gill maheu photography: professional lifestyle portrait photography based in Annecy, Geneva, Rhone Alpes

wow – now this was a pre wedding shoot with a difference !  Stéphanie and Mario contacted me about photographing their wedding towards the end of last year and they had very definite ideas about their pre wedding shoot – they wanted it to be different, and different it definitely was … and great great fun … and colourful and just brilliant !!   I left the idea side of things with them and we agreed to meet at the Musée d’Histoire Naturelle in the centre of Geneva …  but before we even got as far as the inside of the museum we were sidetracked by the wall painting in the best car park ever !   There is art all over the walls  – gorgeous bright colours just perfect to set off this fab couple … and THOSE boots (wow – gorgeous gorgeous – i want some !!!)

Once we were inside the museum (and had checked that we were allowed to take photos) we had great fun setting up the shots against the bright colours of the exhibits.  It turns out that they had both been frequent visitors to the museum when they were little so there were all sorts of memories (but we couldn’t find the crocodile !) , and the globe Mario is holding seemed like a direct reference to his amazing watch company  Magellan Watch . 

And for part two of the shoot ..?  we went to a car wrecking yard …. told you it was different.  The cars, the colours, the textures and Stéphanie & Mario ….. just brilliant!  and to top it off Stéphanie found an angel amongst all the broken cars – a perfect good luck sign !

I can’t wait for part one of their wedding celebrations in just under a month ! 

Welcome to the blog post with photos of the smiliest little one year old boy ever ever ever – his Mum and Dad contacted me late last year about photography as they had decided to have a family lifestyle shoot to help remember his first birthday.  This gorgeous family live in Lausanne so early one Saturday morning i set off to take their photos, we started in their beautiful bright appartment with shots of them playing together in the front room.   Later we went out to the park and enjoyed the spring (well it’s got to be nearly spring, hasn’t it ?) sunshine – swings, exotic birds and lots of fly like a plane games brought even more smiles to this gorgeous little boy’s face.  Their on line gallery is now up and running and I can’t wait to see which shots they choose from their very happy lifestyle shoot.

 happy times x

to help celebrate the first birthday of this gorgeous little one his mum and dad arranged a lifestyle shoot  – there are lots more to show you soon but i just couldn’t resist putting this one up as a sneaky peek !

isn’t he just totally and utterly gorgeous ?!!!!    x

Many thanks to all the people i have worked with over the last 12 months for making it such a very very special and happy year,

and to those i’m going to work with in 2012 i can’t wait to meet you, work together and have fun !

Happy Christmas to you all

2012 will be magical !!!