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 ! 

 the abbaye de talloires is going to be the stunning venue for Naomi & Thomas’s beautiful october wedding … so it was the perfect place to meet up for their pre wed shoot.   we chatted for ages about their plans, explored the venue and then set off to take some shots around the grounds of the hotel and down by the lake.    they are brilliant together and always laughing and teasing each other – huge smiles all the time, great fun to work with.   ooooh and if you are wondering …  the t-shirt is for naomi not new york, for another couple of weeks or so her surname starts with a ‘Y’ so it is just perfect !  

enjoy these images …

 make sure you come back soon to see their wedding images x

the brilliant adeline and stéphane are busy planning their wedding up near paris, but on a visit home to annecy they decided to have their pre wed shoot down by the beautiful lake.   we met in the late afternoon sun at menthon st bernard, chatted for ages about all their wonderful plans (two chateaux !!!), drank ice cold drinks and hid from the glaring sun,  watched the world go by at the pottery fayre and then when the crowds drifted off we started their shoot.    here are some of my favourites …

 november will be fun – i can’t wait  x

we decided to meet in Menthon St Bernard by the lake in Annecy late on a sunny Sunday afternoon – unfortunately most of Annecy had also decided to be there for the Marché des Potiers, so we sat in the cafe by the lake and had a long chat about all their plans for their wedding in november and watched the world go by … then we started the pre wed shoot – here is a sneaky peek …

more to come soon   x