About

Hi, I’m Claire.

I’ve had a camera in my hand since I was a kid. My dad gave me his old film SLR and I couldn’t get enough of it. I’d go to France every summer to visit family, and I would photograph everything from backyard picnics and berry picking with my cousins, to pigeons on the streets of Paris, to the way the light came through old panes of glass. I loved documenting the way life looked.

I grew up moving around – France, Montreal, Florida – before landing in Utah for college and never leaving. I studied photography formally and earned a BFA, but I also studied Anthropology because I've always been drawn to the things that tie people together across cultures. Rites of passage. The moments that get marked and remembered.

Weddings found me during university and I've never looked back. What pulled me in was that a wedding contains every kind of photography I love – landscapes, portraits, candid moments, details, low light, natural light, photojournalism, all of it – in a single day. Fifteen years in, I still don't get bored. Partly because no two weddings are the same, but mostly because I genuinely believe what I'm doing matters. I've seen firsthand how these photos become part of the larger tapestry of a life. Flipped through on anniversaries, displayed at milestone birthdays, used to remember people we've lost. A wedding is one day when everyone shows up. That's worth getting right.

My goal has always been to do more than make beautiful images. I want you to actually enjoy the experience of being photographed. To feel relaxed and taken care of, and to look back on your wedding day and remember it as even better than it was. That's what keeps me going.

A few of my favorite things:

  • being a mom and watching my Izzy (5) and Leo (3) learn and grow
  • my partner in all things, co-conspirator, and the love of my life: Andy
  • hot tea on cold mornings (jasmine green tea or a london fog, to be precise)
  • being outside, whether it's a walk around the block with the kids in the wagon, hiking and climbing around the mountains, going on road trips with Andy, or traveling somewhere completely new
  • audiobooks and podcasts (talk to me about romantasy if you're similarly obsessed!)
  • freshly baked croissants
  • lists
  • making beautiful things
  • love stories, especially those I get to tell through photography