Brand photography
for the ones building something
quietly extraordinary.
I photograph makers, creatives, and independent small business owners across Lincolnshire (and a bit beyond), the ones who've built something with their hands, their instincts, and their whole personality, and need a photographer who can actually see it.
Ey up duck.
Have you ever thought...
"What do I even do with my flipping hands in a brand shoot?"
"I don't want to look like everyone else's branding photos."
"I've had photos done before and they just... weren't me."
You're not the problem.
You just haven't had the right person behind the lens yet.
I'm Clare, and I photograph people who've built quiet, careful, extraordinary things and want the world to be able to find them. Not just "nice photos." A proper visual record of who you are, what you make, and why it matters.
No stiff poses, no stock-photo energy, no "stand in front of this brick wall and look like a creative." Just photographs that actually look like you, the slightly-chaotic, big-dreaming, actually-really-good-at-what-you-do you.
Yeah. I hear this all the time.
Most brand photography looks the same.
(Scroll through Instagram for five minutes and tell me I'm wrong!)
Same poses, same angles. You. “Confident.” Against something pretty. Nice light. Maybe a coffee you're not actually drinking. It’s fine. It does a job.
But it's not what I'm here for.
I'm more interested in the paint on your sink, the particular way you hold your scissors, the light in your workroom at half nine on a Thursday when you've already done three hours and you're properly in it. The version of you that shows up when you're actually doing the thing you built your whole business around.
That's when the real magic happens.
Funnily enough, it's also when you stop hating having your photo taken.
(FYI... that's not a coincidence.)
I work with the quiet builders.
Makers. Creatives. People who left a decent salary to do the thing they actually care about (hi, same). Independent business owners with a strong point of view and a deep personal vendetta against looking like everyone else's branding photos.
You lot. You're my people.
Makers
Wellness
Creatives
“You have captured emotions in me that I didn't know I showed and hopefully people see that too so they know what attending a workshop with me will be like.”
Jenny
TIED BY JUNIPER
Here's how it works...
1.We have a proper chat.
Not a sales call. I want to understand what you're building and what you need the images to actually do. We'll figure out whether we're a good fit, and if I don't think I'm the right photographer for you, I'll tell you.
2.I put together a plan.
Not a pick-from-the-menu pricing sheet. A proper recommendation based on what you've told me, the right shape of shoot, the right package, the right investment.
3.We make something great.
A shoot that's honest and built around you. You doing the thing you do. The quiet details nobody else would think to photograph. The version of you that exists when you're not pretending or performing.
4.You walk away with a proper visual record of your beautiful business.
Not just a few nice portraits. A full gallery of images that can run your brand's visual identity for the next six to twelve months, on your website, your social, your marketing, everywhere you show up.
“I could not be more happier. Thanks for making me feel at ease infront of the camera especially after having babies I’m just starting to remember who I am again and seeing myself in film like that is lovely x”
Charlotte
INKERLING DESIGN
You've probably got questions.
Wondering something?
Things people ask me before they book, things they wish they'd asked before they booked, and the one about whether you need to know exactly what you want before getting in touch.
(You don't. That's what the chat is for.)
It's more like getting a letter from a mate who happens to think a lot about photography, making things, and why most brand content looks a bit soulless.
Occasional. Honest. Sometimes about a shoot, sometimes about slow living or making things with your hands or why I spent forty minutes photographing a sink this week, always worth opening.
No "value bombs," no five tips to transform your brand, no apology for not emailing more often.
This is definitely NOT a newsletter...
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(P.S. You can leave whenever you like. No hard feelings, genuinely.)
If this sounds like your kind of thing...
Get in touch and we'll have a proper chat about what you're building. No pressure, no rush, no "I'll send you a quote if you fill in this seventeen-question form." Just a good old chat.
If I'm right for you, brilliant, let's make something fabulous. If I'm not, I'll tell you honestly and point you somewhere better.