Wedding Photographer in Croydon
Honest, story-led wedding photography for Croydon, taking in the quiet morning preparations and the late-night celebrations, backed by twenty-five years of experience across the UK.
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Wedding photography from £750
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The short answer
Your wedding photographer in Croydon, at a glance
Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, has run his Northwood studio since 2001 and holds five European Kodak Gold Awards, and wedding coverage in Croydon starts from £750. Light guides much of what we do, whether that is the Clocktower room at Croydon Register Office in the Grade II listed Town Hall, which seats up to 65, or the outdoor ceremony areas at Oaks Farm in the Shirley Hills, and we shape frames from whatever each space offers. Whether it is a civil ceremony, a country-house day at Addington Palace in its 163 acres, a hotel such as Coulsdon Manor Hotel, or a faith or fusion celebration, we photograph each in the same calm way. Both fellowships, of the BIPP and the MPA, are assessed by other photographers, which keeps the standard of the work under honest review. Extras include an engagement shoot, perhaps among the mature trees of Lloyd Park, a second photographer and hand-finished albums, and travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
Banqueting weddings can run to hundreds of guests, and Grand Sapphire on Imperial Way is an indoor venue with a pillarless ballroom and on-site parking. That makes the plan simple: take the couple out briefly to Lloyd Park, 114 acres of parkland with its own tram stop, and use the rest of the time indoors under controlled light. Addington Palace is the exception, with 163 acres of grounds that can hold the whole family group in one frame. In the town centre, Fairfield Halls gives a bold architectural backdrop. East Croydon station has a Tramlink stop outside its entrance, which makes public transport a practical option for guests.
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!
A brilliant photographer who also provides a great service - a true professional! Highly recommended for sure...
I had hired Mr Kaushik as our photographer for my son and daughters wedding fir all the ceremonies conducted and found him to be friendly professional with all the guests The quality of his photographs are excellent and are of high quality I was also very impressed when he had completed the albums He also give extra hours if needed and does not complain I would recommend to anyone
Serving Croydon
Unhurried wedding photography for Croydon
Civil ceremonies run brief, and they happen in whatever room the licence names, chosen by that licence rather than by anybody's eye, which means it is seldom the building's best. Licensed rooms tend to be small, panelled or low ceilinged, and lit for meetings; often a window sits straight behind the registrar's table, which drops a couple into silhouette from the one angle you are actually allowed to use.
That part is not negotiable, so everything useful happens ahead of it: arriving early enough to see the room while it stands empty, finding the single position that clears the guests' heads, and accepting that the whole thing finishes in roughly the time it took everybody to file in. Raise it with your registrar directly, and raise it early. Practice differs between boroughs, and it differs between individual registrars inside a single borough.
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Every kind of wedding
Town Hall, mansion or farm: ceremonies in Croydon
A church hands you height, an aisle, and stained glass that will do something unhelpful to skin tone. The licensed room inside a register office hands you none of the three, and usually less floor space than you expected. A hotel ceremony room hands you a ballroom lit for conferences, flat and even and forgiving, plus a foyer that usually beats both. Croydon has all three, and truthfully the room settles more about your pictures than your preferences ever will.
Afterwards the day becomes a list. Groups move faster when a named relative calls them out than when we read names to strangers; hold the list to ten and it is finished before the drinks run down. A receiving line photographs poorly and eats time. Speeches want a camera behind the top table, not merely facing it. The first dance lasts one song, so its frame has to be chosen before the music starts.
Why choose us
How a Croydon wedding day works with us
Expect us early, quiet, and dressed to be forgettable. We will say so if a plan will not survive the room you have chosen, in a meeting rather than afterwards, because losing an idea over coffee costs nothing, while losing a Croydon afternoon to finding out the hard way costs a great deal.
Wedding-day places in and around Croydon
Wedding plans usually start with where the ceremony and reception will be. The places below, in and around Croydon, are described from published pages, with a link to each source. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.
- Addington Hills in Upper Shirley covers 130 acres, is open at all times and has a viewpoint and the London Loop walk, with the Coombe Road tram stop nearby. 1
- Lloyd Park beside Coombe Road (CR0 5RA) covers 114 acres (46.13 hectares) of parkland with mature trees and woodland and has its own tram stop on route 3. 2
- Oaks Farm Weddings. Oaks Farm on Oaks Lane in the Shirley Hills (CR0 5HP) is an exclusive-hire approved venue with three indoor and outdoor ceremony areas, taking up to 100 day and 150 evening guests. 3
- Croydon Register Office is in the Grade II listed Town Hall, built in 1896, where the Clocktower room seats up to 65 guests and the Arnhem room up to 35, both including witnesses. 4
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Coverage and booking
What your wedding photography in Croydon 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 Croydon, frequently asked questions
Yes, though never as a filter dropped over everything at the end. Certain frames are made in monochrome because the colour in that room is fighting the picture, and those we convert deliberately. You receive both where it matters.
A signed agreement and a booking fee, in that order. Until both have arrived the date stays open to whoever else asks, and you will hear from us straight away if anyone does ask about your Croydon Saturday.
Yes, and sooner is better. Send the room list and the ceremony time, and we will send back a note on where light falls, when to feed people, and two or three moments where the running order is likely to slip.
It includes coverage hours, a fully edited gallery, private online delivery and print rights. Albums, second photographers and extra hours sit outside that rather than bundled in, so no part of a Croydon day you did not want is being charged for.
Yes. We lay the album out ourselves instead of handing you software, and every page is approved by you before it goes near a printer. Cover material and size are settled once the gallery exists.
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