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Amanda McQuade specializes in organic and candid newborn photography, wedding photography, and family photography for the Charlotte, NC area and beyond.
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We also offer wedding and branding videography for couples and small biz through out NC and SC. Wedding and newborn photographer in Charlotte, NC. Travel in and around the NC/SC area.

08/14/2024

A summer morning session, capturing the sweetest souls.

I have space for two more mornings sessions if you’d like to beat the heat and not do the whole fall vibe.

08/07/2024

Thinking of South Carolina and GA today. Praying this storm isn’t so awful and it passes quickly. Stay safe, friends!

08/06/2024

What do I hope for with your newborn session? That many years from now, when these babies are big, and they’ve moved on from swaddles to swing-sets, you can look back on your photographs and literally smell that sweet newborn smell. All of my new babies smelled like either vanilla or oranges, and faintly of the hand sanitizer from the delivery room 🤍

And the W family was a dream come true.

07/28/2024

Family photos should be your legacy, a true representation of these small years that travel at the speed of light. And can I tell you how much I dearly love good black and white photographs. They feel like memories. They feel like time shoots still for just a moment, and you got to breathe in all its beauty.

07/18/2024

sunset light
toddlers holding flowers
the calm before new family members arrive.

These are the moments worth documenting, giving space to. And I’m so thankful mothers choose me to be the one who gets to photograph these fleeting moments of life.

07/15/2024

It’s weeks like this past one that make me miss this cool autumn air. Looking forward to all the sweet families already on the calendar!

07/08/2024

For me, the time between Independence Day and the start of school is my favorite. I feel like it’s where the slow days of summer really flourish.

No holidays to figure out. Sports are wrapped up. The days seem longer, the sun brighter.

My family likes to get a few Boone or Blowing Rock hikes in (Moses Cone being one of our faves!)

We eat fresh fruits, go fishing, lay about in the pool.
Do you also feel@this way about these last weeks of summer?

07/06/2024

To all those mamas out the ere pregnant through this heat: we empathize with you! I hope you lounged in a pool and ate nothing but ice all day, cause it was hot!

Also, don’t want to sweat to death? Come into the nice, breezy studio 💙

07/02/2024

You’ll here it over and over: 18 summers
You have only 18 summers.
18 summers like a steady beat on a dismal drum.

But here is the thing: you pour into these kids, you’ll never be without them. And I want you to rest in that this 4th of July vacation week.

You love on them, grow them and love them with no bounds, and you’ll have them forever.

And they with bring their kids over summer, spring, winter, and fall. And you’ll get to relive the magic of snuggly baby days with the next generation 💙

07/01/2024

When your doggie understands the assignment

It was so good to meet this sweet family and photograph them and their sweet boy. 💙

06/24/2024

Simplicity Milestone Sessions. I’m here for white onesies, long eyelashes, and all the baby vibes.

These sessions are available now through August in the studio between the hours 12pm-4pm. Wardrobe selections provided.

06/14/2024

Toddlers have such a range of emotions, and I love keeping the annoyed faces in their, too 😂

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06/13/2024

Baby or baguette?
Seriously, so scrumptious! Little Blaire and her family are just the sweetest people. So funny, and we just had the most pleasant time creating these portraits for her to grow up with.

Hair/MU:
Wardrobe: AMP Client Closet

06/11/2024

Do you think you “missed” your newborn session window? Think again. Spy this sweet little man at 2 months 💙

You don’t have to have a session so soon after giving birth. You can wait a few weeks - it’s okay!

Maybe you had a difficult birth, maybe you were sick after, maybe you had other health complications. Delivery can be a really hard thing, take your time. Get these sweet portraits when you feel recovered from bringing a new human earthside.

05/30/2024

The gorgeous weather, y’all. It’s a balm for my soul. Hope all these sweet new parents are out there soaking up the snuggles and feeling that glorious sunshine.

H/MU:
Wardrobe: AMP Studio Closet

05/21/2024

I’m not a wizard. I have no magical powers. But dang I kinda feel like I do when 10 week old twins sleep! 🤣But seriously, these boys were so sweet. Loved meeting his amazing parents! y’all rocked it!

05/17/2024

Let’s talk about summer and Heirloom sessions. Guess what? This is the BEST time to have them made! You have more time to schedule them, your kids are most likely at their healthy and happiest. Don’t sleep on these this year, perfect ages are 1yr+ 🤍

To book your session or just ask some questions, message me in the profile contact link.

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05/15/2024

What would I tell my younger self?
I would tell her: the good things in live in the moments you choose to breathe through and not run away from.
I would say that motherhood will break your heart, and that the goodness of God will reform it into a better one.

Hope you all had a lovely Mother’s Day weekend. 🤍

05/09/2024

I don’t think I saw my mom, until I had my own children.
Sure, we got a long well. We were friends. She was a good mother.

But I didn’t see her until I had my first child.

And what I saw wasn’t all that she did for me (I knew those things already) But I knew the drastic shift that took place once she had her first child.

