We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Britney Clause a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Britney thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Let’s start with the story of your mission. What should we know?

I photograph alongside my husband, and we realized during the planning of our own wedding that the old adage “it’s the bride’s day” is still used to exile the other half of a partnership. There is one person in the coupling that often gets overlooked. Their opinion isn’t valued in vendor meetings, they aren’t listened to when it comes to decisions, and their vision gets marked down as unimportant.

It became our mission to show gratitude and respect to both individuals in a wedding couple because, without both of them, we wouldn’t be capturing one of the most important days of their lives. Our approach to the wedding day is to make sure the focus isn’t solely on one person. We capture both of their stories leading up to the ceremony and from there both tales come together flawlessly.

Our goal is for both individuals to feel seen and that their wedding day is THEIR wedding day. Not just a bride’s.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I got into photography when I was a kid, toting around a Polaroid i-Zone camera and sticking all of the sticker-like photos around my room. I never dreamed of becoming a wedding photographer and even now that I’ve been in business for over 10 years, I still am so surprised that this became my path.

This career has helped me immensely come out of my shell and deal with the anxieties that come from leading people through a very emotionally intense day. We help couples organize their timeline in order to streamline the wedding day, respectfully direct families and the couple through portrait time, and provide a sense of calm during what is surely a very stressful time.

I am proudest of our ability to connect with our couples on a real and genuine level. I know they can and will look to me for guidance and a sense of balance on their wedding day. They are of course surrounded by friends and family, but there is nothing more comforting than having a person next to you that has seen hundreds of events and is aware of how to make a day successful while capturing it beautifully!

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

When I first started in the wedding business, the unspoken rule among other vendors was that you HAD to be hustling.

If you weren’t networking, filling your weekends with weddings, submitting events to publications, or worrying about your social media grid/reels – what were you doing with your day?

It wasn’t until the pandemic hit and I was able to really focus on my life and overall mental health that I realized I wasn’t gaining anything by that always-moving lifestyle. I wanted to enjoy my work, and the exhausting mindset of always doing SOMETHING related to weddings or engagements really made me start to resent the entire industry.

Being able to slow down and admit to myself that it’s okay to not be go-go-go was massive, and I’ve learned that making sure I’m taking care of myself is what will make my business a success.

Where do you think you get most of your clients from?

We’ve had amazing people come to us just from word of mouth from previous couples and families! I feel so extremely lucky and fortunate to have met some really extraordinary people over the course of my business ownership. A lot of our wedding couples, when they start to expand their family, come back to us for maternity and newborn sessions. They really make us feel like such a huge part of their lives and I’m so thankful for every couple that comes to us and decides to grow with us!

Contact Info:

• Website: britneyclause.com
• Instagram: @britneyclause
• Facebook: @britneyclausephotography
• Youtube: britneyclause

Image Credits
Headshot – Marlayna Photography