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The official blog for www.mandycharltondesigns.com, I'm a wedding photographer and portrait photographer based in Newcastle upon Tyne and the North East Of England, this blog represents my life, my work and my photography.
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I'm back..... and this time I have photos.
After 4 fun packed days away we finally arrived home 45 minutes ago, thankfully the house was still in one piece although Paul had to say RIP to his laptop as apparently one of the cats had we-ed on i...
Few quick photographs
I have such a busy weekend ahead (E-Session tommorrow, big family shoot on Saturday and Portraits in th Park(still time to book a slot) on Sunday) that if I don't post these now they won't get posted ...
Sisters.....
16 months between these two and they're so completely different, although they're 4 and 5, it's like they're 4 and 10, I'll let you guess which is which!!! ...
Tuesday Teatime=Crispy cool photos
So you know how hard I've been working at super-popped crispy cool photos, I took some today which I had to share but first - LOL, Hubby was just arriving home as Abigail and I were going to our favo...
Photography Field Trip
Well being that I didn't get to shoot today and I didn't want to sit around twiddling my thumbs plus the fact that Paul wanted to watch the first Grand Prix of the season meant that I took the girls o...
Super Popped Snappy Photographs
Thats what I've been spending my time learning to do, it's a combination of photography, light and post processing and what I'm learning more and more is that I need to spend more time in photoshop an...
So what do you think?
It's looking a little bit stylish round here don't you think? Thankfully it didn't take me too long to redesign my blog, mostly because I can do all that myself! I really love the new look of both h...
On being happy and hopeful...
I'm most definetly feeling the effects of being happy, hopeful and thankful. I really love life at the moment, I love life, my husband, my family, my business and all my wonderful friends and clients...
New Haircuts and a Hat
So we all finally got haircuts or atleast I did and so did the girls. No photos of me as I'm chollopy and fat right now, trust me the quadruple chin isn't a good look!!Girls and Daddy photos though.....
Just a couple of Random Photographs...
I decided that yesterday I would restrict myself to only my 50mm f1.8 lens should I feel the need to pick up my camera.Well I couldn't get through the whole day without one or two shots, the first was...
An Afternoon in Rothbury
So here we were thinking about what to do this afternoon:-Well miss Abigail was by the looks of it.Hmm Rothbury she thought....and off we went!The weather was beautiful, springlike and warmRothbury fo...
Mini Photoshoot
So the girls have been off colour this week with the Parvovirus which is rampant "Oop North" and when I suggested a mini photoshoot yesterday afternoon I thought they would refuse point blank but to m...
The Girls Today
We're stuck in the house today as the "Slapped Cheek" virus runs riot through the north east of England, half of Iains school has it but thankfully he had it a few years ago and is the only one not in...
Nativity Photos
Well here they are, my angels being angels in their Nativty PlayToo angels in one family, I just wish they were like this all of the time LOL!!...
Lots and Lots to Tell....
I really have been so very busy I've hardly had time to draw breath!So on Saturday we really got down to starting the total renovation of our house, not an easy task considering the size, we were pret...
Guess Who We Saw Yesterday
Looby waiting Patiently.Abigail waiting with anticipation. There he is, can you see who it is yet?Taking Orders for the list.Finding out what the children will leave on Christmas eve for him and the...
Abigail
I took this last night using only the ambient light and after a little lightroom magic here she is, bless her, she's cheering me up today, it's just been stress with a capital S today as the house ren...
Proud Mummy
I've been at an Ede Party today photographing 30 adorable children but my news and photo of the day comes from when I got home and found out that Abigail is riding her bike without stabelizers (sp?) I...
Why So Sad?
After 3 months of no scrapping it was nice to have a spare couple of hours this afternoon to enjoy the thing which lead me to where I am today :) Yes it's that photo I was showing the other day which...
Adding Textures And Staff!
being a wedding photographer brings new excitement and challenges on a daily basis, at the moment I\'m playing around with Textures and Sloppy Borders to make my photography stand out from the crowd, ...
First Day of School
Yes it's that time of year again, Abigail moves to year 1 and Iain is moving to year 6, his last year of juniors and a change of uniform to black and white instead of the yellow and blue. Looby, my b...
Play
This layout is packed with vintage loveliness, I took this photograph of my children when we were at Kielder at the weekend and after turning it sepia I printed it on textured cardstock and embellish...
Princess At Heart
Once I saw the results of the princess shoot yesterday I couldn't wait to get the photos scrapped and I had to start with this one, I've tried to maintain a whimsical feel to the whole layout and hope...
And Relax!
Firstly apologies for starting a sentence with and (and then capitalising it) terrible grammar, english etc!No apologies for being knackered though, we've had 2 fun packed days away and now I am ready...
Daddys Poppet Princess
Another layout from a couple of days ago, Abigail knows she's daddys poppet princess and likes to tell me that, she specifically got me to take the photo on the layout as her daddy was at work and in ...
Bernie Does Art!
It's been a busy few days for Bernie the Bear as he's been just about everywhere now, I can't remeber ever encountering such a well travelled bear, surely he must be related to Paddington don't you th...