I saw all that she was before us. 🤍

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05/08/2024

Here is your sign that it’s okay to wait 6+ weeks for newborn photos. She was the sweetest - both of your girlies were 🤍

04/30/2024

Tru confession: May is coming in HOT. And I’m not mad about it. I struggled for years to really know who I am and what success is for me and my family.
And I’ve learned part of that is I like to be busy. Sometimes being “busy” can be looked down on. But I don’t think that’s always the case. Some folks thrive on scheduling a full calendar, and that’s okay. At least I’ve learnt that’s okay for me.
Another is authentic photography. Oooooffff, and it’s tough. It’s tough to be vulnerable, open, real. And that’s because it hurts. It hurts to look at your pure sugar of a boy. And it’s joy. It’s so sweet. All of the goodness of life wrapped up in a moment.
And it s hard to hold those moments, right? I find myself overwhelmed by them. I want to push them away - they are so dear and fragile it hurts.
And I ask you every time to stand in them and breathe.
All the good photographs do.
That’s what we want.
Because really you want it, too 🤍🤍

04/22/2024

All things bright and beautiful.

04/15/2024

Oooofffff….. I’ve hit a major cooking rut. It’s almost summer, right? And I’m starting to really not want to turn on my oven or even the stove, really. And I’m just not loving the protein selections out there - chicken, beef, pork, fish - I kinda need something else… or at least a brand new version of these things.
So let me ask you…. Do you ever just stare at the pantry and think…. “What now?!” 🤣🤣🤣
And, yes I am so grateful that I am privileged to have a pantry with food! But man of man it seems brining sometimes!
So what are your favorites? Do you throw curve balls in your cooking and try and wow the fam with something new? Or are we sticking to the tried and true cause groceries are ex-pehn-sive these days?
Also, please hurry summer. And more fruit stands!
Oh, gosh, and all these sweet babies on the books like the ones above from the best

04/11/2024

With all this rain, we’re bound to have a gorgeous May, right? 😘🤣

Sneak this sweet family adding baby #3.

I adore little fingers reaching for a new sibling through those crib rails 🤍🤍🤍

04/08/2024

Are you taking a break to watch the eclipse today? We are not, unfortunately, in the path or totality… but we did see the one from a few years back along the SC coast. It was a blast! And such an unexpected and surreal experience. Feeling the temp drop by 20 degrees in a matter of seconds was incredible. My older kids still talk about it. Now I kinda wish we planned to go 🤣🤣

03/31/2024

“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” John 6:40
Happy Easter!

03/25/2024

In parenting there are a lot of lasts. Some end abruptly, like bottles, pacies, potty training (well, sometimes 🥴) and then some of them fade away without you knowing their passing.
Last year, I still used to sing to them to sleep. Not all the time, but a consistent few times a week.
And then somewhere along the way, it stopped. Maybe we were really busy for a few weeks, maybe it was an illness that wrecked it, but it’s definitely a part of the past.
For 13 years, I’ve sang to children while they go to sleep, their little eyelashes closing and sending them off to dreamland. And now thats a memory. So, I’ll just be over here mourning a little tonight 🤍

And that’s what parenting is, in a nutshell.

03/19/2024

Happy first day of SPRING Queen City!
Where are you going this spring? For me, as soon as the sun gets a little warmer - I’m booking the beach.
Pawleys Island
Sullivans Island
Destin and 30A

Those are some of my favorite places to soak up the sunshine ☀️

03/15/2024

{GIVEAWAY}
WIN — — an Heirloom Session for your child!
In honor of what would have been my mamas 84th birthday, I’m giving away what she always loved to receive- photos of her grandchildren.

If you ever went to my house, it was FULL of photos. End tables, bookcases, walls - full of photos. Candid, portraits - it didn’t matter, all were treasured.

Above my mom’s bed were boxes running over with loose prints, from decades of living. We’d pull them out every so often and she’d tell me about all the people I’d never meet in this life.

I have many of these photos to this day, living in my closet, too. Swipe to see a photo of my 14 year old mama, who was apparently sick the day this photo was taken (in the 50s you made it to school for that one picture day, hell or high water).

So, all the nitty gritty:

TO ENTER:
1. Follow my account
2. Share this post
3. Tag a friend - the more tags, the more entries!

Sessions are available in the mornings, M-F, and giveaway must be used in 2024!

Contest will end Sunday at Midnight, winner will be chosen Monday the 18th of March at Noon. If you already have a session on the calendar, you may still enter!

And if you can, call your mama today 🤍🤍🤍

03/13/2024

Newborns outside? I’m here for it! It’s almost that time of year when I get to photograph new babies outside and I’m not mad about it! 🤍🤍

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Heirloom Portraits are so special. How often do you get to have a special photo made of just you?! It’s a perfect and timeless way to add nostalgia to your home (one of these hung on my wall of me as a kid and I saw it everyday of my life growing up and it’s a core memory of that time of life for me). These are photos meant to be thoughtful printed, valued, and passed down through generations. Sessions are limited, openings begin in March! #charlottephotographer #heirloomportraits #charlottesgotalot #ncphotographer #greensborophotographer #scphotographer #waxhawphotographer #amandamcquadephotography

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Fresh Baby Hospital/Birthing Center Films

Baby Hospital Sessions are my favorite ways to document meeting and loving on your new little person. www.amandamcquadephotography.com

Peach Orchard Sessions are perfect for small families, baby milestone, bridals, and maternity sessions. They are fun and gorgeous, and planned at the peak season of the blooms. Message me for more info! www.amandamcquadephotography.com

Sunflower Session

Sunflowers are the best.

Emily & Alan

Love this couple and their cool, vintage-vibe wedding. Reminiscing today about this sunny October wedding. #charlotteweddingphotographers #charlotteweddings #married #allthestyle #supercoolcouple at the lovely Victorian Crow's Nest