Yes Christmas is truly underway, the shops are heaving, there's a chill in the air and parents throughout the land are getting over excited about little Tommy playing 3rd bean from the left in the Nativity Play.  It's only last week we sat through our girls Nativity with Abigail playing a very angelic Mary, anyone who knows Abigail will know how miscast this particular part was but she did a great job though I'm sure I caught sight of her de rigeur black trousers underneath her Mary costume.  I would have shared a photo but we were threatened that if we shared our own childrens photographs (how very dare we even think about it) the whole schools parent community would be banned from ever taking photographs at any school performance ever again, I'm not one to mess with the headmistress either even though I think it's a ludicrous thing to suggest when I as a blogger often blog my own children!!

So imagine Abigail as Mary and Looby as "one of the choir" (special part that) and gaze upon an alternative photograph which has become our family Christmas card for this year.  Now it's probably a little late for me to be doing your Christmas cards but I do have 2 slots left if you want to get some last minute photos down at the studio this weekend so if you can make it on either Saturday at 2pm or Sunday morning give me a call or drop me an email and I'll squeeze you in, I'm even going to try and sort out prints by using the services of Santas Elfs (aka, the local couriers who aren't quite happy or elfen but they do usually get stuff to places on time!)

This weekend in the studio was another busy one but I can't share some of the images dear readers and one of you reading (and I know that they do read) might be getting some for Christmas of some people very dear to you, thats enough hints from me, it's top secret to me, the people involved and of course Santa Claus himself.

One more note about Christmas business hours, gift certificates and other mentionable gubbins, Photo Shoots are available up until December 21st, after that time I am on my Christmas break but if you have family you only ever see at Christmas or the kids are home from university for the first time in ages email me and I will open up the studio especially for you, in all other cases I shall be at home scoffing Ferrero Rocher!

If you buy a gift certificate (e-voucher) before Christmas Eve I will increase the value by 20% so for instance you want to buy one for £50 I will give you one for £60 because thats my warmhearted lovely side with a festive touch).

This Christmas I have 2 weddings, 1 at the Hotel Du Vin on the 22nd and one at gorgeous Close House on the 28th so spare a thought for my cold fingers and toes as you all decide to crack open another tin of quality street!  

Ooh, 1 last thing, I have a Studio gallery on my website now with all my recent studio work, go have a look, you might just have made it on there!

Disk only Mini Photoshoots - [Mandy Charlton, Newcastle Photographer]

It really is getting close to Christmas and I'm thoroughly excited, loads of lovely people coming into my studio for photo shoots today.

However if you're tardy like me and haven't even started your Christmas shopping you may well assume that there's going to be no time to have a photo shoot and get product in time for Christmas so as one of Santas favourite little helpers I'm going to have a very special offer for you -

From now until Christmas Eve you can book a mini shoot with disk (or dropbox if you like your new fangled tech like me) and I'll do a half hour shoot, edit the images and you can choose 10 of them to go on the disk (or download).  You will as ever get an online gallery with full ordering facilities for 30 days too!

I'm not going to publish the price on my blog for fear of a stampede but it's a super fantastic great deal with more than half off the usual price of the disk.xxx

If you are interested just drop me an email at mandy@mandycharlton.com or you can also click through to my website to contact me.

You could have your images from this shoot in less than a couple of hours, I really am super speedy!

Hope to see you and your family soon so we can create images like this -

x

It's a little Christmas Giveaway

Yes, you heard it here first folks, in the spirit of Christmas I am giving away 2 festive photo shoots down at my Studio this Saturday afternoon.  All you'll pay for are any prints and I'll even guarantee delivery for Christmas.

Here's just a couple of portraits from last weekend -

So, what do you have to do to win one of these portrait shoots and when are they available?

Well you can choose pretty much any time from noon on Saturday and they'll be at my studio, I'm based within The Photography Studio, Unit 6, The Old Co-Op buildings, Ralph Street, Hebburn, NE31 1HP, it's literally a 10 minute drive from central Newcastle and it's cosy and warm and full of fun things for the kids, we have a trampoline, rocking horse, tons of dressing up and festive things, it really is a whole lot of festive fun!

So to win one all you have to do is email mandy@mandycharlton.com, leave a comment on this post, Tweet Me or send me a Facebook Message you can even contact me through my website 

I'm also going to open up evenings for portrait shoots at my studio next week, so if you wanted to book a shoot but you haven't had time I can do after school pretty much all next week, I even have some slots available on the weekend of 17/18th but thats going to mean being super speedy when it comes to placing orders if you want them for Christmas.

x

Christmas is coming

and there's not very much time left to book a festive photo shoot if you want to guarantee delivery of your precious photographs before Santa comes down the chimney (or through the door with a magic key in our case as we don't have a chimney)

These are just a few gorgeous photos with a festive touch I've shot this week

so if you don't want to miss out then call me/contact me/shout at me and I'll get you in my studio toot suite!

Holidays are coming, Holidays are coming, Holidays are coming

Festive Family Photoshoots in the Studio

This is your festive warning, Christmas is coming and in my lovely studio Christmas family photoshoots are taking place resulting in photographs like this -

There's still time to book in to have lots of festive fun in my warm and cosy studio based in Hebburn (10 minutes walk from Jarrow Metro and only 10 Minutes drive from Newcastle city centre)

Photo shoots are only £20 until Christmas so give me a call on 07918 121838 or contact me through my website and I might even be able to fit you in this weekend.I'm adding extra added free photo shoots on Wednesday 30/11/11, if you're off work with the kids because of the strike then why not come and have some fun at my studio because photo shoots are free all day, if you would like one just contact me in any of the above ways, you'll only pay for prints etc and everything will be with you before Santa comes, so laugh in the face of the doom, gloom and strikes and take advantage of my special happy offer.

Welcome to the festive season!

Tis The Season for Christmas Photoshoots

Yes it's the season of goodwill and happiness and down at the studio I am enjoying the fun of the Christmas season, it's so much fun to be able to create photos like this with a handful of Christmas Magic.

Here's the thing, I can't pretend it's not busy at the studio because it's ridiculously busy and I am loving every minute so if you want photos like this to grace the front of your Christmas Cards or to pop on Grandmas wall then you might want to email me at mandy@mandycharltonphotography.com I have 1 or 2 slots left this weekend, Saturday you'd be looking at half nine or after 2pm and Sunday after 12.30pm.  Shoots are only £20 instead of £40 until Christmas Eve.

So come on down, we have dressing up, santa hats, reindeer ears and a Christmas Tree with twinkly lights.

Sitting in the studio....

So it's been nearly a month since my last post and thats a while even for me but it's been a time of great excitement as I moved into my studio, I can't tell you what a difference it's made and it's amazing how much business has increased in such a short space of time.

I've had such a great reaction to the kids and family portraits I've shot in the studio...

and of course I haven't just been shooting in the studio, I still love to be out on location as well and thats not all of what I've been up to, thats just a few small highlights!!

So, to recap, as a special introductory offer studio family and kids portrait shoots are only £20 and we have a lot of fun.

I also have a full product photography set up and in addition to that of course Studio boudoir is also available.

The studio is based in Hebburn, strangely though it's 10 minutes walk from Jarrow metro, haha

Have a happy, happy autumnal week!