Wedding Photographer in Buckingham
An unhurried wedding photographer who works gently in Buckingham, from candid preparation shots to the roar of the reception, and albums you will hand down for years to come.
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Your wedding photographer in Buckingham, at a glance
Kaushik Bathia, winner of five European Kodak Gold Awards, has photographed weddings for more than 25 years from his Northwood studio, and offers coverage in Buckingham from £750. If you marry at Stowe House, a short portrait session in Stowe's Grade I listed landscape gardens can be timed to the best light, giving you a breather together. Buckingham has no register office ceremony room, so a civil wedding might be held in one of the council rooms in Aylesbury, such as the John Hampden Room for up to 50 or the Judges Lodgings, or at a licensed venue such as Stowe House, the Villiers Hotel or Swanbourne House, and we plan for each with the same care. If you get ready at home while guests gather at the Villiers Hotel on Castle Street, a second photographer can be in the place you are not. An engagement shoot around Market Hill, where Buckingham Old Gaol has stood since 1748, and hand finished fine art albums can both be added, with travel from Northwood set out in your written quote before you book.
Buckingham station closed to passengers in 1964 and the nearest stations are Milton Keynes and Bicester, so most guests will arrive by road, and that should shape the ceremony time, since an afternoon start absorbs late arrivals far better than a morning one. The town is historic, sits on the River Great Ouse and was formerly the county town of Buckinghamshire, with Buckingham Old Gaol standing in the centre as a museum and a distinctive frame. Stowe's National Trust landscape gardens, more than 400 acres just outside the town, are the finest setting in the area, and Stowe House itself hosts weddings, so the ceremony and the portraits can stay on one estate. Swanbourne House, licensed for ceremonies of 50 in its Common Room, is another option. Maids Moreton and Padbury lie close to the town, with Winslow nearby, and getting ready at home in any of them works well before the party moves into town.
…Kaushik is incredibly talented, artistic, and truly gifted with a photographer’s vision. He knows exactly what he wants each frame to look like and how to get the best out of his subjects. Honestly, there were moments during the shoot when I’d wonder, “What is he making me do?” – but when I saw the final shots, I was blown away. Every image looked beautiful, intentional, and natural.
Kaushik photographed out wedding on september last year. He was so professional and was great with everyone making them laugh before taking all the snaps. We really couldn't have asked for more he worked hard all day to get the best pictures. We are very pleased with all the pictures and love the photo album. We will differently be using you again in the future Thank you!
I came in the shop very late to closing time and kaushik welcomed me in and met all of my photography needs.Much recommended ..Professional service will be returning :)
Serving Buckingham
Getting married in Buckingham? This is how we would plan the photography
An English wedding does its legal work in a room picked by a licence rather than by anyone's taste, which is why the short passage that actually marries you is often the least photogenic stretch of the day. Knowing that early changes how you allocate the afternoon. The licensed room is a fact to design around, not a disappointment, so we look at it first, work out what it cannot give us, and plan the surrounding hours accordingly.
Registrars keep their own timetable and they run the room while they are in it, so the interview beforehand, the position we may take up and the moment the register gets signed are all settled by somebody who is not you. None of this causes trouble if you ask in advance. It causes plenty if the first conversation about it happens with the room already seated.
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Every kind of wedding
Church, register room or country house in Buckingham
A civil ceremony in a licensed room, a church service, and something very small with two witnesses are three different photographic jobs sharing one name. A church gives you height, stone and one strong window, which means high contrast, and long glass worked from behind the guests. A licensed room inside a house tends to be lower and wider, so faces light evenly and the difficulty moves to keeping the background quiet. Go and look at whatever sits behind the registrar's table; it will be in every frame of the ceremony.
Where a wedding day genuinely loses time is over the group photographs. The remedy is an agreed list settled a week beforehand, roughly a dozen combinations at most, and one relative from each side willing to fetch people by name. A receiving line achieves something comparable in half the time. After that the evening is yours, and we photograph it without asking anybody to repeat themselves.
Why choose us
Planning that holds up on a Buckingham wedding day
Judgement is what you are actually paying for: knowing which moment is about to arrive and being where it will happen before it does. That comes from planning rather than luck. We turn up early, we walk the building, and a written running order stays in a pocket so that nobody ever has to come looking for us.
Buckingham at a glance for your wedding day
Some places in and around Buckingham to know about while planning a wedding day. Each note summarises a published source, linked so you can check the details. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
- Stowe House is a Grade I listed country house that has been home to Stowe School since 1923 and is owned by the Stowe House Preservation Trust. 1
- The Villiers Hotel at 3 Castle Street, Buckingham (MK18 1BS) has 49 bedrooms and hosts weddings of up to 180 guests. 2
- Stowe Gardens. Stowe's Grade I listed landscape gardens cover over 400 acres, were largely given to the National Trust in 1989, and include the Corinthian Arch, Palladian Bridge and Gothic Temple; Capability Brown became head gardener there in 1741. 3
- Stowe House has licensed ceremony rooms including the Marble Hall (civil ceremonies and mandap ceremonies for up to 180) and the Music Room (120), a South Portico for outdoor ceremonies of 95, and events only in Stowe School holidays. 4
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Coverage and booking
What your wedding photography in Buckingham includes
What's included
- Wedding photography from £750, priced for the events you choose
- Coverage of the ceremony, the family groups, your couple portraits and the reception
- A pre-wedding planning meeting to agree the timings and the family groups that matter most
- A second photographer available for the largest celebrations
- An edited private online gallery to share and download
- Hand-finished albums and wall art as an option
How booking works
- Check your date. Call or WhatsApp 07956 505383, or use the enquiry form on this page.
- Free consultation. In the studio, by phone or over video, with sample albums to look through.
- Written quote. The events, the hours and any album, with travel from Northwood set out in writing before you book.
- Confirm the booking. A simple booking agreement holds your date in the diary.
- After the day. Your edited gallery arrives online, followed by any album you have chosen.
Good to know
Wedding photography in Buckingham, frequently asked questions
Yes. Treat it as a rehearsal rather than a shoot: you find out that we do not bark instructions, and we learn what you both do with your hands when nobody is watching. The resulting pictures are yours to use however you want.
Not ourselves. Aerial work needs a licensed operator and permission for the site, so where couples want it we suggest bringing one in alongside us, and we coordinate the timing so that nothing clashes on the day.
By giving you less to think about. A plan goes out in advance, so there are no surprise requests in Buckingham, and the ceremony gets covered on long glass from well back. You will spend most of the day not knowing where we are.
Yes, but lightly. Direction here means a place to put your feet and a reason to move, never a pose held for the lens. We fix hands and chins quietly and let the rest happen by itself. Nobody here gets told to look natural.
Gladly, and the earlier the better. Send us your ceremony time and the sunset time for that date; those two fix everything else in reverse. Expect an honest answer about where your Buckingham plan has left itself too little slack.
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