LITTLE Lucas Roberts from Coleford is very special – he's the 3,000th baby Ross master photographer Philip Price has photographed under the Cherubs scheme.

'Cherubs' is a national scheme run by the Master Photographers Association that records a baby's first year in pictures.

Each baby has three photo sessions and parents choose a picture that sums their baby up best at that age. They then receive a free folio complete with all the pictures after the last sitting.

Phil joined Cherubs in 1996 and used his youngest son to test the props and poses.

"He was born at just the right time to be my model!" he said.

"Lucas was an excellent model, a delight to photograph. He smiled brilliantly and made my job seem easy."

Mum Laura said, "I'm really pleased. We love the pictures and it's amazing to see how Lucas changed as he was growing up."