Outdoor sittings
Portrait sittings in Maple Cross, on the reserve paths, or in the Northwood room when the sky closes in.
Portrait Photographer in Maple Cross
Portrait photography for Maple Cross, outdoors by the Aquadrome lakes or in the Northwood studio, with prints and albums to follow.
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Your portrait photographer in Maple Cross
- Included in the session: A short talk first about what the pictures are for, guided posing with time for outfit changes, a private online gallery to choose from, and a natural retouch on every portrait you pick, supplied as web and print files.
- Studio or on location: Either the studio on The Broadway in Northwood or a location within about 20 miles, whichever suits the pictures.
- Getting to the studio: Maple Cross is about 5 miles from the studio at 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU, measured in a straight line; the road distance is longer.
- Booking: Call 07956 505383, send a WhatsApp message to the same number, or use the enquiry form on this page.
We agree a starting point and a fallback, then meet you there. The opening stretch is spent walking and talking with the camera down, because expressions loosen once the equipment has stopped being the subject.
Afterwards you get a private gallery of finished pictures, colour first, with mono alternatives where a frame earns one. Each file arrives twice, once large enough to print and once small enough to upload. Retouching takes out what was temporary that week and leaves the face alone.
For the full range of portrait photoshoots near Maple Cross, with the studio, what is included and a gallery of recent work, see the main portrait page.
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What we offer
Portrait photography in Maple Cross
Couples and pairs
Individuals, couples and small groups, photographed at a rate that leaves room for the expression to arrive.
Edited files delivered
Colour and mono files, sized to print and to upload, delivered in a private online gallery.
Local and experienced
What happens during a portrait sitting for Maple Cross clients
We direct one small change at a time, since five adjustments at once is how a sitter ends up rigid. For couples and small groups we stagger heights and build from the back, so every face is seen and evenly lit.
From the gallery you can order prints, frames, canvases or a hand-finished album. A sitting can be as short as one strong profile frame or long enough for several outfits and a wall portrait.
Recent work
A gallery of recent portraits
Old buildings, lakes and soft light near Maple Cross
An outdoor portrait near Maple Cross would be timed for softer light, early or late in the day, and placed where water or woodland falls away behind you, as it does around the lakes at Rickmansworth Aquadrome. The landmarks and lakes below are drawn from published pages, each linked for checking access.
- Chorleywood House Estate off the A404 (WD3 5SL), bought by Lady Ela Russell in 1892 and a Local Nature Reserve since 2007, keeps its formal gardens and a Chestnut Avenue whose pink blossom carpets the path in late spring, with paths down to the River Chess. 1
- Stocker's Lake, a former gravel pit designated a Local Nature Reserve in 1984, has gravel-ridge islands, common terns nesting on floating rafts and views of a large heronry. 2
- Batchworth Lock Canal Centre, the northern gateway to the Colne Valley Regional Park, sits in a lock-side setting on a historic stretch of the Grand Union Canal and runs short cruises on the Batchworth Ferry. 3
- Woodoaks Farm and the Black Barn. Woodoaks Farm at Maple Cross covers just over 300 acres including about 75 acres of semi-natural woodland, was donated to the Soil Association Land Trust in 2020, and contains the 16th-century Grade II listed Black Barn. 4
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Portrait Photographer in Maple Cross, FAQs
Yes, lightly. A stray hair or a passing blemish is removed; lines, skin texture and character are left as they are. The finished portrait should flatter you while still looking like you on a good day.
You will find the studio at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU, near Northwood Hills station. For a Maple Cross portrait you do not have to choose between it and outdoors at the point of booking: we hold outdoor ground as the first plan and keep the studio open for the same slot, then decide on the morning according to the sky. If you would rather begin indoors and finish outside, both fit in one booking.
Yes. Portfolio work is a speciality, and performers from Maple Cross are welcome at the studio. Expect several lighting set-ups and looks for range, with expressions and poses guided by what casting directors ask to see.
Absolutely. Individual portraits are some of our most rewarding sittings. The whole session is about you alone, shaped with gentle, warm direction so you look relaxed and flattering. Whether for a personal-branding profile, a thoughtful gift or purely for yourself, we make sure the time truly counts.
Yes, and most of it is handled by where we stand rather than by anything you do. Being watched is what stiffens people, so we avoid the pavement outside your own front door, where neighbours pass, and use the quieter paths at Maple Lodge Nature Reserve or a closed room at Northwood. The opening minutes are deliberately wasted: walking, talking, nothing asked of you.
Serving Maple Cross
A portrait photographer near Maple Cross
Portrait clients come from across Hertfordshire, and we are happy to plan a sitting for someone in Maple Cross (WD3). It sits close to Mill End and Sarratt, which we cover too. Sittings can take place at the Northwood studio or outdoors near Maple Cross, for example on the lakeside paths of Rickmansworth Aquadrome.
Maple Cross is a Three Rivers village on Rickmansworth's western fringe, and on Denham Way stands The Cross, a listed former inn, parts of which date back to at least the 1700s, now converted into homes. For outdoor portraits, Rickmansworth Aquadrome on Frogmoor Lane has two large lakes, Batchworth Lake and Bury Lake, framed by woodland and grassland, about five minutes' walk from Rickmansworth station. For a portrait with some history behind it, the listed former inn called The Cross on Denham Way, now homes, can be seen from the street, while the Aquadrome lakes suit a softer natural setting.
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More photography services in Maple Cross
The same studio, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Maple Cross. Explore the rest: we also cover portrait photography across Hertfordshire, including Hemel Hempstead, Rickmansworth, Sarratt, Carpenders Park, Abbots Langley and Radlett.
Maple Cross gives a portrait two backgrounds and they behave in opposite ways. Maple Lodge Nature Reserve, part of the Colne Valley Regional Park, is ground managed for wildlife, which means the planting is allowed to stand close to the paths, so anyone on a path has vegetation only a few steps behind them. That is a problem and an opening at once. A background that near renders as busy detail unless the lens does the separating, so the sitting is made from further along the path with a longer focal length rather than by stepping in. The other background is the village itself, largely post-war housing, and there the brick is the thing to think about. Red brick in low sun works as a warm reflector, and a face standing beside a lit wall picks up that colour on its shaded side. In October it flatters. In a print it can read as a fault. Turn the wall behind the shoulder instead of beside the cheek and the same brick becomes an even, quiet backdrop with no period detail to argue with the face. Clothing follows from that. Brick occupies the terracotta and mid-brown range, so anything in that family merges into it, while navy, forest green, charcoal and off-white all hold their edge. On the reserve the reverse applies: green surrounds everything, and it is the warmer colours that lift a person away from it.
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At the studio
Portrait sittings in Northwood, about 5 miles from Maple Cross
Coming from Maple Cross, you will find the studio about 5 miles away at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU. Portrait sittings there are by appointment, and we print, frame, restore and scan on site. Studio portraits can be booked within opening hours: 10:30 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday, 13:00 to 18:00 on Sunday.
Portrait sittings are with Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, whose five European Kodak Gold Awards span a career run from Northwood since 2001.
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