Once again I find myself half way through the month before I've had a chance to actually sit down and write my list but that day has come, Looby finally returned to school today and I returned to a desk which looks like it's got a mountain under it, so much going on that I am willing myself to catch up on, collaborations with Resmed (can I just say how much I adore their  S+ sleep monitor and the sleep mentor is helping me get a better nights sleep every single night) and I'm whipping up my own personal list of things to do with some amazing coconut oil sent to me by the lovely people at Vita Coco, Rome, as they say was not built in a day though and it's very much a one day at a time thing currently.

April though, the month of showers, also the month when spring really hits the North East of England, I noticed on my daily walk with Holly yesterday that the buds were starting to open on the trees, there are daffodils in Heaton Park carpeting the ground and the sound of the birds chirruping is almost deafening when compared to the stillness of the winter months.  Everywhere I travel to I see lambs gambolling in the fields, new life is all around, the magic of spring.

Now it may be that you are looking for a photographer in Newcastle, maybe you are getting married and still deciding on who you might want to shoot your wedding or maybe you're finally getting around to organising those family portraits you keep putting off, well it just so happens that I know a very good North East photographer, yes of course it's me and I have 3 little offers if you need one.

15% off all midweek weddings, I'm looking to shoot just a couple more this year so if that's you get in touch.

For the rest of the month you can get a 45 minute session at Tynemouth, Jesmond Dene or Saltwell Park for only £30 instead of £45, it's the perfect excuse to get outdoors!

I've also extended the all inclusive mini sessions to run until the end of April, just £125 for 30 minutes with all of the edited images via a digital download, a most splendid offer if ever there were one.

To enquire about any of those offers email me 

Looby, after successfully returning to school yesterday is about to depart for Wales on a farming trip from the 22-29th April and so I am looking to fill that week with a suitable travel assignment, if you are looking in and you think you may be able to use either my writing or photography skills for your travel based assignment please Get In Touch!

If you've just found yourself melting in a pile of cute from some of the adorable newborns at home sessions above you'll understand why I love my job so much, newborns at home covers any babies under the age of 6 months, they're unlimited in time although as a guide they can take anywhere from 1-3 hours depending on the individual babies, I really do specialise in capturing babies with their older siblings, not an easy task and I've likened it to being a police negotiator and it's definitely a skill I have which others might not so if you have a new baby due and you've already got kids then I might just be the photographer you need to capture the early days at home.  Photographing toddlers with their new siblings is so special when it works and in the end it always works.


I hope your April is full of springy lambs and floral arrangements or ranunculus and anemones, I often lament that I can't get any in February and March whilst the people of the south are welcoming spring, every year it seems I forget just how long spring takes to get from one end of the country to the other.  One thing is certain though, spring always comes...

Dan and Claires Pre-wedding photoshoot on Newcastle Quayside

On Thursday I went out for a lovely lunch with Dan and Claire who are getting married at the end of June at the Garden Station up near Hexham, it's a totally unique venue very much like Dan and Claire who are wonderful!

After lunch we went out onto the quayside to shoot their pre-wedding photo shoot and here are the results, all images were shot with the Fuji X-Pro1 and the 35mm f1.4 lens, it's the ultimate combination if you're a portrait photographer.

and I can honestly say that was the best pre-wedding shoot to open this years wedding season, lots more coming up on my blog over the next few months.

If you would like to book a couples shoot with me please email me or click through to my website or Facebook page.

Summer mini sessions at Tynemouth Longsands and a Wedding in Darlington

It's been quite a week dear reader, I'm finally once again up to date with editing which these days does not happen very often.

Last week I shot a lovely wedding at the Bannatyne Hotel in Darlington with some super cool clients who loved to pose!  and on Saturday I was down on the beach at Tynemouth all day shooting mini sessions aplenty.

I know you'll want to see some photographs and who am I to disappoint...

and ooh look, I managed to fit in a photo of my Looby on the beach and some couples sessions I've shot as well, mini sessions aren't just for little people you know, they're for grown up families and couples and couples with their pet families, mini sessions really are for everyone!

If you would like to speak to me about shooting your wedding or portraits please contact me through my website, email or you can check up on the very latest on my Facebook Business Page

catching up again, weddings, portraits, a whole lot of goings on...

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.