Camden Stables Market · four eras · walk ins welcome
Fifteen minutes of being somebody else, with the people you came with, and something on paper to prove it happened. You have not done Camden until you have done this.
Pick your century
Real costume, real props, a built set and somebody behind the camera telling you where to put your chin. The part your phone cannot do.
Top hats, bustles, parasols and a very serious expression. The most asked for, and the best for Christmas cards.
Velvet, ruffs and a crown that actually sits properly. If you are going to be royalty, be royalty.
Sheriff, outlaw or saloon owner. Hats, holsters and a backdrop that has seen some trouble.
Pinstripes, fedoras, feather boas and cigarette holders. The one hen parties go for, every time.
How a sitting works
Walk in or book ahead. You choose the century, we find the sizes. Everything on the rail is included.
Our team dresses you properly, hats, collars, props and all. Changing rooms on site. About ten minutes.
Around seventy shots on the set, directed by the photographer. This is the bit everybody remembers.
Pick your favourite on the big screen and take the print home the same day. We email the whole gallery that evening so you can choose the rest on your sofa, not at our counter.
Every price, before you put the hat on
Three ways to book. Each one tells you exactly what you leave with, and extras are priced on this page so nothing lands on you at the end.
£25 a head
£45 a head
£35 a head, 4 to 25 people
No sale prices, no was prices, no countdown. The number you booked at is the number you pay.
Gift vouchers
Harder to wrap than socks, considerably harder to forget. Buy online in a minute, we send a printed certificate by post or a card by email the same day. Valid for a full year, so January and February are fair game.
Book the whole studio
Up to twenty five people in one sitting, with a date and a time held in your name. Tell us what the occasion is and we will have the right rail ready when you arrive, in the right sizes.
Gangster era, every time. An hour of the studio to yourselves before anyone reaches a bar.
Children in Tudor crowns, adults pretending they are not enjoying it. Both work.
The Christmas party photograph people actually keep. Invoices available.
Tell us quietly when you book. We will put the camera where it needs to be.
Victorian portraits, shot in November and December, printed and in your hand the same day.
Grandparents to toddlers. Some of our regulars have come back every year for a decade.
From the studio
Every one of these is somebody who walked in off Chalk Farm Road with no appointment and no idea what they were about to look like.
What people say
The subjects that come up most often in those reviews, counted by Google:
Find us
Unit 21, Stables Market
Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8AH
Opposite Dr Martens, a minute from the Amy Winehouse statue. Chalk Farm and Camden Town stations are both about six minutes on foot.
Every day, 11am to 7pm
Walk ins are welcome whenever we are open. Booking ahead holds the studio for you and skips the wait on a Saturday.
07367 672121
info@camdenoldtimephotos.com
Group bookings and party enquiries, same number.