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 spent half a day with Joe and his team at Soteria Fire Protection in Huddersfield to create branding photography for their website and general promotion and marketing. Soteria provides expert fire safety solutions across the north. We started with headshots against a mid grey background, wearing branded t-shirts of all the staff. Then moved onto more editorial style portraits of Joe
Read moreI visited a lovely school in my home town of Huddersfield - Moor End Academy. The pupils were really easy to work with and glad to be involved. I worked with Susan, who organised the schedule and helped me on the day. We were looking to get lots of photography of the students working hard, interacting with each other and enjoying the school environment...
Read moreHarper Green School is part of Leverhulme Academy Trust and we worked together to create positive, happy and natural shots of the pupils engaged in lessons and interacting with each other. Occasionally adding in a posed portrait that will work really well alongside a quote or a case study in the prospectus.
Read moreI 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!
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