First of all, after some time in the wilderness no thanks to Google, the lovely people who work for them got me up and running and back to my old URL, it's just a shame they caused the problem for me and many others in the first place.  Selling URL's through blogger but not letting anyone actually have any access to their domain control panels wasn't the most sensible move by one of the worlds biggest tech companies.

Ah well, it's good to be back and I have a ton of photos to share today, actually there's probably about 10 blog posts worth so lets do some today and maybe lets all meet here again tomorrow dear reader and we'll do the same again shall we?  Choccy biccies all round I think unless like me you're all doing the wonderful world of Slimming World, I'm disappearing very very very very slowly, it is working through.

How's that then dear reader, is that enough for the day, some portraits, some recent weddings and boy am I busy with those at the moment, and there's even a Looby in there!!

If you would like to speak to me about shooting your family or childrens portraits or maybe you want some more details about me being your wedding photographer?  Well if that is the case you can either email me at mandy@mandycharltonphotography.com or you can keep up to date on a day to day basis with me on my Facebook Business Page or you might want to click through to my website and fill out the contact form.  Whatever way you do it I can't wait to hear from you.

Well "Deer", that was a wonderful wedding

How are you my lovely dear reader, have you had a delightful weekend?

Let me tell you about my goings on.

Saturday, I had the loveliest wedding and a lot of the wedding guests looked like this

Yes, the wonderful thing about Whitworth is that it has it's own deer park, it was a beautiful laid back wonderful affair and my assistant and I had an absolute blast

we shot the portraits after dinner so the light was at it's most perfect and it really was yummy light and time spent with a fantastic bride and groom, I really do have the best job in the world.

So what is today about?  Well a little admin sending prints off to the lab and then maybe a couple of hours to myself to relax, listen to the radio and do a little craft and then this evening I'm off to meet with potential clients who are getting married in January, fingers and toes crossed dear reader.

Whatever you have in store this week I hope it's wonderful, stay positive and fabulous things will happen.

Look who I met at yesterdays lovely wedding at Whitworth Hall

It's early Sunday morning and dear reader, I am up bright and early after having a splendid time at yesterdays lovely wedding.  What a dream it was, such a laid back pace and Whitworth Hall is the loveliest place in the North East of England to do wedding photography.

I haven't really had a look at the photos yet, it'll take me a few days to recover and then go back with fresh eyes to start the edit but I did want to share this one of one of the "guests" at Whitworth Hall.

how gorgeous?  you know we really must go back and have lunch there and take the girls, Whitworth of course has it's very own deer park and for a fiver you can wander in the fields with the deer, in with that fiver for a family of four you even get 2 bags of food for the deer and they will come and eat out of your hands, they're much tamer than your average deer although they don't like being touched if you're not offering food, bit like my husband really!!

Today is all about portraits, 5 lovely photo shoots await in Jesmond Dene this afternoon and it looks like being a lovely day, hoping to get some more beauties for my clients like these

so you see, mini shoots aren't just for kids and sometimes they actually feature minis, that doesn't happen very often though.

So my morning plan is lots more coffee and a little craft in the kitchen to chill before I go and do the photography in Jesmond Dene this afternoon.

If you would like to talk to me about shooting your Whitworth Hall wedding or maybe some portraits in Jesmond Dene please do get in touch via email, my facebook business page or my website

It's the weekend, a wedding and portraits on the way

Good Saturday morning to you dear reader, it's bright and not too sunny this morning in Newcastle and that for me is perfect because I have a big wedding today, I'm really looking forward to shooting the wedding of Louise and Mike later today at St Teresas Catholic church in Heaton and then at beautiful Whitworth Hall, thats the one with the deer!

So I thought I'd pop a quick post up with one of yesterdays layouts entitled Do Not Mess With Abigail, there's some hidden journalling on the tag behind the photo but the title sums it up really, she's not one to be messed with.

Crafty people, I have news of bargains, get down to your local TK Maxx or Homestyle because they have tons of crafty bargains including papers, pens, embellishments and ribbons, the Metrocentre Homestyle is particularly good, how I managed to be as restrained as i was and only spend £60 is a miracle but I came away with lots of scrappy bargains and now have enough Gel pens to last me my entire life, whats the betting that those pixies Abigail and Looby have pinched them all by the middle of next week?!

I'll be in Jesmond Dene all day tomorrow or rather all afternoon, I have several mini sessions, next week sees my return to Tynemouth Longsands and it's looking like a very busy day, I have just a couple of sessions remaining, if you would like to book one there are more details and photos on my Facebook business page or you can contact me through my website or even email me.

Have a wonderful weekend, I shall see you on the other side!

It's not all work...

Hello Dear Reader, how long it seems to be since my last post, in real times it's about 2 weeks but that is a while for me.

It's been horribly busy as ever, I never ever seem to stop...except I do, for 3 whole days this week I had fun and frolics and relaxation, all in the aid of Abigails 11th birthday.

I went away and I didn't even take my camera, so here's my weekend in Instagrams -

It started with a day of mini sessions at Tynemouth, note to self, remember the sunscreen next time.

on Saturday evening we did a 6 hour drive down to London to stay in the Jurys Inn, Croydon, this was my Sunday morning view from the 11th floor.

Thorpe Park was our day on Sunday, we thought we'd let the girls beat each other up in a safe environment, they're like North and South Korea at the moment, I've threatened to change my name to referee on several occasions.

Laura, queen of butterfly land

hubby, ruler of the beardy folk

all of the kids trying to photo bomb each other, oh and Dorito, Loobys dog she's had since she was 2 years old and he's been everywhere, he's more well travelled than me!!

shockingly bad couples portrait of us but after 13 years of marriage you take what you can get

Bank holiday monday morning and another theme park beckons, Drayton Manor was our Monday day out

I decided not to go on this after a very traumatic ride on something similar at Flamingo land where I actually prayed out loud for the ride to be over.

we didn't get home until Midnight on Monday and as it was Abigails birthday on Tuesday we let them sleep in and took one of our "Bohemian Rhapsody" days, it's not all about school you know, our bohemian style of parenting is something I'm really proud of and all the kids are doing so well at school, Abigail is doing SATS at the higher level next week so some occasional days off only seem to make them more nourished well balanced children.

We love Alnmouth so much, it's one of our favourite places on the beautiful Northumbrian coastline

Abigail and her daddy taking a stroll

love this one, they stopped arguing for a whole minute and then Abigail got very wet and then very sandy and then complained we'd ruined her birthday because she was too sandy, the girl cracks me up!!

oh thats me, I made a sand portrait of me before i straighten my hair in the mornings!

It was lovely to take some time out, just keeps me refreshed and I love family time so much, it's really hard to switch off when you love your business but it's necessary so you don't burn out.

I'll be back with a regular worky type post tomorrow with tons of new portraits of the little people of the north, i have another full day on Sunday and on Saturday I have a wedding at one of my favourite venues, Whitworth Hall near Durham, they have their own deer park you know!