Claire Bemister

This family shoot was a birthday present for Nigel - what a fabulous idea! He chose for us to shoot in one of his favourite spots to...

Well, baby Alice certainly made her entrance! She bounded into the world in a whirlwind of a homebirth, in the living room just minutes...

Ohhhhhhh, newborn squidgy goodness!! Be still, my beating... ovaries? Baby E was a snoozy delight, and big brother H made me both giggle...

Oh, summer days! As the winter creeps in and the days are darker and darker, and soggier, and soggier... I do long for a bit of that...

It’s typical British weather, isn’t it? You plan everything for a gorgeous glowy golden hour and then a few minutes earlier it just...

L reached out to me for a newborn shoot after being recommended by her friend. The world was just starting to open up after the intense...

M +A reached out to me last summer for a maternity shoot. M mentioned that she'd also like some more dramatic and posed images, along...

Kirsten and Stephen asked me into their home in December to capture baby Sadie. I’ll be honest with you, as I was with them. I wasn’t...

So, last week I was chatting about how to improve your pictures of your kids in terms of getting angles and natural moments, and how to...

S said “We have so many photos in our house, but none of us! Except maybe a wedding photo... We think that maybe this is the time to get...

Well. I wasn’t expecting to write a post quite like this, and I’m guessing you weren’t expecting to read one. As the lockdown is extended...

I was invited along to this “half-birthday party” in Reading, Berkshire to celebrate a happy 6 months earthside to all these lovely...

Back in the summer I was asked to come and document the goings-on of the annual Knaphill Summer Event, down at Mizens Railway. It was an...

Ahhhh, golden hour. The 4 of us (me, O, L and Arlo!) set out just before 8pm onto Brookwood Country Park near Guildford for their...

Grayson's parents called me up and asked me to capture his Christening back in the summer, and as it was only a hop, skip and jump away...

I was asked back for a third time to photograph this lovely family - and honestly there is no greater compliment. Previously we had...

What I love about kids parties, is the sheer joy and utter excitement they bring! Amaya had a particularly fab one for her fifth...

Oh gosh, there's nothing quite like newborn feet, is there? Jess was born back in December and I had the privilege of meeting her at a...

The #beastfromtheeast swung by ours, briefly! Snow days off school meant work was put on hold, but we couldn't just sit inside, we had to...

The initial conversation went a little like this: "So, how do you feel about the New Forest? Specifically, Lyndhurst and Beaulieu? Only,...