It just so happens that I have a friend, Bec, (who also has a blog - http://jenniferthebook.wordpress.com/ in case any of you are interested in another mummy blogger) who's daughter won the Next model baby competition last year and she had made friends with a local photographer to do her daughters portfolio work. The images he produced were top notch and he certainly has taken more and more stunning photos of her to this day. I decided this was the man I wanted to document the bump!

We took a variety of photographs in all sorts of styles and I can definitely say that within 5 minutes of arriving, and a good cup of tea, I felt very comfortable being around Gary and knew that we would get some great photos. I had my heart set on getting some nice images for the nursery so we balanced some booties and a teddy on my tummy as I lay on the floor. I have to say I felt a bit like a tortoise when I had to get up off the floor we I dont think I managed with any grace or elegance but never mind. The day had most certainly been a success!!
Gary had mentioned that he would really like to get some tiny newborn babies for his portfolio and having seen the quality of the images he produced from our bump shoot I was more than happy to offer my baby up for a bit of modelling. Louie arrived on Sunday 14th (2 weeks late might I add!) and because of how he was born I had to stay in hospital until Tuesday afternoon for observation of my blood etc. I threatened that I would make something to lower myself out of the window with my bed linen if they didnt let me out! We got Louie home and settled and I got in touch with Gary. At 5 days old Gary came to our house and my little man made his modelling debut - he seemed to quite enjoy himself. Another sucessful shoot with Gary if I dont say so myself :)
By this point I could feel myself wanting to have Gary take every single photograph of Louie, an exspensive addiction, but a bloody good use of money! I'd have liked nothing more than to make Gary live under the stairs, Harry Potter style, and take him out on a daily basis to capture what was going on. To be fair Im pretty certain Louie thinks the camera is another member of the family as he sees it that much!

Louie had always been able to hold his head well from an early age but it was around this time that he appeared very strong so we did some pictures of Louie on his front which I think amongst these is one of my favourites taken of all time so far. These photos would then be dished out to everyone as Christmas presents in a variety of shapes and sizes and loved by absolutely everyone.

I will always recommend Gary Hill to anyone and everyone and since our shoots we've had a few friends who have also had family photographs taken with amazing results.
And I bet within the next few months I'm pestering Gary for another shoot, but for now I'll let you lot have a look at what he can do and let some other people sit in front of his lens :)
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