I generally feel infallible behind the camera. However, when Simba the lion let out a deafening roar, shook his majestic mane, and then covered me in raw horse meat saliva, things changed. Suddenly, I began to feel the reality of the situation.
Diane, who started work as the receptionist for Yorkshire Wildlife Park, now works as a lion keeper. She is featured in Fabulous magazine’s ‘It happened to me.’
Single? – why not book yourself a mini-break at Butlins and hope to meet the love of your life.
It worked for Freda and Dennis who are still happy together after 61 years. Ahhh… a lovely shoot for S Magazine.
I photographed Emily and her naturally gorgeous baby girl Maddie for Femail. Emily has controversially announced that she is saving money in case Maddie wants to have cosmetic surgery and follow her into a glamour modelling ‘career’.
Well – who needs a uni fund anyway?!
Jenny and her husband, Stephen, very sadly lost their middle child, Lucas, to Spinal Muscular Atrophy. He was only four months old.
SMA is the leading genetic cause of death in young children. Jenny and Stephen are keen to raise awareness of the condition. Read their story in S magazine.
A fun shoot now with Emmerdale’s Gaynor Faye for S Magazine’s ‘Me and my handbag’ feature. What an excuse to be nosy!
Read the full article in the Daily Express.
Hayley Taylor (The Fairy Job Mother) stars in Woman magazine’s weight-loss feature.
Hayley was a pleasure to photograph for editorial photography and brought along lots of great outfits to show off her new figure.
Lastly, at this BBC shoot Tony Livesy couldn’t bear to be left out of the 5 live bump club pics so joined in sporting his own football baby – bless.
Just to remind you all that I am currently available Wednesdays through to Sundays until September when my availability goes back to normal and I would love to hear from you.
Claire x
I was invited to spend the day with Mosaic to create some quirky fun headshots that really show the personality of the people and the company. We used 3 different background colours and played around with different expressions and poses and although the office dog took it rather seriously, he does look very handsome :-).
Read moreBox Power asked me to photograph their event to celebrate 10 years in business. Box Power is a UK not-for-profit energy consultancy, where all profits, go back into the community and support good causes. It was a lovely evening, with an amazing fire artist, plus the mayor attended – always the sign of a good ‘do’ in my book!
Read moreBearded Fellows in Manchester, invited me to the office for a day to capture imagery to help illustrate who they are and what they do. Firstly to catch profile portraits of each person in a candid and relaxed style with a positive, creative and engaged feel.
Read moreWe start with a trip to Edinburgh to photograph students at Preston Lodge High School to capture promotional photography for my client, We Are Futures. NatWest run their varied CareerSense workshops across lots of different educational settings for 13 to 24 year olds.
Read moreI love these portraits for SMRS in Manchester! I had fun photographing about 20 employees and they didn’t need much encouragement to be themselves and let their personalities shine! Dan K worked his magic to transform the background into lots of different versions of their brand identity. I was thrilled with the results :-)
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