Wedding Photographer in Crawley
Storytelling wedding photography for every kind of day in Crawley, through the walk down the aisle and everything that unfolds after it, with a second photographer available and personalised albums.
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Wedding photography from £750
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Your wedding photographer in Crawley, at a glance
With more than 25 years of wedding photography and five European Kodak Gold Awards, Kaushik Bathia is available for calm, natural coverage in Crawley and across West Sussex. At the first dance we bounce a small light off the ceiling or a side wall instead of aiming it straight at you, so the room keeps its atmosphere. Whether you marry at the West Sussex Register Office in Crawley, in a church, at a country house such as Alexander House at Turners Hill or in a hotel, we photograph the whole day as it unfolds, whatever your traditions. The studio has been running since 2001, and being punctual, suitably dressed and ready is part of how we would approach your Crawley day. A second photographer, an engagement shoot and a hand-finished fine art album can all be added, whether you choose Alexander House, whose Shelley Suite takes 40 to 80 day guests and opens onto a garden gazebo, or Langshott Manor in Horley, near Gatwick, which offers exclusive-use weddings.
Gatwick Airport has been part of the borough since 1974, which helps guests flying in. Asians made up 15.4% of Crawley's population at the 2021 census, and where a guest list runs long, agree the group photograph list in advance and work through it briskly. Tilgate Park, where the council-run wedding venue sits among lakes and woodland, suits larger groups, while Buchan Country Park, 170 acres off Horsham Road, suits quieter couple portraits, with a county council permit needed for paid photoshoots. Crawley station is run by Southern, and Three Bridges station has Thameslink services and Southern trains to London Victoria, so guests can arrive by rail.
…Kaushik's work is fantastic and he took so much stress out of our special day. He and his team are highly professional, fun and friendly and work with you to capture the shots that you want. He captured some amazing moments of both us and our guests, some natural, some posed but all truly wonderful. We were blown away by our albums and videos and have no hesitation in recommending him to our family and friends.
Excellent photography services before and during our wedding. Really enjoyed him being our photographer and he did a great job with the pictures. Working with him on the albums post wedding has been fantastic, he takes time to understand our ideas and portrays them in his work. Brilliant personality and very professional.
Kaushik Bathia is a true professional—very calm, patient, and attentive to detail. I recommend him with confidence.
Serving Crawley
Planning a wedding in Crawley
Before anyone in Crawley picks a room for how it looks, find out what it is licensed for. That one piece of paperwork settles where you stand, which way you face and, in practice, what any picture of the ceremony can be. The room a building approves for civil ceremonies is generally the room it can spare, rather than the room with a window worth having, and those two very rarely coincide.
Ask to see it at ceremony time, chairs out. Ask which spot the registrar occupies, because that is immovable and our plan is built around it. Then ask what the seated capacity is, since a packed room leaves no standing space behind the seats, and behind the seats is where a photographer works while vows are exchanged. None of this is romantic, and all of it decides the album.
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Every kind of wedding
Register office, church or country house in Crawley
A civil ceremony's legally binding core is brief, shorter than most couples imagine, and a second attempt is not available. Where a room permits it, two of us work from opposite ends, one holding faces and one holding hands. Around that core couples differ enormously: a reading delivered by a grandparent, a piece of music that means nothing to anyone outside the family, a custom carried over from somewhere else entirely. We ask about all of that beforehand, because they are the pictures that survive.
Groups are the part most likely to collapse, and the remedy is arithmetic rather than charm. Write the list, cap it, give it to two relatives who recognise everyone on sight, and stage the lot somewhere the light stays even and the backdrop bears repeating. Ten groups done briskly beat thirty attempted slowly while the drinks go warm. Speeches, and the dance that follows, ask nothing of you beyond telling us when they start.
Why choose us
More than 25 years of wedding days
Twenty-five years counts for almost nothing on an easy day and for everything on a difficult one. Rain arrives, the room proves darker than the brochure suggested, an essential relative is delayed: the difference is having met each of them before, with the second plan already written. Crawley is about 35 miles from our Northwood studio; travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book, and wedding coverage starts from £750.
Crawley at a glance for your wedding day
Some places in and around Crawley 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.
- Langshott Manor on Ladbroke Road, Horley (RH6 9LN), near Gatwick, is a Tudor manor hotel offered for exclusive-use weddings. 1
- Buchan Country Park on Horsham Road (RH11 9HQ) covers 170 acres and has held a Green Flag Award every year since 2010, and West Sussex County Council requires a permit for paid photoshoots there, including wedding, family and portrait sessions. 2
- Worth Park in Pound Hill is a restored garden with formal beds, a Victorian fountain, an arboretum, a lake and croquet lawns, about a 15 to 20 minute walk from Three Bridges station. 3
- Alexander House at Turners Hill (RH10 4QD), a 17th-century Jacobean estate, stands in 120 acres, and its main wedding room, the Shelley Suite, takes 40 to 80 day guests with direct access to a garden gazebo for outdoor ceremonies. 4
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Coverage and booking
What your wedding photography in Crawley 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 Crawley, frequently asked questions
A retainer secures the date and is deducted from the total. Until it reaches us the date remains free for the next enquiry. A written agreement follows, covering hours, what is included and the dates the balance falls due.
Please do. A video call is fine, and so is calling in. Either way, insist on seeing entire weddings rather than a highlight selection. Anybody can show twenty strong frames. Ask for one whole day, start to finish.
Print them, post them, send them to relatives overseas, bind them into an album. Full resolution files arrive unwatermarked, and you may use them personally as you wish. Copyright stays with us, and we ask only that they are not sold.
Hours, one photographer or two, and an album or files alone all affect the price. No single number answers it honestly. Describe the day you are planning in Crawley, say when you would like us to arrive and when we can go, and a quote follows in writing.
If the diary allows it, yes, and a visit earns most when made at the time your ceremony is due, since that is the light you actually get. Otherwise we come early on the day and walk the empty rooms first.
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More wedding & photography services in Crawley
See also Asian wedding photography, Hindu wedding photography, Sikh wedding photography and Muslim wedding photography, and nearby our wedding photography overview, all the areas we serve, Horsham and Reigate.
Guides
Wedding guides for Crawley couples
Portfolio
From our wedding portfolio
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Popular sessions
Before the day, many couples book a pre-wedding or engagement shoot near Crawley, which also helps everyone relax in front of the camera.
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