At home or outdoors
Outdoor sittings anywhere in Newham, with Northwood available indoors on days the sky refuses to help.
Portrait Photographer in Newham
Portrait photography on location in Newham, in a setting that matters to you, followed by prints and albums.
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For Newham
Portraits in Newham, from West Ham Park to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
- What is included: 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.
- Where we photograph in Newham: Your home or garden, or outdoors at West Ham Park, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park gardens or London Blossom Garden. We travel from Northwood, about 20 miles away. A sitting at the Northwood studio is also possible if you would rather.
- How to book: Call 07956 505383, send a WhatsApp message to the same number, or use the enquiry form on this page.
We start by walking to the chosen spot rather than raising the camera straight away, which spends the stiff opening minutes on something other than being photographed. Then roughly an hour with the camera up, broken into spells with a pause after each one.
Frames go up on a laptop between spells, so anything not landing gets corrected on the spot instead of surfacing a week later. Delivery is a private gallery, hand retouched across whichever frames you select, at print resolution with web sized copies alongside.
Every kind of sitting, from individual and couple portraits to graduation and milestone shoots, is on our portrait photography near Newham page.
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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 :)
An amazing experience from start to finish. The photographer was professional, friendly, and made us feel completely at ease. The photos perfectly captured genuine moments between us and turned out even better than we expected. Highly recommend for couples looking for high-quality photography.
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!
What we offer
Portrait photography in Newham
Couples and pairs
Single portraits, couples and small groups, worked at walking pace with proper breaks built in.
Edited files delivered
Every sitting is delivered in colour and in monochrome, at a resolution that will print large.
Portraits by an FBIPP and FMPA photographer with 25+ years' experience
Relaxed portrait sittings
Beards, fringes and jewellery are checked in the frame before anything else happens, since a collar straightened in thirty seconds saves an hour of retouching afterwards. If you are unsure about an outfit, ask us before the day. Go for plain mid-tones and sleeves, a neckline you are comfortable with, and no slogans.
A sitting can be short, one strong frame for a profile, or longer, with several outfits and a full wall portrait.
Recent work
From our recent portrait sessions
Newham backdrops for an outdoor portrait
An outdoor portrait in Newham would be timed for soft light, with a setting chosen for what sits behind your head, from blossom trees to open parkland. Each place is described from the published page it links to. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
- The House Mill at Three Mills on the River Lea, built in 1776 by Daniel Bisson, is a Grade I listed building and the largest tidal mill in the world. 1
- Plashet Park and Central Park, East Ham. Plashet Park (Plashet Grove, E6 1DQ) has been used by local people for over 120 years and has a bowling green, floodlit cricket nets and a café, while Central Park on High Street South, East Ham (E6 6ET) has a bowling green, flower beds and a history trail. 2
- Thames Barrier Park in Silvertown, a 7-hectare park opened in November 2000 on a former chemical works site, has a sunken garden and water fountains overlooking the Thames Barrier. 3
- Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park gardens. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park's gardens include the 2012 Gardens with 70,000 plants from 250 species across four climatic zones, the Wetlands, the Park Meadows by the Olympic rings and the tree-lined Tessa Jowell Boulevard in South Park Plaza. 4
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Portrait Photographer in Newham, FAQs
First you get an edited gallery to choose from. You can then order prints, framed pieces, canvases or a hand-finished album, or just keep the digital files. Retouching stays light, so you still look like you.
Bring two options instead of committing in advance, and hang them the night before so nothing turns up creased. Long sleeves earn their place even in warm weather, since bare arms tend to be the brightest area in a frame and steal attention upwards from the face. Steer clear of narrow stripes and fine checks, which can shimmer. For a full length picture, shoes count for more than most people assume.
Yes, and we enjoy these sittings as much as any. A solo sitting is all about you, with gentle direction so you look relaxed and at your best. Whether it is for a branding profile, a present or just for you, the time is spent on you.
Yes. Say how many people when you book, because six and sixteen need different ground and different amounts of it. In Newham we would use West Ham Park for anything up to about a dozen, standing everybody on the mown level instead of on a slope. Beyond that we would want a hedge line to build the rows against, and an extra half hour to get the back row visible.
Eat something, drink water, and clear the admin beforehand so you are not arriving straight off a phone call. Have the clothes sorted the evening before instead of deciding at the door. If you are self conscious about your teeth or about one side of your face, say so at the start instead of hoping we notice. Nothing else is needed, and the first stretch of the session is deliberately slow.
Serving Newham
A portrait photographer near Newham
Newham is home to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the London Stadium, which opened for the 2012 Olympic Games. It sits close to Tower Hamlets, which we cover too. Portrait sessions can take place in Newham, around 20 miles from our Northwood base.
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park adds the Wetlands, the Park Meadows by the Olympic rings and the 2012 Gardens, planted with 70,000 plants from 250 species across four climatic zones. Stratford station, ranked seventh busiest in Britain, brings together the Elizabeth line, the DLR, the Overground, the Underground and National Rail. For on-location sessions, West Ham Park is one option and the area around the London Stadium in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is another.
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The same photographer, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Newham. Explore the rest: we also cover portrait photography across London, including Camden, Lewisham, Brent, Waltham Forest, Greenwich and Hackney.
West Ham Park is managed by the City of London, and that fact governs a Newham sitting more than the acreage does. Ground kept to that standard carries mown grass, clipped hedging and formal beds, so the tone behind a head stays even instead of breaking into scrub and bright gaps. A face holds against it without the eye being tugged away to some pale patch past the shoulder. The trade is that formal planting pushes strong block colour into the frame from late spring, and colour behind a sitter reflects onto skin. Three or four metres of clearance from a bed of red or yellow removes the cast and keeps the setting. Season governs this far more than the forecast. November to March, the bare canopy drops light onto the footpaths, and mid morning under cloud covers almost anywhere in the park evenly. By May the leaves have shut over and those same footpaths turn to dappled shade, which is the worst light there is for skin: hard bright discs across one cheek beside deep shadow, and no edit recovers it. Through summer the open grass early on, or the hour before dusk, becomes the ground to use, while full midday sun in July is the one condition we would move a booking to avoid. Clothing follows from all of that. Olive, sage and mid green vanish into hedge and grass, so a sitter wearing them reads as a head above a body shaped blur. Warmer mid tones separate cleanly against the same background, and one layer that comes off gives a second look without a second location.
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Portrait guides for Newham
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How it works
How we work in Newham
We are based in Northwood, about 20 miles from Newham, 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 portrait is made by Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, who has worked from Northwood since 2001 and holds five European Kodak Gold Awards.
Beyond Newham, see portraits across East London. For every other service, see photography across East London.
Popular sessions
Other popular portrait sessions include a couples photoshoot near Newham, graduation photos in gown and cap, a model portfolio photoshoot, and birthday portraits.
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