Outdoor sittings
Outdoor sittings on the Kings Langley towpath and across the Gade valley meadows, chosen by season not habit.

Portrait photography in Kings Langley along the Grand Union Canal or in our Northwood studio, finished as prints, frames, canvases or an album.
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Serving Kings Langley
Portrait sittings in Kings Langley are outdoor bookings by default, split between two grounds: the Grand Union Canal towpath, and the open meadows of the Gade valley. Chipperfield, Hunton Bridge and Apsley fall inside the same working area, on identical arrangements.
Choosing between them is not a question of preference. They trade places across the year, so February wants one and July wants the other, and choosing wrongly costs you the whole look of the pictures. We decide against calendar and forecast together, and the choice reaches you the evening beforehand, never sprung on you at the door on the day itself. Nothing else about the booking changes.
Every kind of sitting, from individual and couple portraits to graduation and milestone shoots, is on our portrait photography near Kings Langley page.
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I went the studio for the photoshoot and Mr Batia is proffessional, courteous ,efficient and cheerful. I love my photos and will come again. Highly recommend.
Kaushik was a great help and took some great photos for my partner and I. I would highly recommend for all your photography needs.
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
Outdoor sittings on the Kings Langley towpath and across the Gade valley meadows, chosen by season not habit.
Walked, unhurried, with pauses built in, so the keepers come from a face that has settled.
Hand retouched masters at print size, plus a lighter set already cut for a phone.
Why choose us
We open by walking, with nothing switched on at all. This is not an icebreaker, it is how the light on the day gets found, and it frequently rearranges the plan.
Then the work goes in short spells with a pause between them, and you are shown what came out often enough that nothing at the end arrives as a surprise. What lands afterwards is an edited gallery: full resolution masters, plus a lighter set already cut for a phone. Retouching happens by hand, so skin still reads as skin.

Recent work
For a portrait outside the Northwood studio, these historic buildings, gardens and canal-side places in Kings Langley could give the picture a setting. A link under every note leads to the source it was drawn from.
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Good to know
Nearly everybody says this, and for the opening ten minutes nearly everybody is correct. In Kings Langley the answer is the towpath, because a path hands you a job. You walk, we walk, and the frames get taken while you are on your way somewhere instead of standing still under inspection. Bring a person to talk to. By the time we turn back, the self consciousness has usually worn off.
Yes. Children of any age can be photographed in Northwood or outdoors in the village, for instance in the Village Garden beside the churchyard. Younger sitters set the mood, and we work around it. One child or several, we keep it light-hearted so the portraits feel relaxed.
We can. Groups go on open ground instead of the path, because a narrow towpath pushes everyone into a straight line, and a line stops working beyond about five people. The Gade valley meadows allow a group to be stacked in depth. Let us know the number coming, and whether anybody finds grass difficult, so the ground suits them instead of the reverse.
You get a private gallery of edited portraits and pick the ones you like best. Prints, framed pieces, canvases and hand-finished albums can be ordered from that gallery, or you can keep to digital files. Retouching is kept light so you still look like you.
The cost depends on the sitting you choose and what you order afterwards, from digital files alone to prints, frames, canvases or an album. Tell us whether it is a graduation portrait, a branding set or something else, and we will send a clear written quote.
Serving Kings Langley
Kings Langley, in Dacorum, is an easy drive from our Northwood studio. It sits close to Abbots Langley and Chalfont St Peter, which we cover too. Portrait sittings take place in Northwood or outdoors in Kings Langley, and as the village falls within our near area there is no charge for travel.
The village has a royal past: a palace was developed on Langley Hill, west of the village, in the 1270s under Eleanor of Castile. A sitter coming by train can use Kings Langley station on the West Coast Main Line, with services from London Euston and Milton Keynes Central. For on-location sessions, options include the Grand Union Canal towpath and the surrounding Gade valley meadows.
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The same studio, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Kings Langley. Explore the rest: we also cover portrait photography across Hertfordshire, including Bushey, Oxhey, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Croxley Green and Mill End.
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At the studio
For studio sittings, the room is at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU, about 8 miles from the village. Sittings there are booked ahead, and you can also bring in prints, frames, old photographs or negatives for us to work on. Passport and ID photos are also taken at the studio. Studio portrait sittings run Monday to Saturday from 10:30 to 18:00 and Sundays from 13:00 to 18:00, while outdoor portraits in Kings Langley are timed to the softer light of the day.
Every portrait is made by Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, who has worked from Northwood since 2001 and won five European Kodak Gold Awards.
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Popular sessions
Portrait sessions for Kings Langley come in many forms: couples and engagement photoshoots, graduation portraits near Kings Langley, model and actor portfolios, birthday photoshoots and Christmas portraits.
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