Little Thetford entrepreneur Claire Louise has been telling us about her beautiful photography. We first saw Claire Louise’s photographs of Little Thetford on her very active Facebook page. We were very impressed, for example, with the 55 photos in her “Autumn in Little Thetford …” album and the 19 photos in her “Walk to Ely …” album. Claire Louise, 30, moved to Little Thetford from Stuntney in August of 2011 and, inspired by the natural beauty of her surroundings, she clearly loves the photographic opportunities available in her new village. Claire Louise has been taking photographs for many years, keenly following her amateur photographer father, John Bird, as he took photographs. She formed Claire Louise Photography in 2009 and has completed over fifty weddings, travel photography including Scotland and some studio portrait work since that time. She tells us that she always drifts back to the beauty of the countryside.

Claire Louise mainly uses a Canon EOS 550D with 18–55mm lens on manual without flash. She has Adobe Photoshop on her PC though she rarely uses it; preferring not to tweak her photographs except sometimes to artistically crop. Claire Louise also runs the iCanvas web site from the village which was started in August this year. This service turns your own photographs or her stock images into beautiful canvas prints up to 100cm x 50cm or even larger. A nice way to decorate any room.

We welcome Claire Louise to our village and wish her well with her enterprises.

We show below a very small selection of work by Claire Louise. These are some of her personal favourites. Don’t forget to check out more of her work on her Facebook page. Please do tell us what you think from the page here.

The “February in Little Thetford” photo was taken on 5 February 2012 looking across Thetford Field towards Stretham. This photo has proved popular in iCanvas. The “Cherries” were taken that same afternoon. Model Pixie’s favourite person is US singer, songwriter and actress Katy Perry. Can you tell?

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February in Little Thetford © 2012 Claire Louise

Cherries © 2012 Claire Louise

Model Pixie recreating Katy Perry © 2012 Claire Louise

Model Pixie recreating Katy Perry © 2012 Claire Louise