Wedding Photography
Hello! I’m Claire and I’ve been photographing weddings since 2010. Congratulations on your upcoming wedding, and thank you for considering me for your wedding photography!
I offer special packages for micro wedding photography and weekday wedding photography, so please do look at those pages for more information if they apply to you.
Otherwise, this page contains general information about my approach to photographing a wedding, pricing for full day weekend weddings, and some kind words from past wedding clients.
There’s also a gallery with some of my favourite wedding photos from the last 16 years - enjoy!
About my wedding photography
My photography journey began with photographing landscapes, in which I discovered my love of natural light and composition, and this is reflected in my approach to wedding photography. I want to not only capture amazing moments - the glance, the thrown back laugh, the moment of horror when you realise that story is about to be told in the best man’s speech - but to capture them in a way that honours my love of beautiful composition and light.
My goal is simple: To document your wedding as it unfolds, but to do so in a way that particularly captures the emotions of everyone there and also in a way that is beautifully composed and lit. I want to tell the story of your day, but I also want you to have stunning images that are as worthy of framing as a landscape photo.
I am truly honoured that so many couples entrust their wedding photos to me. If you would like to take that first step, with that first phone call or meeting, contact me here with your wedding date and venue, or drop me an email at claire@clairelauphotography.com
Full Day Wedding Photography
Price: £1,600
Full day coverage: Everything from getting ready to the first dance, up to a maximum of 8 hours.
You’ll receive: 300+ digital photos in full resolution, fully edited and ready to share with friends and family.
The price also includes an in-person planning meeting in London and a mini engagement shoot.
The process of being your wedding photographer doesn’t start on the wedding day, but long before with a phone call and/or a cup of coffee to make sure I’m the right fit for you. If you book me then, in the run up to the wedding, we’ll meet to plan out the day and go through all the details. I can help you work out timings that will give the right flow and pace for the day and for you. I also use this meeting to get all the information I need for the day, and I can give guidance on things to think about and contingencies to be made. We’ll also have a mini engagement shoot right after this meeting so that you can get used to being photographed and, most importantly, so that you can see how wonderful you’ll look in your wedding photos - the confidence you’ll get is priceless.
On the day itself, I am a discrete and unobtrusive presence in the background, although inside I’ll be buzzing, full of energy, and so excited to be there and getting all these beautiful photos for you!
After the wedding, I’ll have some preview photos ready for you to see within a couple of days and the full set of photos will then generally follow within a month. You’ll receive them in full resolution so that you can make as many prints as you like and share with friends and family.
Kind words
Claire, just received the photos! Thank you SO much! Both Felix and I love them and you've captured such incredible subtleties of emotion/expression. They are truly fabulous and we can't wait to show everyone. A million thank yous for the fantastic job.
- Emma and Felix
Every single one of our friends and family have had nothing but fantastic things to say about Claire. They thought she was fun and very professional on the day and are blown away by all the photos. Claire is extremely hardworking, talented and has captured our day beautifully. It was such an emotional time for us all and you can see that in the pictures as they tell the story so well. All the photos are stunning, I just can't stop looking at them :) Thank you Claire! You are so talented and have a fantastic, artistic eye for capturing these special moments.
- Kingsley and Hannah
Claire, a massive thank you. The photos are wonderful and really captured the spirit of the day - Lucy laughed at the ones of me looking appropriately stressed at the altar. Lots of people commented about how hard you worked throughout the day and it certainly shows in the brilliant photos you’ve taken. Thank you once again and I’ve recommended you to a number of my friends who’re getting married in the near future.
- Guy and Lucy
An excellent and professional service. After being recommended by a friend, we asked for a meeting with Claire and were amazed by the quality of the portfolio photo that she showed us. She came extremely well prepared for the day, ensuring she knew every detail about the wedding before she arrived. Throughout the day she was extremely discrete and managed to capture loads of very intimate moments. The photos that she produced look amazing and she excels in capturing special moments between a couple or a small group. All in all I can’t recommend highly enough.
- Ollie and Rachel
Thank you so much for being such a huge part of our wedding day. The photographs you took are wonderful and really captured the whole amazing day beautifully. It really is a show of your genius that we have had great difficulty narrowing them down to our 'top 100'!
- Jon and Fay
Claire was an amazing photographer. She had gone through every detail and on the day made picture-taking fun and not a hassle. She has the ability to capture moments that take your breath away, and that is most important on a day that means so much to you and goes by so quickly. I wish I could take her to America with me so she can photograph my American wedding as well. I can't see any other photographer measuring up. She made me a very beautiful and happy bride!
- Hillary and Philip