Wedding Photographer Farnborough

The short answer

Your wedding photographer in Farnborough, at a glance

Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, brings 25+ years of wedding photography and five European Kodak Gold Awards to Farnborough, travelling from Northwood into Hampshire for calm, natural coverage. Light shapes most decisions: at Aviator the Sky Lounge sits 50ft above ground with views over the neighbouring private Farnborough Airport, so we would plan portraits there around the evening sky. A Farnborough wedding might mean a civil ceremony at Aldershot Registration Office, inside Aldershot library, a church service, a hotel or a country house further out, and we would photograph the whole day as it unfolds. At Aldershot Registration Office the Catalpa ceremony room seats up to 16 guests, and the photographer is asked to agree photo points with the registration staff, so we would settle those positions on arrival. A second photographer, an engagement shoot somewhere that matters to you and hand-finished albums are all available, and travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.

Aviation runs through Farnborough's history, from Samuel Cody's first powered flight in 1908 to the Royal Aircraft Establishment, and it shows in the venues. Aviator is the most obvious expression of it, while the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust museum, partly housed in Trenchard House of the former Royal Aircraft Establishment, offers hard-edged architecture for anyone who wants portraits with real character rather than roses. Northbrook Park and Froyle Park are the country house options with grounds of their own. Southwood Country Park, 57 hectares of open space in Farnborough, is the practical fallback for a big family group. Getting in is easy, with Farnborough (Main) station on the South West Main Line and junctions 4 and 4a of the M3 serving the town. Check the date against the biennial airshow when booking rooms.

Google reviews

What couples say

4.8 from 580+ Google reviews

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.

Nitesh P., Google review, 2016

Kaushik Bhatia is a professional, creative. He has ideas and great technique. He is nice, has a good approach to the customers, he is patient and focused on his work. I recommend:)

Paulina S., Google review, 2016

…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.

Reesha G., Google review, 2015

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Serving Farnborough

How a Farnborough wedding venue shapes the photographs

Paperwork picks the room for you, and taste is consulted afterwards. Keep the vows and the party under one roof and the licensed room comes as it is, whichever way its windows happen to point. Aspect, ceiling height and floor area therefore arrive as a package nobody let you choose, which makes this a lighting problem long before it becomes an administrative one. View it at whatever hour you mean to marry in it, not whenever a viewing happens to be free.

Around Farnborough that room might sit within a hotel or within a country house, and the two behave nothing alike once curtains are drawn. A hotel such as Aviator and a country house such as Northbrook Park or Froyle Park are the two shapes on offer nearby.

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Wedding guests arranged in a heart shape around the couple on a lawn

Every kind of wedding

Register office, hotel or manor house around Farnborough

Legally the thing is brief. Whatever else fills your day, the sentences that bind you occupy only minutes, and the registrar timing them keeps a diary of their own that yours cannot bend. They come, they speak to each of you apart, they conduct it, they go. Since that window will never stretch to suit a camera, we pin it down first and build outwards from it in both directions.

Group photographs are how an afternoon leaks away. Eight combinations costs twenty minutes; eighteen eats your drinks reception entire, and someone always drifts off between two of them. What helps is a list settled on paper weeks earlier, one carrying relative deputised to collect people, and a fallback position chosen in case the grounds are unusable. A receiving line does part of the same job if standing still appeals less.

Bride and groom in red and cream in front of Tower Bridge

Why choose us

Photographing weddings from Northwood since 2001

Since 2001 the work has mostly consisted of not making a day worse. We are quiet, we arrive early, and nobody already enjoying themselves gets directed by us. What arrives afterwards is a set of photographs your family recognises, rather than a style exercise that will look dated within five years.

Couple on a wooden bridge beside tall yellow wildflowers

A local guide for couples marrying in Farnborough

Here are some places in and around Farnborough that a wedding day could involve, from ceremony rooms to open spaces for portraits. Details come from the linked sources and can change, so check them before you book. Travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book.

Farnborough (Main) station opened on 24 September 1838 on the South West Main Line and is operated by South Western Railway; the town's other stations, Farnborough North and North Camp, are on the North Downs Line. ¹
Royal Aircraft Establishment. The Army Balloon Factory became the Royal Aircraft Factory and, in 1918, the Royal Aircraft Establishment, making Farnborough a major centre for aeronautical research. ²
Farnborough International Airshow. Farnborough hosts the biennial Farnborough International Airshow, one of the world's largest aerospace trade events. ³
North Downs Line and the M3. Great Western Railway trains on the North Downs Line link Farnborough North with Reading and Gatwick Airport, and junctions 4 and 4a of the M3 serve the town. ⁴

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Coverage and booking

What your wedding photography in Farnborough 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 Farnborough, frequently asked questions

Is your Farnborough coverage posed or candid?+

Largely candid, plus a short honest stretch of arranged pictures where arranging genuinely helps. Nobody looks relaxed while being told to relax, so direction goes to the group work and to you both, and everyone else is left in peace.

Can we order prints and wall art?+

Yes. Prints, albums and framed pieces all come through us and through a professional lab, never a shop machine. Decide whenever suits you, since the ordering stays open indefinitely and the files sit with you meanwhile.

Will you help us plan the photography timeline in Farnborough?+

Yes, and early beats tactful here. Send whatever draft exists and you will hear which half hour is going to hurt and what ought to move, while caterers and officials can still be shifted around it.

Do we receive the high-resolution images to keep?+

Yes. Every picture we finish arrives at native size, downloadable, and stays yours from then on. No gallery expires, and no better version sits withheld somewhere to be sold back to you later.

Can you photograph our venue in Farnborough?+

Yes, anywhere in Farnborough. We would study your room in advance, in the season and near enough the hour you are marrying, so its light is a known quantity and not a surprise sprung at breakfast.