Callie's Cake Smash

I was soo excited when Callie’s father inquired about booking a cake smash for his daughter. He wanted the deluxe Cake Smash with family portraits so that session had a lot of different parts and would make things soo interesting.

We started with the family portraits and I was happy that Callie’s grandfather wanted to be in the family pictures. Everybody looked amazing and were soo happy to be part of the session.

Then I photographed Callie and her big brother together and their pictures came out beautifully. I’m soo happy that they’ll have these pictures to have when they’ll get older.

After their portraits, I changed the photography area for Callie’s cake smash set, which the parents wanted a non-themed setup. So they chose pink balloons and a long pink pennant stretching across the backdrop. For her cake smash, she LOVED the cake and was sharing the cake by extending her arm holding cake to her family, to me and to the balloons behind her. She even did a little dance right after she ate some cake.

After her cake smash, I prepped the baby bathtub for her bath splash and she had fun playing with the ducks.

Luke's Cake Smash

Luke and my son have something in common. They both have the same birthday. So this session was very special to me. I was excited when his mother wanted a “Wild One” cake smash. I love the idea of picking backdrops and then bringing in props to make the entire set come to life. I offered her a few choices for pick the Wild One backdrop and then I just bought various props that complimented the backdrop. I was even amped up that my husband had these small lanterns that had patina over the decades.

The first half an hour was dedicated to Luke’s formal first birthday pictures. Against a medium blue backdrop, he was dressed in a Seer Sucker Suit with Moccasins. He was soo cute in that suit and had such a great time taking pictures. Then he was changed into his Wild One diaper cover and onesie for his official Cake Smash. I took some pictures of the cake and of Luke on the set just playing around with the props. We knew we were ready to bring in the cake and he went full board with it. Even though he didnt eat much of it, he loved playing with the icing and using the props… err… his tools to mess around with the cake. He had a BALL!!

I’m soo happy that I was able to experience Luke’s cake smash and be able to capture these moments for his family.