wow – what an amazing day – let me describe the scene … the amazing chateau de bagnols set deep in the beaujolais vineyards, a clear blue sky and quite possibly the happiest and most gorgeous couple in the world !   and boy did they celebrate in style surrounded by their closest family and friends who had travelled from very far and wide – a really magical day !    this is just a sneak peek but there will be more to follow very soon …

until then i would like to wish the very very happy couple a wonderful honeymoon and a very long, happy and healthy life together  x

i wish you all a fantastic christmas and an excellent happy, fun filled and prosperous 2011 !!!

je vous souhaite à tous un très Joyeux Noël et une excellente année 2011 plein de moments de bonheur et de rigolades !

enjoy the festivities x        passez de très bonnes fëtes   !!!

here is part three of emma and dan’s gorgeous wedding at the beautiful  chatsworth.      enjoy   

part one is here &  part two is here

in the meantime do go over to the very talented jo & si’s blog at Shoot to see their choice of shots too  x

i have been busy going through shoots from earlier in the year – and i just loved this one, an amazing masked ball for new year’s eve to celebrate jeanette and peter’s wedding at the Palace de Menthon in annecy.  here are some black and white versions of the shots from the evening

 i just love that last one x

 if you fancy the colour versions just click here … enjoy     x

a very sneaky peek at the fabulously happy and seriously gorgeous Mr & Mrs Trickitt

thank you so much both of you for allowing me to be part of your day – it was brilliant from start to finish !!!    xxx

more images very soon !

woohoo !   eline & joppe are home … so here’s part I of their wonderfully happy wedding at  the chateau d’aigle at the end of lake geneva.

eline & joppe are an amazing couple – they are just so full of fun and happiness that i knew it was going to be a brilliant day !   they had arranged to meet at their flat before the ceremony and when joppe arrived with eline’s beautiful bouquet the sheer happiness was just magic !   they were travelling to the chateau d’aigle in eline’s dad’s car which he’d driven down from the netherlands (wow! i want one), and after me leaning out of the window on the motorway to get a few shots we got there early enough to do some gorgeous couple shots with the chateau as a backdrop.    then they greeted their guests and everyone went inside to a beautiful old beamed room in the 13th century castle for the wedding ceremony given in both french and dutch so that their friends and family could follow.

part II and the train ride up to the mountains for the reception very soon  – promise

Mr & Mrs B thank you for allowing me to be part of your fantastic day !

Sonia Grimm propose des spectacles tendres et colorés, dans lesquels elle est accompagnée d’enfants comédiens qui chantent, dansent et se déguisent en divers personnages tendres et amusants. Ses spectacles se jouent toute l’année à guichets fermés et ses spectacles de Noël font salle comble dans les plus grandes salles de Suisse Romande (Montreux, Géneve, Lausanne, ..)

Amoureuse des enfants et de la nature, Sonia ne trouvait pas dans le commerce les chansons tendres et entraînantes qu’elle rêvait de faire écouter à ses enfants.  Elle a comblé cette lacune en composant de superbes mélodies qu’elle accompagne de sa voix douce et chaleureuse et dont les textes sont emprunts d’une poésie pleine de fraîcheur.

Pour la deuxième fois à Massingy, nous avons eu le plaisir d’accueillir Sonia Grimm le samedi 26 juin à la salle des fêtes.  L’APE et son producteur ce sont donné les moyens d’amener, enfants et parents pour la découvrir ou redécouvrir pendant plus d’une heure.  A la fin du spectacle Sonia a pris le temps pour chacun de faire une dédicace, un bisous aux petits comme aux grands.

www.sonia-grimm.com

billetterie : nouveau spectacle de noël  : L’incroyable Destin de M. Boule de Neige

un grand merci à Sonia et tout son équipe pour cet magnifique spectacle ! 

well i can’t resist another quick post of some of the images i took at the venetien carnival in annecy.  i had an amazing time both on the evening and the following day at the carnival and chatted to quite a few of the "costumiers" parading, (walking doesn’t seem a grand enough term), around in their finery.  they told me that they can spend a whole year creating these beautiful, beautiful costumes – the attention to detail is stunning.   whilst creating a gallery for the stars of the show i realised just how many of my favorite shots i had left out….

if you are near annecy 2 weekends after mardi gras (so around 20th March 2011) it really is worth the trip and the ‘costumiers’ parade round the old town of annecy for three days

i can’t wait for next year   x

woohoo !   kate and sebastien are back from honeymoon so i can finally share some of their wedding shots with you,  forgive me for the delay but i wanted them to be first to see them and i wasn’t sure of the internet connections on the beautiful sun drenched island they had chosen to escape to !  

the wedding which was held at the palace de menthon in annecy was gorgeous – the happy couple were gorgeous and their friends and family were gorgeous too !    the weather did it’s best to put a dampener on things but quite honestly i don’t think anybody noticed that much,  i felt really lucky to be included in such a close group of friends and family, everyone was incredibly welcoming – all in all a very, very, very happy day  !!!

following are a few of my favourites…

and then the party started !!

i can’t wait to show the whole selection to Mr & Mrs Cramon very soon

and i wish them a very long, happy and healthy life together full of giggles and fun !  x

last weekend i had a fantastic time at the Venetien Carnival in Annecy – i took some shots of amazing costumes.  their creators often spend the whole year preparing a new costume, the work and the creativity that goes into them is mindblowing !  here is just a very quick taster post of a few of those costumes…  more to follow … promise

a very BIG thank you to all the fabulous people who created the costumes … and a special thanks to marie-christine, solange & jean michel