Gold Coast Family Photography
Braun Family Portraits, Gold Coast ~ When our wedding couples later go on and grow their family, it’s one of our best compliments to be
March 13, 2024
“Nothing says what matters most, than what you choose to display in your home”
Having family portraits on your walls means that your children get a powerful daily reminder – they are loved, they belong, they are important. This is what we are experts at – creating personalised Artwork for your home that will be proudly displayed and enjoyed for decades to come. We know that as your children rapidly change and grow, it’s this Artwork above all else that becomes priceless.
That is why we only offer the highest quality materials in our artwork range of archival, museum-grade products. Together with our unique, “sunlit-style” of natural photography, and unconditional warranties up to 75 years, we deliver a premium product and service to our clients that is unparalleled.
Displaying your memories as Wall Art is the most popular and impressive way to enjoy them! Our genuine, archival-grade canvas is heavy-weight, free of artificial whiteners and offers amazing colour and definition. Along with hand-cut, hardwood frames, we offer a 75 year unconditional warranty on our canvas prints to literally last a lifetime.
Canvas Wall Art starts from $490
Canvas Wall Galleries start from $1,990
Our Framed Canvasses give an extra touch of casual elegance to our canvasses. With multiple color and natural timber options, this unique floating look is a popular upgrade to any of our single pieces or Wall Galleries!
Frame Wall Art starts from $660
Framed Canvas Wall Galleries start from $2,490
Our unique Crystal finish is the ultimate modern statement for your home. Your image is printed on a 7 channel sublimation printer on a sheet of high-quality metal panel, then custom-cut to size. Crystal Wall Art has a gloss finish, is surprisingly lightweight and features deeply rich colors and ultrasharp clarity. This product is made to impress and is sure to wow visitors for a lifetime.
Crystal Wall Art starts from $660
Crystal Wall Art Galleries start from $2,490
A custom designed Story album allows you to tell the story of your family and gives you the opportunity to use over twenty of your favorite memories! It’s the perfect choice for families that love all the precious little moments and want to piece them together into a keepsake. Our Story Album is printed on archival fine art matte paper. This exceptional photographic paper has been designed to comply with the highest lifespan requirements.
Story Albums start from $1,990
Beautifully boxed for your coffee table or buffet, this collection features fifteen matted 8×12 prints. Our most versatile product, Boxed Collections give you a way to display your collection stylishly, swap them around and frame them as you wish!
Boxed Collections start from $1,990
The perfect gift with a wow factor, these Standing Crystals have a 3D effect. Perfect for gifts, display on shelves and for displaying your favourite memories at your workplace.
Standing Crystals start from $200
The finished product we deliver is the result of a carefully designed process. From advice on what to wear, to professional installation of your artwork.
We call it, “The Sunlit Experience”.
During this 30-minute phone call or Zoom session, we’ll:
1. Explore why you have decided to engage a Photographer
2. Discuss our exclusive locations for your photography session
3. Provide you with clothing suggestions based on the location chosen
4. Provide details of current Artwork range, including payment options.
Your Professional Photographer will guide you through the Shoot experience at your chosen location. We know the value of creating a fun, comfortable environment to achieve natural, happy expressions. So, we invest the time to get to know you, have fun with you, and provide posing suggestions as needed. With all our Photographers being parents themselves, we know what works (and doesn’t) with children of all ages.
1-2 weeks after your shoot, you’ll be invited into our Studio to design your Personalised Artwork. Your memories will be presented in a beautiful slideshow while we make sure tissues are on hand. After celebrating your family, our Artwork expert will take you through all the different options to suit your home’s style and décor.
Once your images have been professionally retouched by our in-house editing team, your artwork will be prepared and ready to collect within 2-4 weeks. Certain products even include professional installation, making the experience from start to finish as convenient and exciting as possible.
Our Sunlit Experience as detailed above includes:
Upgrade to include Premium Retouching ~ $490
Upgrade to include 30 Digital Photographs with Premium Retouching ~ $1,000
Artwork Orders over $2,990 include the upgrade to 30 Digital Photographs with Premium Retouching for FREE
Fee-free Payment Plans available.
$400 Credit to use towards your Artwork order
Our 100% money-back guarantee. You can read more about our guarantee in the FAQ below.
Not sure what clothing looks best in a family portrait? Our free guide will give you plenty of inspiration and advice so you can start planning your look today.
Over the past 10 years, we have scouted all over south-east Queensland to find amazing backdrops for our photography shoots. The result is a short list of locations that meet the following criteria:
To keep our locations as private as possible, we try to keep our locations exclusive for our clients only.
You can see our most popular locations in our Wardrobe Guide, which you can download above for free.
A great question! Choice of clothing is actually very important when it comes to the overall look of your photographs. As such, we have put together a comprehensive list of clothing advice to help you decide what is best to wear – or to give you an excuse to go shopping!
Our Wardrobe Guide can be downloaded above for free. Take a look!
Absolutely! We allow a little extra time so we can photograph a variety of shots of the whole group, as well as individual family units, grandchildren, adult children with parents, cousins etc.
Cameron and Alana (owners of Sunlit Studios) are both 1 of 6 children. So, we are very accustomed to lots of children!
We have taken countless portraits of families with one or more children having special needs. Our strategy of having lots of fun during the shoot, instead of posing heavily, usually brings out the best in everyone.
Editing has two stages – Colour Correction and Retouching.
Colour Correction – this is performed on your photographs before your Appointment. By having the colours enhanced already, you’ll be able to make an informed decision on which expressions and moments you love the most for your Artwork.
