A Brand New Baby Gerrard
He/she may look like an alien life form at the moment but here’s the latest addition to the Gerrard family.
We won’t get to meet the baby til the end of August but, after today’s scan, I can assure you that, all being well, there will be plenty more photos of this little person on the blog in the future…
Only 8cm long but everything seems to be in the right place 
Isaac is 1
A year ago today we met a little boy and we named him Isaac.
Elliott had a little brother and we had another gorgeous son. He’s such a happy little kid and we’re so happy to have him as part of our little family.
Happy Birthday Isaac. We love ya
“It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to…”
Isaac liked his new present so much he wanted to eat it!
Elliott enjoyed Isaac’s birthday just as much, if not more! He opened Isaac’s presents, blew out the candle on his cake and learned the lyrics to “Happy Birthday” but, most importantly, wore the coolest t-shirt!
The Gerrards in Montreal cont…
After the last post my mom complained there were no photos taken in the snow. We’ll rectify that right here, right now!
Evelyne and I first met in the snowy town of Chamonix but we haven’t experienced much snow since. Although Isaac is still a little young to enjoy the white stuff, Elliott LOVES the snow. He obviously has some Montreal blood in those veins!
Temperatures were around -16 when some of these were being taken so Elliott is thoroughly wrapped up but I promise he’s in there somewhere
Evelyne taught Elliott how to make snow angels
Back indoors and Elliott decided he quite liked playing with the Canon S90 camera I got for Evelyne for Christmas (A great point & shoot camera by the way).
Maybe we have another photographer in the family
Merry Christmas from Montreal
Hi everyone. And Merry Christmas!
Evelyne, Elliott, Isaac and I are here in a cold and snowy Montreal staying with her family over Christmas. It has been a time to switch off from work mode and enjoy some time with the kids as well as relaxing and catching up with our Canadian family & friends.
So I just wanted to take this time to say thanks to everyone for your support & friendship throughout 2009. We have had an amazing year and look forward to plenty more good times in 2010. We never take for granted that we do what we love as a career.
Here are a few family photos from Montreal. There will be more coming soon
Have a great Christmas. Cheers.
Steve
Evelyne’s new nephew, Jacob.
Elliott LOVES Christmas
“Metallll!!”
Spending time with Grandmama & Grandpapa. Elliott has even been speaking a little French which is so cute!
Sunny Spain?
Sometimes being so busy as a photographer it’s easy to put off editing personal photos in favour of getting jobs done for clients. So it was nice this week to find some time to go through some images we took while on a recent visit to my parents’ house near Murcia in Spain.
There are a lot of Elliott!
A little late night light painting
Smell the flowers Elliott, don’t kiss them!
Elliott wasn’t so keen on paddling!
But he liked collecting shells…
Taken by my Mom…
And all too soon we were back in the airport in Birmingham…
But I had a surprise planned
Moving to England from Montreal means that Evelyne left behind a lot of family and friends who she doesn’t see anywhere near as much as she would like. And that’s my fault!!
So I contacted her best friend, Dominique, in secret and we planned a surprise visit. It worked out that her flight arrived just before ours so she was at the gate waiting as we arrived. Here’s Evelyne’s reaction…
A great little family trip but much too short. We’ll be back soon I hope but first we’ll be heading to Montreal for Christmas
Wild Cats & Swine Flu
Well, I’m glad that week’s finally over!
Those that follow me on Twitter will know that I’ve been sucker-punched by suspected swine flu since Monday when I just about struggled through photographing Jack White’s latest musical project, The Dead Weather. I’m not somebody who gets sick very often at all. This was the sickest I’ve been in years. In fact, I struggle to think of another time I’ve been so ill for so long.
Canceled shoots, rescheduled appointments, missed gigs by great bands.. and my email inbox is bursting at the seems. Not the way I like to operate at all!
I’m not 100% well yet but I’m feeling much better and hope to be back in the studio tomorrow to play catch up. Thanks to everyone that’s been understanding and patient. Thanks to the people who’ve sent messages. Thanks mostly to my own private nurse, Evelyne, who’s been amazing, despite feeling pretty ill herself some days.
Anyway, there were two other people who kept my spirits up this week – Elliott & Isaac. There was no way we were going to miss out on some Halloween fun with my boys. Would you be scared if these two trick-or-treaters showed up at your door??
Grrrrrrr!!
Little Monkeys
This is the day the monkeys at Trentham Gardens Monkey Forest came face to face with our two little monkeys, Elliott & Isaac.
Monkey Forest is a great little place near Stoke where 140 Barbary Macaque monkeys live in total freedom. As you can see here, they can wander around freely and live in large family groupsrather than being split up and shoved in a caged area.
Elliott’s such a little poser!
A meeting of minds…
Beautiful
My favourite wild creatures
Baby monkey
LOVE this photo of Elliott
Super Martian Robot Girl! YEAH!
Isaac tries the local produce
One last shot taken by one of the monkeys..
Happy Anniversary to us :)
Today is 3rd October which means it’s 2 years since Evelyne & I had our wedding in Cornwall.
The weather was much better that day!
We’re now a little family, with our gorgeous boys, Elliott & Isaac, and we couldn’t be happier!
I love my girl so much and she amazes me every day. I’m so blessed to have met her and for her to have moved from Montreal and agreed to be my wife. She’s the sun in my sky and I look forward to many many more years together…
Wedding pics by Bianca Barrett.
Charlie Adam – Blackpool FC
On Monday I was up in the English seaside town of Blackpool, once a major holiday destination in the UK, bt now a shabby, run down and somewhat grim place in the north west of England. I was there to photograph newly signed Blackpool FC midfielder Charlie Adam who has just moved to Blackpool from Rangers and is still house hunting in the area, so we met at his current abode, the Hilton Hotel. To make a day of it, Evelyne and the kids came along for the ride.
Charlie is a super nice guy and spent as much time chatting to the kids as he did having his photo taken.
We grabbed a couple of quick pictures in the hotel lounge and then headed outside to get some cool portraits using Blackpool as our backdrop…
After we left Charlie, the weather quickly started to brighten up and we headed onto the beach in the sunshine with the kids…
My favourite girl
And even a rare shot of me! Taken by Evelyne.
Elliott is 2
This weekend was Elliott’s 2nd birthday and I thought I’d post a selection of photos from the last couple of years. It’s amazing how much he’s changed already and Evelyne and I feel so lucky to have him and his little brother Isaac as part of our lives. He’s a great kid and makes us laugh every single day.
Happy Birthday Elliott! We love you loads.
(I should probably stress that not all of these photos were taken with a professional camera)
Elliott was the ring bearer at our wedding
He adapted well to travel…
Give us a kiss!!
Great photo by our friend Bianca
And one by our friend Stef…
My family of smurfs.
Mixing with the stars at the V Festival…
.. and fondling Duffy
