Outdoor sittings
Outdoor portrait sittings in Ruislip Woods or by the Manor Farm walls, with our Northwood room as backup.
Portrait Photographer in Ruislip
Portrait photography in Ruislip, with outdoor sittings in Ruislip Woods or around Manor Farm, and the Northwood studio for polished personal-branding sets.
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Ruislip and nearby
Your portrait photographer in Ruislip
- Included in the session: 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: Sittings run in the Northwood studio, with controlled lighting and proper backdrops, or on location within about 20 miles when a place means more.
- How far: Measured in a straight line, the studio on The Broadway in Northwood is about 2 miles from Ruislip, and the drive is a little further.
- How to book: 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.
A sitting is deliberately unhurried. We walk a short circuit, use two or three positions instead of standing in one, and show you the pictures on the camera during the session, so anything you dislike gets changed there and then rather than raised later.
The edited pictures land in a private gallery, with big files for printing beside small ones for screens. Retouching is done by hand and only on frames you have chosen yourself: it clears the temporary things and leaves the rest of the face exactly as it is.
See recent work and how a sitting runs, from booking to prints, on our portrait sessions near Ruislip page.
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Really pleased with my photos. Kaushik is very professional and took lots of picture for us to choose from. Our shoot was comfortable and not too long. I would highly recommend him.
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What we offer
Portrait photography in Ruislip
Couples and pairs
Individuals, couples and single portraits, planned around the season instead of squeezed into one convenient hour.
Edited files delivered
Hand retouching on your chosen frames, with print files and screen files in one gallery.
Ruislip portraits in the woods, at Manor Farm or in the studio
Why book us in Ruislip
Retouching stays light, tidying distractions and leaving your face recognisably yours. First we talk through the look you want, polished branding or something softer and more natural.
A personal-branding set normally includes a straight, friendly frame, one of you at work, and a wider picture with space for text. Bring two or three outfits and we will help decide which works best under the studio lights.
Recent work
Recent portraits from the studio
Ruislip settings with good portrait light
An outdoor sitting in Ruislip would start by matching the setting to the light: open woodland shade for soft faces, or the timber-framed Great Barn at Manor Farm for texture. Below are short, linked summaries of Ruislip places that could frame a portrait, each taken from a published source.
- The Great Barn is a 120 ft long, 32 ft wide aisled barn of seven bays built with oak posts from Ruislip Woods, and is one of the oldest timber-framed buildings of its type. 1
- Professional photography permission. Hillingdon Council requires permission for professional photos, including wedding, engagement and family shoots, in its green spaces, and names Ruislip Lido and Manor Farm among them. 2
- Ruislip station, in fare zone 6, is served by both the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines; it opened on 4 July 1904 when the Metropolitan Railway was extended from Harrow to Uxbridge. 3
- Ruislip High Street village core. The buildings at the northern end of Ruislip High Street, around the old village square where it meets Bury Street and Eastcote Road, are Grade II listed and form the core of the original village. 4
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Portrait Photographer in Ruislip, FAQs
The studio address is The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6, which sits in the same borough as Ruislip and on the same Underground line, so the trip is a short one. That said, a Ruislip portrait can just as well be photographed outdoors, in Ruislip Woods or beside the Manor Farm walls, with the studio held back for days when the weather makes outdoor work pointless.
Yes, and graduation portraits are a pleasure to photograph. We photograph the achievement with warmth, in cap and gown if you have them. Come on your own or bring the family, then choose prints, a frame or an album afterwards.
Yes, and sparingly. Only passing things are removed, such as a stray hair or a blemish, and your skin, lines and character are left as they are, wherever the sitting took place. You end up with a portrait that flatters without disguising you.
Yes, we photograph portfolios for actors and models. The set mixes looks and lighting, from clean commercial frames to moodier character shots. We direct expressions and poses throughout, aiming for the clarity casting directors ask for.
It varies with the type of sitting and what you order afterwards, from digital files alone to prints, frames, canvases and albums. Tell us the sort of portrait you are after, a personal-branding set or a graduation sitting, and we will send a clear written quote.
Serving Ruislip
A portrait photographer near Ruislip
The studio is under two miles from Ruislip, in the same London borough. It sits close to Ruislip Manor and Eastcote, which we cover too. There is no travel charge for an outdoor portrait anywhere in Ruislip, since the town is under two miles from our studio.
Manor Farm, at the top of Ruislip High Street, is a 22-acre heritage site with a Tudor farmhouse, a duck pond and craft cart sheds beside the Great Barn. If you travel by Tube, Ruislip station is where the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines both stop. For an outdoor sitting we would suggest the old walls of Manor Farm or the ancient woodland of Ruislip Woods, and as Hillingdon Council requires permission for professional photos in its green spaces, we would request it in advance.
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The same studio, experience and personal care apply to every service we offer in Ruislip. Explore the rest: we also cover portrait photography across Greater London, including Stanmore, Park Royal, North Wembley, Wealdstone, South Ruislip and Pinner.
Ruislip Woods is a National Nature Reserve, and for a sitting the useful word in that description is ancient rather than largest. Ancient woodland means old trees standing close together, and old trees shut their canopy once they are properly in leaf, so for half the year the floor takes almost nothing except hard coins of sun that fall where they fall, one on a cheek, one on a collar. No edit undoes that. The bare months are the ones to book if the trunks are meant to be in the picture, because light then comes down between them onto open ground and the wood reads as a set of upright lines with a person standing clear of it. Through the leaf months an overcast sky beats a blue one outright. What to wear is decided by the ground, not by the month. Bark, leaf litter and dead bramble all sit inside a narrow band of brown and grey, and anything from that band drops a sitter into the background instead of putting them in front of it. Something a step or two lighter than the nearest trunk keeps a shoulder line readable. White overshoots, and then competes with the face for attention. Green is worth leaving at home from late spring, for the same reason as brown. When the wood will not give us what we want, the older walls of the Manor Farm village core look the same in any month, and Northwood gives us a third option indoors, inside the same borough as the wood itself.
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Guides
Portrait guides for Ruislip
Reading for the week before your portrait sitting, including what to wear against woodland or a studio backdrop.
What to wear for a portrait in Ruislip Woods or the studio
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At the studio
Studio sessions for Ruislip
Our room is at The Broadway, 21 Joel St, Northwood HA6 1NU; if you come by Tube, Northwood Hills on the Metropolitan line is the nearest station. Portrait appointments are made ahead, and printing, framing, restoration and scanning all happen under the same roof. Portrait sittings can be booked Monday to Saturday between 10:30 and 18:00, or on Sunday from 13:00 to 18:00.
Kaushik Bathia photographs every portrait himself: FBIPP, FMPA, five European Kodak Gold Awards, and a studio in Northwood since 2001.
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