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Saturday saw us do another great wedding, this time at the Solent Hotel in Whiteley I really do feel so lucky to have such a brilliant job.

This week it was Rachel & Bruce that tied the knot at the Locks Heath Free Church, this was a lively and fun ceremony officiated by . Then it was off to the Solent Hotel for a wonderful reception. Matt was the wedding coordinator and he looked after us very well.

Here are a few pictures from the day. To see the full set of wedding pictures click here.

Rachel & Bruce Wedding

Rachel last minute preparations

Looking good

A sepia moment

Romantic

A stunning dress

So happy

Rachel & Bruce

Rachel & Bruce in their going away outfits

Well that’s all for now.

We had a really nice wedding this weekend, Sharon & Gary had a civil ceremony at Winslowe House in West End. I have known Sharon for many years, Sharon used to do the makeup for our Makeover Sessions.

I went to Sharon’s home for the Bridal Preparation shots and Matthew (my son who is our main second shooter) went to Winslowe House to photograph Gary and his Bestman (his brother Mike). Everything went really well no weather problems other than a bit cold.

Here are a few pictures from this wonderful wedding day…

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Well that’s the first wedding of 2010 and a fantastic start to the year.

That’s all for now, Colin

Hi, just thought I would wish anyone that visits my blog a very happy new year.

My new years resolution is to update this blog more frequently!!!!!!

Well we are getting 2010 off to a good start, we have had a number of new bookings, mostly Makeovers & Boudoir Sessions plus a couple of very nice weddings, so Twenty Ten is already looking significantly better than 2009.

We are kicking off the year with our Valentines Offer, so if you’re a girl and you would like to give your Valentine something special this year check out our amazing Makeover or Boudoir Sessions, but hurry places are going fast and we can only do so many before Valentines Day!!! If you are a guy and would like to treat your girl to a Valentines Gift she will really love, check out our Makeover or Boudoir Session Gift Vouchers. She will get at least 2 hours of pampering and fun, what girl wouldn’t love that???

Buy online or call 01489 786195 You know you want too!!!!!!

That’s it for now, Colin

Hi, I am sat at my new Studio in Botley Mills waiting for my next client, they are coming for a viewing of the family portraits taken last week.

Earlier today we had a wedding at the Botleigh Grange Hotel for a really lovely couple Richard & Helen. As luck would have it the weather changed almost as Helen turned into the drive, but it didn’t dampen their spirits everyone had a wonderful time and we got some lovely pictures inside.

The new studio is going very well, lots of lovely families to photograph, in-fact I can’t believe how busy we have been in such a short time since we opened. Mind you we have some great offer on portraits so that has helped, if you would like to find out more click on Portrait Photography we have some brilliant ideas for Christmas Gifts so why not check it out now.

Cheers for now.

Sorry the link to our very special Portrait Offers in the last blog wasn’t working, I have fixed it now but if you would like to see what’s on offer click the link Colin Charles Portrait Vouchers the Perfect Gift for any occasion.

Cheers, blog soon.

Hi, still can’t get into the habit of keeping up this blog, still here I am again.

So, what’s been happening this month thus far? Well we had a really nice wedding for Mike & Gemma, they collected their proofs today so I will put up a couple of wedding pictures soon (no honestly I will). We also had a busy wedding show at the Botley Park Hotel, lots of good contacts made there and booked a couple of weddings from it so far!!

The new Studio opened on Saturday which was a great success, it is so nice to be able to offer portrait sittings any day of the week rather than just Sundays at the Botleigh Grange Hotel. The new studio will be open by appointment only and is situated in the Botley Mills building just off the square in Botley. It has taken a lot of work to get it how I want it and I should publicly thank Karen, Matthew, Fiona, Brett & Scott for all of their hard work helping with the transformation.

We are offering a number of portrait offers at the studio so check out our website for full details. Studio Offers Remember Portraits Make Perfect Gifts, whether you have a portrait taken to give as a gift or you buy a portrait voucher to give as a gift, either way it’s a very special and personal thing to have and very affordable with vouchers starting from £19.95.

Well that’s it for today, cheers Colin

Here we go again, me saying that I will keep this blog up to date but never do!! so I am not going to say it this time and see if that makes any difference.

Anyway we had a lovely wedding at the weekend for Tamsin and Ryan at Careys Manor Hotel in Brockenhurst, they are a lovely couple and they both looked wonderful as you will see from the photographs below.

Here are a couple of pictures from their wedding…

Tamsin looking radiant before leaving for the church

How cute is she?

Ryan's mini me!

A beautiful service at St.Johns Church Rownhams

A quite moment

A little bit of fun!!

Tamsin, one of my favorites

Tamsin and Dad

A toast to the happy couple

The ceremonial cake cutting

Some of the girlies having fun

A nice one to finish with....

Well I hope you liked this small selection of pictures from Tamsin & Ryans wedding at Careys Manor. To see the full set follow the link www.colincharles.co.uk/online.htm

Please feel free to leave any comments for Tamsin & Ryan

That’s the main part finished Tamsin looked amazing and Ryan looked great in his white suit. I wil put some pictures up soon. Still have the speeches and first dance to photograph.

Whilst they were having their meal I met up with a very nice lady who is getting married next May I really hope I get this wedding it sounds like it will be great fun so fingers crossed.

Cheers Colin

Here I am at the lovely Carys Manor in Brockenhurst waiting to photograph Tamsin preparing for her big day. The sun is shining What more could I ask for.

Just learned how to blog from my phone so hopefully I will keep the blog upto date from here in!!!

Cheers Colin

Here I am again taking family portraits at the Botleigh Grange Hotel. You may wonder how I am getting time to write this blog, well my first session a Watch Me Grow baby portrait never turned up, you would think I would learn after more than 25 years in the business, if people have an excuse for not paying the session fee before the session takes place, you can bet your bottom dollar they are not going to show up… Not so much as a phone call to apologise, not to worry it’s my own fault I should know better. Anyway moan over my next one should be here any moment so I will blog again later if I get a chance.

Have a great day… Colin