Guillaume & Family - Lifestyle Shoot

This is a post that has been loooong overdue, and I have got no excuse apart from the fact that life took over after Christmas...

So at the back end of November I was contacted by Guillaume's Mum to find out about doing a family shoot with the adorable Guillaume and his bigger sister Claire and brother Mathieu. I was absolutely delighted but also at the same time a little nervous ;-). I have met other French families abroad and know that they are very good at speaking mostly french at home, and although it is high on my list of things that I want to learn, my french doesn't really get me any further than ordering a hot chocolate in a cafe ;-).

We had a couple of false starts due to the snow and flooding that occurred before Xmas, and the fact that Mum works in the insurance industry and was called away to go and see to clients.

When we eventually managed to get together, all my nerves proved to be for nothing as the older children where fantastic with helping me communicate with Guillaume if he didn't understand what I wanted.

Between us G and I managed to have long conversations about animals and the noises they make, and I even managed to learn a couple of new words.

We did a series of portraits around the house before we headed out to go for a walk next to the river in Maidenhead. Unfortunately Bolter's Lock Island was still deemed to be unsafe due to the fast moving river and before mentioned flooding.

We did have fun feeding the (fast moving) ducks and geese on the river and I adapted a couple of precarious angles to capture some of the images through the railings... All in a days work ;-)

Here are a couple of my favourites from the day...