Clemens Photography is a long established family business, originally formed in 1951 by Clifford Clemens.

He learnt his trade in the Navy, and then worked with George Ellis in Bodmin before starting the business on his own with a photo display cabinet outside his wife Betty’s sweet shop at 45 Fore Street. The photographs soon sold more than sweets, and they moved to their current location at number 63 in May 1955 where the family lived until 1969. Clemens Photography have archived Clifford’s original negatives and whilst he printed his work by hand in his darkroom, the business often reprints 50 year old negatives on our high tech digital lab with outstanding quality!

Clifford’s eldest daughter, Sue, formally partnered him in the business in 1976 and when Clifford retired in 1987, Sue’s husband, Cliff Webb, joined her in the family business. Sue’s brother, Roy, joined them in 1990. A milestone was passed in 1991 when a new digital lab was purchased giving us complete control over quality and enabling us to offer a 1 hour processing service. Our latest lab enables us to print from a number of sources including slides and prints as well as digital.

In 2012, Cliff and Sue retired from the business and the shop, as it stands today, is owned by Roy Clemens & Ian Fanning, both offering many combined years of experience and expertise in the field of photography and imaging. We stock the latest digital equipment and also offer a vast range of quality used items, part exchange being a large part of our business.

There is also a huge range of accessories in store including lenses & binoculars.

We also have a large format printer which allows us to print poster prints and canvas wraps from virtually any source. The business has also invested in the latest Fuji photo kiosks, enabling images to be printed from memory cards and mobile phones/tablets with the capability of the customer ordering their prints from home via a FREE app.

We pride ourselves on our customer service and competitiveness, and are always on hand to give expert friendly advice, so please come in and see us for a chat or give us a call.