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We are there while you get ready, catching the small details and the calm before the day opens up.
Twenty-five years of wedding photography brought to Maple Cross, for weddings large and small, formal or wonderfully laid-back, with pre-wedding shoots, flexible timings and heirloom albums.
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The short answer
For couples marrying in Maple Cross, Kaushik Bathia offers award winning wedding photography, with more than twenty five years of experience and over a thousand weddings behind the camera. We photograph from a respectful distance during the vows and readings, letting the emotion play out untouched, then move closer only when the moment invites it. Whatever your wedding looks like in Maple Cross, a church service, a register office, a country house, a barn or a hotel, and whatever your traditions, we photograph the whole day as it happens. A second photographer is available whenever your day calls for it, giving broader coverage and a second perspective on the moments you cannot be in two places for. A second photographer, relaxed engagement shoots and hand finished fine art albums are all available, and we travel across Hertfordshire and the wider UK so distance is never a problem.
Serving Maple Cross
Maple Cross is a Hertfordshire village in the Three Rivers district. We cover country estates, register offices, hotel ballrooms and rustic barns throughout Hertfordshire, and we regularly work at venues near Mill End, Sarratt. Some ceremonies are hushed and some are joyful, and we adapt to both, photographing the vows, the rings and the glances that pass between you.
We read the light in each room and work with what the day gives us, favouring window light and shade over anything that draws attention to a camera. The whole day is covered as it comes, without rehearsed poses or long setups, so you are free to be present with your guests while we quietly work. We move with the rhythm of the day, quick when the action is fast and patient when it slows, so nothing important slips past unrecorded.
For weddings in Maple Cross we are on familiar ground. Maple Cross is a Hertfordshire village in the Three Rivers district, and our coverage naturally takes in the neighbouring areas, including Mill End and Oxhey. Local wedding venues we know near Maple Cross include The Grove, The Waterside Venue and Moor Park Golf Club.
A small Hertfordshire village on the western fringe of Rickmansworth in the Three Rivers district, made up largely of post-war housing. Sits beside junction 17 of the M25 motorway on the A412 Denham Way. For relaxed couple photographs, we like Maple Lodge Nature Reserve in the Colne Valley Regional Park, and The Cross Inn, a seventeenth-century former coaching inn gives the day a strong sense of Maple Cross.
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What we offer
We are there while you get ready, catching the small details and the calm before the day opens up.
Your high-resolution images arrive in a private online gallery you can view, download and share with family and friends.
We keep family and group shots efficient and good humoured, so you are back with your guests within minutes.
Every kind of wedding
Ceremonies rarely run to the second, so we stay alert throughout, ready for the moments that arrive early, run long or happen when least expected. However you choose to marry, we read the room first, learn where to stand and then document the exchange of vows as it truly unfolds. We keep a respectful distance during the vows, using longer lenses so the intimacy of the moment stays between you while we still hold onto every expression.
We photograph the speeches, the toasts and the quiet reactions around the room, then stay through the first dance and into the evening celebrations. A pre-wedding or engagement session beforehand lets us get to know you, so that by the wedding day the camera already feels like part of the furniture. We set aside a little time for portraits, walking with you somewhere quiet for a handful of relaxed frames that still feel like you.

The whole celebration
We talk through the timeline with you well ahead, marking the light, the travel and the key moments so the early part of the day runs without a rush. We map the opening hours of the day with you, from hair and make up to the journey to the ceremony, so the beginning feels unhurried and calm.
Our approach is to document the day evenly and let it tell itself, so the gallery reads start to finish without gaps. Some of the pictures you treasure most will be the small ones between events, so we stay present through the whole day and never switch off in the quiet stretches.
Why choose us
Experience means we anticipate what is coming next, so we are ready for the tears during the vows and the laughter in the room before either arrives. Our work has been recognised with five European Gold awards, though what matters more on the day is that you can hand us the details and stop worrying.
We build a generous cushion into every travel plan, so we are set up and ready at your Hertfordshire venue long before the first guests arrive. You should never have to think about how we get there; reaching venues throughout Hertfordshire is something we quietly take care of.

Where we travel
We travel widely for weddings and think nothing of a longer drive to reach venues in and around Mill End, Sarratt and the broader Hertfordshire. Because we have photographed in so many corners of Hertfordshire, we usually know the venue, the light and the parking before we even set off for Mill End, Sarratt.
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Good to know
We focus on ground-based photography and do not fly drones ourselves, since aerial work needs separate licensing and insurance. If your venue allows it and you want aerial coverage, we can suggest a qualified operator to work alongside us. Our attention stays on the people and moments throughout the day.
You will usually see a small preview within a week or so, and your full online gallery follows a few weeks after the wedding, depending on the time of year. Every image is edited by hand, which takes a little time, but we know you are eager to relive the day and we never leave you waiting unduly.
Yes, and we recommend them. A relaxed pre-wedding shoot lets us get to know each other, helps you feel comfortable in front of the camera and often calms any nerves about the wedding day itself. You also come away with lovely images you can use for save-the-dates or a guest sign-in book.
Yes, we travel across Hertfordshire and the wider UK, and we would be glad to photograph your wedding in Maple Cross. We have worked at venues of every kind, from country houses to city hotels, so a new location is never a worry for us. Just let us know where you are marrying and we will be there.
We know plans can change, so if you need to move your date we will always do our best to accommodate you, subject to our availability on the new day. Please let us know as soon as you can, and we will look after you. We aim to be as flexible and understanding as we possibly can.
Yes. Every package includes your edited photographs in full resolution with no watermarks, delivered through a private online gallery you can download from and share. You are free to print them yourselves at any size, though we are also happy to produce albums, framed prints and wall art finished to a professional standard.
Popular dates, especially summer Saturdays, tend to go twelve to eighteen months ahead, so earlier is safer. That said, it is always worth asking about shorter notice, as we sometimes have gaps around Maple Cross. Once you are fairly sure of your date, a quick message to check availability costs nothing and saves disappointment later.
More in Maple Cross
The same team, experience and care across every wedding and service we cover in Maple Cross. For a specific tradition in Maple Cross, see our Asian wedding photography, Hindu wedding photography and Muslim wedding photography pages. Browse the wedding photography overview, all areas we serve, or nearby Mill End and Oxhey. We also photograph weddings across Hertfordshire, including Kings Langley, Harpenden, Watford, Abbots Langley, Oxhey and Knebworth.
Hindu, Sikh, Gujarati, Muslim & Tamil
nikah, mehndi & walima
studio & location portraits
LinkedIn & corporate
newborn to multi-generation
events & product
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