what an absolutely perfect way to celebrate a very special wedding anniversary !   some of this lovely family live in scotland and the others in northern brittany so they all came together for a week on a big family summer holiday near the beautiful town of annecy, near the french alps.    to mark the occasion i was invited along on the last morning of their stay to take pictures of them all in the sunshine. 

it was a really fun morning – and a big thanks to the kids for making everyone giggle !   x

wow !  what a really really specially fabulous wedding !   special for lots of reasons -  first of all the gorgeous bride & groom , carol & narinder, and their fantastic kids and family and friends.  secondly because once again i got the chance to shoot alongside Jo & Si from Shoot who were doing photography and filming, as always they were an absolute joy to work with.    

when we arrived this is the view that greeted us  – the stunning and sumptously decorated Carlton Towers in North Yorshire – smiley excited faces were the next thing to greet us – a hugely happy buzzy atmosphere of anticipation. … the start of a brilliant day !  

carol & narinder i wish you both a very long happy and healthy life together full of laughter  x

more photos to follow soon   x

in the meantime do go and have a look at Jo & Si’s choice of images from this first part of the day on their SHOOT blog

this lovely family were celebrating a very important anniversary whilst on holiday together near annecy.   to mark the occasion they decided to have a family portrait shoot done before they headed back to brittany and scotland at the end of their stay.   

more to come soon     x

just a quickie post of a recent shoot  whilst i’m busy editing  …

recemment  j’ai eu l’occasion de travailler sur un projet photo avec la talentueuse vanessa baïetto-renoux, créatrice de bijoux volutes – elle voulait des images de sa nouvelle collection "comme maman" - un collection de bijoux pour le cortège, les enfants, filles et garçons des mariés, pour les demoiselles d’honneur et toute personne qui sera ainsi en accord parfait avec la mariée !    son site est un "must" pour toute future mariée – tous ses bijoux sont fabriqués par ses soins dans son adorable boutique dans le magnifique village médievale de alby-sur-cheran (74). 

… n’hésitez pas à visiter son site web www.bijouxvolutes.com car elle a plusieurs collections avec un très grand choix de parures pour se sentir belle tous les jours – personellement j’adore la collection acidulés - à visiter !!! 

recently i was lucky enough to work with the wonderful and very talented vanessa baïetto-renoux of bijoux volutes for this product shoot for the new wedding season – she creates gorgeous costume jewellry for brides ….   necklaces, bracelets, hair decorations, earrings, rings, …. beautiful beautiful products – do go and have a look at her site, or even better visit her gorgeous shop in Alby sur Cheran here in Haute Savoie.   this range is for the children of the wedding party so that they can wear the same gorgeous creations as the grown ups … it’s called  "comme maman". 

 … just in case you are feeling left out … don’t … she has gorgeous collections of beautiful coloured and textured wonders for ‘everyday’ wear  (i love the acidulée’ range !) … and i know for a fact she speaks great english so do go and have a look and if you are tempted, and lets face it who wouldn’t be, drop her an email to  vanessa@bijouxvolutes.com   -  go on treat yourself    x

Vanessa Renoux,

Bijoux Volutes,
9 rue Etroite,

74540 ALBY-sur-CHERAN

vanessa@bijouxvolutes.com

tel : 04 50 66 33 93  (heures bureau et samedi)

what a gorgeous little baby for a portrait session – he’s only just 2 months and he is totally cute!     he was a little poppet and grinned and gurgled throughout and boy does he wriggle … he’s nearly managing to turn over already and i reckon before they know it his mum and dad wil be moving all their valuables up a shelf or two because it won’t be long until he’s crawling !!!!

   go on admit it – he is cute isn’t he !!    x

woohoo !      spring looks as though it’s finally here !   the sunny weather was the perfect excuse to go to the lake in annecy to do a bit of paddling … okay and take a few fun portraits of the girls !

so this is how it started …. "please can we go paddling, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaase ?!!!"

then this happened .. but hey it was fun if a little chilly !

a really brilliant afternoon  x

a week or two ago i was shooting some more headshots and therapy shots at the bridge centre for natural health in derby  for their new brochure.   i was quietly sitting on the floor in the studio with my camera checking thru shots when this adorable little lad to came in to play for 5 minutes or so until his mum was ready to go … so cute and a great thomas the tank engine fan too – perfect !  i couldn’t resist – isn’t he gorgeous !!!       if you like this have a look at my other child portraits.

jess, your little man is gorgeous – look forward to seeing you again next time i’m over    x

it was the school / village carnival last weekend, the theme this year was cinema so thanks to father christmas being amazingly good at predicting the future they went as jack sparrow (honest !) and an indian princess (look she liked the sari … hee … think blonde bollywood!)  anyway i think they look fab … but then again i might be just a tinsy winsy bit biased !

back on a beautiful late autumn day last year i was lucky enough to do a family portrait lifestyle shoot for this gorgeous family.  recently i delivered the colourful leather albums and classy white frames and i have just had a lovely thank you note from them – "a gorgeous afternoon in mid-november captured in beautiful photos. thank you again for your work gill"  - which just seemed like the perfect excuse to put my favourite shots from the shoot up for you to see ….

and my absolute fave    …

myriam, ronan and the girls thank you again for a really, really fun afternoon with you all  x