DO YOU HAVE INSURANCE?
Oh yes. I have public liability cover, my kit is all insured and just to finish it of I have DBS check.
CAN FRIENDS & FAMILY VIEW MY IMAGES?
They can. As part of your package you will receive your images via an online gallery with download PIN. This can be shared with friends and family if you wish and they can download free of charge.
WILL YOU TRAVEL ABROAD?
Absolutely. If you have a destination wedding booked then drop me a line. I will do the research on the costs to get me there and add it to your package. Easy!
COLOUR OR BLACK AND WHITE?
All of my images are shot and edited in colour. You might find some black and white exceptions thrown in there if I feel the images is crying out for it but usually technicolor the whole way.
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU'RE ILL?
I have it covered. I have a group of extremely talented photographer friends who would be straight there for you to shoot the RAW frames. They would then deliver them to me to edit in the same style that you have booked.
HOW LONG UNTIL WE GET OUR PHOTOS?
I say to allow 6 weeks before you come banging on the door.
HOW MUCH IS THE BOOKING FEE AND WHEN IS OUR BALANCE DUE?
For weddings I take a 30% non refundable booking fee along with the signed contract to secure your date. The final balance is due at least one month before the wedding.
WHO OWNS THE IMAGES?
The copyright and ownership of the images remains with myself. As part of your package you are purchasing the right to print and distribute the image to friends and family. I am also totally cool with you putting the images on social media as long as they are unfiltered and fully credited.
DO YOU NEED ANYTHING TO EAT ON THE WEDDING DAY?
There is no need to find me a seat a table but a meal would be so very well received. That said I can of course pack a sarnie if needed, just let me know. It's also worth while me pointing out that this is when I take my break. No one want to be photographed eating!
HOW MANY PHOTOS WILL WE GET?
I don't set a limit on how many images you'll get, I just send you all the best ones! As a guideline, for full day weddings you'll usually get at least 400 images.
WILL YOU PROVIDE RAWS?
All the images you'll receive will be fully edited jpegs, the RAWs remain with me i'm afraid.
WHAT KIT DO YOU USE?
I am a canon girl. My trusty 5D and back up. I use a 50mm, 85mm and 24-75mm. But don't hold me to it, sometime I throw in a fe more if needed.
DO YOU USE FLASH?
My first port of call is no flash. I adore natural light. It is so much more flattering and allows me to much more unobtrusive. However when the lights go down the flash comes out and we all PARTY!
HOW LONG DO YOU KEEP OUR IMAGES?
They are kept indefinitely, however once the images are with you it for you to keep them safe.
A Bit About Me
Hello, I'm Clare and I would love to capture your wedding. But first, a bit about me.
At heart I am a portrait photographer. I love people. Photographing them in any given situation is my passion.
My style is moment driven, spontaneous, fresh and I get the biggest buzz from finding the perfect light in new places. I am out to spot the moments that will put a smile on your face and bring a tear to your eye.
I love to see couples personalities reflected their wedding choices. Everyone is unique right, so show it in your wedding day. If your are a stately home kind of couple, amazing! If you are a big theatre kind of vibe, hurrah! If you want to get married in you local pub, brought in by Hells Angels, you go guys! I love it all!
If you are looking for classic moments interspersed with the daring, the funny and the poignant I would love to hear from you to see if we can work together.
Weddings really are just a small part of what I do. Please take a look at my wider portfolio to further see how I approach my work. I think its important to see someones style beyond your given situation. To get a feeling for the eyes in which they might see your day. So do take a peak!
Away From the Camera
I was born and raised in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
Somewhere between Wendover Woods and the Civic Centre I found a love for light and people. So I headed to London to study acting.
11 house shares later, having excepted a ring from a Cambridge born Gallery Tech with a passion for 90's hip hop we moved to the West country.
So my husband Sam and I now live on the Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire boarders with our newest recruit Fife. He is the best and lights up the camera like a pro.
Enough, I'm even boring myself. Lets do this over coffee? Send me a message and lets chat travel, music, families and of course YOUR WEDDING!
“I just wanted to say an enormous thank you for the beautiful photos of Alice and Leon’s wedding. They are just wonderful and everybody loves them!
It was a real pleasure to have you photographing us on such a special day. You were so professional and infinitely patient and we would absolutely recommend you to anybody.
I do hope you managed to enjoy at least some of the time you spent with us on that hot Sunday. We certainly enjoyed having you around!”
Kate Bowerbank (Mother of the Bride)
“We have just sat down and looked at all the photos on our tv!! Speechless...
They are truly incredible, the compositions alone are insane, there are definitely some award winning shots there!! Love it love it love it! About to re-run the slideshow!
We both want to thank you so much for capturing our day and allowing us to relive it through the photographs one more time!! We can’t thank you enough!”
Alex and Ella Flint
“I made a book of the photos for my mum for her birthday and she rang me this morning and had to call back because she was having a good old cry! There are so many compliments about you from all of our friends and family who think you did an amazing job, as do we. “
Elizabeth Elliot
“The pictures are absolutely amazing and more than we could have hoped for. Thank you so, so much! You were absolutely brilliant on Sunday. We are so glad we met you.”
Alice Sheppard
"I don’t think I’d ever be able to find sufficient words to express how grateful we are to you. You did the most stunning job yesterday and it was just magical really having you look after us and organise the photos.Honesty Clare you were simply amazing. Thank you thank you thank you."
David Ellis
"Hi Clare, just wanted to say thanks for the wonderful photo's! We've now just got to figure out best way of putting them in an album for everyone to see! We were especially was not expecting the amazing ones of the young girls, especially as one is as uncooperative as me (must be hereditary)!Thank you x"
Carolyn Kitchen
“These are perfect. Really just stunning!! I'm thrilled and grateful to you for capturing us so well. I look at these and they really just feel like ‘us’."
Allison Deutsch
"Having received my photos back from my very busy wedding I am totally in awe of this talented photographer! She is amazing. With just under 300 guests at our wedding she had her work cut out, but did not fail she captured our fun filled day perfectly. She did us proud! Clare blended into the wedding effortlessly capturing parts of the day that we did not see ourselves. She made the family photos very easy and quick which was a god send in the heat of the midday sun! I would recommend Clare to anyone I know. All I have heard back is how brilliant she was, what lovely photos I have and how lucky I am to have had her at my wedding capturing my special day! I will always be thankful to Clare for providing my husband and I with the most beautiful, natural photos of our wedding! She was totally fantastic in every way we will. Definitely be using her again!!!"
Elsie Rose Adams
"Hey hey hey!!!!
Just done an album finally of all your amazing pictures. They are so fantastic and love all of them thank you so much !!”