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 ! 

 happy times x

Wow !   2011 was an absolutely amazing year for Gill Maheu Photography.  I photographed some amazing weddings in some stunningly beautiful places the Chateau de Bagnols, l’Abbaye de Talloires, Hotel Trois Couronnes, Hotel Mirador Kempiniski,  Palace de Menthon and the Hotel Les Tresoms to name but a few. 

But the absolute best part of the year is having met and been privileged to be asked to photograph the wedding preparations, the emotional ceremonies and  "i do"s, the festivities of these brilliant couples – Marieleng & Joachim, Valérie & Damien, Claudia & Yves, Beatrice & Brice, the wonderful ‘mystery couple‘, Aurélie & Florent, Delphine & Hugo, Céline & Olivier, Naomi & Thomas, Adeline & Stéphane – each wedding was special and unique and totally wonderful – thank you all !

 I have had a fabulous time and i can’t wait to work with all the gorgeous couples who are getting married in 2012 and have asked me to photograph their weddings – it’s going to be magic!     In the meantime enjoy this "best of" of some of the wedding photos from 2011 …

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

I have been lucky enough to know this gorgeous couple for a while now and was absolutely thrilled to learn that there would be a new arrival to their family at the beginning of the year.  They asked me to photograph this special time in their lives so we headed off to the stunning Hotel Trois Couronnes in Vevey on Lake Leman and spent the afternoon together just before Christmas.  I am very grateful to them for allowing me to share some of their photos with you, i think you’ll agree that ‘mum to be’ looks absolutely radiantly beautiful ….

I’m really looking forward to meeting ‘little one’ soon 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 !!!

here is part two of a very very happy wedding day with Adeline and Stéphane and all their wonderful friends and family.   the wedding ceremony was held at the Chateau de Coubert – where a friend of the family performed the wedding service, their adorable little niece carried their wedding rings and a group of friends sang their hearts out  – magic !  The evening festivities started with a huge surprise for Adeline – another one of their friends (told you they had a fabulous group of friends !!) had arranged to project a selection of photos of the happy couple onto the front of the Chateau de Nandy … so they arrived to a torch lit drive and magnificently lit venue.

 the evening was amazing full of fun and smiles and i left them partying on into the night …

thank you both for letting me be part of such a truly brilliant day !!!  

pre wed shoot             wedding part one

what a beautiful beautiful wedding – Adeline & Stéphane chose to start and finish their wedding celebrations at the lovely 17th century Chateau de Nandy, about an hour south of Paris.  What a setting to get ready in – Adeline looked gorgeous in her stunning ivory silk dress and her little nieces and nephew were adorable in their wedding outfits.  Adeline and Stéphane had been blessed with amazing weather for their november wedding and so because the light fades early in the evenings they decided to have a ‘first look’.   Stéphane waited for his bride to be in an alley of golden and bronze leaved autumnal trees in the grounds of the chateau …

here is part one of their wonderful day …

part 2 will be coming soon.  

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the last wedding of the season for me was always going to be a special one but Adeline & Stéphane made it extra special, they are wonderful and just light up in each other’s company.  their wedding was beautiful and this is a shot from their first look …

more very soon -  congratulations to you both