At 17:42 (that’s 5:42pm to you non 24h clock people) on the 2nd of August 2010 I was privileged to introduce to the world my son, Haydn Taylor Glavin.
Weighing in at 7lbs 15oz, all bits intact and a very healthy pair of lungs.

I’m so proud of my wife, Cassandra, who by following the Hypnobirthing method managed to go through the entire labour without pain relief.
She woke up this morning (7:30am ish) with surges (contractions) approximately 4 minutes apart, the birthing pool was filled at 14:30 (2:30) and 3 hours and 12 minutes later in our front room we met our son for the first time.

Here are some photographs from the day!

Inflating the pool

Filling the pool

Checking the temperature

Need to time contractions? There’s an app for that….

Breathing through the contraction

Holding on tight (at least it wasn’t my hand)

The star of the show Haydn Taylor Glavin

I recently had the pleasure of photographing Ranvir and Will’s wedding at Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Reading.
A very early start and typically British weather were outweighed by the beautiful colours and details. Our couple time on a typical Reading main road was certainly different from the location that we had planned!

Here are some of my favorites from the day

The Girls watching for Ranvir

Ranvir making her way downstairs

The emotion was too much.

Focusing on details

Waiting in the car

Will arrives at the Temple

The apprehensive Groom