Rebekka and Dan married last weekend in an intimate ceremony at Whitworth Hall in county Durham, here's just a few favourite shots from the day.


 
Shoes!

 
a little Macro action for a ring shot.

 



 
One of the local residents of Whitworth Hall

 
Gorgeous Groom

 
Beautiful Bride

 
Delightful bridesmaid.

 



 
another one of those weddings where everyone was so happy they cried, including me!!

 
Hungry guests!!

 
a few couples portraits that I love

 

 



 
A young Stag, the closest I think i've ever been to one!

Rebekka and Dan may you have a wonderful honeymoon and a fabulous life together, thank you so much for letting me share in your special day.

Meet Louise, the iPhone queen! (kids photographer north east england)

On Friday I went to meet a particularly cute and tech savvy 18 month old called Louise


 
There she is with mum and dad!

She's very very cute and let me tell you that this girl can unlock an iPhone, find the app she wants and load it up, now if this is what she can do at 18 months old imagine what she'll be like when she hits 20!!


 
Yes I am certain that big things lie ahead for this little girl!

 
She's also one of the happiest and well behaved 18 month olds I think I've ever met, my two girls were certainly not as good when they were that age!

 
Cuteness by the bagful!

 

Louise, you are an absolute poppet and I can't wait to see how you grow and progress.


If you would like photographs of your little wonders then why not give me a call, if you book a shoot during March or April you'll get your sitting fee back in the form of a £25 gallery credit as long as you order in the first 7 days your gallery is live, this means that it's a free sitting, you can't get a much more fabulous Easter present than that!!

The wedding of Rebecca and Andy - Whitley Bay Baptist Church and The Grand Hotel, Tynemouth

Saturday was kind, another gorgeous spring day for Andy and Rebeccas wedding and what a wedding it was a lovely service at Whitley Bay Baptist Church followed by a swish reception at The Grand Hotel, Tynemouth.

Here's just a few favourites -


 
The handsome groom

 
The gorgeous bride

 
A moment from the ceremony

 
I love this bouquet.

 
wearing sweet little shoes on the beach just wasn't going to be a good idea so Rebecca brought funky wellies!

 
My favourite shot of the day.

 
Rebecca and Andy, I wish you love and luck for your future together, have a wonderful life.

The Wedding of Nikki and Kevin at Beamish Hall Hotel

My first wedding of the season took me to the awesomely gorgeous location of Beamish Hall Hotel, although it wasn't the sunniest or warmest day of the year it did remain dry enough to get a few lovely shots outside.

Nikki and Kevin have been together for 13 years and have 2 beautiful girls so I knew that this wedding would be special and full of love which of course it was, here's just a few favourites from the day.

 
A simple spring bouquet

 
The brides awesome shoes, gotta love those!

 
sweet little bridesmaids

 



 
Nikkis youngest with Woo Woo the dog, a very special wedding guest.

 



 
How gorgeous?

 



 
Sharing a giggle during the ceremony.

 



 
Twins, who have the best smiles ever!!

 
Love, sweet love

 



 
I hope my upcoming vow renewal has as much romance as I felt during this wedding.

 
Woo Woo taking centre stage!!

Nikki and Kevin, thank you so much for letting me be a part of your special day, may I wish you all the best for the future together.

Meet Patricia - Proving Women are Fierce

Today on the boudoir blog I've blogged Patricia who is just gorgeous, one of the most glamorous and stylish women I think I've ever met.


 

To see more of the images from that shoot please visit Boudoir By Mandy.

To book yourself a shoot celebrating how awesome you truly are just give me a call or contact me via the website.

Meet Sophie - [Kids Photographer Durham]

At the beginning of February I popped to Durham to meet 8 month old gorgeous girl Sophie.

What a lot of fun this little girl is -


 
Suspicion - Just who are you strange lady with the big pointy thing which flashes?

 
Luckily the suspicion didn't last for too long and I got tons of gorgeous smiles.

 
I love putting Toddlers in front of black screens, I just let them get on with entertaining me and record the fun!

 



 
Of course I still love that muted vintage style too.

When I go to photograph kids I like to capture parents as well because as I always tell mums and dads even if you don't like photographs of yourself your kids will appreciate it so much, it's their history after all!

 

Sophie is on my milestones programme with lots of other little poppets, over the next year she'll have 4 shoots and after every shoot she'll be getting a DVD slideshow, a 10x8 of her favourite image and a web gallery for 30 days and all for an all inclusive price of £150, if you want more details on our milestones programme please click through to my website or give me a call at the numbers on the banner

So then we just popped off to Alton Towers....

Regular followers and friends on Facebook and Twitter will know that I'm a bit of a fan of Alton Towers, in fact we've just come back from our 5th visit in the last year.  The thing about theme parks is that for one day you can't think about clients or business and when you're being hurled around a rollercoaster at 80 MPH you can atleast forget the stresses and strains of business for just a few seconds, it's not that I don't love my business but it is quite demanding and Alton Towers is the perfect way for me to let my hair down!

So taking the mighty Ixus camera, 1 husband and 2 small girls we set off for Snowy Stoke on Trent on Wednesday afternoon.

 



  We stayed at the Best Western Moat House Hotel, supposedly 4 star and upon arrival I was given the news that I would have to sleep in a single bed, I obviously wasn't amused at having to sleep in a seperate bed from my husband of 10 years!!  Also don't be fooled by the photographs (or indeed the one used on the linking page) the hotel is right next to  retail park (which is handy for food, bowling etc) but it's definitely not as posh as it makes out.

We had a great time bowling though.


 



 
using a bit of slow synchro flash fun!

 
We never get great photos of us together because hubby is always pulling silly faces, I so wish he wouldn't do that!

 
Abigail took this one if him and you see he'll smile properly at her!

 
But never at me!!

 
Alton Towers was so flippin cold, I had thought that Blackpool was cold but it was positively barmy in comparison!


 
having a bit of fun with some high speed motion blur here!

 
Proving that only real men wear pink!!
oh and 2 end, 2 of my fave fishy things which are in SharkBait Reef


 



 
Oh, hang on, 1 more photo, this one where hubby had demanded (yes demanded) that I win him a Zippy cuddly toy!!

 
I hope you've all had wonderful half terms whatever you've gotten up to!   Back to a full schedule of work next week and thanks to the wonderment of Blackpool and Alton Towers I am fully ready to rock once more!!