was bought by Enfield UDC and Middlesex County Council in 1931 as a public golf course, which the council closed in 2021, and part of the former course has since been leased to Tottenham Hotspur. 3
- Myddelton House Gardens at Bulls Cross, run by Lee Valley Regional Park, is an eight-acre botanical garden that was the lifelong home of the horticulturist E. A. Bowles. 4
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Portrait Photographer in Enfield, FAQs
Yes. An outdoor sitting in Enfield could use Trent Park, which offers woodland, lakeside and open grassland close enough together to use inside one visit, so nothing has to be booked as a fallback location. If the forecast collapses, the sitting relocates to the HA6 room.
Yes. A portfolio needs range, so we vary lighting and looks and direct expression and pose with casting requirements in mind.
Absolutely, and we encourage it. A few changes of clothes add range to the set, and we leave time in the session for them.
Yes, individual sittings are available in Enfield. A solo sitting is about you alone, with gentle direction so you look relaxed and at your best. Whether it is for a profile, a gift or simply for you, we use the time well.
Wear solid mid-tones, and avoid greens and mid-browns, which vanish into Trent Park's woodland completely. Bring a second layer in a contrasting shade so the set does not read as one long outfit. Shoes should be a pair you do not mind muddying, because the meadow edges hold water for days after rain. Beyond that, eat something and arrive unhurried, as the opening frames are always the stiffest.
Serving Enfield
A portrait photographer near Enfield
We take portrait bookings across London; Enfield is roughly 15 miles away, and travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book. It sits close to Barnet and Haringey, which we cover too.
Forty Hall, built between 1629 and 1632 by Sir Nicholas Rainton, is now a public museum, and its estate has a walled garden, medieval fishing ponds and one of the oldest Cedar of Lebanon trees in England. The New River's bypassed loop encircles Enfield town centre through Enfield Town Park, and a portrait walk along it would give a waterside setting without leaving town.
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The same photographer, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Enfield. Explore the rest: we also cover portrait photography across London, including Camden, Brent, Lambeth, Kensington and Chelsea and Southwark.
Trent Park gives a sitting three different kinds of ground without moving the car, and choosing between them is mostly a decision about how much sky lands on a face. The open meadows give all of it, which is generous in the first hour after sunrise and the last before dusk, and unkind at noon in June, when overhead sun hollows the eyes and hardens every line it finds. The woodland does the reverse. A canopy behaves like an enormous diffuser hung close above, so contrast drops and skin renders softly, but everything darkens and greens at once, and that green settles on skin as readily as on leaves. A warmer top, and a long lens that pushes the trunks into a wash, matter more under trees than they ever do out on grass. The lakes are a third thing rather than a variation on either: a bank puts real distance behind a head, which no garden hedge can offer, so the background resolves into tone instead of detail and nothing behind the shoulder competes for attention. Season shifts the balance. Once the leaves are down the woodland stops being the dark option and the meadow grass is short again, so a winter sitting can use all three inside an hour and the pictures still hang together. From late spring the trees become the midday answer and the meadows the early and late one. Solid mid-tones work against all three grounds, and greens and mid-browns are the one thing to leave at home, since the woodland swallows them whole.
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Reading from our journal to help you plan a portrait among Enfield's landmarks.
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How it works
Enfield portrait sittings on location
For Enfield, about 15 miles from Northwood, we work on location. For a portrait that means meeting you somewhere with space and character, such as Trent Country Park or the grounds of Forty Hall, with everything needed brought along.
Your portrait is taken by Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, winner of five European Kodak Gold Awards and working from Northwood since 2001.
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Other popular portrait sessions include a couples photoshoot near Enfield, graduation photos in gown and cap, a model portfolio photoshoot, and birthday portraits.
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