Retouching and further enhancement – this stage is much more time and skill intensive. As such, we wait to see what photographs you choose for your Artwork, so we know which photographs to perform our premium skin retouching service on. This includes fixing things like double chins, bra straps, flyaway hairs, scars, tan lines, background distractions and any other requests you make to ensure we bring out the very best in you and your loved ones.
We take no shortcuts in the editing process and we know you are just going to love the results!
As a small, family owned and run business, we take great personal pride in our clients being 100% satisfied with their investment with Sunlit Studios.
Our commitment to our client’s satisfaction is evidenced by our reviews on Google and Facebook, which can be viewed here.
As such, if you are not 100% satisfied with the experience and photographs presented to you at your Design and Ordering Appointment, we will offer you, without hesitation, a full refund of the $400 Sunlit Experience fee.
Since our humble beginnings in 2010, we are still yet to receive a request for a refund.
Unfortunately, weather is something we can’t control. As our warm, colourful style of photography relies on at least a little bit of sunshine, we will always encourage you to reschedule your photography shoot to another, sunnier day.
As weather can change quickly and families often have hair and makeup booked in, we usually make the final decision the morning of the shoot as to whether we reschedule or not.
Rescheduling comes at no cost.
Absolutely! We accommodate interstate or overseas families in the following ways:
For a detailed price list of all products, simply reach out! Book a time to chat with our friendly team by clicking here.
You can also see our most common Artwork options, our inclusions and upgrade options above.
You don’t need to – all artwork purchased includes a watermarked ‘Social Media’ digital photograph of your chosen artwork photographs for free!
Included in the initial investment is Ten 8×12 High Resoultion Digital Photographs.
We also include the entire Digital Collection of 30+ photographs for free with all Artwork orders over $2,990, inclusive of our Premium Retouching Service.
Most families qualify to receive this simply by investing in any of our larger Masterpiece Wall Collections.
The entire Digital Collection includes:
We offer fee-free payment plans for all Artwork orders over $3,000. Our standard payment plan terms are a 10%+ deposit, with $300/month debits from an Australian bank account. The best part of our payment plans is that you receive your Artwork right away! We just hold on to the Digital photographs until the conclusion of the payment plan.
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"The whole Sunlit Studios experience was amazing. So professional and luxurious. Their home studio is fantastic with all the product types to inspect. The shoot was so easy and fun. Alana is so easy to get along with and she knows how to make you feel at ease. The appointment to choose our photos/product flowed smoothly. We took a picture of the wall in our house we wanted canvasses on. They could put all the photo layouts on the wall so we could see exactly what it would look like. We felt no pressure and the photos speak for themselves. It was also super exciting seeing MY photos on their Facebook/blog. We loved everything and the small touches and details along the way makes me want to start saving to make this a family tradition. The highlight of the whole experiences was mounting them on our wall- It becomes priceless. Thank you Sunlit Studios, Alana and Cameron!"
Lauren Del Valle
"We have had our fair share of not-so-great experiences with other services and I can confidently say that our search is over and sunlit studios are our "go to" people! Without going into the details of our experience, I can say that nothing was a problem- if there were obstacles such as bad weather or baby having a meltdown; Sunlit Studios always had a great back up plan and strived for perfection. Our post shoot experience was also wonderful and Cameron paid careful attention to our own specific needs and designed our products exactly how we wanted them to be! And no we weren't bribed by the delicious chocolate brownies on offer... although it came close. Our artwork is stunning and we receive so many compliments on it every time anyone sees it! I love that sunlit studios offer modern, stylish and contemporary photography products instead of just traditional prints. "
Neelam Malik
"It's been 8 months since Alana and the Sunlit team took my Mothers Day photos and still to this day it brings a huge smile to my face when i look at the amazing photos on my walls. I get compliments from everyone who see's them. Sunlit have definitely captured the love and happiness my boys and I share. Thank you Sunlit Studios! "
Hayley Newton
"Alana, Cameron and the whole team are incredibly talented. My husband and I have had several shoots with Sunlit Studios over the years, including portraits done with each of our families & maternity photos. The quality of their work is second to none, and we have several gorgeous canvases in our home to attest to this. We look forward to having many more precious moments captured in the future. I highly recommend Sunlit Studios!"
Jess Spurway "We have been photographed three times with Sunlit Studios and each time we have walked away loving not only our photos, but the entire experience and the friendships we’ve made with Alana and Cam. Truly talented photographers and genuinely beautiful people. We recommend Sunlit to anyone and everyone at every opportunity we get. We honestly can’t wait to share another experience with them in the future."
Nicole Lancaster
"Picked up our family canvases tonight and I'm blown away with how they look. The ability to capture our family so naturally and the essence of our love was unbelievable. We will definitely be back again even with a couple of hiccups with the weather, the whole process was amazing. We can't wait to capture our life's moments with Sunlit Studios and have something to keep that will let us relive our most cherished memories forever."
Justin Burchardt
5.0 Rating from 157 Facebook Reviews
5.0 Rating from from 44 Google Reviews
"They say never work with children or animals. On top of a windy day, one skipped nap turned our baby upside down and we thought all was lost with a very exhausted and tired baby. We thought we would have to do the photoshoot all over again. But my faith in Sunlit Studios held up, and yet again they delivered the most beautiful photos. Cameron was brilliant and extremely helpful during the photo shoot. The team's attention to detail and editing skills are exceptional. I can’t believe we got such lovely family photos out of a very tired baby! Absolutely beautiful. I'm positive there will be future family photos with Sunlit Studios capturing our most precious moments as our story continues. Thank you so much Cameron and the team, we love your magic!"
Steph Seagrave