Maternity shoots can sometimes be a little tense and awkward - Mum's often feeling a bit bloated and queasy, carrying a basketball around on her stomach, not really in the mood for photos, and there's the tricky issue of how much flesh do they dare to bare. Not this time.

When I suggested we photographed her relaxing in a bath of milk, she immediately said "YES!! I LOVE it, can I wear pearls?"

And so it went on. We shot four or five setups in about an hour, and it really was a giggle a minute.

I have the coolest clients, I really do.

Here are some of the results: