Portrait photographer Derby, Burton-on-Trent, Ashbourne, Lichfield area - Jennifer Clare Photography - professional photographer for baby, child, family portraits

Baby J

Jennifer — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:47:31 +0000

Enjoying a quiet Christmas break with family and catching up with friends. This morning I visited my lovely neighbours and as they have a new addition to their family I took my camera. Here is the handsome baby J and his beautiful mum.

Kedleston Hall, a walk and what not to wear! {Derby photographer}

Jennifer — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:35:52 +0000

This weekend my son came home for a visit from university and he kindly consented to accompany me on a walk round Kedleston Hall’s lovely grounds AND let me take my camera….. parents of teenage boys will understand how special this was!

Now had this been a real portrait session I would have had the ‘wardrobe conversation’ with my clients before the event and hopefully avoided the dreaded ‘red’ and ‘large logo’ choices. I say hopefully as ultimately the choice of clothing is yours, but the suggestions I make are really well founded, so that you have the best possible images from your session, I’m not being pedantic or arty – honest!

A splash of red was/is often used by artists to draw the viewers eye into a picture, as it is an extremely attention grabbing colour. As such it is on my list of colours/things to avoid in portrait shoots, you need to be centre of attention, not the clothes you are wearing. Logos are the same unfortunately, I know they are trendy and teenagers love them, but in a still image they scream at you and distract from the person wearing them.

Back to my son and our lovely walk……. fortunately his jacket hides most of the Bath Uni logo and I have managed to tone down the red a little or cheated and made black and white

Child photo session at Crich Tramway Village Derbyshire

Jennifer — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:53:46 +0000

A beautifully sunny Autumn half-term morning found competition winners and myself at the Crich Tramway Village, for their mini session. Thank you all for a fun morning and a fab location idea

new family member {Derbyshire family photographer}

Jennifer — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:10:58 +0000

My (step) granddaughter arrived at the end of September and I thought I’d share a few photos taken of her at a week old. She is a real sweetie and I’m sure she will be popping up on the blog quite a lot over the coming years.

Aqua Narrowboats – commercial shoot

Jennifer — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:14:49 +0000

I spent a couple of hours on Saturday, with Justin, Jane and their family, aboard ‘Tom Kitten’ on what was a most obligingly glorious October evening, to capture a few summery lifestyle images for next years brochure. I can certainly see the appeal of holidaying on the waterways now – so relaxing and Justin and Jane’s boats are beautiful, don’t just take my word for it – pay them a visit! Aqua Narrowboats

Competition – win a child portrait shoot {Derby photographer}

Jennifer — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:27:07 +0000

I thought I’d have a little fun, so here it is:

The competition is for a school aged child/young person (5-16yrs) the prize includes a session plus five mounted frame ready prints and is easy to enter but does require you to put your thinking caps on!

I’ve recently bought two chairs as props; I’d love it if you could come up with some wonderful locations we could place them for a portrait session. I recently took one of them plus my daughter to Sunnydale Park to test drive it (blogged here) but I’m sure there are much more interesting locations.

Locations to be within a 20 mile radius of DE23 (though I might be tempted further a field if you come up with something truly spectacular) and needs to have road access for transporting the chair.

Competition closes 30th September and sessions to be taken by the end of October 2011.

Please follow this link to fill in the entry form.

Equine photography Derbyshire

Jennifer — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:35:16 +0000

I had fun this week trying to photograph a naughty two year old Hugo is extremely sweet and very photogenic but didn’t quite ‘get’ modelling, preferring to play (much like any two year old really!). Hugo’s owner had me in fits of giggles with renditions of ‘Singing in the Rain’ whilst flapping an umbrella in an attempt to capture his attention and create a nice pose with her daughter. It didn’t quite come off but the slightly older and wiser Pearl was most obliging. Thank you all for an entertaining afternoon

Family Portrait Session Matlock Derbyshire

Jennifer — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:51:38 +0000

On Sunday I met this lovely family at their home in deepest Derbyshire. The journey there was very interesting (note to self: when it comes to route planning, don’t think you know better than Google maps!). I thought Cornwall had the monopoly on narrow lanes but apparently the Matlock area boasts quite a few! The fraught journey was made very worthwhile by the warm welcome and the gorgeous setting, here are a few photographs from the session:

Family Holiday – Criccieth

Jennifer — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:58:32 +0000

Last week found my ‘children’ and me in unusually sunny North Wales. Anyone who knows us know that our ideal holiday includes peace, quiet, walks and the sea, we don’t do crowded beaches, hot weather and sun bathing. Consequently the first part of the week involved hibernating between 11am and 3pm – it was a little warm!

Below are some of our holiday snaps, probably of little interest to all but friends and family, as it’s mainly the ‘kids’ in search of a phone signal, creating rainbows in the Aberglaslyn Pass, trying to avoid the camera, or generally goofing around!

Family photo session, derbyshire

Jennifer — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:41:42 +0000

I caught up with this lovely family again this week, I can’t believe it is a year since I photographed baby C as a newborn. She has grown into a beautiful little poppet who has her parents firmly wrapped around her little finger!