Wedding Photographer in Kettering
A calm, friendly wedding photographer for weddings in Kettering, whether you want a half day, a full day or multi-day coverage, drawing on twenty-five years behind the camera.
★★★★★ Rated 4.8 from 580+ reviews
Wedding photography from £750
Bespoke packages · fast response · free consultation
The short answer
Your wedding photographer in Kettering, at a glance
An award winning, London based wedding photographer, Kaushik Bathia has spent more than twenty five years photographing weddings, and travels to Kettering and right across Northamptonshire. Through the vows and readings we keep our distance and let the moment play out, moving closer only once it allows. In Kettering that could mean a ceremony for up to 42 guests in the Mayor's Parlour at the Kettering Registration Office on Bowling Green Road, a country house such as Rushton Hall or Boughton House, or a hotel on the edge of town, and every faith and fusion celebration is welcome. We plan for what could go wrong on the day and carry spare equipment, so a flat battery or a failed flash never becomes your problem. A second photographer, an engagement shoot, perhaps in the 281 acres of Wicksteed Park, and a hand-finished album can all be added; we travel from Northwood, and travel and any overnight stay are quoted in writing before you book.
Boot and shoe manufacturing built this north Northamptonshire market town, and it has left a townscape with more character than a passing visitor might expect. The parish church of St Peter and St Paul, with its tall medieval spire, is the landmark, and a tall spire is a genuine compositional asset when a wide establishing frame is wanted. Wicksteed Park, a Grade II listed park with lakes and gardens on the edge of the town, doubles as both a venue and the strongest outdoor location, which removes the usual travel problem entirely. Kettering railway station sits on the Midland Main Line between London St Pancras and Sheffield, so a London-based photographer travels up easily and guests from Rothwell, Desborough and Barton Seagrave are close at hand.
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!
Superb and highly professional wedding photographer. We had the pleasure of working with Kaushik Bathia Photography for a recent wedding at Orchardleigh Estate.
I have known Kaushik for almost 20 years & in the recent years has been doing various photo projects, where he has been responsive & professional. Highly recommended him.
Serving Kettering
Wedding photography in Kettering
Civil ceremonies run short. Twenty minutes, sometimes less, everybody seated, in a room picked months earlier for reasons that had little to do with cameras. Arranging everything either side of that falls to you. Which makes the room the decision worth being fussy over, and what to ask is not how it photographs in a brochure but which direction it faces and what sits immediately outside its windows.
Kettering does not make that difficult. Rushton Hall, Barton Hall and Wicksteed Park are all options, and between them they run from formal interiors to open ground. Ask what time of day your ceremony room receives its light, and whether the same room becomes the dining room afterwards, because a turnaround swallows an hour nobody budgeted. Both answers change what we would suggest for the timing of the day.
Check your date
Every kind of wedding
Every registrar works a little differently
Practice differs between registrars far more than couples are led to expect. One will stand wherever you point; another will not. One permits movement through the vows; another pins you at the rear until it is over. None of that is up for negotiation once you arrive, so we settle it beforehand and plan the frames that are actually available instead of the ones we would prefer. Once that constraint is accepted, everything after it becomes simple.
The group list deserves equal care. Eight arrangements take about twenty minutes; eighteen consumes an entire drinks reception, and the results decline as patience does. Write the list down, give it to somebody loud enough to run it, and photograph the oldest relatives first. A name left off will not be thought of again on the day, so include whoever would be missed. Leave the remaining hours alone after that, since unmanaged time is what produces the frames people end up hanging.
Why choose us
Weddings in Kettering and Northamptonshire, planned with you
What we offer is less a style than a temperament: questions asked early, little demanded during the day, and a finished set that matches the day you remember rather than a styled version of it. The pictures people show afterwards are nearly always the unplanned ones.
Planning a wedding around Kettering: useful places
If you are marrying in or near Kettering, these notes cover a few local venues, open spaces and landmarks. They are drawn from published sources; confirm times, capacities and bookings with each place directly. We travel from Northwood; travel and any overnight stay are quoted in writing before you book.
- Wicksteed Park is licensed for ceremonies and offers the Pavilion Ballroom for 180 to 1,200 guests, the Terrace Suite for up to 200 and the Garden Suite for up to 100, and runs Asian weddings through a partner events company. 1
- Boughton House gardens and parkland. Boughton House near Kettering has landscaped gardens and a country park with sculptured lawns, lakes, waterways, woods and avenues of trees. 2
- Church of SS Peter and Paul. Kettering's parish church of SS Peter and Paul has a crocketed spire about 55 metres (180 feet) high that dominates the town. 3
- Barton Hall Hotel & Spa in Barton Seagrave is approved for civil ceremonies in its Orangery for up to 100 guests and the Charles Suite for up to 180. 4
Sources
Coverage and booking
What your wedding photography in Kettering 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 Kettering, frequently asked questions
Yes. Sizes and cover materials vary, but the choice that matters is page count rather than finish, since pages decide how much of the day survives into print. We build a draft layout and you tell us which pictures are missing from it.
Hours and days drive it, so a figure only means anything once your timings exist. Send those over and the quote that returns spells out its inclusions, rather than a package menu to guess from.
Always. It begins with knowing where in a room the light survives once the sky greys over. Poor light is a British certainty rather than an emergency, we carry what it takes, and nobody gets marched into drizzle to prove a point.
Send the date first, since availability governs everything else about a Kettering booking. A call follows, then a written agreement setting out hours and deliverables. No date is held before that is signed, so early beats polite.
We move indoors and stop pretending otherwise. The useful preparation is choosing a wet-weather spot inside your venue early, so the drinks hour is not spent debating it. A Kettering wedding in rain still photographs well; a wedding in indecision does not.
More in Kettering
More wedding & photography services in Kettering
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, Wellingborough and Northampton.
Guides
Wedding guides for Kettering couples
Portfolio
From our wedding portfolio
Wedding venues near Kettering
Guides to what each venue publishes on capacity, catering, ceremony rules and parking — and what it does not say.
Marrying elsewhere in Northamptonshire? See wedding photography across Northamptonshire, with register offices, venues and every town.
Popular sessions
Before the day, many couples book a pre-wedding or engagement shoot near Kettering, which also helps everyone relax in front of the camera.
Also nearby: wedding photographer in Peterborough.
Church · Civil · Country House · Marquee · Multicultural
Planning a wedding in Kettering?
Tell us about your celebration and we will send availability, ideas and pricing, wherever it takes place.