Wedding Photographer in Hammersmith and Fulham
A wedding photographer who lets the day breathe in Hammersmith and Fulham, for weddings large and small, formal or wonderfully laid-back, with prints and albums crafted to hold up over decades.
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The short answer
Your wedding photographer in Hammersmith and Fulham, at a glance
Kaushik Bathia has been photographing weddings for more than twenty-five years from his studio in Northwood, and would photograph your Hammersmith and Fulham day in person. At a riverside venue the light off the Thames shifts through the afternoon, so we would check the rooms and gardens on arrival and plan the portraits before the ceremony starts. In Hammersmith and Fulham that could mean a civil ceremony in one of Fulham Palace's four licensed rooms, a ceremony and reception for up to 250 guests at The Hurlingham Club, or a wedding at The Queen's Club, which hires out its function rooms and grounds. His FBIPP and FMPA fellowships were assessed by other photographers, a process that keeps anyone honest about habits that have crept into the work. A second photographer, hand-finished fine art albums and an engagement shoot, for instance by the ornamental lake or on the river walk in Bishops Park, are all available, and travel from Northwood is set out in your written quote before you book, wherever the wedding is.
Riverside boroughs give a photographer two lighting conditions in a single afternoon, and this west London one uses both. Bishop's Park, a riverside park beside the Thames with tree-lined walks, holds shade through the middle of the day and opens out to reflected river light later, which is the more flattering of the two for portraits. Fulham Palace, the former residence of the Bishops of London, supplies the historic backdrop nearby. The Queen's Club can take the celebrations themselves, and the layout of the reception venue dictates how much time to hold back for outdoor work. Hammersmith station serves the District, Piccadilly, Circle and Hammersmith and City lines and the A4 runs through the borough, so guests from Shepherd's Bush, Barons Court or Chiswick arrive quickly and the schedule can stay tight rather than padded.
The Owner is very friendly and professional. I have been using Mr Bathia for over 15 years and have seen him through multiple family weddings.
I hired Kaushik for our wedding and I’m extremely glad I did!! Kaushik took amazing pictures and the quality of the pictures were amazing. Kaushik was very patient and was very helpful since the start. My family including our guest were constantly asking me who the photographer was as he gave the best service.
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 Hammersmith and Fulham
Choosing a room, then the light, in a Thames-side borough
Administration chooses your room, and taste only gets a say afterwards. Licensing attaches to particular rooms, not to a whole address, so a handsome building may offer you the one space in it with a north wall and no window worth the name. Before falling for anywhere, establish exactly which rooms in it you may legally stand in, and which way each of those faces.
Then think about light. Water nearby throws a cool, bouncing quality into west London rooms on a bright day; it flatters some complexions and drains others, and a room turned away from all that can go dull well before the afternoon is over. Visit yours in the hour of the day it will actually be yours. A mid-morning viewing appointment tells you about a mid-morning, and nothing else. Few hours spent before booking anyone repay themselves so quickly. Take a phone photograph while you are standing in there.
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Every kind of wedding
From a Fulham Palace ceremony to a riverside reception
Everything legally binding is over faster than the walk up the aisle. A few sentences, two names written down, done. That is why our positions get taken early, before the chairs have filled: none of it can happen twice. The looser part comes afterwards, and it is far better material anyway. People spill out of a doorway, somebody laughs too loudly, a drink is finished standing up.
Formal groups cause more schedule damage than any other item, purely because they get planned vaguely or not at all. So write them down: six or eight arrangements, each with a named person whose job is to fetch those people. Done that way it costs a fraction of what an improvised version costs. Anything with a microphone in front of it, or a floor cleared for dancing, wants the reverse approach, from somebody who has stopped organising people and is simply watching them.
Why choose us
How long has Kaushik been photographing weddings? Long enough to relax
Long practice mostly reveals itself as calm. There is no hunting about, because the moment is expected and the standing position was chosen an hour ago. What couples remember afterwards is that nothing felt fussy, which is a harder thing to sell than a photograph and a more valuable thing to have.
A local guide for couples marrying in Hammersmith and Fulham
Here are some places in and around Hammersmith and Fulham 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.
- The Queen's Club, home of the HSBC Championships, hires out its function rooms and grounds for weddings. 1
- Bishops Park on Bishop's Avenue, SW6 6EA, is a Grade II-listed Green Flag park beside Fulham Palace with a rose garden, moat garden, ornamental lake and a river walk on the Thames Path, a 7-minute walk from Putney Bridge station (District line). 2
- Fulham Palace museum and gardens. Fulham Palace combines a historic house, a museum with free admission, and botanic and walled gardens beside Bishops Park. 3
- Fulham Palace, the historic home of the Bishops of London on the banks of the Thames, has four rooms licensed for civil ceremonies and a chapel suitable for blessings. 4
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Coverage and booking
What your wedding photography in Hammersmith and Fulham 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 Hammersmith and Fulham, frequently asked questions
Make somebody show you a wedding in full, arrival to midnight, never a highlights reel. Twenty selected frames tell you nothing about the other seven hours. Then notice how quickly your emails get answered, because that habit does not improve once money has changed hands.
Two things: a contract carrying both your signatures, plus a booking payment. Until they have both arrived, anyone else who enquires about that Saturday is free to take it. No date is ever held on a handshake, and written confirmation follows within the week.
Previews go out inside a few days, which lets you send something round the family while the wedding is still being discussed. A full edited gallery takes longer, because each frame gets worked on its own. The date we quote at booking is a realistic one.
Yes, and ordered through us instead of some high street lab, so the colour you approved is the colour that reaches your wall. Loose prints, mounted panels and framed pieces are all available once your gallery has been delivered.
Roughly a year ahead is typical, and summer Saturdays disappear first. Further out than that, nothing is lost by enquiring early. Closer in, enquire anyway; a calendar is rarely as full as people assume it is.
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Wedding guides for Hammersmith and Fulham couples
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Wedding venues near Hammersmith and Fulham
The guides set out what each venue publishes on capacity, catering, ceremony rules and parking; in the borough, Fulham Palace also has a chapel suitable for blessings alongside its four licensed rooms.
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