Love was in the air - {Gold Coast Wedding Photographer}

When I received an email from Leisa asking to me to photograph her wedding I nearly jumped off my seat, I was so excited :) and surprised, I work with both Leisa and Glen and I must of been walking around with my head in the clouds as I was totally unaware of their upcoming wedding. Of course I said yes. I am so glad I was given the privilege to share their special day, what a beautiful day it was. Leisa looked absolutely breathtakingly beautiful (I'm sure Glen agrees with me) and their were many a damp eye during the ceremony, I will admit, even I teared up, especially when they said in their vows "I will not promise to love you because I have no say in it, it just happens" The wedding took place in the stunning hinterland location of Ruffles Lodge. It truly was a perfect day, I hope these photos do it justice.

Leisa and Glen, I wish you all the happiness and joy in the world, have a fabulous honeymoon, are you sure you don't want me to come and photograph it for you (they are off to Africa -SO jealous!!). I will be in touch when you get back.
xxx Rana

SMILE - centro smile competition - {Gold Coast Photographer}

Yay me, one of my photos has made the finals of the Centro Nerang Smile competition. If you have some time, would love it if you could vote for me. Its pretty easy, go to www.smilephotos.com.au go to the Qld- Nerang Centro section and vote for photo #12 - My Boys You could win a $5000 shopping spree for voting :)
Thank you.
xx Rana

Totally Gorgeous - {Gold Coast Photographer}

During the weekend I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Nicole and Michael, I woke up to grey, overcast weather and was quite worried that their beautiful outdoors wedding was going to be rained out. Thankfully the sun come out, it was a beautiful wedding. Nicole, you were so relaxed and you looked absolutely stunning. The 4 kids were totally gorgeous as you will see, I have saved my fav photo of them till last.
Nicole and Mick, hope you had a fabulous honeymoon, will be in contact soon with the rest of the photos. Thank you so much for letting me share your fabulous day xx
Rana :)

Three times the cuteness! {Gold Coast Photographer}

Not long ago I met an amazing lady, who blew me away with how calm she was, even though she was expecting triplets! Her maternity shoot is here. This week I very excitedly got to meet them :) Born at just over 35 weeks, let me introduce Blayne, Annika (Annie) and Phoenix, these photos were taken when they were 5 weeks old, just 4 days after their due date.
A lovely photographer friend Danielle and I spent a long time, trying to get these 3 cuties to sleep in a quest to get the last photo, we can say YAY we did it (could not of done this without you D xx).
Might have to another post soon with some of the individual shots as well.
Kristy, I am so amazed by your calmness, you are going to be an awesome mum to these 3 beautiful babies. Thank you so much for having us spend the day. Can't wait to come back and see how their personalities develop.









And my fav from the day :)

Twice as nice - {Gold Coast Photographer}

This week I had the total pleasure of cuddling (and photography) beautiful twin girls. As adorable as they were they had decided they did not want to both sleep at the same time, and if one was awake it was far more fun to try and hit her sister rather than lie still for a photo :) So only a few twin photos, lots of ones of them on their own though.
Couldn't decide which ones to show so I thought it was a great chance to do up a couple of storyboards to show off some of my favs. I've also put up 2 of my favs that are a bit different to "normal" portraits.
Coralee, I hope the girls weren't too unsettled after I left. They are both beautiful and you are so amazing and calm, thank you for your patience :)
Will be in touch soon.
xx Rana :)




That last one is probably one of my favouritest photos so far!

07-08-09 a date to remember - {Gold Coast Photograher}

I'm not sure if Sharon chose this date specifically so Andrew would never forget it, if not, I think its a clever idea ;)
I had the joy of photographing Sharon & Andrew's wedding this week, a lovely small and intimate ceremony.
Sharon amazed me with her talent, not only did she make the cake (which had the most beautiful topper I have EVER seen) she also made her dress, WOW I was impressed.
I loved the way these 2 looked at each other, like I've said I'm a sucker for love. They were both beaming all day.
Thank you for allowing me to be part of your day guys. Hope you had a fabulous night last night. I'll be in contact soon with the rest of your gallery.
xx Rana

SURPRISE - {Gold Coast Photographer}

Sue approached me about capturing her 50th birthday in photos (Yes I do parties too!), I excitedly said yes.... then she told me a big secret that I had to keep to myself. Yes Sue was planning a big shindig for her 50th, but her and her partner Peter were surprising everyone and getting married as well. I'm a sucker for love, so this made it even more exciting for me. Sue, Peter & I hid away and watched as the guests arrived, and then the MC announced Sue, then told everyone the big surprise :) The rest of the night was filled with lots of laughter, dancing and love. Oh and to top it off, it was a purple party!

Sue and Peter, it was wonderful to be part of your special night, thank you :)
Will let you know when the rest of the photos are ready.
xx Rana :)