Beautiful Julia take 2 - Gold Coast Photographer

This weekend I met up with Helen. Andrew and the beautiful Miss Julia to take 2 on their newborn shoot. At 2 weeks Julia didn't want to sleep, at 4 weeks she was the same! However she was very happy to lie there and pose this time. And I must say I totally adore this session, I love the shots I got, and Helen, I hope you and Andrew love them as well.
Helen is a ladybug fan, something I did not know when she booked her session, yet coincidentally I made a "Do Not Open" sign out of ladybug paper for Helen's maternity session! So when I saw these ladybug wings, I had to get them for Miss Julia's newborn session. I am so glad I did!
Helen and Andrew, it was an absolute pleasure and I can't wait to capture Julia as she grows up - she is so beautiful, talk about making a girl clucky!

Cradle Ceremony

This weekend, my family and I had the pleasure of being invited to an Indian "Cradle Ceremony", one of the Dr's at work is the very proud Grandmother of this baby boy, who unfortunately is not the star of my photos, despite the night being all about him, once the ceremony was over he was whisked away to sleep while the rest of us were treated to traditional dancing, singing and food. It was a fascinating night and I was in awe of all the culture, colour and joy. I didn't go with the intention of being a photographer, but I wanted to share some of my snapshots from the night :)

Two gorgeous boys :) - Gold Coast Photographer

Somedays as a photographer you need to be a little inventive, especially when you have a 2 yr old who would rather do anything than have his photo taken :) This week I had the pleasure of catching up with Ros and her gorgeous boys, very alike in looks but different in personalities (or at least they were on the day when the strange lady with the big black thing came!). Little Braithe was more than happy to be in front of the camera giving me lots of smiles :) But Ethan would rather just go and play! SO we just went with it and Ros & Justin I hope you love how I have captured your beautiful boys.
And Ros, I hope you had a relaxing birthday dinner xx
Will be in touch with your gallery soon.
:) Rana

Family is special - {Gold Coast Photographer}

This week in between catching hundreds of babies I found some time to head down to the beach and take some photos of my cousins. They are more like my neices than cousins as they are the same ages as my kids, and their mum (my Aunty) is far more like a sister to me, you know the kind of person that is always there, would be willing to give the shirt of her back if we needed it. I don't always get the chance to tell her how special she is to me and how much I appreciate how much she does for me and my family. All her support means so much to me and I am so grateful that she doesn't live too far away.
Anne,THANK YOU xxxxxxx
Hope these do your girls justice :)
Love you, Rana xx





And of course no beach shot is complete without a jumping shot (it was too early to do some silhouettes)

Gorgeous chubba bubba - {Gold Coast Photographer}

I have known Robyn for a long time and I know how thrilled she is to be a Grandma :) I was excited to go and photograph her beautiful grandson today, I didn't realise how much cuteness there would be though! Mr Hugh weighed in at just under 10lb when he was born 3 weeks ago, he is just totally adorable, totally squeezable.
Roslyn, was lovely to meet you today, hope you love this sneak peak, will be in touch soon.
Robyn, your grandson is just beautiful, congratulations :)
xx Rana

Five times the fun! - {Gold Coast Photographer}

Kym and I have been trying to arrange a photo shoot for so long now! Kym wanted some photos of her 5 children and originally we were looking for a rustic farm to do the photos, we finally decided to just go with the beach.
So we met up there today and as always it was fun :) It was an absolute delight to photograph these 5, it was nice to see siblings that were affectionate with one another!
So here they are 5 gorgeous kids.
Hope you like them Kym, will be in touch soon.
Matthew, the photos of you and Shian will be up soon!

Family Fun - Part 2 - {Gold Coast Photographer}

As I promised, the 2nd installment of the family fun from the weekend :) It was really fun, especially all the jumping and goofing around, my favourite kind of shoot :) Will be in contact soon with your galleries guys, thanks for adding so much fun to my weekend!
xx Rana :)

Family Fun -part1 - {Gold Coast Photographer}

Another weekend shoot, this will be split into 2 posts as 2 families came together for a session.
These guys 1st, a bundle of energy, fun and craziness, thats what this shoot was about. Hope you guys had fun. Miss Sophie definitley stole the show, one of my favs of her and her dad is the last shot.
Toni will have your photos up tonight.
Talk to you both soon.
xx Rana :)