Wedding Photographer in Rickmansworth
Relaxed, documentary wedding photography in Rickmansworth, covering the service, the family groups and the party that follows, with a second photographer available and personalised albums.
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Wedding photography from £750
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Your wedding photographer in Rickmansworth, at a glance
Kaushik Bathia, FBIPP and FMPA, has been a wedding photographer for more than 25 years and holds five European Kodak Gold Awards, and offers couples marrying in Rickmansworth calm, natural coverage from £750. Instead of long formal line-ups, we let guests gather naturally and photograph them mid-conversation, whether that is on the lawns at The Grove or by the river at The Waterside Venue. A Rickmansworth wedding might be a small ceremony at Cheslyn House, where Watford Register Office ceremonies are being held while its own ceremony room is closed for building work, a barn day at Micklefield Hall or a celebration at The Grove, and whatever your traditions, we photograph the whole day as it happens. A 20-guest ceremony at Cheslyn House and a 200-guest celebration at Micklefield Hall ask different things, as do sunshine and rain, and with 25+ years behind him Kaushik plans for each. An engagement shoot, perhaps by the lakes at the Rickmansworth Aquadrome, a second photographer and hand-finished albums can all be added, and at about 4 miles from Northwood, Rickmansworth is close enough that travel is not charged.
Three rivers, the Chess, the Gade and the Colne, meet at this Hertfordshire town, and water is the thing to plan around. The Aquadrome, with Batchworth and Bury Lakes, is a nature reserve whose gravel is said to have been used to build the original Wembley Stadium; open grassland, woodland walks and two large sheets of reflective water sit within one site, which is as much variety as any portrait session needs. The venue choice is unusually wide, from Moor Park Golf Club and Micklefield Hall to The Waterside Venue, so the timeline is drawn per venue rather than reused. Rickmansworth station is an interchange for the Metropolitan line and Chiltern Railways, which suits guests travelling out from London. Batchworth, Maple Cross and Mill End are close enough for a late group call.
We were delighted with Kaushik being our wedding photographer. He was organised and professional and kept everything stress free. He took some great photos and produced a memorable wedding album. Highly recommended.
I needed some photos in a rush and Kaushik was very accommodating and helpful. He has a nice studio too. Happy to recommend!
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!
Serving Rickmansworth
How we would photograph your Rickmansworth wedding day
Legally the day is brief. A licensed room, a set of required words, two signatures and a register: twenty minutes, largely administrative. Everything either side is logistics, and the logistics decide whether the photographs are any good. It surprises people that we spend more planning effort on the twenty minutes after the ceremony than on the ceremony. Twenty minutes is not where a wedding is won. The hours around it decide that instead.
Registrars differ, and that is worth learning in advance. Two of them will conduct an identical ceremony at unlike speeds and hold unlike views about a photographer's position during it. Whatever you have been told, we work to without arguing on the day. Ask them directly at your own appointment, rather than assuming that whatever a friend was permitted will apply to you. Practice is not uniform and nobody publishes it.
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Every kind of wedding
Rickmansworth weddings, large and small
Group photographs are arithmetic more than skill. Ten groups behave roughly as people expect; twenty do not, and what costs the time is the fetching rather than the photographing. So write the list with names beside every group, and nominate two relatives to do the collecting. That pair saves more of an afternoon than any equipment does. A list without names on it is a wish, not a plan.
Room type sets the ceiling on what a ceremony can look like, and it is chosen long before anyone considers pictures. A converted barn gives height and dark timber; a modern function suite gives white walls and even light; a small licensed room gives you neither and one usable angle. None is wrong. The type decides what is possible and the hour decides what is likely, so settle both questions before a deposit goes anywhere. Neither answer is available on the morning.
Why choose us
When a Rickmansworth wedding day runs late
A day that runs late is ordinary, and the pictures need not suffer for it. When forty minutes have gone we tell you which items we would drop and what dropping them costs, then carry on. Nobody gains from a visibly anxious photographer, and shortening the group list comes first.
Wedding-day places in and around Rickmansworth
Wedding plans usually start with where the ceremony and reception will be. The places below, in and around Rickmansworth, are described from published pages, with a link to each source.
- The Grove at Chandler's Cross (WD3 4TG), an 18th-century mansion on a 300-acre estate, has 16 event spaces opening onto its gardens and hosts weddings. 1
- The Bury, a Grade II listed house listed in 1951, has late-16th-century origins, was rebuilt in the mid-17th century with timber framing and red brick, and was the manor house of Rickmansworth until 1741. 2
- Bishop's Wood is a 38-hectare ancient semi-natural woodland on the outskirts of Rickmansworth, listed among Three Rivers District Council's parks and open spaces. 3
- Batchworth Lock (Lock 81) on the Grand Union Canal is home to the Rickmansworth Waterways Trust canal centre and its heritage working boat Roger, with boat trips between Batchworth and Stockers Locks. 4
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What your wedding photography in Rickmansworth 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 Rickmansworth, frequently asked questions
Yes. On arrival we find one indoor position that works without the sun and keep it in reserve all day. Weather changes the plan for outdoor pictures, never the plan for the ones that matter. A dark room needs lighting; it need not swallow the afternoon.
Mostly the second, with a short deliberate block for the family groups. Nobody enjoys an hour of being directed, and their faces say so. We direct for maybe fifteen minutes in total and watch for everything else.
How many depends on the hours; no figure is promised at the outset. A smaller edited set beats a large unsorted one, so every frame reaching you has been chosen, with near-duplicates and half-blinks pulled out first.
Print them, frame them, post them to family abroad, put them wherever you like online. Personal use is yours outright. Our one request is that a supplier wanting them for advertising comes to us first.
Almost all of it comes down to which date. A Saturday in July goes first and goes early; a Friday in November keeps a long time. Confirm the room, then ask us, without waiting on anything else.
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Guides
Wedding guides for Rickmansworth couples
Portfolio
From our wedding portfolio
Venue guides
From the Oak Room and Willow Grove gazebo at The Waterside Venue to the mansion at Moor Park Golf Club, we set out what each venue publishes on guest numbers and ceremony spaces, and what to ask about catering and parking.
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Venues near Rickmansworth
Wedding venues around Rickmansworth
Moor Park Golf Club, Micklefield Hall and The Waterside Venue are wedding venues in and around Rickmansworth, and the Moor Park Golf Club wedding guide sets out what that venue publishes. The studio is about 4 miles away in Northwood, and wedding photography starts from £750.
Popular sessions
Before the day, many couples book a pre-wedding or engagement shoot near Rickmansworth, which also helps everyone relax in front of the camera.
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