welcome to…
memories with claire
(Formerly known as Country Made Images)
I’m Claire, the sole human behind this little family photography business.
I started photographing families in 2015, with the inspiration coming from my own childhood memories.
My dad had this way of capturing people that was so natural. He wouldn’t ask them to look at him and smile, instead waiting for the perfect moment when they were laughing and enjoying themselves, and then snapping the photo.
I knew that this was the vibe that I wanted to bring to my shoots - where you could have family photos taken but not feel like you were on the spot having to come up with a smile that was awkward and not natural.
busy family life? me too…
I’m a full time mum to two busy boys, and a wife to an even busier husband. This business is run during any pockets of time I find, so I get that life is sometimes completely crazy and it’s hard to keep up!
I was a photographer before I became a mum, but after I had my kids, I realised just how much photos mean to us (and how difficult it can be to get your own children to let you take good photos of them).
Time just scoots away from us whether we like it or not, so we take as many photos as we can so that we don’t forget anything, and we can share the wonderful moments with our kids as they grow (in the hope that they’ll remember the good times better than the times when we lost it over toys everywhere, again).
even though I have a fancy camera, like you, most of our family memories are taken on my phone, with me behind the camera (and the occasional selfie thrown in for good measure).
The ultimate goal of Memories with Claire is to give you an opportunity to let go and relax, just enjoy being with your family, living in the moment while someone else captures the beautiful moments of connection that are naturally there…